Alain Perrin: What will he bring to OL?

[lefutur]

Lyon has a new coach and this will undoubtedly have some effects within the club with regards to strategy, spirit and new signings.

I'm not very knowledgable of Perrin's style and I only have read about his career highlights and recent accomplishments, but I want to know more about what his coaching will bring to the club.

[Gotham PSG]

am I the only one to think this is the end for L'OL?
All I know about Perrin is that his time at Portsmouth was a disaster, he didn't do much at l'Oheme (he lost all his games against us).
Of course he did win the CdF, but then again, so did Lacombe ;)

[Sam.]

am I the only one to think this is the end for L'OL?
All I know about Perrin is that his time at Portsmouth was a disaster, he didn't do much at l'Oheme (he lost all his games against us).
Of course he did win the CdF, but then again, so did Lacombe ;)

To be fair to Perrin at Portsmouth, he wasn't there for too long. He didn't have much support from Chairman Milan Mandaric or Director of football Velimir Zajec. It would have been interesting to see how well he would have done if he would have stayed a bit longer to spend the money Alexander Gaydamak invested into the club, a few months after Perrin had gone.

And anyway, Santini, Le Guen and Houllier struggled in the UK as well, and they didn't turn out too badly, did they? Perrin did very well at Sochaux, and I think he will be a success at Lyon.

[Inara]

I think Perrin will play more of the youngsters, which is what I'm in favor of. I hope that Benzema and Ben Arfa will get more playing time.

I don't know if his arrival will be as convincing as DD's might have been in order to convince Malouda & Company to stay for another year, but we'll wait and see.

What I like is that is flexible about tactics. If a 4-3-3 won't work, he can adapt. :D

[Luke Bradley J.]

Perrin is a diciplinarian who has a reputation for falling out with his players. Pompey's players didn't take to him well after having one of the best man managers in Harry Redknapp but he's not to different from Houllier so it won't be too much of a change for Lyon.

His record in the transfer market was dodgy for us; Andy O'Brien, Gregory Vignal, Collins Mbesuma and Azar Karadas. Laurent Robert was a rare decent player he signed and then promptly fell out with. His record in France is impressive though.

[guignol]

he got some pretty shoddy treatment in marseille, and my guess is that there were hundreds of times when diouf would have loved to have a voodoo doll of bouchet.

luke correct me if i'm wrong but i think pompey's a pretty hard place to succeed too, mandaric is not aulas. and often transfers are blamed on the coach when in fact he doesn't decide alone, and often isn't given much to work with. send him to market with 50p and he comes back with sardines, not caviar.

here's one very important thing perrin's signing brings: it's done quickly with no muss no fuss. OL may be looking at their trickiest summer ever and this had to be taken care of posthaste.

[guignol]

another big question is not what will he bring, but what he will keep...

http://home.skysports.com/list.aspx?hlid=469455&CPID=24&clid=143&lid=11&title=Perrin+keen+to+keep+duo

[Luke Bradley J.]

luke correct me if i'm wrong but i think pompey's a pretty hard place to succeed too, mandaric is not aulas. and often transfers are blamed on the coach when in fact he doesn't decide alone, and often isn't given much to work with. send him to market with 50p and he comes back with sardines, not caviar.

Mandaric is tough on managers, if they are not doing well he doesn't usually give them much time to turn it around. He didn't give Perrin masses of money but the £2m he spent on Andy O'Brien was a lot of money for Pompey in the pre-Gaydamak era. Most of the signings were his choices although I believe Mbesuma was a recommendation by Zajec (whose record in the transfer market was attrocious.) Brian Priske was a good signing by Perrin but he let go of our most experienced players once he took over in de Zeeuw, Stone and Berger and also released Diomansy Kamara who was potetially an excellent player.

I do expect Perrin to do well for Lyon. He was a good flexible tactician but our players just weren't used to his dicipline and more direct football. Later players like Stefanovic (the captain!) and Lualua admitted they did not give their best for Perrin.

[SportBoy333]

The only concern I'd have is that it seems rather curious that a big European club such as Lyon wouldnt sign a bigger name manager. You hear names like Dechamps and Lippi and then they go and sign the Sochaux coach. Well that would be a huge disapointment for me if I were a fan.I dont think anyone actually thinks that Perrin would be able to keep guys like Malouda and Abidal. As an outsider here the signing of Perrin shows me that the Lyon manager, whoever he is is merly just a puppet and that is not a good sign.

[Allez Lyonnais]

Nanard is powerful.

Perhaps too powerful...

[Inara]

Most top European clubs (Real Madrid, Barcelona, Chelsea, Arsenal, United, Milan, etc) allow the coaches to have a big say in transfers. Their sporting directors have less influential roles than Lacombe does at OL. It's probably why Lyon can't attract a world class manager - because who wants to be told who they can and cannot have? It's probably also why there have been eight different managers under Aulas (including three for Lyon's six titles).

I understand why Aulas doesn't want to change Lyon's current policy. Having Lacombe where he is right now has allowed Lyon to grow from L2 nothings into potential European greats.

But it's unsurprising that some people want a change in how the club is structured. Perhaps Lyon have achieved all they can under the current setup, but in order to progress, Aulas will have to start trusting his coaches.

[guignol]

in order to progress, Aulas will have to start trusting his coaches.or force nanar to show the courage of his convictions and get back on the bench.

the latest word from flo in response to perrin's desire to talk to them about they're desire to leave?

by then i'll already be gone; it's just a question of time.

i just hope we get players along with the munny; we've got shekels coming out of our ears already! and c'mon, the transfer market is flavor of the month, and OL is baskin & robbins. a tiago and cash for an essien is better than cash and cash and cash. you can't take it with you!

[lefutur]

The only concern I'd have is that it seems rather curious that a big European club such as Lyon wouldnt sign a bigger name manager. You hear names like Dechamps and Lippi and then they go and sign the Sochaux coach.

See, they could have signed Deschamps but they chose not to. He offered to come to Lyon.

I don't understand it either. Lets hope they see something great in Perrin because honestly I have to agree with you about the puppet thing...at least I agree thats what it looks like.

[Allez Lyonnais]

Let's just wait and see, how about that? After all, Perrin was really eager for this job.