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Wikipedia mentions "Despite his talent, he has also earned a reputation for having a temper and for lacking concentration at times" Saints record signings of late: Lemina Boufal Osvaldo Ramirez I'm seeing a pattern here....

Neither of you answered my question! If tomorrow somebody came to YOU and said they would triple your salary for 4 years, allowing you to maximise your earning potential, giving your children the best life you can possibly provide for them, what would YOU do? Where was our supporter's and club's loyalty when it came to sacking Puel? Double standards I think? We didn't get European football, sack the manager. Player wants to (and is good enough) to play European football, he's not allowed to do anything about it. I don't understand why people think he owes us anything. We didn't rescue him from a raft drifting at sea or give him a job when nobody else would. He has a contract to play football for us, that's it! I think there are parallels with Gatlin winning the 100m the other day. He got his deserved boos and most people think he shouldn't have been running but the system and the law allows it, why would he not turn up to race? The system in football is broken, it makes me sick to the point I am numbed by what goes on nowadays but I don't blame an abitious man for wanting the best for himself and his family and taking every opportunity that comes his way.

OK I should've said if somebody offered to triple your salary with another 4 year contract. In 4 years you would earn double what you would've earned originally. He could do an ACL in a month's time and never play again. He has to think about his and his families future. Good for you for showing loyalty but I don't think many people could HONESTLY say they would do they same and personally I think he be mad not to.

Before jumping on the bloke, put yourself in his position. If tomorrow somebody would pay you 2, 3 or 4x your current salary. What would you do? Answer that question honestly. I am disappointed at the situation but we've been here so many times I'm resigned to it now. Best case is that he does a Wanyama, we get half or one more season out of him then get loads of money with a replacement lined up. That is football nowadays, I hate it too that is how it is.

You'd rather see more win and/or draws but finish lower in the table? Nuff said

Long story, short. Yes. We don't have a magic money tree.

Relegation battle based on pre-season form. I fear that people will learn to appreciate Puel's ability to get results as this season goes on.

A bit of a shame how it turned out for him at Saints. The guy definitely has the potential to be a very good player, just needs good coaching and the confidence that a decent run in the first team will bring.

The exception that proves the rule!

The exception that proves the rule!

8th is a successful season. Europa league is a fantastic season.

8th is a successful season. Europa league is a fantastic season.

It will be easy in hindsight but I'm nailing my colours to the mast. This is a bad move.

A lot of people seem to forget that lack of strikers we had until Christmas and then we lost VVD and Fonte. Negative football? More like it's a miracle we weren't relegated. Puel's ability to get results with cards he was dealt is massively underrated.

2 and I play Saturday league football. I would like to see how many crosses Pied and Targett made that actually found a Saints player. I think if you go back and look, you see that while they might've got into decent positions, there was no end product 90% of the time. And that is what I meant by lack of quality. It was such a poor performance because of the team we were up against. They treated it almost like a training game and we still couldn't score.

That was bad. United were just going through the motions for much of the game. Yes I know we had lots of shots but we didn't score and showed a lack of quality several times. Targett's delivery was poor, same with Pied. The defense had issues at times and to top it all off, another penalty missed. As already said, you will never get an easier game against United and we just weren't up to it. For that reason, one of the worst and most disappointing performances of the season for me. I think we could've played 2 up front comfortably, United weren't interested in going forwards for much of the game. I'm not a Puel detractor normally but he really needs to stop playing 1 up front at home.

IF we finish 8th, I don't think any reasons for wanting Puel to go are valid. I trust the board are more sane than some of our fans and will let him progress next season.

Even though somewhat forced upon us, the club deserve credit for blooding a youngster in a position that requires experience and ability to read the game more than any other position. Jack, Puel and the coaching staff have done a good job. Not the finished article but a fantastic prospect for the future.

You sound like one of those self entitled Man U fans who phones into 606 who everybody hates. I think the best solution would be to support a different club.

Puel doesn't deserve to go and none of the suggestions in this thread sound like an improvement to me.

Do yourself a favor and don't pay any attention to what Mourinho says. He's borderline crazy. Let the media and everyone else lap it up and get on with something useful.

The reason is so that people go out and watch lower league football on Saturday.

If you can't work it out after so many games this season, there's probably not a lot anybody can do to help you.

Puel should be given another season assuming we stay up. I'm sick of short-termism. Let's try something different and give a guy a chance to build something.

Was speaking to Man U season ticket holder a couple of months ago. Apparently 10-15% of Man U season tickets are 'owned' by people over 100 years old. They have been passed down the family rather than losing good seats.