Tony Pulis: Albion job the hardest of my career

Tony Pulis has called the Albion job the 'hardest' one of his career but reckons the club has real potential to push on in the next few years.

The Baggies' head coach – who's been in football management for 23 years – says there are still a lot of things he'd like to change at Albion, including playing personnel.

He just hopes he gets enough time to enforce those changes.

"I've worried about this job and this position a lot more than I ever did at the other clubs I was at," he said. "I know what's needed. We're not going to be able to do this overnight."

Praising chairman Jeremy Peace for the 'wonderful job' he has done, Pulis admitted there were areas of the club he still wasn't happy with.

"There's lots of thing I'd like to change, and I mean lots of things, but you need time to do it," he said.

He wants to be the man that takes Albion up to the next level.

"I think there are eight or nine clubs in the Premier League that have got potential to push on and this football club certainly has that without a shadow of a doubt," he said.

"If you said I could have another three years at the football club and do what I wanted to do within those three years I'd be more than happy."

For Pulis, the changes need to start in January.

"What I want and what we've got is maybe a little bit apart at the moment," he admitted.

And the head coach outlined which positions he'd be looking to strengthen in the New Year.

"We need a little bit more down the sides of the pitch as I've said right from the beginning

"A little bit more most probably in midfield.

"We certainly need a full-back that can give us the quality that we want and put in the effort and commitment that the lads put in at this moment."