TONY PULIS

Completely agree, I've been a Palace fan all my life and he has worked a miracle at the club to get us out of the mire.

The best around at getting a defence organised.

He and Jason Puncheon are responsible for sorting out what looked like a hopeless situation.

Arise, Sir Tone.

totally agree too but brenda will probably get it from the luvvies

Brendan a valid candidate.

He's done an unbelievable job there after the shambles Holloway left.

Palace must have top 6 form since he took over.

Wonder what he'd do if he got a team with proper players ?

god

only 2nd to sir steve coppell, something in the sarf of londin.

Palace were as good as down before he came, now safe with games to spare and beating Chelsea and Everton

remarkable job

Having the most vocal support in the league has helped...didn't he spend quite a bit in the tranfer window too? Hardly manager of the year. Can do a job upto 11th in the league beyond that, forget it.

hamster.......youre hard to please

When Pulis took over at Palace they were 1/5 (1.20) for relegation.  Impressive work.

you're a fcuking moron hamster

they are 11th now.... he took over when they were rock bottom

Apr 16, 2014 -- 9:44PM, Hamsterdam wrote:

Having the most vocal support in the league has helped...didn't he spend quite a bit in the tranfer window too? Hardly manager of the year. Can do a job upto 11th in the league beyond that, forget it.

lol

Apr 16, 2014 -- 9:46PM, judorick wrote:

you're a fcuking moron hamsterthey are 11th now.... he took over when they were rock bottom

Rodgers much more serving , or Mourinhio if he Chelsea win it.

The difference between bottom and 11th is negligible. The bottom half of the prem is all shyte.

Palace were 1.08 for relegation when Pulis took over

think they have the best defensive record per game since he took over too

bring on Liverpool and Man City at home

Little Villa struggling to cope with Tone's success, imo.

Ledley and Dann are the only 2 changes to the starting team that were 1.08 to go down

so no, he didnt spend a fortune in the transfer window

Ask Stoke fans view on Tony Pulis, then come back to me! Saving Palace hardly the stuff of miracles, they get £60 million Sky money just like the rest of the league.

But yes being a Villa fan I know what rubbish their is at the bottom of the league.

Palace are Liverpool's biggest worry, not Chelsea.

ahha hamster is a villa fan, I'm sure Tony Pulis appreciates the 6 points this season

They're not beating just the rubbish at the bottom of the league. That's Everton and Chelsea they've beaten in recent weeks. If you can't appreciate what Pulis and Palace have achieved in the past few months, you don't know a lot about the game IMO.

Villa have beat Chelsea, Man City, Arsenal, gave Liverpool a footballing lesson at Anfield ... but were still shiit! Saving Palace is hardly the stuff of miracles, 'tis all I'm saying.

Palace were dire under Holloway, as they conceded goals, almost at will, now after weeks of solid defense, he's even got them to score some goals as well. Not sure its worth manager of the year, buts he been an outstanding success from turning them from a no hope of survival club, into one, thats more than held its own team. Certainly a top 3 in manager of the year, for sure for Tony Pullis.

Tony Pulis has done an unbelievable job there.

Credit where it's due to the baseball capped one! Couldn't stand him at Stoke but he has done a very impressive job at Palace nobody can deny that. Really worried about Liverpools match against them, I just hope they will be a bit off their game now that they're clearly safe.

hamster.....keep digging your hole

Pulis has been seen around Old Trafford in the past few days Why not - couldn't be any worse than Inspector Moyse.

Hole to bury the mugs who think he's the manager of the year

Glazer believes his preferred style could be useful to shoot down PTB's plane crystal.

Not sure palace were dire under Holloway, they were just playing the way that got them promoted, naive, clueless, stupid then yes.

SO glad Pulis has done it at 2nd club.

Don't see why its such a surprise...Pulis does exactly what it says on the tin.

From the position they were in, its still a great achievement to have them safe with games left in the bag.

Noticed on the post match interview, he took credit for the away win at Hull, but before that match he said he wasn't taking over til the Monday after....

