Claude Puel

Sexist?

 

Sorry HR, I was responding to a comment about Claude Puel, on a thread that is about Claude Puel, that's why your comment irritated me a bit.

 

Claude who?

 

He was better known as the Frenchman IIRC...

 

I was upset when he got sacked. Last three home games we did everything but score, he was let down by our non existent strikers.......still The Northam knows best......

 

As a regular stander on the Northam, I have to say that it represents the best and the worst of our support!

 

And you can make your own decision in which category Lambo fits

 

I was speaking to someone from the club who works at a reasonably high (head of department) level, who told me that it was under RK that things in the dressing room started to go wrong, with different sets of senior players and a lot of the academy graduates left feeling very unhappy with the way the management handled things.
When Puel came in, he worked everyone hard, but there was very little nurturing and whilst he did work at using more academy players, the lack of positivity and general unhappiness that had affected the squad was never directly addressed or rectified. The manager had not lost the dressing room, more the club had lost it's sense of togetherness and it was felt that CP was not the man to pull it back together.
The atmosphere at St Mary's, both amongst the team and the fans at the end of last season was enough to convince the club's board that changes needed to be made.
MP2 came in and the players have been much happier, training is positive and a sense of togetherness has returned, unfortunately results have not yet followed, but it is felt by those in power that the club is on the right track.
If we get there before it is too late, only time will tell...

 

Koeman upset a few at Everton...so I can believe that. He isn't the smiley, pleasant person that you see on the TV. Puel was pleasant, but came over poorly on TV....so lacked Koeman's strength in the area that fans relate to. Puel probably does better going into a happy dressing room....I can't see him rousing the troops. This would explain why he is doing better at Leicester....different set of circumstances. Also has strikers that can score goals. This does make sense, so I can see why the team are happier with a more personable man in Mauricio. However, he basically inherited the same problem as Puel...we can't score...though there are signs that is turning round. We can't score lots, but we can score now. And I do understand why the club is not in a rush to change another manager if they feel the team is in a more settled mood.

 

Tallies with what I’ve heard too.

 

Interesting. Thank you for the insight.

 

Around the time of Koemans last matches in charge there were articles suggesting he openly criticised the quality of the academy products. Hardly encourages togetherness.

 

He came out in public and said none of them were good enough. As few have come through, he may have been right....but not the thing to say. A manager should encourage players.

 

Indeed. Probably about the time he decided he wanted more money too.