29 October 2025 …
Tony Pulis column: ‘I was seen as a dinosaur but I don’t see many managers moaning about set-pieces now’
Hello. I’m Tony Pulis and welcome to my new BBC Sport column, Going Direct.
From tactics to man-management, I’m going to be tackling a different aspect of the modern game every week, and comparing old-school ideas to new trends.
There’s only one place to start, and that’s with the rise of set-pieces, which is probably the story of the season so far.
I was seen as a dinosaur for my