Stoke City: Tony Pulis wants Crystal Palace recovery after Chelsea defeat

“Maybe now that Pulis has seen his quest of trying to draw every game 0-0 go by the wayside, he will just allow his defenders to defend and add some attacking flair, because after all, when you concede 3/4 of the pitch to the opposition for most of the game, it's no wonder goals are scored against us, regardless of who is scoring them.There was a serious lapse in defending that made Walters' dive in as he was left to rush in at the back post to defend against the ball coming in to 2 wide open Chelsea players as everybody else was guilty of some serious ball watching instead of player watching leaving them as open as they were. Just not sure where he thought he was heading the ball.”

“DEFJAMRCS! Just a polite reply to your one dimensional thoughts on the role of a striker and a wide man 's role. I can't blame your thinking as you have been watching Pulis tactics for so long. First of all you assume that you have to be six foot three to head a ball. You are wrong. Michael Owen has scored many goals from crosses and Jerome is not a small man. The other thing to remember is that when a wide man gets into prime offensive position their delivery does not always have to be seven foot in the air. The prime asset that Owen and Jerome would bring is pace and athleticism which can more than make up for lack of inches. Owen's eye for goal is unquestionable. Their movement would create the room for both of our wide men to score more goals also.Please remember that my initial statement was about the opportunity to experiment and try different tactics.
As far as my suggestion about NZonzi and Adam . You have to remember that being more offensive takes some of the weight off a midfield defender as the opponents have to take on their dangers of our more attacking players. It is not a position Adam has not taken on and his long passing game would certainly be able to supplement the more attacking style I suggest.
The plusses that NZonzi could offer might just out weigh your worries about Adam. Please remember that we still have four defenders behind Adam and a good goalkeeper.
I can understand that Pulis has an unrelenting faith in a system he plays but I believe that we need to be willing to be far more flexible in our approach and experimentation when the opportunity is available is not a bad thing.”

“A good interview from TP. If he wants to inspire the lads get them to look at goals on Sunday. Where they can watch a former stoke manager thoroughly enjoying himself at our expense”

“He might run around like a Duracell Bunny but If Walters is the best player Stoke have we're in serious trouble!!! Although he was the top scorer in the Chelsea match.....”

“Jon Walters is still the best player that Stoke have. No-one can match him for skill, effort and enthusiasm. Sometimes I think there are two of him on the pitch.”

“classic Pulis his after match dross is worse than his pre match dross,if this,if that, if me uncle was me aunt,are the fans that dense to keep taking his excuses,ive never heard him blame himself for defeat yet.think he used to be a painter and decorator but got sacked for papering over the cracks.Wont be a big crowd tomorrow even with Pulis,s usual free sales pitch on radio Stoke "that we need our fans more than ever"oh and bring ya £20 with you for Peter and his family..”

“I do believe we have the players to score more goals, what we don't have is a manager, who is tactically astute enough or ambitious enough, to allow them to create and score more goals, he is far too frightened in case we concede a goal. He has one gameplan, to stifle the opposition and hopefully nick a goal late on, to win the game. While we have got some decent and proven premier league strikers, they are not Van Persie or Messi, who only need once chance to score and yet the way Pulis plays, once chance is all they get most games. Look at what we have available, Crouch, Jones, Owen, Jerome, Pennant, Kightly, Adam, Etherington and even Walters and yet all Pulis wants his team to do, is to defend. Alot of the other managers in the Premier League would love to have the financial backing that Pulis has had and be able to have a squad like that, also all of them would get alot more out of these players, than Pulis is clearly capable of. The buck stops with the manager and sooner or later Pulis has to take responsibility. He can keep trying to pull the wool over our eyes, but he is kidding nobody but himself. Surely Peter Coates must wonder what Pulis is playing at, when he keeps playing so many players out of position, or leaving them totally isolated upfront.”

“AMOODY, that was a very sincere and forthright evaluation of the situation. Let's face it, we get on Jones when he doesn't score, Walters, Crouch too. We get on Adam when he does nothing but we have to look at what you say, Jones and Crouch playing lone striker with absolutely no service or help most games so it is very difficult to score. Adam playing out of position. Kightly is brought in to attack, he is used (when used) as a defender and complains that is not his thing. Eventually some will figure out that it might be Pulis' fault after all, not the players.”

“I thought we did ok first half and Kenwyne Jones needs to score that chance. Once the second goal went in, it was game over, we will never come back from 2-0 down against any of the top teams. I don't expect Pulis to criticise Walters publicly, he is his golden boy at the end of the day, but yet he his quick to blame Begovic. To say if he doesn't get it for the first goal, then Mata does, what is that all about, at the end of the day he headed it into his own net, these things happen in football, but stop making excuses for him Pulis. Has for the penalty, while it was pretty irrelvant in terms of the result, the lack of quality and composure by Walters, was shocking. When you have scored two own goals, you at least tell yourself to make sure you hit the target. Our manager also states "We've had good chances, but we've got to create and score more." Tell us something we don't know for the last 12 months. Instead of talking about it, why does he not do somthing about it and start playing players in their best positions and get some pace on the pitch. The Liverpool game was our best performance of the season, where we played two natural wide players. If Pulis doesn't fancy Kightly or Pennant, then he has to go and get someone else, because Walters just does not have the pace or creativity to play out there. Also once again Adam is withdrawn after another ineffective performance, because he is played out of position. How many more matches do we have to watch, before the penny finally drops with Pulis, that Adam cannot play in that role. Every supporter can see it, it is a shame that our so called Premiership manager can't. Once we start to concede goals on a regular basis, we are in big trouble, because our manager clearly does not know how to attack teams and get the best out of his more creative and forward players.”

“I did say I would leave well alone if you continued as prior to today, but that suggestion about the academy management? just a vailed attack evapottysummerfootok.

Your comments to Proby are pushing it as well, but then you know that dont you?

Not long now eh soccerfoot?”