captainchris

I think you need to forget the league position and concentrate on points gained. We literally scraped 8th and earned 17 points less than last year which is a lot..... Couple that with actual performances baring the odd exceptionals and then you have a true picture of the season. We can be top four as Leicester proved - it is possible and you have to set high targets, however this year we were a very long way from our next target of Europa qualification - a very long way! Puel did make lots of 'questionable' team selection decisions and also was far too intransigent with his tactical formation. All in all it's a big risk to go with Puel again. His intransigence is a major factor which will make many people think nothing will change next year and there is too high a risk of a collapse...

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How long does a 'review' take? Surely the guy deserves to know one way or the other by now.... If this is indecision then that really is not the best management style for us. Voids leave players to have their own 'reviews' which often do not come out well for us.......

Exactly accurate....

Oh dear, no ambition and low esteme ... I'd prefer to think big personally ...

Precisely:Danny Fox was one of the worse left backs ever in any league for any club and certainly us. Talking of 'favourites' who should never be picked if Puel has that problem, on the Fox issue so did Adkins .... Managers who have favourited will fail and Puel and Adkins may well have that in common...

You have been drinking ......

A fine servant but let's not get carried away.....

As several players have gone backwards under Puel it is unlikely that Puel is responsible for certain players getting better.... is that not so.... ?

So what logic does Puel use for player selection decisions? Boufal has been woeful (see what I did there?) and yet he still gets to come on and give the ball away continuously !

Well if Puel insists on us taking pens on the ground then yes! Pens should be in the top third of the goal .....

Is Puel on this planet ? Don't dare have a good game playing for this guy - you will be dropped for sure next match! Does he have a massive ego or does he enjoy ****ing his players off, unless your name is Tadic of course or Forster.

Yes 12th

Apart from Fonte we always sell cheap!

Oh dear Klopp is such a bad loser....poor form mate.... Puel actually out thought Klopp which doesn't say so much about the German. Having said that Puel needs to pull his finger out at home ....

What exactly have Boufal and Tadic let alone Forster done to warrant inclusion today? Puel making a rod for his own back if we horribly mess up today...

Basically anyone ...... he's patently a bit short to be honest ......

I am sorry Puel but bottom half is not acceptable so step up to the mark or move on.... Either you are good enough or not and I fear not. Push sentimentality to one side - good enough or not !

Interesting points. The expansion issue is an important one. I only come along casually. I don't want a season ticket as would miss too many games. The important thing here though is games are often sold out or close to it so when I could go I don't because I probably won't get a ticket .... If people knew they could get in more would turn up and more would take the trouble to bother to try and buy tickets.... Of course if you expand the ground you have less to spend on players so the standard drops and less people go to watch... Then you don't need the space... You need a damn good manager to mitigate the the decrease in investment on the pitch - not too sure Wenger's best mate is quite up to it....... Stick or twist ????

How does 'getting rid' with no replacement equal backing Puel - What difference exactly does no replacement make... How can a club back a manager who has lost the dressing room and the fans ? We are risking a massive player exit again and really would be ridiculous mismanagement by Les to let that happen again ....

This is entirely true. If the Puel regime and I includ Black and the goalkeeper coach in this are this much of a mess with the players then the only time to act is right now. Let it fester and we lose time and the players we want to keep. In these situations we continually drag our feet by which time players are negotiating with other clubs and already made their mind up to leave! This is the point where we always say we couldn't keep them, all because we are too slow to act..... If he has lost the dressing room he won't get it back so there is absolutely no point in dallying around. Letting a Tadic take a pen was the last straw for me, I expect he was trying to keep in with him which only points more to a deteriating management position. Don't wait Les - for once take the big decisions early, another summer of player upheaval would be a travesty of incompetence..

Well played Andy, totally agree but Puel is not a sophisticated enough coach to deploy such a good idea...... Agree with many on here that he just doesn't see what is happening in games.

To be honest - Puel, if that is the best you can do just go....

Sorry what are you talking about??? You have a guy with a proven record of not being able to take a pen and your logic based on no evidence is we have no one better!!!! For God's sake mate ... So let's continue with Tadic shall we!!! Really - is your name Puel by any chance?

Last straw for Puel. It doesn't take a person with any IQ at all to work out that Tadic cannot take pens!!!!!! No excuse for him being the pen taker at all. If Puel can't work that out then get lost mate...