Post Match Leicester 1 Everton 2

[Blue Maniac]

An astonishing statistic if true. Gonna check.

 

[Blue Maniac]

It truly is. Has Puel been in charge for all of those games?

A fair bit longer.

 

[homer]

A fair bit longer.

The fecker's been here nearly a year now

What a waste

 

[fitz]

The fecker's been here nearly a year now

What a waste

Needs a transfer window before we can judge him though.

 

[Brown Nose]

Three this season - Morgan twice and Vardy.

Since mid December, also had Ndidi sent off twice, Amartey once, Chilwell once. and Albrighton.

 

[big_mac4824]

Three this season - Morgan twice and Vardy.

Since mid December, also had Ndidi sent off twice, Amartey once, Chilwell once. and Albrighton.

probably revenge from everyone from when we won the prem lol

 

[alex]

Oh **** it. Why go when all I do is get increasing agitated from the first whistle to the last?

We can botch together that sort of team selection against shitty opponents but Everton have good players. Why play several players out of position when you don't need to? Oh yes, because they have to fit Puel's fecking boring and predictably wank system.

Maddison might as well not play if you put him wide. Then Iheanacho is played in the 10 position? What the feck is that all about?

Our utterly tedious pissing about from keeper to defender, across the line and back again in some pass completion contest is both terrible to watch and also like handing any half decent opposition chances on a plate. We get away with it more than we deserve.

Surely everyone in the stadium could see that Morgan was on his last warning and Richarlison was on a deliberate plan to get him sent off? It was so blindingly obvious you really have to wonder about both Morgan and Puel. Seriously, neither of them are blind and totally stupid are they?

The ultimate though was the substitutions. Three colossal cock-ups designed to hand the game to the opposition on a plate. What a total twat Puel is. I can't stand him and his half management. It's like he's got a template that he will willingly introduce but he hasn't the first fecking clue what to do beyond that. Players don't suit the system? Feck knows. A change is needed in the game. Feck knows. A player needs to be handled a bit differently? Feck knows.

We're treading water as a club with him in charge. We'll never achieve anything of significance. He's a part time manager and a fraud.

I was at the game today, interested in knowing what changes you would have made at 10-men?

How on earth Morgan was still on the pitch after half time is beyond me. Silva did a job well in sticking Richarlison on Morgan, but then that was a very obvious tactic.

I was impressed with Mendy though whom I thought was excellent.

Everton will be top 10, we will not.

 

[Brown Nose]

I was at the game today, interested in knowing what changes you would have made at 10-men?

I didn't feel that the game was lost or we would have to hang on for a point with 10 men.

A change to 3-4-2 or 4-3-2 would have made sense, probably the latter was most sensible in the circumstances.

I'd have brought on Evans for Amartey straightaway so we had a back four with two full backs that could still provide width. I'd have brought on Iborra for Iheanacho as we were desperate for someone that could pass/retain possession in the middle. Line up like this:

Schmeichel
Ricardo Maguire Evans Chilwell
Iborra Mendy Ndidi
Maddison Vardy

What Puel actually did was make about six separate changes in formation as he increasingly lost the plot. Including one comical moment where the bench were desperately trying to tell Mendy something and he hadn't a clue what it was. They even sent out a note which he didn't understand either. Every single thing Puel did after Morgan was sent off was a fecking joke.

Iborra's reaction on the bench when he realised that he wasn't being brought on was pretty telling. He was incredulous.

 

[alex]

Interesting.

For me, Maguire and Morgan can't be a back pair, that was obvious more than ever today. Bringing on Albrighton and Ghezzal for Iheanacho and Maddison was odd at best.

Iborra definitely needed, I would like to see him and Mendy together actually. Not sure Maddison coming off was a good idea. Not sure playing Maddison left is a good idea either, it felt very open on the left-hand side.

I saw the note incident which was hilarious.

 

[homer]

I was at the game today, interested in knowing what changes you would have made at 10-men?.

Probably absolutely anything other than the ludicrous sight of seeing our most creative player leave the pitch after being completely wasted over on the left hand side, to be replaced by a player who appeared to have been asked to play across the middle where that particular player would have thrived - and who ended up running around like a headless chicken not having a feckin clue what to do. To be followed later by the hapless Okazaki coming on into the self same position where Maddison could have changed the game

Anything other than that, anything

I've never seen such a complete wankfest in my life

 

[pork pie fox]

I feel like we're wasting some talented players and an opportunity here.

