Isnt it a part of a coaches job to find a way to get players performing whatever it takes, The coward also failed to get a tune out of Jermaine Pennant.
You will gather that I give the person no credit for anything, he broke our club and will never be forgiven for that, by myself.
I disagree. If a player doesn't want to train properly then they are solely accountable for their actions. I understand your point and Pulis wasn't exactly known for developing attacking players - but still, Arsenal shouldn't have gone near him if he was
that bad a coach.
Pennant is a bit of a strange example too, seeing as his best career spell was at Stoke. This is where he had his most consistent spell and played most of his football during his career. In fact, many people at the time said Pulis redeveloped him and Etherington on the wings. Last month, Pennant also said that his career failures were entirely his fault. Further, you could claim that Pulis worked wonders with Ricardo Fuller who was known as an inconsistent hothead before going to Stoke.
I don't believe Pulis broke our club. We were in disarray before he arrived with Irvine taking us down and an awful window that tried (and failed massively) to replicate Ashworth's previous transfer policy. Pulis was akin to dancing with the devil for a few years and he improved us post-Irvine.
As mentioned though, we probably kept Pulis for one season too long and gave him too much power in the end. Nonetheless, I think others had more to blame than him - such as Irvine, Pardew, Lai etc.
