Swans Must Stick To Principles - Pulis
Stoke boss Tony Pulis says Swansea should stick to their principles as they prepare for the Premier League
The Welshman believes that Brendan Rodgers' men have enough about them to survive relegation next season, providing they keep to their way of playing football.
"I think Brendan's intelligent enough to know what he wants and which way to go round it," said Pulis.
"What he will need more than anything else is a good start and a little bit of luck and from there you push on.
"There's a lot of different systems, a lot of different ways of playing football. They will experience everything in the Premiership.
"Managers have rung me [and] I've spoke to him about what he should do and what he shouldn't do.
"But at the end of the day I've said to all the managers who have rung me 'you've got your identity, make sure you stick to your identity, don't change'.
"If you look at the teams who got promoted last year they all did reasonably well.
"I know Blackpool dropped at the end but what a great season Olly [manager Ian Holloway] had with Blackpool.
"I will not take anybody for granted. I certainly won't be taking Swansea, QPR or Norwich for granted."
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