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’Monkbot’ has got to ditch his bad habits

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The LeaguePaper Team
31 December 2017

A FRESH TAKE ON FOOTBALL

Chris Dunlavy

BACK in 2006, Micky Adams was asked to describe Tony Pulis, then in his first stint as manager of Stoke City. “What I like about Tony is that he calls a spade a spade,” said Adams.
“He doesn’t play games, he’s got no pretensions. He doesn’t manage to impress people, he manages to do the job.”
Not everybody appreciates this aspect of Pulis. Regular readers of The Secret Footballer will attest to that.
But, after the icy, robotic detachment of Garry Monk, a dose of straight talking is exactly what Middlesbroug...

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