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• James Beattie fracas provided material for Xmas party• 'It was good. All the lads turned up.'Rory Delap is disappointed that his team-mate James Beattie's altercation with the manager, Tony Pulis, became public knowledge. Beattie and the Stoke manager are understood to have come to blows in the Arsenal dressing room, after a row over the squad's Christmas party."This has happened 35 or 40 times in my career, when I've been in the dressing...
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Initial reports in a local newspaper on Tuesday suggested that Beattie had issued an apology to the Stoke manager for goading him into an alleged dust-up...
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- Stoke manager Tony Pulis and James Beattie in dressing room bust-up (football.co.uk)
A manager has the right to change his mind, full stop. If Tony Pulis has told his Stoke squad they can have a Christmas party and then decides to put a line through that because he wants to see them on Monday morning at 10 o'clock, then so be it.
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- Tony Pulis stamps authority over James Beattie, Stoke squad (express.co.uk)
• Beattie missed training twice this week• Hull in negotiations with Nigeria over OlofinjanaJames Beattie will be included in Stoke City's squad to face Wigan Athletic if he passes a late fitness test despite the striker's alleged row with manager Tony Pulis last weekend. Beattie missed training on Wednesday and Thursday after reporting a problem with his knee. Centre-back Ryan Shawcross is fit again after missing the defeat at Arsenal with a...
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- Pulis to face grilling after Beattie bust-up (independent.co.uk)
So let’s get this straight.Tony Pulis and James Beattie didn’t have a fight at the Stoke City Christmas Party.They had a fight about the Stoke City Christmas Party.And Beattie wasn’t upset because the players weren’t allowed a day off to recover.He was upset because they weren’t allowed two days off to recover.What was the guy planning? A long weekend in Sodom and Gomorrah?Beattie didn’t call Pulis a liar because he’s been in and out of the...
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