SirFox Posted 15 December 2018 Share Posted 15 December 2018 I've been Puel In since the beginning of the season. I've doubted him since September, but it is important to back the manager and counterproductive to cry for the sack with every loss. There've been flashes of good in with the dull, after all. It gives me no pleasure to say this, but his is just one insufficient result, one spineless performance too many. I do pity the guy. The squad he has to play with is unbalanced, but as manager he has to take responsibility and 17 games in patterns are emerging. Pointedly refusing to buy a striker in Jan shows how tactically clueless he can. Even without the players, someone like Poch or Pep can make bad players better, help uncertain players adapt into the system. Puel's system changes every week, and has only succeeded in making good players bad. He also seems unable to inspire his team during a game. In a year, he's lost out on an unusually straightforward 7th place finish with European football, and 1/3 of the way into this season he has plunged the City into the bottom half of the table. Looking at the run of games through December and January, with Puel in charge we're only going to drop further. The sacking of Puel is now an inevitability. I now just hope it is done as soon and painlessly as possible. Let's get a fresh new manager in time to mop up in the transfer window and energise the club going into 2019. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spiritwalker Posted 15 December 2018 Share Posted 15 December 2018 I've been Puel in until recently but enough is enough. Luckily there's probably 3 worse teams than us, I'm not sure that there's 3 worse teams to watch though. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
v6rat Posted 15 December 2018 Share Posted 15 December 2018 I blame the European Common Market, allowing the free movement of nath managers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post smr Posted 15 December 2018 Popular Post Share Posted 15 December 2018 it's clear to me that if it was totally up to him he'd want us to pass it around on the floor and basically play like man city, i have no doubt about that from what i've heard from him. But the problem is we don't have the players who can play like that, some of the passing accuracy is abysmal, so it'll never work, unless we ship out most of the players and buy ones who can pass it to feet quickly, whilst attacking at the same time. we just dont have the quality to do that, and i think we're now stuck in no man's land because he's trained the players to be this way, and trained it out of them what they are good at, the net result being that we look clumsy and awkward to watch. the players look confused, the system is confused. 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue'nWhiteFox Posted 15 December 2018 Share Posted 15 December 2018 6 minutes ago, lgfualol said: Nothing will change if he is sacked. The next manager will face the same problems. How do you define our problems? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bfox Posted 15 December 2018 Share Posted 15 December 2018 1 minute ago, SirFox said: I've been Puel In since the beginning of the season. I've doubted him since September, but it is important to back the manager and counterproductive to cry for the sack with every loss. There've been flashes of good in with the dull, after all. It gives me no pleasure to say this, but his is just one insufficient result, one spineless performance too many. I do pity the guy. The squad he has to play with is unbalanced, but as manager he has to take responsibility and 17 games in patterns are emerging. Pointedly refusing to buy a striker in Jan shows how tactically clueless he can. Even without the players, someone like Poch or Pep can make bad players better, help uncertain players adapt into the system. Puel's system changes every week, and has only succeeded in making good players bad. He also seems unable to inspire his team during a game. In a year, he's lost out on an unusually straightforward 7th place finish with European football, and 1/3 of the way into this season he has plunged the City into the bottom half of the table. Looking at the run of games through December and January, with Puel in charge we're only going to drop further. The sacking of Puel is now an inevitability. I now just hope it is done as soon and painlessly as possible. Let's get a fresh new manager in time to mop up in the transfer window and energise the club going into 2019. Yeah I agree with this, I can see his inability to inspire players in and out of the games. But sacking him now could be a bad decision. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tetly Posted 15 December 2018 Share Posted 15 December 2018 It wasn’t great to watch today, we seem very predictable and slow when attacking. Not sure he has the mentality to get the best out what we have. He seems a very stubborn with his team selection and tactics even though we don’t have the right players for it. To many players seem off the pace and we lack any creativity it pains me to say it but he has to go now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperMike Posted 15 December 2018 Share Posted 15 December 2018 9 minutes ago, Kasey Keller said: Lacked intensiteeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee Lacked qualiteeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee Goodness - when i made a similiar comment I got ripped to shreds on here (thanks) When I pointed out that we rarely beat London clubs I got ripped to shreds (thanks) When I have pointed out, in my opinion, that Puelball is not the right way forward for our wonderful club I am set upon by hordes of rabid jackels, snarling and knashing in protection of their Messiah. I allow them their opinion (misguided as it is) but am not allowed mine. THEY KNOW WHO THEY ARE. PUEL OUT. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tuna Posted 15 December 2018 Share Posted 15 December 2018 9 minutes ago, ozvaldo said: Just get Nige back. Stop ****ing about. Doing brilliantly in the Belgian second division Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ozvaldo Posted 15 December 2018 Share Posted 15 December 2018 6 minutes ago, Beechey said: He's been absolutely gash in Belgium's second division, why would we want Pearson back? If Puel is to be sacked, why not be ambitious? Pearson would get more commitment and application from a group of very good players, particularly our younger players. I don’t think our squad respect Puel. There is no fight in this team. We’ve just rolled over against Crystal ****ing Palace. It’s a joke. From recruitment to recovery, and everything in between, Pearson would bring back so much more to LCFC than Puel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ealingfox Posted 15 December 2018 Share Posted 15 December 2018 I'd rather watch an Allardyce team than that, I really would. He's the next most defensive manager to Puel available at the moment, and at least you know you'd get a bit of heart with the performance and some shithousing to boot. This is joyless, attackless and pointless football and I don't think I can continue spending my money on this shite. