Now it's well known on here that I liked Puel and wanted him to stay, but I never thought that he was the man to take us to the "next level".
I was hugely concerned when we got rid of Shakey because I knew our only issue was not having Iborra available. It's not a coincidence that we've improved since King has been out of the team and we've actually become competitive in midfield. Essentially nothing was broken so nothing needed fixing and my worry was the new guy coming in and wanting to play his style but luckily that's not the case. He said he won't be changing the way we play he just intends to make us better and after yesterday I have no doubt he will. I knew nothing about him and when he was appointed I wasn't happy at all but a few days learning more about him and listening to how he develops youth and now I think he's a very shrewd appointment. I remember the sensational football Saints played at our place last season but somehow failed to win and it seems you were a lot better then than you are now and I'll put money on Saints finishing lower than 8th.
No because my insider knowledge is linited to stadium affairs, it's a kind of a need to know basis and he needs to know information about the stadium but has no right knowing about other facets of the club. They keep changing plans but they think work will start next summer but we'll see. Exact timescale is unsure but it will 100% happen in the next couple of seasons and then we'll have the CL changing rooms you ****ing morons.
Keane is kid up in hospital recovering from an infected leg wound. He played the n for a number of games as he is a good lad. But clear to see he was carrying a knock. At least Maguire is just carrying his fat head
I thought you werent coming here untill the end of the season to gloat but no you show up early to kick off your p r i c k antics again lol
We weren't so "sensational" in the last eight games of last season....W 1, D 3, L 4, GS 4, GC 11, PTS 6....
He's a clueless, bullshitting wum, who's decided to slide out from under his rock as Leicester did us yesterday.
I read that as. I am as popular as a dose on my clubs pages so tried for attention here. Will Puel get the CL football for the CL level dressing rooms?
I really don't give a flying one what you ****wits say or think because your opinion means nothing. My predictions are already playing out so why the **** should I care about what you all think? Clearly I'm the only person who knows what I'm talking about and that's blatantly obvious given the fact I'm right. Lets just recap on what I predicted shall we. I said Maguire outperformed Keane last season and is a better player and he's proving it by outperforming Keane again this season. So how does our £12-17m compare now to £26-31m for Keane? I said I didn't rate Everton's signings and didn't fancy them finishing anywhere close to the top six. It was obvious you would struggle without replacing Lukaku but some of you morons were happy to see him go and thought you'd cope without him. Deluded. I said Southampton won't be pushing top six either and they're worse than with Puel. I said we're the 7th best team in the league and I have zero reason to change my mind. Unless of course we lose Iborra before Silva is available and have to play King again. Then we will be crap because we will lose the midfield in every game we play. Iborra is the only difference. Will Puel get us to the CL? Well who knows but he has the potential I think. Regardless of opinions based on his time at Saints, he's extremely well regarded by his peers. He has a phenomenal track record of bringing youth through and our U23's have some really good players who he can work with. Our academy has gone from being one of the worst to one of the best. The U18's are 2nd and the U23's are 3rd having just beaten Liverpool away who are top and they also beat Everton away who won it last season. If anyone can bring any of those players through he can. He's got a long term vision to build the club which falls in line with the owners ambitions and he has experience with European football which is a huge bonus. Anything can happen of course and he could be gone by the end of the season because that's just the way it is but I think he's a really shrewd move and I've come full circle since his appointment.