A few fans need to get over themselves - 'the Albion Way', what a load of rubbish. I clearly remember Woking and the 80s/ 90s 'wilderness years' which is when I began watching Albion. I know this has been done on another thread but in 100 years we've probably played wonderful football for 10 years max (10% of the time).
In simple terms, you build a team from the back (a la Roy), then you add some flair and attacking intent (first few months of Clarke), then you have a team which is entertaining. This doesn't last for us because we'll either have richer clubs poaching our best players (Robson/ Cunningham) or naturally teams run out of steam.
Either way, you have to win games to be able to build a team/ attract better players. We seriously need to look at ourselves if we're complaining about winning games whilst we're rebuilding which is what we're currently doing or have I missed something?
The difference with Pulis compared to Clarke, Mel and Irvine is I trust him to build a team which wins games. I didn't enjoy watching Mowbray's premier league Albion team, boring, slow, sideways, possession football without a cutting edge.