Claude Puel is facing a battle to save his job at #lcfc ahead of major squad overhaul this summer telegraph.co.uk/football/2018/… via @telefootball
Whilst results haven't been flash lately i think he deserves a full summer and fair crack at the new season. How do we know if his way of doing things is going to work if we don't give him the chance to show us and the owners.
Chatter seems to suggest that a few of his ex-players are interested in joining him here, a manager that has earned this kind of respect from his former players is surely the kind of manager we should be keeping.
That is the thing - this isn't his team yet. Owners have to make the decision between maintaining the status quo or moving forward with Puel.
We seem to be transitioning as a club away from the sit back counter attack (with 30something% possession) to more of a balanced game. I feel we'd be better making this change sooner rather than later, we aren't going to get another Vardy any time soon. If the owners want us to push on as a club, we need to bring in players that are comfortable on the ball, like my dad said vs Newcastle, we have players that are scared when pressured in any way, and we aren't going to progress with these kinds of players. If we can keep the spine of Maguire, Ndidi and Iheanacho to develop on, i feel that Puel could add some good players around them, though the challenge will be keeping them, especially Ndidi and Maguire at the moment.
After the honeymoon period its only the quality of Mahrez and Vardy that have done anything attacking wise Puel needs to win at least 1 of the final 3 or I think he will go
I want him to stay and do well but feel it needs a change in attitude from players and manager more than an overhaul to the squad. Puel needs to be more ambitious at home especially but has the right ideas around how to play and promoting youth. In terms of players, an attacking RB (Perieira?) and a CB (Dragovic?), a proper number 10 (Hazard?) and a Mahrez replacement if he goes. Elsewhere we have a good spine with Maguire, Ndidi, Silva, Vardy, Iheanacho etc. I can help but think we need one or two more of the old guard to move on before their legacy’s are tainted and with that hopefully a fresh ambition around the club. Some of these players did something they’d never have dreamed of and seem to have an aura of having completed their dream and lost the desire. This is the difference between one off and serial winners
Diabate and Silva on for Iheanacho and Choudhury He keeps ****ing Gray on!! FFS The lad contributes **** all
Something tells me you doubt like Puel Proud Who would you bring in instead? Marco Silva comes to mind. We’ll be unlikely to manage to tempt anyone in a job that’s decent. I want to give him time but at the same time, if the season was not so near the end we’d be sliding towards the trap door and that’s my concern for next season. Doubt we’d actually go down as we’d sack him and save ourselves as per this and last seasn
Atm I would probably shoot him never mind sack him Marco Silva’s name would be in the hat but after what he did to Watford in regards of the Everton job that would be a concern
There’s certainly no point waiting until October, sacking him and there being nobody available. Either stick with him and his vision or do it post season and get someone like Silva in
Not at all for me, clubs don’t think twice about sacking the manager after a run of bad results so why should the manager not look out for his future. We have more potential than Watford and as much as Everton so if he was keen to build something at Everton I’m sure he would be at us