Middlesbrough's renaissance under Warnock - Tony Pulis claims he 'played a little bit of a part in it' [Gazette]

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Pulis on how he 'played a little bit of a part in' Boro's renaissance

Middlesbrough are now challenging at the right end of the table under Neil Warnock and Tony Pulis hopes people recognise how he helped the club get back to a stable footing
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Middlesbrough are now challenging at the right end of the table under Neil Warnock and Tony Pulis hopes people recognise how he helped the club get back to a stable footing

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Craig Johns
  • 12:51, 4 DEC 2020

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Tony Pulis says he is delighted to see how Neil Warnock has turned around Middlesbrough's fortunes, and hopes people will recognise the role he played in the renaissance.

The now-Sheffield Wednesday boss had to deal with trimming a bloated squad and bringing down an inflated wage bill during his two-year tenure at Middlesbrough, while still guiding the club to a play-off place in his first season, before narrowly missing out on a top-six finish in his second.

The reins were handed to Jonathan Woodgate last season following his departure, but Boro went backwards as they narrowly avoided relegation to League One.

Warnock arrived with eight games to go to steer them to safety and then agreed to stay where he has this season orchestrated a massive turnaround on Teesside - with Boro just four points off top spot after 15 games.

And Pulis says he is delighted to see good fortunes return to his former club, and hopes his work can be recognised for playing some part in the more positive position the club now finds itself in.

The Sheffield Wednesday boss told the Yorkshire Post: "Middlesbrough was a lot different if you look at what Steve spent (on transfers). Steve Gibson is a smashing man and a friend and a very, very good man in lots of respects.

“The money Steve spent and gave the (previous) manager (Garry Monk) to spend was over £55million. The wage bill was absolutely horrendous when you think of it.

“It was really trying to get the best out of what we had then, but also to readdress and reset the football club.

“Steve Gibson did not want to sell (Adama) Traore, (Patrick) Bamford and his nephew (Ben Gibson). You can go on and on; (Cyrus) Christie was sold, (Adam) Forshaw was sold. There were lots of players that people do not realise.

“I think there were 16 players that we actually moved on. It was a different scenario than what we have got at Sheffield.

“But it was still very, very difficult. You are managing a football club and I managed a football club at Middlesbrough very much for the chairman.

“He is a long-term friend and it is smashing to see they are doing well now after the two or three years of really resetting their football club and putting it back together.

“Hopefully, people will recognise that I played a little bit of a part in that, but you don’t always get the credit for it.”
 
No idea why he is using Christie as an example. He sold him because he wasn’t his type of player. We signed him 4 months earlier. We certainly didn’t need to sell him. I am glad we did because he was ***** but this is why people get annoyed by things managers say, the way they spin things can really be so far away from the truth.

This is the reason I like Warnock, everything comes out of his mouth is honest.
 
Uncle Tony would not recognise the truth if it walked up to him, smacked him in the face with a wet haddock whilst shouting “Hi Tony I am the truth”. Unfortunately, for people like Uncle Tony, the best liars are the ones that tell the truth most of the time. Sadly, football management is often a world filled full of promises, but constructed by liars.
 
To be honest he finished 5th and 7th. You'd say that was a bit of a 'success' although anything is compered to what came next😒

That said the players we had availible and the money he spent were still very competitive by champo standards. Yet he almost made us unwatchable (those 2 playoff games against Villa.... Frankly no point even making the playoffs).

He spent 21mil and significant loan fees/wages for Besic and Hugill. So selling Bamford to save money doesn't really sit with me. I read we paid 2mil for Hugill....if true that's madness.

I guess results wise he did well. In terms of when he left the genuine concensus was 'anyone must be better'...... We were wrong😂

I always thought Pulis and Warnock were similier in style. They are light and day apart from both loving setplays (neither have cracked that one).
 
Saville and particularly McNair have been big parts of our form this season. Maybe we could have got more for our money. However, if you're going to recognise the contribution of those guys, you have to accept that the guy who brought them here played a small part too, like him or not.
 
No surprise at those comments, the man talks utter *****. We know that all too well from his time here
 
Frozen Horse said:
Saville and particularly McNair have been big parts of our form this season. Maybe we could have got more for our money. However, if you're going to recognise the contribution of those guys, you have to accept that the guy who brought them here played a small part too, like him or not.
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They were ***** under him though and Mcnair barely played despite how much he spent. Its like giving credit to Woodgate for Dijksteel and Bola
 
JM14 said:
They were ***** under him though and Mcnair barely played despite how much he spent. Its like giving credit to Woodgate for Dijksteel and Bola
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Sure, but they're playing well now and he still brought them here. I'm not suggesting we reassess his (or JWs) time as manager, neither do I think he's asking us to. However, I'd be a fool to suggest that nothing from under TPs reign is contributing to how we're doing now.
 
He basically wants credit for selling players. Any idiot can sell players.

He might be due some credit if he'd sold those players AND then replaced them with a core of players who are essential to us now. Or sold them and achieved promotion.

But he wasted money loaning Besic, Hugill, Mikel and the Dutch winger he never picked and blew £7m on a centre back we offloaded 12 months later at a loss.

Saville might be doing well now. Is he worth his fee yet though? Not for me.

So his only real contribution to our current success is McNair, probably our best player. A player he never played!

Woodgate probably deserves more credit for our current position. As much as a car crash that he was he didn't (or wasn't allowed) to waste money, brought in Bola and Dijksteel for less than half a Flint, brought through Spence and brought Johnson back into the squad.

He's mastered the art of self promotion like, I'll give him that.
 
festa5 said:
He basically wants credit for selling players. Any idiot can sell players.

He might be due some credit if he'd sold those players AND then replaced them with a core of players who are essential to us now. Or sold them and achieved promotion.

But he wasted money loaning Besic, Hugill, Mikel and the Dutch winger he never picked and blew £7m on a centre back we offloaded 12 months later at a loss.

Saville might be doing well now. Is he worth his fee yet though? Not for me.

So his only real contribution to our current success is McNair, probably our best player. A player he never played!

Woodgate probably deserves more credit for our current position. As much as a car crash that he was he didn't (or wasn't allowed) to waste money, brought in Bola and Dijksteel for less than half a Flint, brought through Spence and brought Johnson back into the squad.

He's mastered the art of self promotion like, I'll give him that.
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Harrison aswell. Who is clearly a very good player. No idea how he wasn’t picked
 
Do you think Pulis actually believes this ****! Actually I think it's probably aimed at Wednesday fans....'look I've seen how **** Monk was before.....trust me I'll sort it!);)
 
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