Another excellent performance tonight from team and supporters, very much doubt TP will be too bothered about Manager of the Year title, the million he has trousered for keeping us up will be much more to his liking and richly deserved for the fantastic job he has done since coming in.
All we need now is Ollie to keep Millwall up for an unexpected double result...! (My fellow Palace supporters may not agree, but I wish neither Ollie or Lions fans the pain of relegation)

top five managers 13/14
1.rodgers
2.pulis
3.martinez
4.hughes
5.mourinho

special mention for moyes (services to other clubs)

What about Steve Bruce? Deserves a mention in the top five IMO.

all this spying and pulis declines to comment

must be a great help having 24 hours knowledge of team you are playing against

Agree about steve bruce


for me its a dead heat with tp & sb


Steve Bruce has signed so very good players, looks to have an eye for a player.

Gents a fantastic achievement by Tony Pulis. When he joined them Palace had something like 4 points and they were absolutely leaking goals!

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Ask Stoke fans view on Tony Pulis, then come back to me! Saving Palace hardly the stuff of miracles, they get £60 million Sky money just like the rest of the league.

But yes being a Villa fan I know what rubbish their is at the bottom of the league.


Pulis did a great job at Stoke, getting us o the Prem for first time in 23 years, then keeping us there. I think that's what he's best at. Not sure he's then flexible enough to take a team to the next level. That's why he and Stoke parted company, but he'll always be a 'ledge' at Stoke for me!

donny, as Cardiff's own manager dismissed the "spying" allegation as garbage and of no consequence why would Pulis bother or need to make comment on a so far unproven rumour...?

My Top 5 for the year:
1) Brenda
2) Pulis
3) Mourinho
4=) Martinez
4=) Bruce

Moyes  services to football

Apr 17, 2014 -- 12:29PM, songsforthedeaf wrote:

My Top 5 for the year:1) Brenda2) Pulis 3) Mourinho4=) Martinez4=) Bruce

same order for me too - except if any of 3) to 5) win any of the prizes (Cups and 4th place) they're currently in the running for, they'd have to rise in the order.

which of 3-5's acheivment will be the greatest if they pull it off? Hull beating Arsenal to win the Cup would make my day (spud).

He is a very capable coach the rub is can you take your team forward/higher and maintain it?

Miracle worker, Palace looked dead and buried when he took over. He is the perfect manager if you want to keep a team in the division.

I'd like to see what he could do at a bigger club with some money to spend.

He had plenty of money to spend at Stoke. He is not the manager you want to go places with. Tony should become an emergency manager, could be a nice little niche for him

like a stint at spurs

Stick a few ads in the paper, hold out to around Christmas for the highest bidder, minted lol

I've been saying for years. Arsenal could do worse than hire Tony - give him better players and watch him go, brilliant manager.

cork langer


he would say that, the info must have leaked from somewhere, he would be first suspect

desperate, I think Hull will win the cup, as Arsenal don't know how to win, a bit like Tottenham really.

During his tenure at Stoke wasn't he open about putting out craap teams against the big boys the save his better players for the 'winnable' games? Who'd honestly want someone like that managing their club?

Randy Lerner.

Hamsterdam 16 Apr 14 21:51 
Saving Palace hardly the stuff of miracles, they get £60 million Sky money just like the rest of the league.



It's not far off.
When Pulis took over Palace, they had 4 points from 11 games.

Pulis wouldn't get near a club the size of Villa. As Winner said saving teams from relegation is his niche.

Think you need a reality check Hamster, Villa were once a big club, went to plenty of their games in the 80's as wife had family in Lozells, no longer the case though, they are just about a second tier club and are struggling to hold onto that position.

Donny, the point is Palace have not said anything, so how can you say "he would say that"...?

So why did Lambert leave Norwich if that was the case. Liverpool still maintained their big club status without winning the league for 20 odd years, and Villa maintain there's. League position doesn't dictate how big a club are.

Norwich to Villa was undoubtedly a step up the ladder for Lambert, your average attendance puts you in the second tier and at the very best if you take maximum points from your remaining games you might reach 11th at best, second tier position again.
It may well have the potential to become a big club again but at the moment that possibility seems a million miles away and presently it will therefore remain to the majority a second tier team or as oldtimers like to recall a "sleeping giant".

Lozells

hope you wore a crash helmet

True fact, whenever we visited, I use to leave my car at my Dad's and use his old van for the trip...!

