Blackpool boss Ian Holloway believes Saturday opponents Stoke city are not given the credit they deserve. The Seasiders travel to Staffordshire on Saturday to face a Potters side who have gone from strength to strength under Pulis.
They currently lie 10th having drawn 2-2 on Saturday at Wigan, a match watched by Holloway, who played with Pulis at Bristol Rovers.
"It will be a massive challenge - I watched them against Wigan last weekend and I thought they were terrific," Holloway said.
"Never has a team had not enough written about them (as Stoke). Everyone talks about one thing and their fans have got some great songs about 'we only score from a throw-in' and all that sort of stuff.
"But he has gradually stepped the level of their players up to a fantastic level and it will be an honour to take my team there and try to take them on.
"I know how tough it is going to be - they have some brilliant players. Matt Etherington was almost unplayable at times (against Wigan) he was so sharp and so quick.
"Then they have got Kenwyne Jones up front and Ricardo Fuller. It is phenomenal what he has done."
However, Holloway indicated he would prefer to focus on his own project at Bloomfield Road.
"We all have our own group of players and we all need to manage them in a way that suits them," said Holloway, whose newly-promoted team have defied expectation by taking 19 points from their opening 15 games this term.
"We all manage in our own shape and form - how we are as people - and what Tony does with his team is exactly right for Stoke City.
"What I try to do might be totally different, but hopefully it will work for me and for my club.
"When it comes to advice and knowledge, Tony is as good as anyone to ask because he has been there, seen it and done it.
"I'll be trying to get what I can off him - but I want to beat his team at the weekend."
