{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/0fc6a233-bbae-4ba5-b882-c075544353a8/6284b314842514001254b4c5?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"SPECIAL: Tony Pulis","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/61ba0e501a8cbe71d83cf13e/show-cover.jpg?height=200","description":"<p>Former Stoke City, West Bromwich Albion and Middlesbrough manager Tony Pulis joins Hugh Woozencroft and Matt Lawton for a special podcast from The Times.</p><p><br></p><p>While talking some time away from the game following his departure from Sheffield Wednesday in 2020, he's been tracking the progress of his grandson; a talented eight-year-old enjoying the benefits of a category one academy at a Premier League club; a product of the Elite Player Performance Programme (EPPP) that was launched 10 years ago to produce more home grown players for the country’s top clubs.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>It is, however, a system that Pulis believes is in need of a complete overhaul.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>Pulis also gives us his thoughts on the best young managers in the UK and whether negative comments about his style of management ever get to him.</p><p><br></p><p>Read the full article here: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/tony-pulis-most-academy-kids-are-never-going-to-play-football-not-enough-is-done-for-them-rjz2n3z6t</p>","author_name":"The Times"}