Breaking: “ Tony Pulis “

Tony Pulis Manager of Middlesbrough leaves after contract expires.



Tony Pulis: Middlesbrough part with boss after missing out on play-offs


BBC

Friday 17th May 2019

Middlesbrough have parted with boss Tony Pulis, after this season's failure to win promotion to the Premier League.

The club announced that the 61-year-old's contract, which was reported to end this summer, would not be extended.

Pulis met with chairman Steve Gibson in the aftermath of the campaign in which the Teessiders finished a point outside the play-off places.

Pulis, who took over in December 2017, led Boro to the play-off semi-finals last season but lost to Aston Villa.

Missing out on promotion will have a knock-on effect on Middlesbrough's finances for 2019-20.

This season marked the end of their two-year run of parachute payments from the Premier League, following relegation in 2016-17.

Gibson said: "I'd like to thank Tony for his hard work and commitment over the past 18 months. He has been a joy to work with and a complete gentleman.

"Two years ago we invested heavily in the squad in terms of transfer fees and salaries in an attempt to regain our Premier League status. This happened before Tony's arrival.

"Over the past 18 months Tony has been proactive, not only in the ambition to win football matches and promotion to the Premier League, but also in addressing our financial position in order to comply and respect the Championship fair play criteria.

"He has ensured that the club is stable and strong for the future. He leaves us in excellent condition."

The former Stoke City, Crystal Palace and West Brom boss' initial appointment at the Riverside was greeted with optimism, thanks to his success in guiding the Potters into the Premier League and establishing them there.

However, his early success masked a disillusionment from sections of the support not wholly convinced by his tactics.

Boro had an enviable defensive record, conceding a joint-best low of 41 goals, but it was in attack that their promotion bid was hampered with just 49 goals - the lowest of any top-half side.

The pressure to reduce outgoings was eminent last summer, as the sale of star winger Adama Traore, forward Patrick Bamford and defender Ben Gibson pointed to a need to reduce the wage bill.

Although some money was reinvested in players, such as midfielder George Saville from Millwall and Bristol City defender Aden Flint, Pulis was largely forced to look to the loan market for additions.

There were highlights, such as free transfer Jon Mikel Obi and on-loan Everton midfielder Muhamed Besic, as well as the progress of young players such as Dael Fry and Lewis Wing.

However, others such as boyhood Boro fan Jordan Hugill - loaned from West Ham - were unable to supply the firepower needed.


Tony Pulis was a very divisive figure from his very first day as the Middlesbrough manager.

His functional style of play frustrated many fans, but they saw their side reach the play-offs in the 2017-18 season before surrendering to Aston Villa in the semi-finals.

Boro were in the top six for most of the 2018-19 campaign but a run of six successive defeats ultimately did for their promotion hopes and, in the end, for Pulis.

The atmosphere at home games became toxic on occasions when supporters voiced their displeasure by labelling Pulis' style as "Jurassic".

The manager insisted throughout his time at the Riverside that he had helped to "balance the books" and clear up some of the damage that he said had been done by his predecessor Garry Monk in terms of big money transfers and high wages.

Pulis told BBC Tees Sport after the final game against Rotherham United that finishing seventh was in many ways a bigger achievement than reaching the play-offs in the previous season - that, for many, was the last straw.

You do not have the required permissions to view the files attached to this post.

Swansea then,thank god neil decided to stay otherwise we could have been lumbered with "hoof ball"

His style of football wouldn't go down well with Cardiff and his personality is like marmite, not a fans manager, not a Warnock.

Please keep that man away from our club!! His brand of football is shocking to watch.

Tony Pulis Manager of Middlesbrough leaves after contract expires.

No big surprise there, as it has been rumoured for some weeks

His 'brief' was simply promotion; anything other than that meant his 'brand' was sure to frustrate the already depressed Boro fans and he has paid the price

Replacement for Harry Potter down west? Not too sure about that, as self-styled Swansealona have a 'style' (they like to call it a brand) that is far removed from Pulis-ball

Interesting t see where he goes next; but we now know it won't be the CCS!

Tony Pulis Manager of Middlesbrough leaves after contract expires.

No big surprise there, as it has been rumoured for some weeks

His 'brief' was simply promotion; anything other than that meant his 'brand' was sure to frustrate the already depressed Boro fans and he has paid the price

Replacement for Harry Potter down west? Not too sure about that, as self-styled Swansealona have a 'style' (they like to call it a brand) that is far removed from Pulis-ball

Interesting t see where he goes next; but we now know it won't be the CCS!

