West Brom boss Pulis tells Moyes he must adapt to Sunderlands relegation scrap



Albion go to the Stadium of Light on Saturday hoping to increase the misery on the new Black Cats manager after his winless start

Sunderland are bottom of the Premier League with one point from their first six games since Moyes was appointed as Sam Allardyce's replacement in the summer

Pulis has backed Moyes to get it right in the north east but believes, after his time at Manchester United and Everton, the Scot needs to rework his style to survive.

"You have to spend a long time working out how you're going to get results," he said

"You've got to play to your players' strengths, you've got to work a system out that will enable that team to get points.

"Irrespective of how they play and don't play t he important thing as a manager is to give yourself enough time to push the team forward

"To do that you need results, you need to stay in the league

There will be different experiences for David without a question of a doubt

"I've a lot of respect for David and he's joined a club that has to fight and scrap and work hard to get the points that's needed to maintain Premier League status

"I don't think he had that at Everton at all

He built and put in place a club that was looking more at (the) top six than bottom six so this is a new experience for him, but he's a top man, a top football manager and I'm sure he'll get through it."

The Baggies are expected to be unchanged but Saido Berahino is expected to return to the squad after overcoming a stomach bug which forced him out of the 1-1 draw at Stoke last week

Chris Brunt is likely to return to the first team after the international break following the knee injury which has kept him sidelined since March

Source : PA

Source: PA