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Next City Manager?

Next possible City Manager  

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https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/football/blog/2017/jun/15/claude-puel-southampton-premier-league-expectations

 

A fairly interesting read. Seems the 8th place finish is a bit of a red herring - was only 6pts above a 17th place finish and 17pts lower than their previous years points total. Sounds like fans were clearly frustrated with his overly conservative and cautious tactics. 41 goals in 38 games. 

 

Apparently his message to players was to always play positive though, his previous jobs in france allude to his teams playing attractive football. 

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Puel's managerial record:

 

1998/99 Monaco 4th Ligue One

1999/00 Monaco 1st Ligue One

2000/01 Monaco 11th Ligue One

2002/03 Lille 14th Ligue One

2003/04 Lille 10th Ligue One

2004/05 Lille 2nd Ligue One

2005/06 Lille 3rd Ligue One

2006/07 Lille 10th Ligue One

2007/08 Lille 7th Ligue One

2008/09 Lyon 3rd Ligue One

2009/10 Lyon 2nd Ligue One

2010/11 Lyon 3rd Ligue One

2012/13 Nice 4th Ligue One

2013/14 Nice 17th Ligue One

2014/15 Nice 11th Ligue One

2015/16 Nice 4th Ligue One

2016/17 Southampton 8th Prem

 

We could do worse. 

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6 minutes ago, psychonaut said:

https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/football/blog/2017/jun/15/claude-puel-southampton-premier-league-expectations

 

A fairly interesting read. Seems the 8th place finish is a bit of a red herring - was only 6pts above a 17th place finish and 17pts lower than their previous years points total. Sounds like fans were clearly frustrated with his overly conservative and cautious tactics. 41 goals in 38 games. 

 

Apparently his message to players was to always play positive though, his previous jobs in france allude to his teams playing attractive football. 

Anyone fancy checking out where he finished during his seasons in France and how many goals his teams scored compared to other teams?!

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4 minutes ago, 4everfox said:

Puel's managerial record:

 

1998/99 Monaco 4th Ligue One

1999/00 Monaco 1st Ligue One

2000/01 Monaco 11th Ligue One

2002/03 Lille 14th Ligue One

2003/04 Lille 10th Ligue One

2004/05 Lille 2nd Ligue One

2005/06 Lille 3rd Ligue One

2006/07 Lille 10th Ligue One

2007/08 Lille 7th Ligue One

2008/09 Lyon 3rd Ligue One

2009/10 Lyon 2nd Ligue One

2010/11 Lyon 3rd Ligue One

2012/13 Nice 4th Ligue One

2013/14 Nice 17th Ligue One

2014/15 Nice 11th Ligue One

2015/16 Nice 4th Ligue One

2016/17 Southampton 8th Prem

 

We could do worse. 

Some pretty wild swings of position in there.

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1 minute ago, Babylon said:

Some pretty wild swings of position in there.

Yeah.. perhaps due to losing players to other teams or injury? Having to rebuild maybe. Could possibly account for the extremes in finishing position. Could allude to him being a little rigid though or lacking in any plan b.

 

A few more stats on his time in France might shed some light. 

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12 minutes ago, 4everfox said:

Puel's managerial record:

 

1998/99 Monaco 4th Ligue One

1999/00 Monaco 1st Ligue One

2000/01 Monaco 11th Ligue One

2002/03 Lille 14th Ligue One

2003/04 Lille 10th Ligue One

2004/05 Lille 2nd Ligue One

2005/06 Lille 3rd Ligue One

2006/07 Lille 10th Ligue One

2007/08 Lille 7th Ligue One

2008/09 Lyon 3rd Ligue One

2009/10 Lyon 2nd Ligue One

2010/11 Lyon 3rd Ligue One

2012/13 Nice 4th Ligue One

2013/14 Nice 17th Ligue One

2014/15 Nice 11th Ligue One

2015/16 Nice 4th Ligue One

2016/17 Southampton 8th Prem

 

We could do worse. 

It’s a no thanks from me  :(

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Just now, psychonaut said:

Yeah.. perhaps due to losing players to other teams or injury? Having to rebuild maybe. Could possibly account for the extremes in finishing position. Could allude to him being a little rigid though or lacking in any plan b.

 

A few more stats on his time in France might shed some light. 

Career wins 325

Career draws 204

Career losses 234

Average win percentage 42.6

 

He typically wins more than he loses club by club overall. 

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If the owners truly want a high profile manager, then surely Puel isn't it? Would seem to be an uninspiring move for a guy who has done o.k but isn't tearing up trees. Plus very uncharismatic so not a great marketing asset to the club. it just makes no sense. I would rather be exciting and mid table than boring and mid table thanks.

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4 minutes ago, foxes_rule1978 said:

Must be Pellegrini for me, no one else comes close and I feel this is realistic with the right backing

For me Dyche is hands down the best option. Pellegrini would only be short term and I don't know if he's the man to lead a rebuilding job. 

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23 minutes ago, 4everfox said:

Puel's managerial record:

 

1998/99 Monaco 4th Ligue One

1999/00 Monaco 1st Ligue One

2000/01 Monaco 11th Ligue One

2002/03 Lille 14th Ligue One

2003/04 Lille 10th Ligue One

2004/05 Lille 2nd Ligue One

2005/06 Lille 3rd Ligue One

2006/07 Lille 10th Ligue One

2007/08 Lille 7th Ligue One

2008/09 Lyon 3rd Ligue One

2009/10 Lyon 2nd Ligue One

2010/11 Lyon 3rd Ligue One

2012/13 Nice 4th Ligue One

2013/14 Nice 17th Ligue One

2014/15 Nice 11th Ligue One

2015/16 Nice 4th Ligue One

2016/17 Southampton 8th Prem

 

We could do worse. 

Credit to Nice there for sticking with him 

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Dyche is a good option for us in truth. Very much over-performed with an incredibly limited budget and relatively poor facilities. He has developed a real nucleus at Burnley which isn't too dissimilar to our title winning formula - hard workers. I think with a bit more cash at his disposal he could do great things with us. 

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He wouldn't be the worst choice would Puel. He seems to have been given a lot of time at all his jobs in France mind you and he won't get that with us. Only chance he has is to start well with us, just like Ranieri and Shakespeare before him. There's something Pearson about him, probably the dour look, the fact he was sacked by southampton as well and that they are perhaps unfairly dubbed a defensive manager. Pearson got time with us though to build, certainly the 2nd time round and like Puel in France they were at clubs or in a division that afforded time but you don't get that in the PL.

 

I'd not be against this though, he is very pro developing young players and he's certainly look to introduce a better way of retaining possession, I just hope he'd also be mindful of our strengths as a counter attacking and fast team and blend the two. I have read a few bits that he went conservative at Southampton when chronic injuries set in and he realized that defensively they were sound so he could tighten up and pinch goals and see out games which ultimately cost him as they drew and lost far too many in the 2nd part of the season.

 

They played us off the park both games those that, absolutely destroyed us at their gaff. 

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