Puel In!

Been through 2 interviews expected to be announced today

An undeniably well reasoned argument mate. And here I was thinking you were only good as a match thread creator! :lou_wink:

There are references earlier in the thread to the effective tactics deployed against Liverpool (essentially sitting deep and springing counter attacks) but if he was so pragmatic why didn’t he play this way against the other big boys who dominate possession and whom we failed to beat?

From my position it felt like too often we played ‘our way’ against the top 5 and didnt adapt the way we play to allow for the quality that they possessed.

Ultimately it is of little consequence as times have changed and things have moved on.

If he gets the job I’ll certainly sit up with interest and wish him relative success. That said, unless I develop insomnia I won’t be watching his press conferences though!

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I quite liked Puel’s Diamond. I mean, in theory more than in practice. All the interchange he was trying to get going with fluid & movement front 3, I could see how it could be good! Alright, it’s never gonna be Goals when ur fluid interchanging front 3 is like Austin & Redmond with Tadic behind, but he might have more joy with like Vardy + Musa with Mahrez behind. You could see how that might work. It will be interest to see.

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Talking of fluid movement is quite apt. Puel’s style was a bit like trying to make love to a beautiful but virginal ring wearing women - all that fluid movement but never any actual penetration…

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Good luck Claude. It will be interesting to see what you do do with Leicester.

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Confirmed as Leicester’s new manager. http://www.skysports.com/football/news/11712/11098409/leicester-appoint-claude-puel-as-new-manager

Interesting theory there, Phil. If you overlook the fact that Adkins’ teams played differently to Pardew’s, Pochettino’s differently to Adkins’, Koeman’s differently to Pochettino’s, Puel’s differently to Koeman’s and Pellegrino’s differently to Puel’s I’d say it’s a brilliant theory.

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I find this theory interesting. I have heard it from a few places thar Leicester don’t need a manager. The team runs itself. So, if Leicester don’t need a manager then why does any team need a manager? Can we save a few million per year?

Now announced as Leicester manager.

Good luck Claude. I thought you were hounded out of your job at Southampton by a fanbase that is thick as fuck. You did a damned fine job with what you were given…

The reason you lost the fans is this:

You sounded like a foreigner.

Your English was limited and therefore everything sounded like a poor excuse.

When you spoke you sounded bored. I know you weren’t bored but I am not a normal fan.

You sounded bored so normal fans thought you were boring.

Whilst you were manager we went to Wembley and should have won. If Leicester fans experience this then you would have done a good job.

As a Saints fan: Good luck Leicester. He’s a good manager and I hope it works out for you… Decent bloke.

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That’s why I’m looking forward to seeing what he does :sunglasses:

Leicesters success was Mike Bassett

We seem stuck in variants of 4 2 3 1 until MP asks Eric Black if he can bring on Boufal & Chazza on 80 minutes

:lou_sunglasses:

hope Erik Black gets the call

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Lucky for Claude he now has a patient board that has a reputation for giving managers time.

And if the results don’t come immediately, his natural charisma and attacking flair should win over most fans.

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French Journo on 5live last night saying its Puel’s style to spend first 12 months creating stable side, build from back, compromising creative attackimg flair for stability… on which he woudl then build his more attacking flair in seasons 2 and 3… as he did with his sides in France. He said it was surprizing we did not stick with that as he felt it would have bene made clear during Puel’s interview process… The additional complication we had was when that snivelling cunt Vardy knobbled The Virgin and our defence in effect was make shift for rest of season… I stayed out of the Puel debate last seaosn as it was only ever heading in one direction once the mob weight got behind it… but would not be surprized if he does very well at Leicester…

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I had no great problems with Claude as a person, his games against Liverpool demonsrated that he clearly has coaching ability and he was a sensible guy.

But the football he served up was heading nowhere and despite the money, football is both a business and an entertainment industry.

On paper he delivered, but on grass it was often fucking terrible, with little sign of progress - and no club has the luxury of a three year plan to bed in a new manager, so if that is what he needs, Leicester is the last job he should have taken.

I wish him well, but I’m expecting his Leicester team to be as dull as a four hour documentary on victorian doorstops.

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For all this dullness RB. You do know that farking Leicester will turn us over with swift incisive football in a couple of months don’t you.

Before returning to turgidity.

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That’s an interesting analysis.

Full of interesting possibilities

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Maybe Puel isnt the genius we all thought he was…or seemed to become after we sacked him

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No, he has Vardy and Mahrez we don’t have anyone anywhere near that quality. They are also used to playing the counter attacking game and that is what he likes, shame he did it with us as we have the pace of Ironside.