Claude Puel lays out his vision for Leicester City

[EnglishOxide]

21 minutes ago, Abrasive fox said:

It's a cut throat business mate - and don't think it's just our players, Southampton's players did the same last year. Man Utd's have done it this year. They all do it and the managers do it as well.

 

Given Puel requested the piece with Hoddle and it's basically a positive piece saying what a good job he's doing and how Leicester had no style or anything until he arrived I'd be pissed off if I was a player too.

 

1. Puel didn't really say that, or certainly nothing of the sort in a derogatory way.

 

2. We were shit when he came in, doing nothing but lumping the ball and inviting pressure on our defence, just like the back end of last season and pre Shakespeare honeymoon period under Claudio.

[GingerrrFox]

Certain players are looking out for themselves and don’t want to be replaced. Simple as that really. 

 

Both Morgan and Simpson are trying to cling on to their place in the squad and will do anything they can, including bad mouthing the manager. Acting like shitbags really. I know for a fact Morgan is desperate to try and get Puel sacked so that he can cling on to his influence and his captaincy at the club beyond the summer. 

Edited 16 April 2018 by GingerrrFox

[Webbo]

2 minutes ago, GingerrrFox said:

Certain players are looking out for themselves and don’t want to be replaced. Simple as that really. 

 

Both Morgan and Simpson are trying to cling on to their place in the squad and will do anything they can, including bad mouthing the manager. Acting like shitbags really. I know for a fact Morgan is desperate to try and get Puel sacked so that he can cling on to his influence and his captaincy at the club beyond the summer. 

Is this based on anything other than your own imagination?

[gw_leics772]

He's screwed up the first teams chances of Europe so now trying to claim the reserves title as his. The bastard ????????????

Edited 16 April 2018 by gw_leics772
Crappy grandma

[GingerrrFox]

Just now, Webbo said:

Is this based on anything other than your own imagination?

Yes it’s well known that last summer Wes was kicking up a stink when we brought Dragovic in. He was chucking his weight around and it’s no different now. 

[Webbo]

Just now, GingerrrFox said:

Yes it’s well known that last summer Wes was kicking up a stink when we brought Dragovic in. He was chucking his weight around and it’s no different now. 

It wasn't well known to me. Have we got a source for that?

[Dr The Singh]

42 minutes ago, l444ry said:

As long as he gets it the right way round. Claude needs to adopt the U23s style. 

Why don't we just swap Puel for the under 23 manager and see what happens?

[Dr The Singh]

5 minutes ago, Webbo said:

It wasn't well known to me. Have we got a source for that?

Your probably the last person to find.  It's been on the streets and ghetto's for months.

 

[Webbo]

4 minutes ago, Dr The Singh said:

Your probably the last person to find.  It's been on the streets and ghetto's for months.

 

What are the homeboys saying in the hood?

[StriderHiryu]

It’s a great vision and his track record for bringing youth through was one of the reasons he was brought in. But I do think he needs to be mindful of the style we play. Poor results are one thing but not having a go is far worse. That’s why there’s so much negativity. 

[KingsX]

This strikes me as a non-story, even though I agree with the approach.

 

Manager is becoming embattled and contrives a PR interview.  Cites his role in aligning player development with other facets of the club, which is mom and apple pie, not least since Man City are fanatic about it and just walked the league.  Story gives no concrete example of what he is changing to kick-start this vision.

 

Anyway, I’m already confident that Claude Puel can improve an academy and “bring up” young talent (he’d call it elevage).  He is highly experienced in this regard, a huge plus.  Can he also exert the influence to align a sometimes productive, but scattershot recruitment operation with his vision?  And can he lead a group of rich PL footballers to apply their utmost to the common goals?  He still needs to prove that.  Let’s give him the chance.

[Bboy]

Listen people, I've read this forum every single day for about 5 years without fail and supported the club for 20 years before that. I rarely post if i'm honest, but that doesn't make me any less of a fan over the years.

 

I was against the Puel appointment at first, but you have to give the guy time. He hasn't even been in charge for a season yet and doesn't have the players to stamp his style of play on our club either... I love the title winning team but Morgan, Simpson and a few other squad players are not at all what LCFC are about now, as good as they have been for us!

 

Lets give the fella another season at least, he may surprise us.

