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It is a strange 1 as that's how I saw this at first with Marc on left but then that means Ghezzal covering for Ricardo which would spell trouble as both of them together are not strong enough to hold down a piece of paper in a light breeze..so maybe Marc on right to cover with Grey left and Ghezzal behind vardy with those 3 inter-changing maybe. My only concern with having all 3 wingers + Ricardo on from the start then limits the impact from the bench leaving only Nacho as an attacking option to come on, maybe Diabete but he's not featured for sometime now.

Let them go and when it becomes the big snooze fest that it will become don't let them back into a competitive league. I think Sky would soon see a sharp fall in sports subs if they concentrated on a super league, I hate watching the so called "mouthwatering" games Man U v Chelsea etc they are so boring they are so scared of losing against a rival that they never live up to the hype. Even most of the Barcelona v Real Madrid games are the same, all they do is look for soft fouls then roll around looking to get a player sent off which inevitably someone does and then they start playing and then when which ever team with the man advantage goes onto win they act like they are far superior to the other.

The embassy security don’t cover themselves in glory, they obviously thought he was suspicious as they pan in and out on him several times and follow him on camera as he snatches the shirt but no one came out. Anyway as Stripeyfox says let’s forget him if he can sleep easy at night after doing that then he’s not worth worrying about.

He must be reading and reacting to this forum then because on here a player gets 1 chance before he's deemed shite and in need of dropping.

Another meaningless post based on conjecture, unless of course you are Marty McFly.

Haaa another case of damned if he does and damned if he doesn't! Plays Evans for his experience but gets skinned by the Arsenal forwards for pace..fans on his back, plays Soyuncu to compete with the pace but gets skinned on his lack of Prem experience..fans on his back.....cracking set of fans we have.

Agreed and currently watching The Debate which is on the subject of managers some would do well to take a watch there is a hell of a lot of sense being spoken.

Yep read that this morning & thought I wonder if the board turned up this week & said well it's a bit quite here there's no atmosphere to which Albrighton said yes we have 19 or so players away on International duty...the sun ?

I will point to my reply to Ian's comment but I guess you will reply with ifs & buts that has nothing of actual substance.

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But he joined with a different remit 3mths into a season when we were 18th and dropping fast towards 20th he finished 9th with another managers players...to quote "a quality manager makes the most of the talent at his disposal, he did not do this last season" tell me what did he have to do in your eyes, win the league and add in a cup? Rafa seems to be the #1 choice of replacement as he is stated as a quality manager but with the same arguement you put why is he sitting in the bottom 3 surely with his quality he should be making the most of the talent at his disposal no? adding the fact they are his players as he's been at Newcastle since 2016, but he's let off owing to the fact the chairmans a melt. Back to Puel As for reverting to last seasons players you refer to Morgan I assume and this is where we do agree he does need to drop him the high line style doesn't suit him, As for the remainder of the squad he can't win, he's called out to play Nacho after he comes on as a sub and has a blinder he's then called out as to why he started Nacho after having a shocker (substitute any name you want there) I guess we are just chalk and cheese, I'm willing to see where he takes us because currently I see positives in Lge position, the squad factor of age, the fact he's trying to establish a footballing style that will surely benefit longer term once mastered.

In a nutshell it's simpler than that....some like Puel others can't stand him and I mean as a person and not for footballing reasons, tell me I'm wrong. You will cite the 1 line that is repeated, 'slow boring football' which is said win or lose but then followed by a personal attack on Puel be it about his demeanour, accent, limited grasp of the English language or some rumour about how he's lost the dressing room etc There is never one comment of praise again win/lose for Puel from a select few. As has been stated we are 8 games in on a working progress, 8 games with his team that is, and we are yet to be out of top 10 yet a few talk as if we haven't been out the bottom 3 and when challenged repeat the line above and say let's see at the end of the season when we are all crying in our beers. The thing is we don't know what we don't know, we could beat Arsenal and go on an unbeaten run or we could do the opposite it's sport that's what makes it exciting. Its mentioned we are boring but some of the Football we have played has been the best Football I have witnessed Leicester City ever play, this will stay and get better as we evolve, pundits and papers also mention our better style of play. On the style your a football fan so you understand why the ball is past left/right and backwards yes whilst not easy on the eye it's done for a reason. Let's pick 2 of the best footballing teams in the world RM v Barcelona have you watched 1 of those games if so you will see how many times the defence passes the ball around before 'the killer' pass forward, yes this bit has yet to happen fully with us but you need to do the 1st part before you can do the second but if you do it enough it will happen & no Im not putting us up there with them before I get scoffed at I'm saying it's tactical. Finally I think both camps want the "differences" you mention or are you saying as long as your entertained by a Kamikaze style it's ok to be relegated? With a £100m development & ground expansion planned I think the 1st line of the owners brief was do not not get relegated, then followed by bring the average age of squad down & develop a footballing philosophy that's 3 things before there's mention of cup runs & Europe, so far he's delivering for me.

And continues the MotM trend for our recent representative players - Drinkwater, Vardy & Maguire and unless mistake on their debuts also or at least within a game or too....long may it continue Maddison and Barnes next ?

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Yep up 2 places at the very least what’s not to like. just going to check now on how Rafa the Gaffa is getting on with his amazing style of football.

Ok so that was aimed @ me I take it and you proving its you who is the thick 1. Your implying it’s Puels fault for every silly error a player does during a game is he controlling them from the side via WiFi or something?

Because you don’t have an answer do u tool

How is that the managers fault did he lose his man from the throw in?

Agree with this, we actually played well the main issue was Morgan & Maguire couldn’t handle the pace & link up speed of Frasier, Wilson & King (they play very similar to Liverpool front 3) hence lunges & fouls was as simple as that.

Depending on Everton’s result today 2/3 more points has us in the same position as we are currently, so you would be happy with a few more points but be in the same position?

But to be fair current golden boy Maguire was also

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It’s as simple as that, nothing negative at all, in fact more positive going 2 wide with 2 targets in the middle.

.....Add to that a coach that coaches youth also. Puel is like Pep here encourages the youth to go out and play they way they can and if they make a mistake they so don't worry try it again, be you. There are too many Saturday morning "little league" parent coaches on here that see 1 mistake and want the player taken off, that's not coaching. Take DA v Man U he made 1 mistake in the 1st minute of the opening game of a new season, the mistake being he tried to shoulder the ball instead of heading it and it's caught him just below the shoulder it's not like he's caught the ball but has been slated since. Yet after that mistake was he actually that bad did Man U score another goal because of him? To reply they could have is not an answer they didn't. We as supporters have a big part to play in these guys careers also, if we adopt the Pep/Puel attitude and continue to cheer and encourage a player on even after a silly mistake they will grow and release the potential that our scouting and management teams, that see them day in day out, see in them.

Possibly a case of Horse for courses. Maybe those 2 were partnered to nullify the creative wolves midfield, I wouldn't be surprised if Silva was back next week v Southampton as they don't have such creativity in midfield and it will be down to us to break a more defensive setup. Every game is different and Puel realises this, a lot of fans see aimless changes he sees tactical tweaks and uses his squad to best counter what's in front of his team.