Premier League - Pulis defends Kitson exit

Eurosport - Wed, 11 Mar 19:53:00 2009

Stoke manager Tony Pulis insists his tactics and formation did not lead to Dave Kitson's exit just eight months after his arrival at the club.

FOOTBALL Dave Kitson Stoke - 0

The 29-year-old has re-joined former club Reading on loan just eight months after arriving at the Britannia Stadium for a club-record fee of £5.5 million.

Kitson was often used in a withdrawn role at Stoke, rather than as a main striker, but Pulis told BBC Radio Stoke: "Dave's never come to me and spoke about that. He's always been good, he's trained well and done all we've asked of him."

"We try and make this football club as warm and welcoming as we can, we've worked very hard to do that for Dave."

Kitson failed to score in the 18 appearances that he made for the Potters and wasn't even included in Pulis' squad for the club's last two games against Aston Villa and Bolton.

TeamTalk / Eurosport

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  1. when he transfored to stoke i thought that he would be­ top scorer for stoke

    From Liverpool intill die, on Sat 14 Mar 12:23PM

  2. when he transfored to stoke i thought that he would be­ top scorer for stoke

    From Liverpool intill die, on Sat 14 Mar 12:23PM

  3. He looked good last year.
    Wonder wha happened...

    From George, on Wed 11 Mar 10:10PM
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