If Newport fail in the play offs Flynny will leave for Swansea and Pulis will go County

Swansea then,thank god neil decided to stay otherwise we could have been lumbered with "hoof ball"

Not that I want pulis, but what sort of football do you think we play under Warnock??

Tony Pulis Manager of Middlesbrough leaves after contract expires.

No big surprise there, as it has been rumoured for some weeks

His 'brief' was simply promotion; anything other than that meant his 'brand' was sure to frustrate the already depressed Boro fans and he has paid the price

Replacement for Harry Potter down west? Not too sure about that, as self-styled Swansealona have a 'style' (they like to call it a brand) that is far removed from Pulis-ball

Interesting t see where he goes next; but we now know it won't be the CCS!

If Newport fail in the play offs Flynny will leave for Swansea and Pulis will go County

Date stamped!

Swansea then,thank god neil decided to stay otherwise we could have been lumbered with "hoof ball"

Not that I want pulis, but what sort of football do you think we play under Warnock??

Warnock is like Guardiola when compared to Pulis. Pulis is constant hoofing with big center halves as full backs. Bringing him in would be a step backwards

CITYONE

That was a bit below the belt
Down below the knee, Uggghh.

CITYONE

You could hardly accuse cardiff city of hoof ball camarassa
Was well involved and gunnarson
Harry arter had plenty of bookings
Even though he sometimes ran around like an ant that lost its nest
We did not bypass midfield
Unlike pulis teams.

Swansea then,thank god neil decided to stay otherwise we could have been lumbered with "hoof ball"

Not that I want pulis, but what sort of football do you think we play under Warnock??

Warnock is like Guardiola when compared to Pulis. Pulis is constant hoofing with big center halves as full backs. Bringing him in would be a step backwards

Couldn't agree more.

Some fans may not like Warnock's brand of football, but he would make us look like Barcelona if compared to the way Pulis gets his teams to play. Warnock with his proven track record of promotions would be far better for us than having Pulis here in my opinion.

Some fans may not like Warnock's brand of football, but he would make us look like Barcelona if compared to the way Pulis gets his teams to play. Warnock with his proven track record of promotions would be far better for us than having Pulis here in my opinion.

Completely agree but Pulis could be a plan B if NW called it a day.

Some fans may not like Warnock's brand of football, but he would make us look like Barcelona if compared to the way Pulis gets his teams to play. Warnock with his proven track record of promotions would be far better for us than having Pulis here in my opinion.

WBA and Stoke sacked Pulis, look at them now! Pulis also kept Palace up when they were doomed to relegation! Pulis has NEVER been relegated from PL unlike our present manager and if he had been appointed instead of Ole we would still be in PL and like us was a childhood Bluebirds fan so is one of us! If things don’t work out for Warnock next season he should be our No 1 choice to take us up and KEEP us in PL for a few seasons.

Some fans may not like Warnock's brand of football, but he would make us look like Barcelona if compared to the way Pulis gets his teams to play. Warnock with his proven track record of promotions would be far better for us than having Pulis here in my opinion.

Completely agree but Pulis could be a plan B if NW called it a day.

Lazy planning if he’s the plan B

CITYONE

That was a bit below the belt
Down below the knee, Uggghh.

Not at all, it"s all about opinions, yours is as valid as mine but we"be hardly played any free flowing football have we, in fact for most of our games we could hardly string three passes together.

Some fans may not like Warnock's brand of football, but he would make us look like Barcelona if compared to the way Pulis gets his teams to play. Warnock with his proven track record of promotions would be far better for us than having Pulis here in my opinion.

WBA and Stoke sacked Pulis, look at them now! Pulis also kept Palace up when they were doomed to relegation! Pulis has NEVER been relegated from PL unlike our present manager and if he had been appointed instead of Ole we would still be in PL and like us was a childhood Bluebirds fan so is one of us! If things don’t work out for Warnock next season he should be our No 1 choice to take us up and KEEP us in PL for a few seasons.

Yes they did but under pulis they were sinking anyway May never been relegated but possibly could have with those clubs? As for taking over from nw has he same pedigree for promotion as nw so would he get us up after he failed with possibly best squad in championship this season?

Very misleading title to this thread .
I thought it was an advert because they'd scrapped him.

Imagine if the yanks at Swansea decided to bring Tony Pulis in. I think their fans would have a breakdown and many season tickets would be burned

Imagine if the yanks at Swansea decided to bring Tony Pulis in. I think their fans would have a breakdown and many season tickets would be burned

they would but they have had worse.
im hoping for someone useless.