 

[Miles Away]

That red card statistic is astonishing.

I’m sure there are loads more about conceding first, minutes led, distance covered, all sorts that if laid bare would make your eyes water.

That’s before we get into subs, communication, player readiness, treatment of certain members of the squad.

He’s a twat. Get rid.

 

[camberwell fox]

I’m afraid after watching a live feed of today the comments on here are totally justified.

Morgan being played in a 4 is paramount to cruelty. He is lunging and tackling last ditch as his pace and positional sense has gone. In a 5 he can be carried, in a 4, forget it.

As soon as he got the yellow he should have been replaced.

Playing players out of position and playing other players out of position in their place is ****ing ludicrous.

I particularly watched Maddison and Vardy today. We have managed to completely nullify both of their threat and it is criminal.

We are screaming for a back 5 and Puel insists on ignoring the ****ing obvious.

I have defended him to the hilt as I believe s manager should be given time.

Claude, please **** off as your time is up.

 

[FOX Franks]

This is a very uneducated post on the game. I didn’t attend, listen to or keep track of the game, nor am I watching the highlights currently.

It strikes me that we can beat the mediocre teams but are found out by any team with any kind of quality.

This is fine and well if our only intention is not to get relegated. If it is anything more we are going to struggle.

I am not going to criticise our scouting team who seem to have done a good job with Maddison. I do not think Puel is playing with the right formation or freedom. Hopefully he will improve but at the moment he appears to be ignoring the obvious in favour of ... well, I am not sure.

No relegation but if he is not gone by then, I’d like a new manager next year.
Of course - if he can change my mind, I’d be delighted.

 

[Micky]

I was thinking, 2-1 down with 10 men. If we get a free kick in a dangerous area who would be the ideal player to take it? Also, if and when we get the ball in the final third and we need that extra bit of quality, who would we need in that area?



Yet he wasn't on the bloody pitch.

 

[cambiassoo]

It's the nature of our implosion that is so frustrating. We know we are going to be a goal down before the first 15 minutes are out but then we often have these moments of excellence in games and patches where we look like we could go on and score a bucket load. Then it happens; the inevitable shit storm of players making stupid decisions and/or the manager making bizarre substitutions and/or tactical decisions.

Well yes that and an absolutely world class strike. It looked unstoppable to me.


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[David Gwilliam]

I felt our loss was the fault of Wes Morgan and not Claude Puel. At 1-1 I thought we were more likely to win than lose.

As usual Amartey comes in for unfair criticism. It is not his fault that he is constantly played out of position. Last year I thought that Chilwedl was a superb athlete but technically poor. He has greatly improved and today looked like an international class fullback. But for Morgan'/s stupidity we would all be talking about Ricardo's superb goal.

There was a strange moment in the second half when Puel and Stowell gave Albrighton a piece of paper which was then passed on to Mendy. It may have been Puel or it may have been Stowell - it was certainly not Monsieur Bonnevay who did not get involved in anything. I would not be surprised if he brought a pillow to the next match. Jacques Bonnevay reminds me of French historians who look stylish and deep in thought but then you realise there is less to them than meets the eye.

 

[City Fan]

I felt our loss was the fault of Wes Morgan and not Claude Puel. At 1-1 I thought we were more likely to win than lose.

Can’t they both be at fault? Or is it mutually exclusive?

Morgan was stupid, but for me the buck mostly stops with the man who selects him, chooses the formation he plays in, and decides whether to substitute him or not.

 

[The Old Fox]

It is tempting to board the "Puel out" train but, this may not attend to the problem. It seems that there is a real disconnect between the recruitment team and the manager. I agree that, with our current squad, a back three seems obvious but, the board selected Puel as manager and, in my view, if he prefers to play a four, then recruitment should reflect this.

It is clear that, rightly or wrongly, Puel has no faith in at least two of our new centre-backs: even with Morgan dismissed, he did not turn to Evans. I am confused as to what role Ricardo has been bought to fulfil: he is a good winger but, I am not even convinced he would be a decent wing-back with three in the centre.

Replacing the manager and not examining this problem may bring temporary pleasure to some fans, but will simply repeat the faults and result in more millions being wasted.

 

[Ike O'Noclassed]

Well yes that and an absolutely world class strike. It looked unstoppable to me.


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Made even more impressive that he'd smacked another one with his other foot a few minutes before.