Ok, so I know this may be an odd post coming from someone who has bee a big Puel critic over recent months. But stay with me.
I’d like to see how the next 5 games play out before even think about removing Puel. Why?
1. Attacking football. We lost today. It was sickening. But my word I’d rather lose like this every week than 0-1 to Cardiff after 1 shot from both teams in the whole game. Puel went offensive today - I liked that. Not many teams below us will be as good going forward as Wolves.
2. Passion. Puel looked like he cared today. And that made me want to care with him. I was genuinely gutted for him when we lost because he looked gutted. Good - we’re in it together.
3. No hope. Well, the next three games Don’t hold out much hope, or do they? Home game for me at Anfield, which I expect will be an embarrassment. However, Puel should have looked at today and learned we can’t play a high line with Morgan (Ranieri’s fatal mistake), but we can go on the attack to good effect.
Find the balance Claude and find my support. For now I am willing to give you more time. Well, 5 games more time anyway.
Puel IN
posted on 20/1/19
Oh and by the way if we play like that in our next match I expect us to get slaughtered.
posted on 20/1/19
I agree in parts Nuneaton. We need more adventure and we need to cause teams more problems. Defend from the front.
That doesn’t have to mean we play Morgan in such a stupid high line that means that any ball in behind is a goal!
I think we’re all asking for balance. I think it was the right formation yesterday, but executed incorrectly.
We should have sat deeper and stopped Wolves from using the channels and getting in behind. The front 3 tucking in to protect the midfield when defending.
posted on 20/1/19
That all sounds good Mersey but with the players we had on the pitch it ended up with Claude holding his head in his hands and euphoric Wolves fans.
I'm sticking with what I said, we should have played 4-3-3 with 3 DMs, kept it tight and hopefully nicked a goal. That would not have been as entertaining but I'd have had a happier bus ride back.
posted on 20/1/19
I meant
posted on 20/1/19
“ think we’re all asking for balance. I think it was the right formation yesterday, but executed incorrectly.”
Right formation wrong team selection and wrong tactics.
We go from playing 3 defensive midfielders and the protection of Albrighton on the right, to 2 CMs and no Albrighton - for no reason from a form perspective or tactical stance.
Switching tactics like this pointlessly is redundant and confusing, particularly when the tactical choices don’t marry up to the opponents on the majority of occasions.
Fans aren’t depressed because we are mid-table, I don’t think that many fans are depressed because we really could have been higher in this particular season had simple, correct pre-match choices been made...fans are depressed due to the fact that when considering that we are mid-table (there’s an argument that this is a reasonable expectation and achievement) and Puel’s contribution to this, there’s a feeling that the preposition ‘despite’ rather than the conjunction ‘because’ should be used.
posted on 20/1/19
The obvious choice was to play the most inform CM, one of the most consistent players this season in Albrighton and the one real creative outlet that we always have even when we are playing badly in Maddison. We did none of these. I lost track of where Gray and Ricardo were playing at one point and the two of them AND Simpson all seemed to be occupying space at one point in the first half.
posted on 20/1/19
The same space
posted on 20/1/19
What a load of old guff, just get him out...
posted on 20/1/19
comment by Man in the Long Black Coat (U2592)
posted 2 minutes ago
What a load of old guff, just get him out...
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To the point I guess.
posted on 20/1/19
He has brought nothing to our club and really could not have done a worse job if he tried .
Any good results seem to be in spite of him,not because of him.
Just want him out before the damage he has done has an impact on how we start next season.