Marcelo Bielsa

[ProZ]

This here, is the kind of fella who would get Baxendale in a headlock, no problem at all.

 

[HouldingMania]

….a bit like a Conservative blaming COVID for the mess the country is in.

Indeed, it’s a measure of a good Manager to set his team up to get points when they have injuries.

And he did.

 

[davek]

….a bit like a Conservative blaming COVID for the mess the country is in.

Indeed, it’s a measure of a good Manager to set his team up to get points when they have injuries.

I think it's feast or famine with Bielsa.

I'm a bit of a sceptic, tbh.

IMO we should be securing Dyche...who will end up at another relegation threatened club in a few weeks time.

 

[lancs blue]

Leeds had a horrendous injury list last season it should be remembered. From September up until Bielsa left it was a massive strain on the team (this goes up to a month before he was sacked, but it didn't get that much better in February either).

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Nice colour scheme on that chart

Did you choose them yourself?

 

[Mashtray]

Leeds had a horrendous injury list last season it should be remembered. From September up until Bielsa left it was a massive strain on the team (this goes up to a month before he was sacked, but it didn't get that much better in February either).

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I wonder why they were so injury ridden? It's not like he works them hard during training lol

Jokes aside, I think DCLs calfs might implode

 

[davek]

Bournemouth in for Bielsa?

I cant imagine anyone travelling 13,000 miles to manage that lot.

 

[davidloach]

He would not fly over just for a talk. Why don’t they use FaceTime?

Bielsa probably doesn’t even own a phone, if you ever want to reach him you just have to wander around Buenos Aires shouting his name

 

[john jako]

Bournemouth in for Bielsa?

Been linked with him since November. There team suits him much more than ours lol

 

[Streetender1878]

As other people have said, they've seen worse Everton sides go right to the final day and stay up, none of them were admitting defeat with 18 games to go.

This season there's 3 points between the bottom and 14th. As it stands all of those teams are in the mire - I gaurentee if we were sitting where Leicester are in 14th there'd still be people on here adamant that we're going down just like last season even though we'd all give anything for that now.

I believe a decent manager can get us 6 or 7 wins and a handful of draws from our remaining fixtures which should be enough to stay up and add a few half decent signings to that and it looks even better.

But i'm a realist also, were not in a good position, worse than last season so yes of course we can go down, very good chance of it but there's still a chance we can turn this around and stay up. Let's just wait and see. Some of us are so defeatist and that negativity spreads and seeps in. We need to be behind the team and new manager and have belief they can turn it around - not giving up and admitting defeat when there's 18 games and 54 points to play for! We're not down til we're down so until then let's just have a bit of belief. It's football anything can happen.

Well said.

 

[Davidoff]

Maybe Dyche is going to be Bielsa's stool to sit on...

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[Axlswhk]

…..I genuinely have no idea. I’m no expert on the global market but I know the attributes we should be looking for;

- ambitious, progressive (looking to progress his career).
- a clear vision of how he‘d organise this squad & a strategy for going forward.
- a record of immediately improving a poor team.

Of those linked I’d much prefer the bloke at West Brom, I’d even prefer Davide Ancelotti even though he clearly doesn’t tick all of those boxes.

No idea why the club are trying to entice the Managers of two teams who were actually worst than Everton last season. Let that sink in, Everton want two Managers who performed worst than a dire Everton team last season.

Bielsa satisfied most of your listed points. Not sure what you’re complaining about.

 

[Dougie]

Nobody brings that many bags for talks

Yeah he will have some graphs and paperwork maybe, but judging by the bags looks like he is here for a decent stay not just few nights.

 

[gazzaa2]

…. just forget he sits on a bucket and is eccentric. Remember this;

Leeds United conceded 13 more PL goals than Everton last season. Leeds United scored less PL goals than Everton last season.

Everton stayed up by the skin of their teeth. Leeds finished below Everton.

Only Norwich conceded more goals than Leeds. I have no idea why the club are even talking to him, never mind trying to convince him to be our Manager.

They wouldn't have stayed up if they kept him.

Bielsa has a shelf life though in jobs. He runs players into the ground quickly and that's assuming they can run to begin with.

 

[Billy Dean]

Been linked with him since November. There team suits him much more than ours lol

He turned them down

 

[allen]

A view from a friend of mine, who is a Leeds season ticket holder, on the Dyche / Bielsa choice:

It’s a really tough call! The only worry with Bielsa, who gave us the best football we ever saw, is he usually says he has only 1 style of playing and no Plan B… still, he blew the Championship away, but the problem was after 2 seasons in the Prem, there was a sense his ploy was fully worked out and could be negated by most of the better teams… one hell of a ride either way if he comes, it’ll change what you think football is all about!

He has an interesting history, Bielsa will either leave a hero like with us and Bilbao, or in flames, like his foray into France and Italy, he doesn’t do steady, and all the better for it.

And Dyche, for what it’s worth - I found it interesting Leeds fans have been contemplating him:

The pragmatist says Dyche knows a good number of your players and knows what the end of season fight is all about… Leeds fans were warming on him coming in to replace Marsch.