This afternoon in Dijon, AS Saint-Etienne will try to reconnect with success, they who have not tasted three points since their historic victory at the Vélodrome on September 17. If the sale of Wesley Fofana to Leicester is often put forward to justify the very poor passage of the Greens, L’Equipe underlines in its edition of the day that the management of Claude Puel could also be the cause. Indeed, the Castrais is the French champion of the players used (33), unlike Christophe Galtier, whose results with the LOSC are much better.
33 players used at ASSE, 21 at LOSC
“When he has not changed players, or their positioning (central midfielder Mahdi Camara, right side in Lyon and Brest), he has aligned some in a position that is not theirs (midfielder Moueffek has started in L1 as a right side), and even “punished” others (Hamouma, Bouanga and Aouchiche for two matches). All this while throwing young people at all costs and juggling systems (4-2-3-1, 4-3-3, 3-4-3, 4-4-2). Never, since the first two days, has Puel renewed the same team, going so far as to change six players from one game to another. “
“This groping in the form of a laboratory is still surprising, when we know that the workforce has hardly moved in the direction of arrivals, that it has not been too impacted by the Covid-19, nor the suspensions ( six). Above all, this management gave no results (two draws and seven losses). Except that of claiming Puel to be at the top of the ranking of coaches who have already made the most players play in L1 this season (33). Christophe Galtier, despite having a bloated squad in Lille, shuts him down (21 players used). “
Here is the front page of the newspaper L’Équipe from Sunday December 6th.
📰 https://t.co/bpq3Dctw4a pic.twitter.com/4Ibsh7aRbD– THE TEAM (@the team) December 6, 2020