Claude puel will prove to be....

[Great Boos Up]

8 minutes ago, Suzie the Fox said:

Claude Puel will prove to be....

The 2nd manager to win the league with LCFC

 

Then he'll be sacked.

Not that I wish it or want it, but he will be sacked this season. It's just what our owners do now.

I call it the Abramovich syndrome. New manager bounce back forever and ever and ever.

Unless we are competing for Europe; with our massively over inflated egos because we won the league there will always  be some unrest somewhere in the squad and guess who gets the blame.

Let's face it, after we lose match one he's under pressure to win.

 

[cropstonfox]

1 hour ago, OhYesNdidi said:

The atmosphere was crap before his arrival. 

Yes it had gone a bit stale but Puels style set a whole new level of frustration and disappointment.This was the worst atmosphere post promotion .

[ROB-THE-BLUE]

1 hour ago, Grebfromgrebland said:

We've only had one successful manager ever add that was Ranieri abs he proved to be a failure.

 

In the end all our managers are failures so this is a trick question. A bit like the Brexit question.

Martin O'Neill was a failure? Nigel Pearson was a failure? OK mate! Neither left the club because of a lack of success.

Edited 7 August 2018 by ROB-THE-BLUE

[cropstonfox]

Nor Brian Little,MarkMcgjee or Frank OFarrell.All left for "Better things new challenges...."

[Max Wall]

4 hours ago, OhYesNdidi said:

I'm glad he's here, otherwise I'm convicted we'd still be lining up with Shinji, Simpson & Wes. 

Will that go on your police record?

[Max Wall]

Guilty until proven innocent........... I imagine.

 

[Dan]

4 hours ago, Arriba Los Zorros said:

I think he'll ultimately fail here. I like what he's trying to do,the players he's bringing in, but I don't think he has the man-management skills or communication (or charisma?)to actually create a good team.

 

He's somebody than plans well but executes poorly in my opinion.

 

He'd make a good director of football rather than a manager.

That's quite a fair assessment. I keep saying it but I do like some of his ideas but I'm not convinced he'll ever properly implement them, although he may put us on that track a bit more.

 

What I would like to know is specifically why the hierarchy employed him. What was their actual reason? Because so far I think every drawback of his were completely predictable outcomes given his style and our personnel.

[southfox66]

Proof that polls here are pointless

[Dan]

4 hours ago, Bunyip said:

No my dislike of Puel is based purely on the negative footballing dross I had to endure last season. That was down to him and him alone. We had / still have great talented players who know how to play attacking football but you just know it is going to be pass sideways --pass back --pass sideways again. Stifling their natural talent as they try to carry out his negative style of football. I know it was only pre-season friendlies but I saw nothing in those games that said he has changed.

I'm no big Puel apologist but you can't put it solely on him. Did you see some of the football under Ranieri and Shakespeare at the end? Appalling.

 

The squad has talent but likewise it has weaknesses.

[Bunyip]

27 minutes ago, Dan LCFC said:

I'm no big Puel apologist but you can't put it solely on him. Did you see some of the football under Ranieri and Shakespeare at the end? Appalling.

 

The squad has talent but likewise it has weaknesses.

Yes, but he was supposed to manage and iron out those problems, all I saw him do was make things worse. But perhaps he can still do it, only time will tell.

[Arriba Los Zorros]

10 hours ago, Dan LCFC said:

That's quite a fair assessment. I keep saying it but I do like some of his ideas but I'm not convinced he'll ever properly implement them, although he may put us on that track a bit more.

 

What I would like to know is specifically why the hierarchy employed him. What was their actual reason? Because so far I think every drawback of his were completely predictable outcomes given his style and our personnel.

I would imagine he came over very well in the interview - very well prepared, knowledgeable about football, lots of plans for LCFC and a good CV, plus a recent harsh sacking from Soton.

 

The Thais seem intelligent business men and would have respected this.

 

I would imagine the issue of whether he could motivate the players or connect to them wouldn't have been a big concern or they imagined that Appleton would help out on that side but the relationship hasn't worked.

[Clever Fox]

11 hours ago, Bunyip said:

Yes, but he was supposed to manage and iron out those problems, all I saw him do was make things worse. But perhaps he can still do it, only time will tell.

Then maybe it's time you go to Specsavers before the season starts.

You haven't seen the improvement in Chilwell, NDiddi or Kelechi. Or our possession stats go up. Or us stay in matches longer against the Bigger Clubs.

We're a work in progress not the finished article. It takes 3 season to create a very good side unless you buy all the best players and even then you need some luck.

 

[norwichfox]

4 minutes ago, Clever Fox said:

Then maybe it's time you go to Specsavers before the season starts.

