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Carling Cup Betting: Cool Pulis happy to keep Stoke's talent under his hat
By BetFair December 2 2008

Tony Pulis has been very shrewd in allowing Rory Delap's throw-ins to disguise the fact that Stoke City are a talented footballing side, says Ralph Ellis.

2. He joined Bristol Rovers as a combative midfield player and passed all his coaching badges at the age of 21 while recovering from injury

3. His first management job was at Bournemouth where he and wife Debs still keep their family home. "I like going back there because nobody cares about me," he says

4. In nearly 17 years as a manager with six clubs he has never been relegated

5. The last time he was manager of Stoke he was sacked by the club's Icelandic owners for refusing to buy foreign players he hadn't seen.

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