are some being too harsh on claude

[Trav Le Bleu]

1 minute ago, norwichfox said:

That's harsh....

Touché

 

[Detroit Blues]

While we have not yet reaped the rewards of Puel's changes, we are still in a comfortable position in the league. We have the luxury that few teams are afforded, to try out young players like Chilwell, Gray, Iheanacho, Diabate, etc. and see which players will fit into our future plans. If we are serious about changing our tactical approach, and joining the modern era of football, we need to give Puel the time, the freedom, and the resources to make his changes.

 

Man City needed two years under Pep and all the money in the world to build their team. Liverpool took three years to adopt Klopp's system. Where would they be if they gave up after 5 months? How would Pep's teams worked out if he only was able to sell and not bring anyone in? Let's see how Puel does next year before we run him out of town

 

 

 

[sylofox]

8 minutes ago, Detroit Blues said:

 

 

Man City needed two years under Pep and all the money in the world to build their team. Liverpool took three years to adopt Klopp's system. Where would they be if they gave up after 5 months? How would Pep's teams worked out if he only was able to sell and not bring anyone in? Let's see how Puel does next year before we run him out of town

 

 

 

Thats all well and good for them. But it's Leicester City and this is FT it should have all been sorted before he arrived.  

[mozartfox]

33 minutes ago, norwichfox said:

That's harsh....

But fair........

[sylofox]

32 minutes ago, Gerbold said:

They missed me out too - mine was a week-and-a-half ago.

Time for a virtual round then - happy belated birthday to you and...bottoms up.

Cheers chap large JD & coke chaser with that pint?

 

I bet Izzy joins us.

[fuchsntf]

32 minutes ago, Gerbold said:

Point the feckers out and I'll gun 'em down!  (Just been watching a western on Movies for Men )

Planquango!!..Puel in the sun.

[Pete from the USA]

2 hours ago, sylofox said:

The rest of your piece I agree with but this bit sorry but.

 

HAHAHAHA HAHAHAHA HAHAHAHA HAHAHAHA HAHAHAHA HAHAHA HAHAHA HAHAHAHA  

 

You do know where you are don't you???????

I'm in Chicago, enjoying watching the Leicester phenomenon from afar.

 

Cruyff reinvented football over 20 years in Barcelona. Leicester fans can't survive two seasons while they sort out a new system? Really?

 

Really?

[sylofox]

10 minutes ago, Pete from the USA said:

I'm in Chicago, enjoying watching the Leicester phenomenon from afar.

 

Cruyff reinvented football over 20 years in Barcelona. Leicester fans can't survive two seasons while they sort out a new system? Really?

 

Really?

Some of them would struggle to wait for a bus. You expect them to wait two years  

[Bunyip]

5 hours ago, lgfualol said:

Take me back to those exciting times of Huth and Morgan being our playmakers 

Ah, you mean the title-winning times?

[Bunyip]

4 hours ago, Fox92 said:

I'd rather watch us actually keep the ball and pass on the floor, regardless of whether it's slow or not, than the constant shite hoofing launch the ball forward I saw under Shakespeare.

Then you must be easily pleased.

[HighPeakFox]

Like a bad penny... 

[Bunyip]

5 hours ago, Donut said:

I totally agree

 

I love hoofing.

Yes because  our present side to side slow slow quick quick slow  style is ripping the opposition to bits eh?

[Donut]

2 minutes ago, Bunyip said:

Yes because  our present side to side slow slow quick quick slow  style is ripping the opposition to bits eh?

So should we hoof it instead then?

 

Off the top of your head can you think of many good teams around the world who cant control the tempo of the game and pass the ball?

[Bunyip]

8 minutes ago, Donut said:

So should we hoof it instead then?

 

Off the top of your head can you think of many good teams around the world who cant control the tempo of the game and pass the ball?

Yes us.

[Donut]

10 minutes ago, Bunyip said:

Ah, you mean the title-winning times?

You know, the funny thing about quotes like this is, unless my mind has completely gone, during the title winning team we werent just sit back and hoof merchants.

 

I can remember the opening game of the season tearing Sunderland apart. I can remember some of the football we played for 60 mins at home when we beat Chelsea until they made a couple of changes. I can remember great football vs Stoke at home, a totally dominant performance away at Newcastle, and lovely football vs Liverpool, one move from that game is the stuff of gif legend.

