He is indeed capturing our hearts. With his style, could those who go to ER comment on what changes he has made to the pitch size. Narrower or wider? On one hand top play a pressing game would lean to a narrow pitch but wing backs may point to a wider one.
V. On Sat, 4 Aug 2018, 13:06 nat...@sky.com, <nat...@sky.com> wrote: > The whole article does leave you feeling that , for once, we have got > things right at ER and that things are looking up. I think it is the first > time for a long time, that I am genuinely excited and looking forward with > real optimism as opposed to wishful thinking. > > His knowledge of the Championship , albeit theoretical rather than > practical, seems amazing. He is clearly putting in the hard work and so far > the players are doing the same with extra training and the fact that "The > statistics show the players ran more, on average, across their six > pre-season games than they did in league matches last season." > Having said that I can still see it going to pieces and quite quickly - I > can easily see us getting hammered 4 or 5 nil on Sunday and him walking out > on Monday! > Equally there are suggestions that his teams run out of steam towards the > end of a season and we all know that the Championship is the longest most > arduous league in the world. > > Dave > > From: Michael ALCOCK <mikel...@googlemail.com> > To: "nat...@sky.com" <nat...@sky.com> > Cc: Leeds List <leedslist@gn.apc.org> > Sent: Saturday, 4 August 2018, 12:54 > Subject: Re: [LU] Bilesa from Guardian - brilliant (if true) > > I really hope it is true. I’m more excited about this season than I have > been for years. It really does feel like we’re iving things a real go... > On Sat, 4 Aug 2018 at 12:28, nat...@sky.com <nat...@sky.com> wrote: > > Marcelo Bielsa had a question. The new Leeds manager wanted to find out > how hard the average supporter had to work to pay for a ticket to watch the > team. How many hours did he or she have to put in? It was unclear what kind > of calculations went into the answer but one was provided. It would be > about three.So the Argentinian called his players together and he told them > that, for the next three hours, they would be picking up litter from around > the club’s Thorp Arch training ground. He wanted them to learn a lesson; to > appreciate how the fans laboured to fulfil their passion.t was classic > Bielsa on many levels, taking in his empathy for the worker, his fixation > with discipline and team spirit and, above all, the quirkiness and > unpredictability that has led to the “El Loco” nickname. The 63-year-old is > not crazy. It is just that his obsessive nature, ferocious intensity, > eccentricities and refusal to adhere to convention can make him seem that > way.When Bielsa strode into Leeds on 15 June to replace Paul Heckingbottom, > it quickly became clear the club would never be the same again. The stories > of Bielsa’s attention to detail are already legendary. He runs his > forefinger across various surfaces at Thorp Arch to check for dust, > invariably being appalled at what he finds, while he once inquired why > there was a bootprint on a wall – about half a yard from the floor.It was > explained to him that, perhaps, it was the result of somebody leaning back > against it, with his or her foot up. “That shows the person is not > concentrated on their work! Unacceptable!” Bielsa exclaimed. Leeds have had > and do have bigger problems than the odd dirty mark but this is Bielsa, the > perfectionist, and this is how he intends to drag the club up by their > bootlaces: little bit by little bit. > Full article - > https://www.theguardian.com/football/2018/aug/04/leeds-united-marcelo-bielsa > _______________________________________________ > Leedslist mailing list > Info and options: https://mailman.gn.apc.org/mailman/listinfo/leedslist > To unsubscribe, email leedslist-unsubscr...@gn.apc.org > > Find us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/leedslist/ > > RIP Jimmy WAC-COE > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leedslist mailing list > Info and options: https://mailman.gn.apc.org/mailman/listinfo/leedslist > To unsubscribe, email leedslist-unsubscr...@gn.apc.org > > Find us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/leedslist/ > > RIP Jimmy WAC-COE > _______________________________________________ Leedslist mailing list Info and options: https://mailman.gn.apc.org/mailman/listinfo/leedslist To unsubscribe, email leedslist-unsubscr...@gn.apc.org Find us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/leedslist/ RIP Jimmy WAC-COE
