Because of the very poor results of his team, Claude Puel suffered a lot of criticism from AS Saint-Etienne …
It must be said that the Forez club is going through a great crisis of results. By chaining a seventh straight setback against Brest on Saturday (1-4), ASSE Claude Puel equaled the club’s sad record dating from 2008… Currently at the gates of the red zone, the Greens have to deal with a limited workforce . Blame it on the poor summer management of Puel, who decided to wipe out the past by putting the experienced players aside. A mistake that the Stéphanois coach pays dearly, as Timothee Maymon thinks.
“His immunity totem is crumbling”
“Puel has credit at ASSE, he’s the general manager. Roland Romeyer and Bernard Caïazzo believe in his project. They think Puel can create a team with no financial means… Puel is fine, as ASSE cannot afford to fire him. It is also a reality. But his immunity totem is crumbling. He made choices, so he was the one who put the club in this situation. It’s not just his fault he recovered from a dire financial situation, okay. But the transfer window is him. He dismissed all the executives, all the team leaders, namely all the people who could shake his power … Perrin wanted to extend by a season, Puel decided he would not extend. Would Perrin not be useful in defense today when we see Kolo’s performances? M’Vila was also pushed out, and he’s living his best life at Olympiakos. All the players who had leadership have been dismissed or put on the bench, like Ruffier… Only Debuchy remains. Puel has expanded responsibilities, so if things go wrong today, that means he’s responsible. Which doesn’t mean that things won’t get better tomorrow, or that things can’t pick up … “, explained the consultant of RMC, who knows that ASSE will keep Puel, under contract until 2022 on the Cauldron side.