{"id":381759,"date":"2011-04-18T22:55:00","date_gmt":"2011-04-18T22:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/04\/18\/stoke-city-manager-tony-pulis-calls-for-club-to-regain-focus-on-the-league-after-fa-cup-semi-final-victory\/"},"modified":"2011-04-18T22:55:00","modified_gmt":"2011-04-18T22:55:00","slug":"stoke-city-manager-tony-pulis-calls-for-club-to-regain-focus-on-the-league-after-fa-cup-semi-final-victory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/18\/stoke-city-manager-tony-pulis-calls-for-club-to-regain-focus-on-the-league-after-fa-cup-semi-final-victory\/","title":{"rendered":"Stoke City manager Tony Pulis calls for club to regain focus on the league after FA Cup semi-final victory"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<h3>By Alex Fisher<\/h3>\n<h4>18 Apr 2011 23:55:00<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<div readability=\"59.8243340533\">\n<div readability=\"12\">\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Tony Pulis - Stoke City, (Getty Images)\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/554f113266_news.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Tony Pulis &#8211; Stoke City, (Getty Images)<\/p>\n<h4>Related Links<\/h4>\n<h4>Teams<\/h4>\n<h4>Players<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<p><span readability=\"22.5520934761\">They may have just secured their place in their first ever FA Cup final but <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> has called on his players to forget about their cup exploits and concentrate on retaining their Premier League status for next season.<\/p>\n<p>The Potters reached the final after a 5-0 victory over Bolton Wanderers but they are still not safe in the battle against relegation and Pulis knows they need to turn their form around quickly.<\/p>\n<p>Stoke are currently 13th in the league, but only five points above Blackpool and have not won in three matches, something Pulis wants to change to keep his long term plan on course.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have a plan in place, we want to build gradually and slowly,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut if we get relegated we will be devastated.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have to make sure we regain our focus on the league. We are desperately keen to finish in the top half, that is our main aim.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Stoke have to face four teams from around them in the league &#8211; Aston Villa, Blackpool, Wolves and Wigan &#8211; in their remaining six games of the season.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/554f113266_news-150x150.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Read more here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/2896\/premier-league\/2011\/04\/18\/2447795\/stoke-city-manager-tony-pulis-calls-for-club-to-regain-focus\" title=\"Stoke City manager Tony Pulis calls for club to regain focus on the league after FA Cup semi-final victory\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Stoke City manager Tony Pulis calls for club to regain focus on the league after FA Cup semi-final victory<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> By Alex Fisher 18 Apr 2011 23:55:00 Tony Pulis &#8211; Stoke City, (Getty Images) Related Links Teams Players They may have just secured their place in their first ever FA Cup final but Stoke City manager Tony Pulis has called on his players to forget about their cup exploits and concentrate on retaining their Premier League status for next season. The Potters reached the final after a 5-0 victory over Bolton Wanderers but they are still not safe in the battle against relegation and Pulis knows they need to turn their form around quickly<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-381759","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Stoke City manager Tony Pulis calls for club to regain focus on the league after FA Cup semi-final victory - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/18\/stoke-city-manager-tony-pulis-calls-for-club-to-regain-focus-on-the-league-after-fa-cup-semi-final-victory\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Stoke City manager Tony Pulis calls for club to regain focus on the league after FA Cup semi-final victory - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"By Alex Fisher 18 Apr 2011 23:55:00 Tony Pulis - Stoke City, (Getty Images) Related Links Teams Players They may have just secured their place in their first ever FA Cup final but Stoke City manager Tony Pulis has called on his players to forget about their cup exploits and concentrate on retaining their Premier League status for next season. 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