TONY PULIS HAS made an immediate return to management just a month after departing West Brom, with the Welshman being appointed the new Middlesborough boss on St. Stephen’s Day.
Pulis has been in charge at the Hawthorns since the beginning of 2015, however form which has seen the club drop to 19th featuring two wins in 21 games saw the 59-year-old relieved of his duties at the end of November.
He takes over at Middlesborough from Gary Monk, who himself was dismissed on Saturday night four hours after overseeing a 2-1 win against Sheffield Wednesday in the Championship.
Monk took over at Riverside Stadium last June, but the side has dropped to 9th in recent weeks — 19 points adrift of Wolves in top spot.
Middlesbrough Football Club are delighted to confirm the appointment of Tony Pulis as manager
— Middlesbrough FC (@Boro) December 26, 2017
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“I wanted a challenge – a real challenge – and this reminds me so much of Stoke when I went there with Peter Coates. Steve Gibson is a football man who understands the game. I have great respect for him as a person and an owner,” said Pulis.
“I really am looking forward to this. The immediate challenge is finding out about the football club and as a team we have to get as many points as can, as quickly as we can.
“I wanted to come at this time because we have so many games in a short space of time, and I can assess everything.”
Boro take on Bolton Wanderers later this afternoon looking for their fourth win in their last eight Championship games.
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That’s shocking from Tipp. Why not play in the Munster Senior League against Limerick Clare Waterford Kerry and Cork give fellas realistic game time instead of meaningless friendly wins over depleted Mary I team. I might be wrong there might be something I don’t know.
It was a fundraising game but maybe they should have played it earlier in the year
Spot on. They had no interest in the Munster League, because they thought they would have meaningless matches. Guess what happened next!
Was that three McGrath brothers playing together? Liam, John and Noel? Also very promising to see Bill Maher from Kilsheelan-Kilcash, a traditionally footballing club, lining out.
Noel and john brothers,liam is a cousin.
Rubbish. The lunatics have finally taken over the asylum. What did he learn from this? How could you possibly gauge a players potential in a game like this’? You could have dragged 15 lads out of a pub, who would have put up a better show. They passed on the Munster Hurling League for this garbage? He wanted the month of January to himself. He could well be getting a whole lot more months, as this shower have no idea how to run a hurling team at elite level.What a moron. O’Shea was a romantic, and this guy is the ‘Terminator’ in a hurling form. The Tipperary County Board should be strung up, for appointing these idiots.
Oh lord I hope u dont follow tipp u moron.could do with out your like.