Keiren Westwood, Barry Bannan and the style of play: What's on the agenda for Tony Pulis' first Sheffield Wednesday press conference?

His arrival at Hillsborough hasn’t been greeted with universal glee amongst Wednesday fans – on social media at least – however there’s no doubt that the former Stoke City, West Brom and Middlesbrough boss will shake things up a bit at S6.

And today we’ll find out just how he intends to do it.

With that in mind, here’s a sample of the types of questions that Pulis will face when he meets, virtually, the local press this afternoon.

As usual our team of Owls writers will bring you everything Pulis has to say on our live blog, as well as more analysis, reaction and opinion.

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The style of play

Much of any negativity surrounding Pulis’ appointment has been regarding the way he is perceived to set up his teams. He’s regarded a manager who makes his teams physical, direct and pragmatic. However, if you read what some players have said about working under Pulis, they’ll point out that rather than force a style on a team, it is dictated by what he has available to him. He’s only meeting the squad for the first time today but the new boss will have already been doing his homework and it will be interesting to know, even at this very early stage, how he intends to play.

What about Keiren Westwood?

Next week it will be exactly a year since Keiren Westwood last played for Sheffield Wednesday, yet he remains one of the most talked-about players. The goalkeeper was ostracised by previous manager Garry Monk – just like another former boss Jos Luhukay had done – and is not currently a registered member of the squad. However, new managers often wipe the slate clean and with Cameron Dawson and Joe Wildsmith still not completely nailing down the number one jersey, Pulis might at some point decide to bring Westwood in out of the cold. That being said, no one knows what state Westwood is in, anyway, having not played for so long.

Does Barry Bannan fit in?

Well the simple answer to that is ‘of course he does’ because he’s Wednesday's best player. However, Bannan has spoken in the past about the fact that Pulis told him, while at Crystal Palace, that indeed was the case. Bannan said: “To be fair, he was that honest with me it was unreal. He grabbed me in half way through the season and was like, if I was managing a team that was going to play football you would be the first name in my team but we’re fighting for our lives so…” Things are a lot different now but still, it’s a question that will come up.

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Why Wednesday?

What is it about this job that has Pulis coming back to management? It’s a big club, of course, but it’s far from an easy task. Is that it… the challenge facing him? And what did he make of the prospect of working under Dejphon Chansiri, who obviously has a quite uniqu way of running a football club.

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What’s the plan and what are the ambitions?

Is Pulis in this for the long haul? Is he there to steady the ship and sort things out before letting someone else come in and take charge? Wednesday have seemingly struggled to develop or indeed even show a plan, apart from the haphazard, if exciting, first couple of seasons under Chansiri when he threw his lot in with a promotion challenge and fell at the final hurdle. You would expect that this season, at least, will be about pulling away from the bottom, but does Pulis have loftier ambitions than that? Do Wednesday need to show a sense of perspective and now set about a long-term strategy to stabilise, build and then make a push for the promised land again?

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Will he be backed in the January transfer window?

Garry Monk was fortunate in that he was able to strengthen the squad and brought in quite a few players in the Autumn window? What now? Has Pulis been told that he can bring in his own players when the window opens? Is there cash to spend or is he going to have to rely on free agents?

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Youth, experience or both?

Monk, possibly through necessity as much as anything else, gave young players plenty of opportunity to stake their case for a place in the squad. Is Pulis the type of manager to offer chances to young players or will he use – or bring in – experienced heads to get the job done?

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