Indeed, Pierre Menès cut theASSE and especially, Claude Puel on his blog following the new defeat of Greens of St Etienne facing MHSC – Montpellier HSC in League 1 : “I am willing to be told that there are a lot of absentees at AS Saint-Etienne and that the sale of Wesley Fofana to Leicester City was inescapable financially. But I do not understand what Claude Puel is doing. Denis Bouanga was on the bench. Wahbi Khazri comes back, then he comes out … I think that this perpetual feeling of insecurity greatly harms such a young team. “
And incredible statistic for theASSE : during his last two meetings of League 1 facing FC Metz then Montpellier HSC, Saint-Etienne players will have shot a total of 18 times on goal … for zero shots on target!
Between the Mercato complicated, the case Stephane Ruffier, the departure of Loïc Perrin and the current poor results in L1… Claude Puel and the Forez club are living a very delicate situation at the moment. And when we know that the derby between theAS Saint-Etienne and Lyon looming on the horizon ….