It's almost as if, when Pulis splashes a bit of money around, he loses vision of who his most important players are, even when he tries to play the same kind of football. Yacob should never be dropped for the likes of Livermore etc. I don't think it's a myth that we've generally done better things when Yacob has been in the team. It's not too late for Tone to admit that he's got it wrong and bring Yacob back ASAP (like I suggested weeks ago on here).
This is what I don't get. Yacob is by far the best suited to Pulisball. No possession, so his erratic passing doesn't show, but his break up play disturbs the oppo's possession, thus protecting the back 4..
I agree with you, I think Pulis has lost track of his best 11 and is shoe-horning players in that are not really suited.
Seen nothing from Livermore to suggest that he offers anything defensively, but is not great going forward either.
Barry can pick a pass, but we have so little of the ball he is mainly chasing shadows and doesn't have the legs of Yacob.
Greg is the only one that could keep him out of the side for me, but that would be if we only played 1 which will never happen.