Puel - Not Shy!

[Koke]

It took Puel 2 games to destroy the myth that Gray and Mahrez cant play in the same team.  This is what undid Shakespeare. He was too negative. He would rather have a defensive grafter than creative foward thinking player. The very first thing Puel did was bench Albrighton and start Gray, and I think the days of Albrighton being a starter might be numbered. He will still have a role to play under Puel of course but it's clear Puel rates Gray much higher than Albrighton, and so far he has been proven right.

[NotTheMarketLeader]

2 hours ago, ZeGuy said:

Who're you talking about? If it's Fuchs then yes, he's downhill and it won't get better. Didn't say ditch him but he's won't be a starter very long. Puel is right to work with Chillwell. 

 

Zlatan never based his game on pace but on vision and technique. He could play as a 9 1/2 or a 10 (he did for Sweden) what Vardy can't, being a pure striker. He's past his prime anyway (for his standards) and not going to be a starter at ManU this season. Furthermore Zlatan takes great care of his body, no redbull, booze and all that crap. 

 

Another example is C.Ronaldo, who is what 32?, and despite his incredible fitness (can't stand guy but I don't think any footballer to date has taken care of his body like him, he's an absolute monster and a pioneer in that matter) and still lost his pace and is not as decisive on the wing as in his prime. That's why Zidane plays him more as a striker, nearer of the box, where his clinical finish can still be devastating. He's not even playing every game, who could have thought that for 2-3 years?

 

Vardy is losing his pace, there is nothing you can do against time. He still can hold the ball well and do nice link ups but I doubt that a slow paced game who suit him, that's not his style and while having a good first touch he lacks the technique to take on an opponent standing.

 

I swear people here would put players on the pitch out of loyalty and not based on performance but at the same time expect a competitive team. It doesn't work like that. It never did. At some point you have to evolve even if it implies to bench or ditch players you hold dear. Nothing personal. The actual system is dead and Puel is already working on the new one. New players will coming to light whilst other will join the bench or simply go.

If he’s not good enough for whatever reason, he shouldn’t play.

 

As things stand that is not the case.  

[ZeGuy]

4 minutes ago, NotTheMarketLeader said:

If he’s not good enough for whatever reason, he shouldn’t play.

 

As things stand that is not the case.  

Did I mean it otherwise? Did I ever say Vardy actually doesn't deserve his place in the starting XI?

[Kitchandro]

But if we're playing a slow paced game we're going to suffer. So Vardy not being able to play that way is a moot point.

 

Stop saying the system is 'dead' when we haven't played it regularly for 15 months and haven't had the midfielders to play it properly for that period either.

 

It's nonsense.

[Kitchandro]

1 hour ago, Koke said:

It took Puel 2 games to destroy the myth that Gray and Mahrez cant play in the same team.  This is what undid Shakespeare. He was too negative. He would rather have a defensive grafter than creative foward thinking player. The very first thing Puel did was bench Albrighton and start Gray, and I think the days of Albrighton being a starter might be numbered. He will still have a role to play under Puel of course but it's clear Puel rates Gray much higher than Albrighton, and so far he has been proven right.

What (partially) undid Shakespeare was his failure to drop out of form players. At that time it was Mahrez, not Albrighton.

 

Now it's Albrighton and Puel has done the common sense thing.

 

Albrighton wasn't picked just for being a grafter, he was also picked because his final ball was consistent and he had the brain power to realise we needed to release the ball early. Gray and Mahrez haven't always done that - Gray suffered for it but Mahrez was picked regardless.