Puel 'Facing the sack' - reports

[foxinsox]

7 hours ago, UPinCarolina said:

Well, he gave Vardy a hug and they laughed when he came off the pitch. I did see that.

Yes, and Puel gave Eden Hazard his first game as a senior team footballer when managing Lille, so catching up with him is quite reasonable after the match. Indeed it is food for thought concerning Puel's eye for spotting and developing youth talent. 

 

While no one gets everything right in the transfer market, Puel's more expensive signings of Ricardo, Maddison, Ward, Benkovic and Soyuncu are looking sound. Lets hope that he has his eyes peeled for a young striker who suits his system. 

 

We are only Puel's second team to manage outside France, and his first was hardly a disaster. Remoulding the club after the title winning players hit their thirties needs time and continuity. 

 

 

[somebum]

Complete bullshit

[Dahnsouff]

7 minutes ago, somebum said:

Complete bullshit

Could you be a little more specific please?

[m4DD0gg]

After watching the match its pretty obvious the players were doing their own thing 2nd half.

[katieakita]

The media needs attention to stimulate interest and needs stories. Rumours are great as you can make them up yourself. Mention LCFC and someone would be all over it These stories just fuel the Puel out brigade, lose to Man city and people will be calling for his head. The club has had a massive tragedy less than 2 months ago causing massive upheaval do we really need anymore change. We are evolving and bringing in younger players we still have Benko and Barnes to come into the fold and they are ripping it up. Winning the PL once at 5000-1 and about 6 top 10 finishes in 50 yrs does not nail you on for a  top 6 finish. There are far more positives at the club than negatives 

[Voll Blau]

17 minutes ago, m4DD0gg said:

After watching the match its pretty obvious the players were doing their own thing 2nd half.

It's widely accepted that Cambiasso had a word at half-time.

 

[m4DD0gg]

6 minutes ago, Voll Blau said:

It's widely accepted that Cambiasso had a word at half-time.

 

as if puel the tactical god of football had anything to do with that.

[somebum]

It's no coincidence that 99% of the goals we have scored from open play are completely contrary to Puels style of play. No goals are ever scored using his side pass, back pass patient shitty taka bullshit. It's all about the players going fast counter and ignoring his instructions.

 

[UniFox21]

3 hours ago, UpTheLeagueFox said:

 

Who was this conversation between and what prompted it?

 

By the way, John Percy is as well connected as journalists go regarding the inner workings of the club. He's not one to take a punt on idle gossip. He does his research very well. 

It was in response to this story in the mercury, with him replying directly to this:

Not sure if there's a sly kick in it at some of the articles circulated the night before or at the journalists writing them.

 

 

His points normally come across as really well written, but his latest one almost baffled me in places, with some things he raised: Pearson returning as an interim being particularly odd. Appreciate its hard to be proved right or wrong in the footballing world due to how private the workings of a club are, and as you said, Percy is normally fairly on the ball. 

[Voll Blau]

2 minutes ago, m4DD0gg said:

as if puel the tactical god of football had anything to do with that.

No, I know. It's common knowledge that Cambiasso drew up a plan, went into the dressing room at half-time and was calling the shots. Everyone knows that. The manager had no say in it and it massively undermined him, but he just went along with it because it was working so well.

[m4DD0gg]

Just now, Voll Blau said:

No, I know. It's common knowledge that Cambiasso drew up a plan, went into the dressing room at half-time and was calling the shots. Everyone knows that. The manager had no say in it and it massively undermined him, but he just went along with it because it was working so well.

not sure why you are talking about cambiasso, believe what you want about the 2nd half but that was not a puel team

[UniFox21]

5 minutes ago, somebum said:

It's no coincidence that 99% of the goals we have scored from open play are completely contrary to Puels style of play. No goals are ever scored using his side pass, back pass patient shitty taka bullshit. It's all about the players going fast counter and ignoring his instructions.

 

In a way though the goal was a "Puel goal". It's picked up by Ricardo, and driven up the pitch skilfully, before played to Maddison then Vardy. 

 

Puel wanted attacking fullbacks, and wanted them to be a threat in the final third, so this is what he wants sort of.

