NO GAME PLAN..NO TACTICS , JUST RAW EMOTION

Puel will ‘go with the heart’ after traumatic, exhausting

CLAUDE PUEL will rely on pure emotion and scrap any complex game plans for his Leicester players today.

The Foxes are preparing for their first home game since popular chairman Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha died in a helicopter crash.

The accident outside the King Power Stadium two weeks ago claimed five lives and tributes will be paid in this afternoon’s game against Burnley.

Leicester are aiming to record a second successive win since the crash after beating Cardiff

1-0 when Kasper Schmeichel admitted:

“There was no real need for game plans or

vtactics.” Puel’s squad have since been to Thailand to pay their respects at their owner’s funeral with little time to train. They have only done light sessions in the past three days after returning to England on Tuesday following a 20,000mile whistle-stop round trip. And Puel (below) is unsure of what he will say in the dressing room after everything that has happened. The Frenchman, who has handled the crisis with dignity, said: “I cannot prepare something in this situation.

“It was the same against Cardiff. I just try to speak with my heart and to keep them focused about their game and about their concentration and to respect all the emotion.

“My speech, my meeting, I don’t know because it’s a special moment. It’s just to understand the people, to understand my players and to respect them. So I don’t know, we will see.” After the victory in Cardiff last Saturday, an 18-strong party of staff, officials and stars flew to Bangkok where they mourned alongside Srivaddhanaprabha’s son Top.

The trip was 14 hours each way via Dubai and Leicester’s group were only in Thailand for less than 36 hours.

Puel added: “It was difficult and a tough way to prepare for a game. It will not be fantastic preparation.

“We have to adapt since the incident, but our first priority is to give our best to Vichai’s family and for the club.

“Afterwards we have to manage a special week and the tiredness. It was a short time to recover and no time for training sessions and other things.

“The journey obviously had a time difference too and tiredness and we didn’t know when it was possible to have the right time to sleep or to eat.”

Leicester’s victory in Wales led to memorable scenes at the final whistle in front of a massed away support. Puel, in