 

I too would like a Benitez or Rodgers etc, but if that is gonna happen eventually, there's nothing more likely to stop it than binning managers off because they don't perform in the first few months!

 

Up the city!

Edited 16 April 2018 by Bboy

[SecretPro]

3 hours ago, Sharpe's Fox said:

Puel wants us to become a pound shop Arsenal by buying and developing players with nothing about them whatsoever. We used to bring in players who fought for the shirt like Vardy, Huth, Drinkwater, Ulloa, Morgan ect. Puel wants players like the ones he brought in at Southampton who are cowards like him and who hide so they can’t tell the media how weak he is.

What kind of fecking numbnut are you? 

 

3 hours ago, Sharpe's Fox said:

Well done to those players in speaking out it takes bravery imo. They won us the title. 

Only shock here is that you haven't mentioned Pearson, again. And again. And again. Time moves on, maybe you should move with it. Clearly clueless and doubtful that you're old enough to even understand what you're saying. 

 

Most likely a bored kid wum. 

Edited 16 April 2018 by SecretPro

[Donut]

3 hours ago, Sharpe's Fox said:

Puel wants us to become a pound shop Arsenal by buying and developing players with nothing about them whatsoever. We used to bring in players who fought for the shirt like Vardy, Huth, Drinkwater, Ulloa, Morgan ect. Puel wants players like the ones he brought in at Southampton who are cowards like him and who hide so they can’t tell the media how weak he is.

If part of Puel's plan means we will see less, ideally none, of your type in the ground in the future, ill back it one hundred million, billion, trillion percent.

[elvisfmcfly]

This explains the 4 1 loss for the U23s the other night. 

[Donut]

5 hours ago, Sharpe's Fox said:

Well done to those players in speaking out it takes bravery imo. They won us the title. 

15 year contract extension for Morgan.

[AyewJoking]

9 hours ago, Sly said:

Unfortunately, this isn’t often the case.

 

Shouldnt you just play the system that gets the best out of the players?

[HighPeakFox]

1 minute ago, Royston. said:

Shouldnt you just play the system that gets the best out of the players?

It's a good question. The danger is, if that were done, the manager almost becomes an irrelevance, and a slave to current personnel. If the club wants to evolve, the process has to begin somewhere, and of course it's not without difficulty. Anybody who has ever tried to makes changes in their life has encountered problems along the way.

 

I've seen that people are saying that they're bored with style, the manager etc. I suspect that what most of us are bored with is simply not winning enough matches, and I expect everyone at the club feels much the same way. Myself, I'm more frustrated that we're not putting chances away - God knows we create enough.

[m4DD0gg]

10 hours ago, Beechey said:

Yeah attendances are all the way down to 97.8%. Absolute shambles, that.

Oh yeh cos I forgot you go to every game and see the rows of empty seats. 

[UniFox21]

7 hours ago, elvisfmcfly said:

This explains the 4 1 loss for the U23s the other night. 

Think i read Jakupovic made some big errors leading to a few

[lgfualol]

Makes sense - which means we wont do it. Unless we loan out some players, they will never be able to just make the step up. 

[coolhandfox]

Looking forward to all the youth teams playing the same brand of dull unexciting football.

 

Great idea but maybe he should get the 1st team sorted first.     

 

Another PR stunt to distract from the poor form of the team.

 

Peter Taylor Mark 2

[Mike Oxlong]

Leicester City Manager Blueprint

 

1. Employ new manager

 

2. If not playing exciting Premier League title winning football within 8 months then fire

 

 

 

Not really a good model

 

 

 

 

[Guest Chocolate Teapot]

10 hours ago, EnglishOxide said:

 

1. Puel didn't really say that, or certainly nothing of the sort in a derogatory way.

 

2. We were shit when he came in, doing nothing but lumping the ball and inviting pressure on our defence, just like the back end of last season and pre Shakespeare honeymoon period under Claudio.

 

'Leicester were one dimensional before Claude came in' said by Hoddle and not corrected by Puel either, whether that's right or wrong that one dimensional side won the league and got to the champions league quarter final.....

[Mark 'expert' Lawrenson]

I’m on the fence at the moment but am increasingly worried about next season, I want to see an improvement in results in the last few games, our home form has been dire and if we can’t beat poor teams at home we’re in for a tough time next season.