[kyleolly]

8 hours ago, MPH said:

Hopefully asking him to put in a good word about us to Thorgan...

Puel gave Eden Hazard his professional debut.

[HighPeakFox]

1 minute ago, m4DD0gg said:

not sure why you are talking about cambiasso, believe what you want about the 2nd half but that was not a puel team

You're right, but it bore all the hallmarks of Esteban's expertise. Don't forget, Vardy is a big fan...

[Mike Oxlong]

38 minutes ago, m4DD0gg said:

After watching the match its pretty obvious the players were doing their own thing 2nd half.

The juggling whilst riding unicycles and synchronised plate spinning routines were pretty cool though

[somebum]

7 minutes ago, kyleolly said:

Puel gave Eden Hazard his professional debut.

And Peter Taylor made Beckham England captain. Relevance? 

[FoxInTheBirstallBox]

I find it hard to trust a manager that plays awful football one week the  looses, then the week after (e.g. Watford at home) we go back to proven tactics that work for us. Then again the week after back to the crap. You saw how well we played yesterday but you know it will be back to the usual crap for the foreseeable now, this is just plastering over the cracks 

[Mike Oxlong]

1 minute ago, somebum said:

And Peter Taylor made Beckham England captain. Relevance? 

 

I imagine it’s that if Taylor was managing one team (shudder) and Beckham was playing for the other they might have a brief chat as Beckham left the pitch at the end of the 90. 

[whoareyaaa]

Should probably get to the end of the season after yesterdays result, players need to be on the same page as the manager though or there is no point.

 

Puel doesn't help himself constantly changing the team, bit of consistency in team selections and rewarding players should help

[The Doctor]

16 minutes ago, m4DD0gg said:

not sure why you are talking about cambiasso, believe what you want about the 2nd half but that was not a puel team

They're taking the piss out of you (because your argument is really stupid) comparing it to the same argument that the players went against Pearson and did their own tactics at the end of 14/15. It was daft nonsense from people unwilling to give any credit to a manager for good work then, and it still is now

[somebum]

6 minutes ago, The Doctor said:

They're taking the piss out of you (because your argument is really stupid) comparing it to the same argument that the players went against Pearson and did their own tactics at the end of 14/15. It was daft nonsense from people unwilling to give any credit to a manager for good work then, and it still is now

You are right.. it really has been fantastic work from Puel so far. His argument really is stupid thanks for pointing that out. A wind yesterday and the win changes direction again. God you are a fickle simpleton.

[kingston_fox]

54 minutes ago, m4DD0gg said:

After watching the match its pretty obvious the players were doing their own thing 2nd half.

Or maybe being the studious type, we set up defensive and tight and try not to give anything away whilst he assesses the opposition, then tweaks the formation to exploit their weaknesses? I can believe the players/staff might be frustrated with this approach but this way we aren't likely to be 3 down at halftime and out of the game.

[HighPeakFox]

5 minutes ago, somebum said:

You are right.. it really has been fantastic work from Puel so far. His argument really is stupid thanks for pointing that out. A wind yesterday and the win changes direction again. God you are a fickle simpleton.

There are some fickle people on here, and some simpletons too, but @The Doctor isn't one of them. But congratulations on the ad hominems.

[foxinsox]

36 minutes ago, somebum said:

It's no coincidence that 99% of the goals we have scored from open play are completely contrary to Puels style of play. No goals are ever scored using his side pass, back pass patient shitty taka bullshit. It's all about the players going fast counter and ignoring his instructions.

 

Or is it? 

 

I think that playing full tilt all the time risks exhaustion, and the foundation of a counterattacking side (such as the 2016 champions) is a solid and well drilled defence. Without that conceding possession is a high risk. 

 

I am beginning to think that the gear changes that we do between possession based and counterattacking styles of play are deliberate. 

 

Neither our possession based style or the wing play counterattacks are the finished product yet, as Jamie is our only reliable striker and is best with the ball arriving at his feet from a central midfielder. That was how we scored yesterday. 

 

 

[mozartfox]

1 hour ago, somebum said:

Complete bullshit

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