Turf wars at West Brom as Mark Hughes accuses Baggies of leaving the grass long
Mark Hughes has suggested that the grass was left long at The Hawthorns on purpose this weekend to stifle their passing game.
The Stoke boss cut a frustrated figure in the press room afterwards, and criticised the quality of the game.
Albion drew 1-1 with the Potters today after Jay Rodriguez's bullet header was cancelled out by Peter Crouch's own header after a mix-up at the back between Ahmed Hegazi and Ben Foster.
“The goal was the least we deserved," said Hughes. "I thought we knocked on the door all afternoon. It wasn't a great game.
"I have to say I didn't particularly enjoy it as a spectacle, or even being involved at management level. It was frustrating to say the least.
"But maybe we shouldn't have expected anything different; it's always difficult when you come here. Those are the type of games that you have to face more often than not.
“I see they're cutting the grass now. They should have done it before the game, but there you go.”
Pulis shrugged off that suggestion with a confused look on his face, before pointing to his recent record over Hughes.
The Baggies boss has won five and drawn two of his seven meetings with Stoke since he was replaced by the Welshman as Potters boss.
“That was the same cut as Bournemouth and everybody else," said Pulis. " I'm still unbeaten against them."
Pulis took Stoke into the Premier League and guided them to an FA Cup final, but the Baggies boss was subject to an abusive chants from the away end this afternoon.
But the Albion head coach brushed off the chants that said his football was s***, by saying: “I think that’s the way the world is.
"I don’t think that matters at all. There’s a person in the stand called (Stoke owner) Peter Coates and his family who respect what I did there more than anybody else and they are the people I respect more than anybody else."
