{"id":345494,"date":"2011-03-28T19:18:00","date_gmt":"2011-03-28T19:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/03\/28\/stoke-city-manager-tony-pulis-expects-no-easy-games-in-premier-league-run-in\/"},"modified":"2011-03-28T19:18:00","modified_gmt":"2011-03-28T19:18:00","slug":"stoke-city-manager-tony-pulis-expects-no-easy-games-in-premier-league-run-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/28\/stoke-city-manager-tony-pulis-expects-no-easy-games-in-premier-league-run-in\/","title":{"rendered":"Stoke City manager Tony Pulis expects no easy games in Premier League run-in"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<h3>By Mark Fordham<\/h3>\n<h4>28 Mar 2011 20:18:00<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<div readability=\"66.67246835443\">\n<div readability=\"14.892307692308\">\n<div>\n                <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Tony Pulis, Stoke City v Fulham (Getty Images)\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/484dca18122017_news.jpg\" \/><\/p><\/div>\n<p>Tony Pulis, Stoke City v Fulham (Getty Images)<\/p>\n<h4>Related Links<\/h4>\n<h4>Teams<\/h4>\n<h4>Players<\/h4>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>        <span readability=\"31.537572254335\"><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/717\/stoke-city\">Stoke City<\/a> manager <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/people\/wales\/26283\/tony-pulis\">Tony Pulis<\/a> doesn&#8217;t believe there is an easy game in their run-in to the end of the season.<\/p>\n<p>There had been suggestions that games against Chelsea and Tottenham may have been easier towards the end of the season due to Champions League commitments, however the Welshman believes his side will not be in for an easy test.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Their ultimate goal must be to re-qualify for the Champions League, and the best way to do that is to finish in the top four,&#8221; Pulis told <em>The Sentinel<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Just look at Chelsea against Man City the other day. They had Salomon Kalou and Fernando Torres on the pitch and the little matter of Didier Drogba and Nicolas Anelka on the bench.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;And if Tottenham go with Rafael van der Vaart and Jermain Defoe, that leaves Peter Crouch and Roman Pavlyuchenko in reserve.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Stoke are pushing for a top-10 position in the Premier League and also have an FA Cup semi-final to play against Bolton and Pulis is wary of the strain on his player\u2019s as the season draws to a close.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMost haven&#8217;t experienced this kind of intensity at this level before,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They are in the top half of the Premier League and have an FA Cup semi-final coming up.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It can be physically draining, but it will definitely be mentally draining.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>        <\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>See original here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/2896\/premier-league\/2011\/03\/28\/2415248\/stoke-city-manager-tony-pulis-expects-no-easy-games-in\" title=\"Stoke City manager Tony Pulis expects no easy games in Premier League run-in\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Stoke City manager Tony Pulis expects no easy games in Premier League run-in<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> By Mark Fordham 28 Mar 2011 20:18:00 Tony Pulis, Stoke City v Fulham (Getty Images) Related Links Teams Players Stoke City manager Tony Pulis doesn&#8217;t believe there is an easy game in their run-in to the end of the season. 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