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Frank large Posted 15 December 2018 Popular Post Share Posted 15 December 2018 Season ticket holder,I’ve stopped going to the games ,because it bores me shitless. Puel football is the same as his monotone drawl , i feel for the players,it’s must be like listening to the lonely bloke in the pub 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DANGEROUS TIGER Posted 15 December 2018 Share Posted 15 December 2018 Just now, SirFox said: I've been Puel In since the beginning of the season. I've doubted him since September, but it is important to back the manager and counterproductive to cry for the sack with every loss. There've been flashes of good in with the dull, after all. It gives me no pleasure to say this, but his is just one insufficient result, one spineless performance too many. I do pity the guy. The squad he has to play with is unbalanced, but as manager he has to take responsibility and 17 games in patterns are emerging. Pointedly refusing to buy a striker in Jan shows how tactically clueless he can. Even without the players, someone like Poch or Pep can make bad players better, help uncertain players adapt into the system. Puel's system changes every week, and has only succeeded in making good players bad. He also seems unable to inspire his team during a game. In a year, he's lost out on an unusually straightforward 7th place finish with European football, and 1/3 of the way into this season he has plunged the City into the bottom half of the table. Looking at the run of games through December and January, with Puel in charge we're only going to drop further. The sacking of Puel is now an inevitability. I now just hope it is done as soon and painlessly as possible. Let's get a fresh new manager in time to mop up in the transfer window and energise the club going into 2019. I agree, but the January window is never easy. We are certainly not going to be relegated, so imo we should wait until the summer, and allow a new manager to pick the players he really wants. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lgfualol Posted 15 December 2018 Share Posted 15 December 2018 3 minutes ago, 5waller5 said: The way he deals with them is the thing that changes. People thought we would improve when ranieri and shakespeare were sacked. Yet here we are, same problems. Same people want a new manager to begin the whole process again. I wonder if we would get a hoofing coach or another passing one, and how long they will last? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farrington fox Posted 15 December 2018 Share Posted 15 December 2018 He’s sucking the confidence and life out of the side. We’ve got 5 or 6 players who would make a success of playing in most of the top prem sides. But looking at them now, you wouldn’t think so. The only player who has really progressed under Puel is Chilly. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue'nWhiteFox Posted 15 December 2018 Share Posted 15 December 2018 I think we need a more enthusiastic manager. E.g. someone more like Jürgen Klopp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reynard Posted 15 December 2018 Share Posted 15 December 2018 4 minutes ago, Sly said: With everything that has happened this season, do people not understand how that impact people mentally. If we’re safe, we’ve done okay. We don’t have the players for this style, however, we’re in evolution, Additionally, I can’t see us sacking him. This is true but noone can deny the recent perfomances have been nothing short of terrible. I would classify the following games as terrible Palace Away Fulham away Brighton away Spurs at home Southampton at home in the cup (we've made it throught the last 2 rounds without scoring a goal) West Ham at home (saved by a very lucky deflection to get a point against ten men) I would classify the following games as acceptable given the circumstances Cardiff away Burnley at home the following performance as below average Everton at home The following as decent Arsenal away (1st half only) Watford at home (they were very wasteful though) Overall entertainment somehere around 3 out of 10 As longs as we survive I think Puel will be safe but despite millions invested we really don't appear to be shoiwng any real improvement. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lgfualol Posted 15 December 2018 Share Posted 15 December 2018 Just now, ozvaldo said: Pearson would get more commitment and application from a group of very good players, particularly our younger players. I don’t think our squad respect Puel. There is no fight in this team. We’ve just rolled over against Crystal ****ing Palace. It’s a joke. From recruitment to recovery, and everything in between, Pearson would bring back so much more to LCFC than Puel. He has Leuven in the relegation zone, where is their commitment then. Sorry but without Shakespeare and Walsh he may as well retire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiny earl Posted 15 December 2018 Share Posted 15 December 2018 Those who say he needs another two windows to get his own players in, he spent 70-80 million in the summer on six players only one of them get a regular game. He is clueless. Give him the rest of the season but please don't give him any transfer funds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Costock_Fox Posted 15 December 2018 Share Posted 15 December 2018 WELCOME MARK HUGHES. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Posted 15 December 2018 Share Posted 15 December 2018 Two shots on target today. Again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Costock_Fox Posted 15 December 2018 Share Posted 15 December 2018 1 minute ago, Blue'nWhiteFox said: I think we need a more enthusiastic manager. E.g. someone more like Jürgen Klopp Great copy and paste job tbh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EastAnglianFox Posted 15 December 2018 Share Posted 15 December 2018 I have been Puel in and thought he deserved the season......starting to doubt that now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reynard Posted 15 December 2018 Share Posted 15 December 2018 7 minutes ago, DANGEROUS TIGER said: Ffs, don't be bloody stupid. We need to go forward, not backwards. On the pitch as well! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roblcfc84 Posted 15 December 2018 Share Posted 15 December 2018 (edited) Been a big supporter of what Puel is attempting, young players and more possession based play. But it's not working and for the first time I firmly believe it's time for a change Edited 15 December 2018 by roblcfc84 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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