38th competitive game of the season, just to show how it compares to a normal season, and we've W15, D9, L14. A game every 4.6 days.
We've got a two week pre-final break coming up, then only two more midweek games this season. I'm sure we might start looking a bit sharper, tactically interesting, and taking chances we might not have done before. And that we will end up landing around 11th-13th, on 45-50 points, as a lot of us predicted.
That bring us on to tomorrow's off-pitch problems. We will be in the highly enviable position of having almost no one to cut, and (presumably...) some targets. Something went wrong in January and getting it wrong twice will be more costly. That seems too obvious to need saying.
But, having one day to prepare for each match has forced us to become twice as quick at everything. The analysts and scouts have to do their thing, give it to the coaches, who have to agree a plan and how to do it, while all the medical/training/admin happens at the same time. If we have learnt from this properly then with an incredible six days to prepare we should start to look quite efficient. If we haven't, then playing in Europe/EFL Cup will have made us worse.
Last thing, it's been good that there hasn't been much serious criticism of Puel on here. Everyone will have gained something by playing a season at double speed, and throwing Puel away after that is a total waste of a year. I expect the less discerning social media pages will not be the same... but they should have a tiny bit of patience.
We've got a two week pre-final break coming up, then only two more midweek games this season. I'm sure we might start looking a bit sharper, tactically interesting, and taking chances we might not have done before. And that we will end up landing around 11th-13th, on 45-50 points, as a lot of us predicted.
That bring us on to tomorrow's off-pitch problems. We will be in the highly enviable position of having almost no one to cut, and (presumably...) some targets. Something went wrong in January and getting it wrong twice will be more costly. That seems too obvious to need saying.
But, having one day to prepare for each match has forced us to become twice as quick at everything. The analysts and scouts have to do their thing, give it to the coaches, who have to agree a plan and how to do it, while all the medical/training/admin happens at the same time. If we have learnt from this properly then with an incredible six days to prepare we should start to look quite efficient. If we haven't, then playing in Europe/EFL Cup will have made us worse.
Last thing, it's been good that there hasn't been much serious criticism of Puel on here. Everyone will have gained something by playing a season at double speed, and throwing Puel away after that is a total waste of a year. I expect the less discerning social media pages will not be the same... but they should have a tiny bit of patience.
