PULIS Focused ON LEAGUE Place
Pulis – warning for gamers. Stoke supervisor Tony Pulis has warned his players not to turn into distracted by their impending Wembley look as they even now have unfinished company in the Barclays Premier League.

Bernard: Souness killed Newcastle
Newcastle United Olivier Bernard continues to be upset about the manner of his departure from Newcastle United . The Frenchman has been compelled into retirement at 31 many years of age due to injury. Pleased on Tyneside and part of a aspect which suggested it would conclude the most embarrassing trophy drought in England, Bernard left in acrimonious circumstances, angry with the club and furious with the manager who …

PARDEW PRAISES ECCENTRIC BARTON
Barton – “Eccentricity” hailed by Pardew. Newcastle boss Alan Pardew believes Joey Barton’s “eccentricity” tends to make him the player he is.