Pulis rages at FAI in player row

STOKE boss Tony Pulis blasted the FAI for insisting on checking on the fitness of Jon Walters and Marc Wilson themselves.

The Potters boss had already informed the FAI the duo were unfit to play in the Republic’s friendly clash with Croatia at the Aviva Stadium tonight, but they insisted on running their own personal fitness checks in Dublin.

Those checks subsequently revealed that both players were unfit for the game and they were sent back to Stoke for treatment.