Marcelo Bielsa

[Gooner66789]

won't take the job till the summer apparently

To be fair I don't think he's ever took a Job mid-season.

 

[MisterJ]

100% with you here.
There's a mid table squad there, no problem.
They've gone from Ancelotti to Benitez to Lampard and it shows in terms of how they play together.
A good manager should be able to get a tune out of them.
My only fear for Bielsa is the inevitable injury list.

We managed to build up a massive injury list without him...

 

[Ruairi77]

We managed to build up a massive injury list without him...

yup, now imagine if they actually ran around!

 

[BainesontoastNEW]

It also doesn't help the fact you have 7 days left in the window, so if he did come in you'd be spending some serious dough to get him atleast some players he wants.

Average players nowadays cost 30/40m minimum.

Not if you're savvy in the market. You know, Brighton style? Mitoma only cost them £3m, for example, and he tore us to bits very recently.

 

[The Nature Boy]

Ooooooohhhhhhhh Yeeeeeeeaaaaaaahhhhj

Still on the cards

Randy? I thought you were dead?

 

[Billy Dean]

Of the 3 supposedly shortlisted candidates he has the best win % and PPG with probably the worst squad

 

[Cool_Blue]

Our lot would have the dry heaves if they have to a lap of the 5 a side pitch. It's going to be brutal.

Hire him.

Get fit, or die trying

 

[Moomin]

Randy? I thought you were dead?

DEAD excited for El Loco

 

[mahermi1]

Not if you're savvy in the market. You know, Brighton style? Mitoma only cost them £3m, for example, and he tore us to bits very recently.

Tsk behave mate that would mean putting the sky remote control down and actually scouting.

 

[Evertonthat]

If we get Bielsa, and it dosent work, then at least he has experience of winning the championship. Also, that squad if lightweight pretenders will have to pull their fingers out because there will be nowhere to hide.

 

[Billy Dean]

I could see our fans buying into it if we’d just spent 15 years outside the Premier League.

I definitely agree Leeds being in such a bad state made it easier to give him a free rein. Also both owner and DOF were behind hiring him

No he's a cult figure, not just because of the fact we were winning more, but the way he completely transformed the club, from the way we were playing, his whole ethos and personality, he was absolutely loved, still is. Watching us actually became fun again. Like I said, many fans would have been happy to keep him even if it meant relegation, I'm not saying other fans haven't felt similar, but he is a very special manager-the likes of Newells fans would come and watch us play just to see a team managed by him perform.
He wouldn't work everywhere, he needs a club totally invested in him though and don't think he'd be a good fit for you right now. If you went down, maybe.

I watched your first few championship games under him. Massive transformation from where you were previously

 

[Gooner66789]

Not if you're savvy in the market. You know, Brighton style? Mitoma only cost them £3m, for example, and he tore us to bits very recently.

There recruitment team is top tier, probably one of the best in Europe.

 

[DrEFC]

These turds have downed tools for multiple managers including Lamps who they all apparently loved. Can't imagine Bielsa lasting more than a week before resigning.

 

[malfosse]

Get fit, or die trying

Survival of the fittest. literally.

 

[Detritus.]

Given how all the noise on social media has been that Moshiri wants Bielsa, and Bill wants Dyche, we are clearly getting Bielsa.

When has Moshiri let Bill or the board pick the manager? It’s always been his call, because it’s his money.

And the way it sounds Moshiri is ‘enamoured’ with the idea, he’s going to pay whatever Bielsa wants. That’s just how Billionaires work.

It's not what the owners want but what Bielsa wants, and he will walk away if he thinks they won't stick to what they say.

You are not 'clearly' getting him, don't count your chickens with this man until he signs and then he will just walk if he thinks it's right he did at one club 2 days after signing.