He had plenty of money to spend at Stoke. He is not the manager you want to go places with. Tony should become an emergency manager, could be a nice little niche for him

theres a few like this.

fat sam...fat head...warnock (the best in the business at this).....even harry houdini (a long time ago)

when they stpe up they may show a bit of form for a bit but then eventually their knowledge and ways cant go any further and their side degenerates.

pulis is a carbon copy

hamsterdam still stuck in the 70's

legend and godlike figure

Tony Pulis follows pal Sir Alex Ferguson's lead by scrapping Preston loan deals for Stoke duo

By John Edwards
Updated: 12:37, 31 December 2010

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Preston suffered further misery in the wake of Darren Ferguson's sacking today  when they lost two more loan players ahead of schedule.

Sportsmail revealed how Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson reacted furiously to his son's dismissal by demanding the recall of loanees Ritchie de Laet, Josh King and Matty James.
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Abandon ship: Pugh (left) and Tonge are set to return to Stoke from Preston

Now shellshocked caretaker boss David Unsworth has had his Preston squad further depleted after Ferguson's close friend Tony Pulis ordered on-loan pair Michael Tonge and Danny Pugh back to Stoke.

Midfielders Tonge and Pugh had played key roles for Preston, since arriving at Deepdale in the middle of November, and only recently agreed to extend their stay until January 16.

But both have had their loan spell cut short after Stoke boss Pulis intervened and followed Ferguson's lead in recalling them early.
Stoke boss Tony Pulis

This way, gentlemen: Stoke boss Pulis wants his players back early

Tonge and Pugh are both Manchester-born and both launched their careers at Old Trafford before being released by Ferguson.

Tonge, once a target for Liverpool during his Sheffield United days, is a highly skilled attacking midfielder, while Pugh's contract at Stoke was extended to 2013 shortly before Christmas.

After losing his Old Trafford trio, just as he was planning to involve them in the Bank Holiday double header against Derby and Crystal Palace, temporary boss Unsworth now has his work cut out, trying to steer Preston away from the foot of the npower Championship, in the wake of his latest stunning setback.





the above shows an almost special level of cowardice.

You'd have thought that as Stoke manager,Pulis would only be intrested in what was best for Stoke.

The above shows that,at times,sucking up to SAF was far more important.

louie87 and JML. Going by that we can see how much power Fergie wields in the English game. And that probably doesn't even scratch the surface.

I don't even like Palace but the man is a magician

Brilliant what he's done with that team...well done to him and congratulations to the Palace fans......must have thought there was no chance when he took over.

Think most of us expected to struggle from the off as we were fairly poor in the second half of last season and fell into the play offs for which Holloway managed to outwit both Poyet and Zola to his credit.

Things started badly and got steadily worse, the delay in appointing someone was frustrating but has thankfully proven to be a master stroke.

Pulis has worked the oracle in getting us organised defensively and dangerous on the break, though with what he inherited none of us could have foreseen where we stand now, which is nothing short of a miracle, we may well succumb to City and Liverpool in our next two games but they will be much more apprehensive about meeting us than they would have been a few months back.

Ooops. Wonder if there will be any ramifications?

http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/spygate-ii-how-crystal-palace-3434213

Crystal Palace have been plunged into another ­potential spy storm, with evidence that Aston Villa’s team was known to them before the two sides met at Selhurst Park last weekend.

Villa chiefs were stunned to hear that a visitor to the Palace dressing room photographed an information sheet, showing the correct Villa line-up – which included four changes and a totally revamped playing ­formation – two-and-a-half hours before kick-off.

The sheets, positioned beneath the pegs of each Palace player, included detailed scouting reports on each Villa player, showing that the visitors would change from their usual 4-4-1-1 ­formation to a 3-5-2 system.

It also correctly predicted that Ciaran Clark, Fabian Delph, Gabby Agbonlahor and Karim El Ahmadi would replace Joe Bennett, Leandro Bacuna, Marc Albrighton and Andreas Weimann.

All the detail was spot on and Palace won 1-0, lifting them clear of the ­relegation battle and keeping Aston Villa in danger of the drop.

Palace had already been reported to the Premier League by Cardiff, over the alleged leaking of the Bluebirds’ team to Eagles sporting director Iain Moody, before Tony Pulis’ men beat the Welsh club 3-0, the week before the Villa game, on April 5. Cardiff are demanding that the result of that match should be scrapped and the fixture replayed.

Palace boss Pulis will meet Premier League officials to discuss the matter on Tuesday, with Cardiff claiming League rules were broken.

Pulis strenuously denies the ­allegations.

