This email aged fairly badly mate. On 5 August 2018 at 15:46, {broken-address} Richard Walker < richleed...@yahoo.co.uk.is-broken.gn.apc.org> wrote:
> Roofe starts ahead of Bamford and Roberts. No Pontus. > > Team is weaker than last year > > Lots of pre season optimism in the pub but how long will it last. That > defence looks v. Weak > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On 4 Aug 2018, at 12:27, "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