Claude Puel sacked

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Wow. Are they getting relegated?

What do they want?
 

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Reckon he should have done better with his material?
 

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The only thing he did REALLY wrong for me was play a much weakened team in the cup competitions. If you're not at risk of going down & not really challenging for top 4, there's bugger all reason not to go all out for the domestic trophies.
 

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Tommy said:
The only thing he did REALLY wrong for me was play a much weakened team in the cup competitions. If you're not at risk of going down & not really challenging for top 4, there's bugger all reason not to go all out for the domestic trophies.
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He deserves to get sacked just for that. It's beyond stupid to not go all out for only games that could potentially lead to something.
 

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Didn’t mind Puel. He’s probably the world’s least charismatic man but he sorted out Shakespeare’s mess and has basically been about par this season.

Would be a shame if Leicester really did hire a Big Sam type. They’re already dislikable enough with Vardy and Maddison.
 

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Mirror on it too
 

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What's the point of sacking him? They are not going to go down.
 

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Not surprised.. they are better than their league position and he didn't seem to get the best out of any of their top players - combine that with boring football and you have a sacked manager.

I like Leicester I think they can easily get a Europa spot and should be much better cup side than Puel turned them in to.
 

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What a shock. They seemed to be going nowhere with him and the players didn't really seem that enamoured with him
 

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Who are the likely successors? What level can they realistically aim for in terms of candidates?
 

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Bastian said:
Who are the likely successors? What level can they realistically aim for in terms of candidates?
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Maybe Sarri is a possibility if they get a caretaker in the meantime.
 

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Say what you like but Leicester City has ambitions, they want to play in Europe and growing their revenue from ECL, extra matchday gate and increase their global fans, they hope to be the Atletico Madrid of England, they are 22th richest club in Europe. A lot of teams in England would rather stay 9-16 and don't want to invest more or try to aim for more.
 

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They've got a great young squad. They'll be an attractive job to a lot of progressive managers.
 

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deafepl said:
Say what you like but Leicester City has ambitions, they want to play in Europe and growing their revenue from ECL, extra matchday gate and increase their global fans, they hope to be the Atletico Madrid of England. A lot of teams in England would rather stay 9-17 and don't want to invest more or try to aim for more.
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Simeone has been there for almost 8 years now. And don't they get more money than all the rest in Spain (after the big two of course) ? Tall order.
 

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Foxtrot said:
What's the point of sacking him? They are not going to go down.
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Atmosphere was toxic yesterday so probably want a better mode at home games.

Think Leicester is a really good job for someone out there, lots of talented young players to work with.

Given they're safe, would like to see them give it to up and coming British manager but suspect it could well be David Wagner who's been linked with them before.
 

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Could have waited til end of season.
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Why? If they feel that he’s no longer the right fit for the job, and the team won’t be in danger of relegation, why not give the new manager the last 10 or so games to assess his players and start preparation for new season?

Say what you want about Leicester but they’ve been very proactive with managerial appointment, and that serves them well.
 

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deafepl said:
Say what you like but Leicester City has ambitions, they want to play in Europe and growing their revenue from ECL, extra matchday gate and increase their global fans, they hope to be the Atletico Madrid of England, they are 22th richest club in Europe. A lot of teams in England would rather stay 9-16 and don't want to invest more or try to aim for more.
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Atleti is competing with only Barça and Madrid in a league where four teams qualify for the Champions League. Leicester would have to finish above one of United, City, Liverpool, Spurs, Arsenal and Chelsea just to get into the top 6.

Atleti is also historically the third biggest club in Spain. Leicester would probably be hovering around thirtieth place in England.
 

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Ridiculous decision. His general body of work hasn't been bad at all for a club of Leicester's status. They can't keep living off that miracle season. Barring his foul ups in cup tie selection which is admittedly poor by him, I can't see what standards they could be imagining for themselves that he isn't meeting. Beat Citeh for goodness sakes...
 

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Bastian said:
Over Brent? I'd go for Brent.
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Forgot about him. Either of the two would work, really. They’ve got a nice core of players who’ve been shackled by defensive football. We all know what a difference a manager who wants to play football can make.
 

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Foxtrot said:
What's the point of sacking him? They are not going to go down.
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Gives the new manager time to assess the squad heading into the summer so he knows what to do. Leicester have the nucleus of a good team and Puel flatters to excite with how he has them playing/his decisions at times such as downing tools in the cup was shocking. He's not good enough for their ambition.
 

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DWelbz19 said:
Forgot about him. Either of the two would work, really. They’ve got a nice core of players who’ve been shackled by defensive football. We all know what a difference a manager who wants to play football can make.
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Yeah, it's a pretty attractive job. Better than Everton. Same hopes and ambitions, but lower expectations and not a recent devastatingly poor recruitment history (even worse than ours perhaps).

edit: sorry @SilentWitness
 

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Bastian said:
Simeone has been there for almost 8 years now. And don't they get more money than all the rest in Spain (after the big two of course) ? Tall order.
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Yeah, Since Simeone taken over, Atletico Madrid was not rich at the time, around 20-30 on the richest club list. They grew up, increasing their revenue and exposure of UCL, they have Greizmann on 400K+, that how rich Atletico Madrid has gotten since 2011. Valencia and Villiard have been more successful than Atletico Madrid in 2000s, no one can top Barca/Real in the league and be more successful than them but Atletico Madrid is very doing well when you consider gaps between them and Barca/Real in revenue and powers.

We have our Atletico Madrid in England which is Spurs. If Atletico Madrid and Spurs show they can match the powerful club despite behind in success, the prestige of club, revenue, and trophies, I think Leicester City can do, they'll take it at slow to get better each time. Rome wasn't built in a day
 
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