Pulis Out
The above repeat is Pulis in a nutshell. His persistence in playing so many players out of position and with the completely inept Walters up top is driving many fans to agitation. In this game we saw an attempt at a 4-3-3, which after about two minutes turned into a 4-5-1 with five players out of position (Huth, Wilson, Fuller, Jerome and Walters).
The players at times looked from the word go dumbfounded, almost as if the manager was treating the game as a training session as he kept swapping players from wing to well-developed and back to the opposite wing trying to find the best formula. It was madness and, given the money spent, from the word go unacceptable.
Pulis was said to remark after the match that he was disappointed with his misfiring strikers. Funny that, understood that our two most dangerous players were stuck out on the wing, which in our defensive game means they spent the game chasing the opposition and playing full back. In actuality, our only two players with pace who could afford us a meaningful attack on the break were substituted with 15 minutes to go. It took Hughes seconds to answer, and if he could have chosen our subs for us he’d have done exactly as Pulis did as we retreated further and further back towards our own goal inviting a winner for QPR.