You haven't seen the improvement in Chilwell, NDiddi or Kelechi. Or our possession stats go up. Or us stay in matches longer against the Bigger Clubs.

We're a work in progress not the finished article. It takes 3 season to create a very good side unless you buy all the best players and even then you need some luck.

 

and that luck needs to be good luck, the other luck never works for us.....

[Max Wall]

A signer of centre backs.

[Babylon]

For me he's doing all the right things again and I really want him to get the short term results that enable him to finish what he's starting... that's the real question though, whether he's capable of implementing the right ideas that he has.

[Dan]

3 hours ago, Arriba Los Zorros said:

I would imagine he came over very well in the interview - very well prepared, knowledgeable about football, lots of plans for LCFC and a good CV, plus a recent harsh sacking from Soton.

 

The Thais seem intelligent business men and would have respected this.

 

I would imagine the issue of whether he could motivate the players or connect to them wouldn't have been a big concern or they imagined that Appleton would help out on that side but the relationship hasn't worked.

From a footballing point of view, there was obviously going to be a clash in what Puel's about against what our squad was built on. We've been built for years on non-possession football and he's a possession man. If they did sack him based on it not clicking straight away, you'd have to ask questions.

 

I do think if we get Benkovic and Soyuncu signed however, he can have absolutely no excuses next year.

[Clever Fox]

21 minutes ago, Babylon said:

For me he's doing all the right things again and I really want him to get the short term results that enable him to finish what he's starting... that's the real question though, whether he's capable of implementing the right ideas that he has.

I have no doubt he has the ability to implement them. The question is can he convince the players to buy into it, particularly the senior players. But the margins are fine, we have a tough start and that could crush morale and create doubt's among

players but more so fans. If we can get results as we go and keep in touch then I can see a good future for all concerned.

[Babylon]

20 minutes ago, Clever Fox said:

I have no doubt he has the ability to implement them. The question is can he convince the players to buy into it, particularly the senior players. But the margins are fine, we have a tough start and that could crush morale and create doubt's among

players but more so fans. If we can get results as we go and keep in touch then I can see a good future for all concerned.

I think they'll have seen he's had the owners backing and that he'll move people on who can't or won't buy into it. Hopefully that means they realise they have to buy into his methods.

[Gevans_97]

Personally I'm more optimistic than I have been in many, many years as a Leicester fan. I like Puel, he's calm and assured and showed that he can bring in a decent calibre of player. 

 

Last season hard to gauge because it wasn't completely his squad but for once I've felt like we've actually strengthened where we've needed to - new Cb(s), Rb, FINALLY a creative player to play just behind the strikers in Maddison. Think some fans are too harsh on Ghezzal, let's draw our own conclusions when he plays for our team. And if we do play 3-5-2 - which now seems fairly likely, i think it could be a really good season for us - we wouldn't really have to find a mahrez replacement in that formation. 

 

Puel is also getting rid of the deadwood - Benny, Slim, Simpson etc. I like the lads but they're not good enough for us anymore.

 

And the high press he's got us playing is something I've been dreaming of for years. 

 

Think Maddison could be THE key player for us this season. Big year for him.

[Buce]

 

Probably an unpopular opinion but I think that if given time history will judge him as one of the best managers we ever had. The playing side of this club needs root and branch reform and I think he is showing signs of getting to grips with that.

[Suzie the Fox]

2 minutes ago, Buce said:

 

Probably an unpopular opinion but I think that if given time history will judge him as one of the best managers we ever had. The playing side of this club needs root and branch reform and I think he is showing signs of getting to grips with that.

Not unpopular for me. Great post. 

[Devonfox1884]

He’s doing all the right things.

 

This time next year, irrespective of whether someone wants them now, Simmo, Morgan, Benny, Fuchs and Ulloa are all out of contract and will be let go you’d imagine.

 

We’ll get rid of Slimani one way or another, Kingy (  ) and Mendy will probably move on and suddenly the squad will be very much his own. I just hope that having got this far he gets the chance to see out his vision.

[Clever Fox]

11 minutes ago, Babylon said:

I think they'll have seen he's had the owners backing and that he'll move people on who can't or won't buy into it. Hopefully that means they realise they have to buy into his methods.

Yes, The one problem he has is Morgan and how Puel deals with him. If he dumps him he'll likely get resentment from the other senior players particularly. Yet he needs to ease him out. Perhaps the best solution is an agreement between Puel and Morgan privately whereby they agree a course of action between them. I've seen it done before.

[l444ry]

Still feel he'll be gone by Xmas. Love to be proved wrong but think the same old failings  will rear their head once we start playing proper games. 

[SouthStandUpperTier]

....an excellent James Bond. Certainly more animated than Daniel Craig.