New Sheffield Wednesday manager Tony Pulis has indicated he intends to bring in his own coaching staff. 

The Welshman was unveiled as the Owls' new boss on Friday, four days after Garry Monk was sacked by the Yorkshire club.

Pulis is hugely experienced at this level but has a job on his hands, with the Owls second-bottom in the Championship.

Speaking in his first press conference as Wednesday manager, the 62-year-old coach indicated to club media that a few new arrivals should be expected.

He said: "I will bring in staff, that is important for me. I've always wanted experienced people around me.

"It's important to have people around who will challenge you. Coaching is a cross-section of opinion, it's important to have people question what you are doing."

Who exactly those arrivals will be remains unclear at this point but previous reports have suggested that David Kemp will join as his assistant.

Pulis also hinted that Craig Gardner, who left Birmingham City's coaching staff yesterday, would be joining him at Hillsborough.

He told Yorkshire Live: "I always like to bring one young coach with me and someone who knows the best players in the academy.

"The link between the academy and the first team is really important. I like to have a mixture of people around me."

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The Verdict

It's certainly no surprise that Pulis will be bringing in people he can trust to work alongside him at Wednesday.

The 62-year-old has never been relegated and will want to see a marked improvement from the Owls squad to ensure that record doesn't end this season.

The six-point deduction they started the season with has made the start to the campaign look worse than it perhaps is but it's impossible to argue that scoring six times in the first 11 games of the season is good enough for a club like Wednesday.