 

Yet i can also remember, when things started to turn bad, a reliance more and more on hoofing. In the title season, the bad performances like Liverpool away, Bournemouth at home....we were sitting deep and hoofing.

 

And then in Ranieri's second season, the sit back and hoof ball got worse and worse until it couldnt be turned around.

 

So when you say "the title winning times" i think youre wrong about that.

 

And besides the point, if youre going to be successful, your play needs a balance in it.

 

If you play every ball into feet, then youll never go anywhere, because all of the play will always be in front of the defenders.

 

If you play every ball into space, youll end up losing the ball.

 

The issue is we had become TOO direct, and were playing TOO MANY balls into space. Youll never be able to control a game and control the ball if youre playing balls into space all the time.

 

In individual games, YES. against CERTAIN opponents, YES.

 

But all the time, it wont work. Thats why we are changing the style for the better.

[Ian Nacho]

I think it should be a bannable offence to create another Puel thread. 

[Fox92]

23 minutes ago, Bunyip said:

Then you must be easily pleased.

Not at all, but I like football on the ground and not punted around in the air.

[Bunyip]

8 minutes ago, Donut said:

You know, the funny thing about quotes like this is, unless my mind has completely gone, during the title winning team we werent just sit back and hoof merchants.

 

I can remember the opening game of the season tearing Sunderland apart. I can remember some of the football we played for 60 mins at home when we beat Chelsea until they made a couple of changes. I can remember great football vs Stoke at home, a totally dominant performance away at Newcastle, and lovely football vs Liverpool, one move from that game is the stuff of gif legend.

 

Yet i can also remember, when things started to turn bad, a reliance more and more on hoofing. In the title season, the bad performances like Liverpool away, Bournemouth at home....we were sitting deep and hoofing.

 

And then in Ranieri's second season, the sit back and hoof ball got worse and worse until it couldnt be turned around.

 

So when you say "the title winning times" i think youre wrong about that.

 

And besides the point, if youre going to be successful, your play needs a balance in it.

 

If you play every ball into feet, then youll never go anywhere, because all of the play will always be in front of the defenders.

 

If you play every ball into space, youll end up losing the ball.

 

The issue is we had become TOO direct, and were playing TOO MANY balls into space. Youll never be able to control a game and control the ball if youre playing balls into space all the time.

 

In individual games, YES. against CERTAIN opponents, YES.

 

But all the time, it wont work. Thats why we are changing the style for the better.

It worked enough to win the title by ten points.

[Bunyip]

5 minutes ago, Ian Nacho said:

I think it should be a bannable offence to create another Puel thread. 

Agreed or even reply to one.

[Bunyip]

2 minutes ago, Fox92 said:

Not at all, but I like football on the ground and not punted around in the air.

So do I but when exactly are we going to do that?

[turtmcfly]

1 minute ago, Bunyip said:

It worked enough to win the title by ten points.

I bet Donut's glad he wasted his time writing something you're to stupid to understand.

[Fox92]

3 minutes ago, Bunyip said:

So do I but when exactly are we going to do that?

When the manager has a summer to get his own players in?

[lcfc sheff]

some people on this forum are negative for the sake of being negative, ignore them, especially when its clear to see claude has steadied the ship here.

[Donut]

37 minutes ago, Bunyip said:

It worked enough to win the title by ten points.

Another thing that is a total contradiction, is that some people want Leicester to play a high octane, high press closing down game, a bit like counter pressing. Winning the ball high up the field.

 

How do you suppose you can be a high pressing team if you arent also team that uses possession? think about it logically....

 

In order for the ball into space to work, the space has to be opened up. By counter attacking and playing balls into the space, youre allowing the opponent to create the space for you, in the hope you can pinch the ball, and exploit the space behind the back 4 with a pass played into the space for someone to then run onto.

 

If you want to try and win the ball high up the field, your back four and midfield will also have to push up the field too, or else youll leave lots of space between the lines of your team, where clever players will move into and cause you a serious problem, because then you will either have to leave them alone in space, OR youll have to close them down, which will vacate another space for someone to move into.

 

So how can you intend to win the ball high up the pitch, if you dont intend to then KEEP it with shorter passes and sensible possession?

 

 

 

[lgfualol]

1 hour ago, Bunyip said:

Ah, you mean the title-winning times?

You'll be moaning if we went back to how it was. "Why cant we put 3 passes together"