Finally I would point out that other clubs like Chelsea and Man United are much more guilty for what we might call cheating, so I am not going to feel bad for Pulis about Arsenal, especially as he was in
charge of Stoke when they rightfully earned the tag of being a rugby team, are you?
Chelsea had scored in their 12 previous visits to the ground, Southampton hadn't beaten a top - six team in two seasons and the new coach had lost four in a row to the Blues, including two defeats when he was in
charge of Stoke City this season.
Mark Hughes is now into his fourth season in
charge of a Stoke City side that have successfully maintained their Premier League status ever since securing their promotion to England's top division on the last day of the 2007/08 season.
Post-Chelsea, Southampton, Everton and Blackburn Rovers, Hughes went into management, managing Wales, Blackburn Rovers, Manchester City, Fulham, Queens Park Rangers and he is currently in
charge of Stoke City.
Not exact matches
The Northumberland - based official will be taking
charge of his fifth Everton match
of the season, having overseen a win home win over
Stoke City, away draws with Manchester United and Manchester City and an away defeat at Tottenham Hotspur.
He has no reason to want to offer the Frenchman any help and in fact the pair have clashed plenty
of times in the past, most notably when Pulis was in
charge of our Premier League rivals
Stoke City.
That applies to today's opponents
Stoke City, no matter who is in
charge, and the Potters» brand
of football certainly came out on top at the Britannia stadium a month or so ago.
But Pulis was able to get off the
charge after it was alleged that a ban would cause himself, his club and the people
of Stoke - on - Trent exceptional hardship.
New Aston Villa manager Tim Sherwood has reminded the Premier League that his win ratio during his time at Tottenham Hotspur manager is still superior to his successor, Mauricio Pochettino's, ahead
of his first match in
charge at Villa Park, at home to
Stoke City.
There was plenty
of controversy surrounding their 2 - 1 defeat at the Britannia last weekend, and manager Gary Monk could still face an FA
charge over his acquisitions directed at
Stoke winger Victor Moses, who won the game winning penalty.
Lambert had a positive impact after replacing Mark Hughes, winning his first game in
charge against Huddersfield, but
Stoke have not won any
of the seven matches since and sit three points adrift
of safety.
Hughes has managed at Blackburn Rovers, Manchester City, Fulham, Queens Park Rangers and most recently
Stoke City in the Premier League, taking
charge of almost 450 top - flight matches and achieving eight top - ten finishes in his career to date.
Marriner was in
charge of defeats away to Manchester City and Chelsea, an away win at Swansea and a drawn home game with
Stoke.
Steve Kean is in
charge of Rovers on a caretaker basis, but the former first - team coach is yet to win his first game as Blackburn manager but will target his maiden success in Boxing Day's home meeting with
Stoke City.
Having lost just one
of their last ten games and managed draws against
Stoke, Southampton and Manchester United the Chelsea manager will be keen to ask questions
of the club's former boss Claudio Ranieri and his current
charges.
Putting older kids in
charge of the younger one
stokes sibling rivalry, whereas making them take responsibility for themselves encourages individuality and self - reliance.
The 1948 British Olympics was the first year to see disabled athletes participating after the German refugee, Ludwig Guttmann, hosted a competition at
Stoke Mandeville Hospital where he was in
charge of Second World War patients with spinal cord injuries.