Warnock signed Jimmy Mac.

"We love you Palace, we f@cking hate Man U, We love you Palace, we hate the brighton too, We love you Palace we play in red 'n' blue, so f@ck you, and you ...

Being a Palace fan living in Boro, so knowing both clubs I think the appointment of Pulis is actually more a case of Gibson planning for next season rather than this. He invested very heavily in player personal in the summer (Think it was around 50 mill. A massive amount which Monk turned into boring `keep the ball` football (Sounds familiar). A lot of the outlay was on exciting forward players (Assombalonga). I think Gibson believes ay half decent manager should be able to get such a squad promoted but it is with an eye to Pulis's ability to keep teams in the Premier that he has really got him, in the hope of when he does he can stabilize Boro in the Premier for a few years. However, given the disgust from Boro fans at how Karanka got them to play in the Premier (this disgust was very apparent even within the first few premiership games) I do wonder if the Boro faithful will be able to accept Pulis's style of play.

Pulls came for the money. He told members of his backroom staff not to bother joining him as he wasn’t going to be around for long. His financial dealings are in part a matter of record. The Court believed he purposely tried to damage the club upon leaving. Not much more to say. Use him but be very very careful.

By the way, he always insists on getting a cut of all sell on fees. So he is always keen to sell the most valuable players.

Edited by Mapletree (07 Jan 2018 9.54am)

Couldn"t have put it better

You may be right about Gibson's future plans but not too sure Pulis will have the same ideas. You have probably paid top dollar for him and he could easily lever his way back into the Prem if need be come Xmas if you do not go up this year.

“ [T]here are known knowns; there are things we know that we know.There are known unknowns; that is to say there are things that, we now know we don't know.But there are also unknown unknowns – there are things we do not know we don't know. ”
—United States Secretary of Defense, Donald Rumsfeld

Best over over a six month period maybe... but even then that's debatable because other managers like Dowie, Bassett and many more had immediate short term impacts that oversaw dramatic transformations.

A miraculous six months under Pulis, yes. But in the grand scheme of our history, comparing him to Steve Coppell who built a team of internationals from a team of imbeciles (and forgetting the achievements of many other managers) doesn't add up for me.

George Courtney, the World Cup referee, everyone is looking at him. When will he blow....?