Given that he has wrought a revival, won a grand slam and conquered Australia in less than a year, the club’s fans will hope he handed them over.
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Southampton manager Claude Puel plans to rotate his squad for the Saints’ opening Europa League opener against Sparta Prague.
Jones watched Puel’s training session today, before giving some advice to the Frenchman. When I was training every week it wasn’t football I was watching but rugby.
“All the team is OK for this game”, said manager Claude Puel, who is without a win at his new club.
‘It was a good meeting, he’s a good man, and a good trainer, ‘ Puel, 55, said.
“It’s interesting to meet him, and to discuss together, for example, tactics in playing rugby”.
“It’s always going to be hard when players are leaving, but we have enough good players who can do the job”. It is important for a trainer to stay open with other trainers and work with other trainers, even from other sports. It is always interesting to share different ideas of football and other sports. In the last game, after good 90 minutes from my players, I think a draw was normal. “They start with the ball on the ground and it’s very interesting to play them”.
“I think we are a good squad and it is important to consider every player”.
“He makes progress and improves because rugby and football and other sports develop all the time with the personality of the players”. The games are different all the time and it is important to follow other perceptions of the sport’.
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Last season Southampton were knocked out at the play-off stage by Midtjylland of Denmark, having beaten Vitesse Arnhem after entering at the third qualifying round. It’s good to have experience. “Just two days between these two games is very short and it is important the players accept the situation, because it is exciting to play in the Europa League of course, but it important to have a result in two competitions”.
