Tony 'The Baseball Cap' Pullis

[Chazza]

Pulis thinks the reason they were in trouble last season was because he tried to soften them.

Soften them

[Lee]

Hughes ffs.

They'll go the same way that Charlton did after Curbishley left.

[Boogs]

Hughes Out! look at the pick up truck with the sign

Stoke City: Mark Hughes protest is staged by Potters supporter

He may be just hours away from being appointed as Tony Pulis's successor as Stoke City manager.
But one fan has already staged a protest against former Queens Park Rangers boss Mark Hughes being appointed at the Britannia Stadium.
A season ticket holder spent Tuesday driving around the Potteries in a van sporting a "Hughes out" banner, a sign that cost him £50 to make.
Hughes, 49, is expected to be unveiled as the Potters manager by the end of the week after Pulis's seven-year reign was ended by mutual consent earlier this month.

A Stoke City fan stages his own demonstration against Mark Hughes's expected appointment
The Welshman, who has managed Blackburn Rovers, Manchester City and Fulham, also faced criticism from the Stoke Supporters Club on Wednesday.
The supporter Carl, who did not want to reveal his surname, believes Hughes's managerial record should not make him a candidate.
He said: "It is not just me, it is the thoughts of 90% of Stoke fans. Security made me move on from the Britannia so I drove around.
"I parked on motorway bridges and people were beeping their support at me and taking photos.
"He is not a long-term appointment, look at his track record, but it looks as though he is going to be appointed anyway."

[Exiled_red]

[spud_gun]

Hughes appointed as the new manager of Stoke according to the BBC

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/22686204

[Vermilion]

And so the Money-Go-Round continues.

Fail.
Get Compo.
Get another Job.

Fail.
Get Compo.
Get another Job.

Fail.
Get Compo.
Get another Job.

Fail.
Get Compo.
Get another Job.

[Lee]

Mad innit.

Read a few weeks ago that David O'Leary has picked up something like £8m in payoffs from his last three jobs where he was sacked.

The world is upside down.

[Alex]

He hasn't failed everywhere though. As I said up previous, Blackburn, Fulham and to an extent Wales were all pretty decent. Man City he was a victim of circumstance. QPR was a calamitous **** up mind.

[Alex]

He also quit Wales, Blackburn and Fulham. So he didn't get Compo unless I am mistaken.

[McDermotX]

Still, his CV has grown to an unwieldy 4+ pages, that's usually too much for any employer to bother with.
Clearly not Stoke though.

[dww]

He hasn't failed everywhere though. As I said up previous, Blackburn, Fulham and to an extent Wales were all pretty decent. Man City he was a victim of circumstance. QPR was a calamitous **** up mind.

He seems a decent enough choice for Stoke. I don't think he is the wisest user of money but he his style would seem a reasonable fit for evolving their current squad.

[Alex]

I read earlier that he took Wales to a play off Vs Russia in 2004. The best they have done in however many years. Beat Italy in the group that year too.

[Vermilion]

Yeah, tbh, it was'nt meant to single out Hughes, more a general opinion on football itself, where vast amounts of money is paid to people that have failed, and how the same...not so brilliant managers get the jobs instead of giving someone else a chance.

[Alex]

I get you on that. Managers like Curbishley, Allerdyce, O'Neil, Holloway, Mowbray, Danny Wilson, Boothroyd, and Billy Davis seem to be always in work, but at the same time always getting the sack or leaving a club.

[McDermotX]

AFTER THE BREAK ! MY GOODNESS NATALIE !
MORE ON THE PREMIER LEAGUE MANAGERIAL MERRY-GO-ROUND.

MY GOODNESS !