I don’t think he’s very much like Pulis at all. He’s certainly a pragmatist, but a much more progressive coach. I don’t understand the hate and it won’t help our club.
My concerns are about his age (past his sell-by date?), his time out of the game, his hunger for the fight and above all the very poor material he has to work with.
He has wrongly and lazily been labelled another Pulis or a “dinosaur†imho when his record and reputation within the game is of a thoughtful and capable coach.
Albion were going once way with Bilic and it’s the right decision in my view to roll the dice. He’s probably the best they could do in the circumstances, but if he manages to fashion a team good enough from what we have I will be mightily surprised and hugely impressed (and grateful).
His first job was at Albion (sacked with Talbot) and this could be his last. Let’s hope it’s a great success.