Yet, Sunday Mirror Sport can reveal the astonishing lack of security, which allowed around 40 match-day sponsors and their guests to view the Villa team dossiers, while they were given ­pre-match tours of Selhurst Park.

Our source was able to take a snap (above) of the scouting reports on Villa’s players, set out in their new 3-5-2 formation, at 12.28pm. The official team sheet would have been handed in – more than 90 minutes later – at 2pm.



The detailed nature of the team news suggests Palace were likely to have been aware of it before match day.

The team line-up showed that Villa would make the significant change of playing with three central defenders and wing-backs, rather than their usual flat back four, as well as four changes in personnel from the previous week’s home defeat by Fulham.

Palace were happy to allow visitors to take photos in the dressing room, with our insider noticing the team information, which had a full breakdown of the Villa team. Our source said: “The sheets were not hidden in any way and there seemed to be no problem reading them or even photographing them. I was gobsmacked when I saw what had been written about each player.

“The most amazing thing, though, was the fact that the formation and team line-up was spot on, which I thought was very strange, considering Villa ­subsequently made four changes from the previous week, and played 3-5-2 rather than 4-4-1-1.

“Not many expected Weimann and Albrighton to be on the bench, and Lowton to play at right wing-back, but Villa lined up exactly as we had seen it on the paper in the dressing room.

“It just seemed incredible to me that we had been in the dressing room and had seen the exact Villa line-up two-and-a-half hours before the game started.”

The scout, who compiled Pulis’ report, included several damning assessments of Villa players. We’ve summarised them in our graphic above.

A Villa spokesman said: “The matter has been brought to the attention of the club. We have no further comment.”

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Sucker punch: Jason Puncheon's strike settled the game

Villa insist that their first team train in a secluded area of the club’s Bodymoor Heath training ground, in a rural area near The Belfry golf course, outside Birmingham. It is also believed they are happy with security around the facility.

They say it would be virtually ­impossible for a spy to get on to the premises to scout on manager Paul Lambert’s preparations for a vital ­relegation showdown.

So, there is mystery surrounding how Palace so accurately set out the Villa line-up, with the Midlands club concerned about possible leaks.

Villa boss Paul Lambert has suffered a tumultuous week, on the back of four straight defeats, with his long-term assistant Ian Culverhouse and head of football operations Gary Karsa being suspended. Those suspensions were linked to allegations of bullying, not the alleged leak.

There is also no direct link between Palace seemingly knowing the Villa side in advance and those allegations made by Cardiff against the south London club.

But Cardiff have accused Palace of breaking Premier League rules B15, B16 and B17 – with B17 potentially the most serious, as it states that no club shall disclose or divulge ­confidential ­information. Cardiff claim Palace’s actions were “an attempt to obtain a sporting ­advantage”.

The Premier League have confirmed they are investigating Cardiff’s complaint, but it is uncertain what punishment could be meted out if they are found to have broken any League rules.

We offered Crystal Palace the chance to respond. They declined to comment.

Strong reek of jealousy, not to say envy on here today.

I have a few Scouse mates and they are not looking forward to visiting Selhurst Park

That chip on your shoulder has doubled in size overnight Hamsterdam, urgent attention to it is strongly advised.

And to all those anti-Palace people Eaglesssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss...

Least we know how he managed 5 wins in a row now

If it had been Chelsea or Everton's line ups then it might have carried some credence, but in fairness we had already beaten both Cardiff and yourselves earlier in the season, smell of sour grapes wafting this way.

"Following the point yesterday at Villa Park, there have been stories about my selling the Club. On a personal level, I had hoped the emphasis would have been on the amazing effort on the part of our manager and our players to regroup throughout a very difficult week. Injuries to Libor and Christian, compounded with the early loss of Jores and the difficult rehab of Charles have no doubt left Paul with far less to work with than is fair. Still, Paul Lambert has done nothing but work within the parameters I've set, put the Club first and continue to trust his players. As regards my personal role at the Club and the steady rumours of a sale, I will address these after the season. Paul Lambert, Paul Faulkner and I speak daily and remain committed to the immediate job of limiting distraction and confusion in order that Villa have the best chance possible of finishing on a strong note."

- Randy Lerner, Aston Villa Chairman

Played some great stuff tonight.

Nice to see his side keep it on the deck, whilst the opposition were launching diagonals all night.

Long odds on to win Manager Of The Year now