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Trouble is Ska'd, Pulis' buying record at Sjoke wasn't exactly what you would call successful.
In fact a lot of expensive failures interspersed with the odd good signing. Whilst TP can probably keep us up playing PTB football, I do fear for the long term quality of the type of play we will see at The Hawthorns.
These people who only a season or two ago were berating Pulis for his hoof ball thuggery tactics now regard him as the Messiah. Stoke got rid as it was so bad to watch and now people believe he's walking on water for us. Hmmmm.....  

Agree re his past transfer record, BaggieMan, and that IS a tad worrying if he's been given 'total control' of ins & outs as we are led to believe. However, I don't think there's any Manager/HC that could say they haven't made errors in their transfer dealings - it just comes with the process I guess. (I'm sure that if I was spending a few million quid of my own I'd do a lot of homework first tho!)

The 'Stoke v CPalace' debate - which type of football we're most likely to see - is one that everyone will have an opinion on. Personally I think that with the success and plaudits TP got at Palace he'd be a right berk to revert back to hoofball - and a berk he certainly ain't!
I guess it all depends on what players he has right now and by the end of the month. Certainly NOW we're not suited to the Stoke way - let's hope that's the case come February 1st!