Tony Pulis: 'Unforgiving' West Brom fans have short memories
Tony Pulis claims he is a victim of his own success after raising the expectation levels of 'unforgiving' Albion supporters.
The Baggies boss was bombarded with chants from the away end on Saturday calling for him to be sacked.
Those toxic scenes came during a 1-0 defeat to ten-man Huddersfield Town that left Pulis without a win in 10 games in all competitions.
But Pulis, who is nearing three years in the job, hit back at the fans with the suggestion they had short memories.
"What happens is when you’re at a football club, and I’ve been here nearly three years now, you take the club up and take it up and take it onwards and onwards," he said.
"You have a look at the players I took over and the players we’ve brought to this football club. Compare them to the players we’ve got now.
"So the expectation levels go right through the roof.
"We finished in the top ten last year, we’ve brought some good players in and everybody was talking about us finishing in the top eight. That's the expectation.
"That’s the job that you’ve done to make expectations the way they are and that’s what people forget, the job you’ve done.
"That’s soon forgotten if you go on a bad run. And supporters are unforgiving, that’s not just at this football club it’s at every football club.
"But my record at the club, you have a look at the players we’ve brought in, have a look at the quality, have a look at the fact we’ve made money every year I’ve been at this football club.
"We’ve had a changeover of chairmanship, all this is going on and this club has steadily progressed."
Pulis rescued the club from relegation in 2015 before guiding them to safety a season later and a top-half finish last time out.
But the Albion faithful have lost patience with his cautious approach during a run of two wins in 20 league games spanning two seasons.
Although Pulis suggested fans reminded themselves of what he'd done at the club, he also admitted it was results-driven business.
"Supporters go off games," he said. "There’s never a thought of what happened before, it’s all about today. It’s not about yesterday.
"Irrespective of what I’ve done previously and how the club is they look at the results you’ve had over a short period of time and I understand that.
"I’ve been in the game a long time, it’s all about results."
