Since match day two this season Middlesbrough had failed to let go of their placement as a top-six club in the Championship. That was up until this weekend when they lost their fourth successive game, and when they took the run to five last night it just made the task of making the playoffs even harder, leaving the fans calling for Pulis out.
Tony Pulis spoke to the press after the defeat to @BristolCity
Media conference https://t.co/vaU59VlHA0 pic.twitter.com/z0DLg8qYOZ
— Middlesbrough FC (@Boro) 2 April 2019
Pulis-ball, as it has come to be known, is an abomination and has no place in the modern game. However, the Welshman persists with his turgid football, and with a home record in the Championship this season that has seen his side win just seven of their 20 games scoring 19 goals in the process, the way that the Teessiders have been playing is simply undefendable.
The Northeast club’s recent form is woeful. They haven’t picked up a single point from their last available 15, and even in the five games before this run, they only managed eight from 15. If there has ever been a ‘right time’ to sack a manager, it wouldn’t be a matter of months before a potential playoff semi-final, however, at The Riverside it needs must, and Pulis must go as far as the fans are concerned.
You can read the Riversiders’ calls for Pulis’ head here:
Get him out now
— • (@erimus123) April 2, 2019
https://twitter.com/paulhughes321/status/1113197990829801474
https://twitter.com/yourjokinarnya/status/1113197955417366528
https://twitter.com/Coombs2Joseph/status/1113197575123996678
https://twitter.com/davidnorman23/status/1113324789307932672
He should have been walked off the premises never to return. Pathetic display again – 5 straight defeats in a row and the players are not playing for him now either.
— Believe in Boro (@nickimpactus) April 2, 2019
clueless out
— aaron davison (@azzad90) April 3, 2019
Sack him
— LukeHughes25 (@slylukehughes) April 2, 2019
Club statement
— (@Matthewjs94) 2 April 2019
Boro fans everywhere are desperate for Pulis to go, and will be desperate for the dinosaur to clear his desk if he takes their losing run to six games.
