{"id":572028,"date":"2020-11-13T13:23:50","date_gmt":"2020-11-13T18:23:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=572028"},"modified":"2020-11-13T13:23:50","modified_gmt":"2020-11-13T18:23:50","slug":"tony-pulis-appointed-new-sheffield-wednesday-manager","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2020\/11\/13\/tony-pulis-appointed-new-sheffield-wednesday-manager\/","title":{"rendered":"Tony Pulis Appointed New Sheffield Wednesday Manager"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Struggling Championship side <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2020\/11\/12\/report-tony-pulis-in-advanced-talks-to-become-sheffield-wednesday-manager\/\" target=\"_self\">Sheffield Wednesday<\/a> have today appointed experienced manager <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2020\/11\/10\/report-sheffield-wednesday-consider-tony-pulis-as-garry-monk-replacement\/\" target=\"_self\">Tony Pulis<\/a>. The news was confirmed by the club&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swfc.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">official website<\/a>. The new Owls boss will take charge of his first game on November 21 away at <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2020\/09\/15\/prestons-daniel-johnson-to-rangers\/\" target=\"_self\">Preston North End<\/a>. Pulis will be hoping to work his magic on the club and retain his record of never being relegated.<\/p>\n<h2>Former Stoke City Boss Tony Pulis Appointed New Sheffield Wednesday Manager<\/h2>\n<h3>Favourite for the Job<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">BREAKING: We are delighted to confirm that Tony Pulis is our new first team manager <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/swfc?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#swfc<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DzjHaIP3Hh\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/DzjHaIP3Hh<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Sheffield Wednesday (@swfc) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/swfc\/status\/1327313529012097035?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">November 13, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Following the dismissal of <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2020\/11\/09\/garry-monk-leaves-sheffield-wednesday\/\" target=\"_self\">Garry Monk<\/a>, Tony Pulis quickly became one of the favourites for the vacant position. Pulis who had been out of work since leaving <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2020\/11\/03\/report-duncan-watmore-set-to-sign-for-middlesbrough\/\" target=\"_self\">Middlesbrough<\/a> at the end of the 2018\/19 season, soon raced into pole position after preliminary talks. Further talks with Owls chairman Dejphon Chansiri resulted in the former <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/clubs\/west-brom\/\" target=\"_self\">West Bromwich Albion<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/clubs\/crystal-palace\/\" target=\"_self\">Crystal Palace<\/a> manager being appointed.<\/p>\n<h3>Chairman Was Eager to Get Appointment Right<\/h3>\n<p>Prior to Pulis being appointed, chairman Dejphon Chansiri was keen to get this appointment right having had many managers interested in the then-vacant post. Speaking to <a href=\"https:\/\/talksport.com\/football\/efl\/787929\/pulis-advanced-talks-sheffield-wednesday-monk-axed\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">talkSPORT<\/a>, Chansiri said:<\/p>\n<div class=\"markup sc-ekkqgF HvqYV\">\n<p>\u201cI want to do the best thing for the club, it\u2019s an amazing club\u2026 We need time to think about it.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"markup sc-ekkqgF HvqYV\">\n<p>\u201cI think (we need to hire somebody) as soon as possible. Actually there are many managers who have sent offers, so we need to look at it and see who is the best.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEvery manager is good and has good experience and ability, but I can choose just one. So I\u2019ll try to choose the best I can choose at the moment.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h3>A Tough Job Ahead for new Sheffield Wednesday Manager<\/h3>\n<div class=\"markup sc-ekkqgF HvqYV\">\n<p>Tony Pulis has undoubtedly a tough job ahead of him this season. The Owls are currently 23rd in the Championship, one place above bottom club<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2020\/11\/06\/derby-county-chief-executive-tests-positive-for-covid-19\/\" target=\"_self\"> Derby County<\/a>. Wednesday were hit with a 12-point penalty before the start of the season; however, this was reduced to six points on appeal to give fans and the club hope.<\/p>\n<p>Tony Pulis has never been relegated during his long career as a player, coach or manager. Owls fans will be hoping that this record will still be intact come the end of the season.<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"wWzftG0jTVV6WbrhMAqRtA\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.co.uk\/detail\/1131135259\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'wWzftG0jTVV6WbrhMAqRtA',sig:'B4G9d7eVjpG0Pabwkv2FWvkoY5VtjZazoxT_7mA5kIY=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1131135259',caption: true ,tld:'co.uk',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It has been announced that 62-year-old Tony Pulis is the new Sheffield Wednesday manager. 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