When former manager Tony Pulis arrived at Middlesbrough on Boxing Day 2017, he came with a damaging reputation.
Tony Pulis has a lingering reputation as a certain type of manager, the type whose sides are difficult to beat and can nick a game from the odd set-piece.
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