Tony Pulis admits West Bromwich Albion's recruiting methods need to be overhauled.

Pulis is already planning changes in the summer with the club's recruitment processes high on his agenda.

"It has gone a little bit off the rails in the last two or three years," said the head coach. "I don't think anyone can argue about that, it is now just about trying to get it back on track.

"I have talked about various things that I'd like to put in place so we can follow up on a lot of the work that they do behind the scenes.

"It's about doing all that work and then putting it in front of people who can then follow it up and really look into what's going on on the recruitment side.

"There are lots of things that go on at this club that people don't realise or recognise that have to be changed.

"But the most important thing is always the results on the pitch because they buy you time to make certain changes.

"I'm not saying there are going to be sweeping changes, I'm just saying they are changes that will help the club in the future."