Tony Pulis received an honorary doctorate from Staffordshire University in 2009. Matt Scrafton hopes it wasn’t in football development. (Image | BBC)

We’re often told Tony Pulis is doing a wonderful job at Stoke City and the fact he’s managed to keep them in the Premier League for so many years should be admired.

Such lectures can usually be found at Match of the Day HQ – you know, the usual suspects. But just how true is this overused, tired cliché?

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