Just seen this posted on Foxestalk and think this sums up Puel and maybe why opinion is so divided, also probably is best way of summing up how I feel -
I've been very critical over Puel, but then again I was also one of the few fans on here that wasn't appalled by his appointment and argued he would start a rebuild job here.
I'm still torn on him long term but when I consider the clubs around us (just below us) I realise how difficult it actually is to actually achieve success in the fans eyes. We are 7th, we have started a massive rebuild of our squad but haven't gone mad and made too many changes at once. We could still drop off and finish anywhere from 7th to 14th but look at Everton, West Ham, Fulham etc who all blew masses of money that we demanded should be being carried out at our club and yet we are emerging as being a better unit and team. We also have one of the youngest teams and have 3-4 players from the academy likely to be first team players very soon, if not already.
I ask myself what it is I actually want, I'm not sure. Something still feels absent very quickly when we arent doing that well, it's more than the manager surely as everything is pointing to him doing a more than decent job but with many areas to improve on. Has the title win spoilt it? I'd say no, but it might well be how much I'd forgotten how boring mid table football is at any level I've seen my club at. 7th isn't mid table but I dont feel it would be the achievement it probably should be and that's wrong on my part.
I think a lot of our fans are wankers, myself included.
