The Potters signed Wilson Palacios, Peter Crouch and Cameron Jerome on deadline day and had also recruited Jonathan Woodgate and Matthew Upson on free transfers earlier in the summer. And Pulis, whose Stoke side have collected five points from three Premier League fixtures so far this season, says that he is "pleased as punch" to have reinforced his squad for the 2011/12 campaign. "We are delighted, absolutely pleased as punch to have done the business we have done," he said. "When you think that we have signed five players for under £20million and you've got Woodgate, Upson, Palacios, Crouch and Jerome for that price, I think it is fantastic business. "We have brought big-name players in and I think the supporters deserve that." Pulis also believes that the new recruits will have no problem in settling at the club and explained: "But the one thing we have been at this football club over the last five years is united as a group, from boardroom level through to the staff, the players and the terraces. "I don't think there is a better example anywhere up and down the country of a club that has been as united as we have. "You speak to the players and ask them about what Upson and Woodgate have been like - they have been here for four or five weeks and have been absolutely fantastic. "You wouldn't believe the pedigree that they have got - they have mixed in really well and have become part of the group. "We've done our homework on Palacios, Crouch and Jerome and we have brought three players in who will all work as hard as how our gang work, as well as hopefully bringing that little bit more quality." Stoke host Liverpool at the Britannia Stadium on Saturday afternoon.
