Poetry post of the decade! Sent from my mobile
________________________________ From: Leedslist <leedslist-boun...@gn.apc.org> on behalf of Robert Heath <heathpalai...@gmail.com> Sent: Saturday, January 19, 2019 11:50:55 AM To: bruvvalee...@yahoo.co.uk Cc: Leeds List 2010 Subject: Re: [LU] Bielsa I read this fantastic message, then went outside in the lovely winter sunshine down here in the South of France to repair a wall. I couldn't get the phrase "That's Bielsa" out of my head, and it soon became that song that Brighton fans used to sing about "That's Zamora." And then I started working on some lyrics: When you're team's in first place in the promotion race............That's Bielsa. We were thirteenth last year, now we're four points clear..........That's Bielsa. When you beat Derby away scoring four on the day.............That's Bielsa. When you send out a spy but there's no reason why.............That's Bielsa. Phillips had feet of clay now he plays like Pele............That's Bielsa. Cooper played like a cock now he's solid as a rock...........That's Bielsa. When life used to be dark then you discover Jack Clarke.........That's Bielsa. When they all thought he'd quit and he said "Lampard's shit"......That's Bielsa. Copyright R. Heath 2019 On Sat, Jan 19, 2019 at 10:12 AM John Lee via Leedslist < leedslist@gn.apc.org> wrote: > Some of you may have seen this on the WACCOE facebook page, but well worth > a second read if you have! > ——- > > Hello from Argentina. First of all, sorry for my english is not the best, > but at least is better than bielsa´s 🙂. I'm in this group two months ago. > Why im here? First, because of Bielsa. Second, because i love football, i > watch football from all around the world. I like leeds before Bielsa > arrive, and even more now. > > From the first moment I realized that the fans of leeds united liked > bielsa, But I feel that after the press conference the other day, you > realized who is Bielsa really. Think about it for a moment, I'm Argentine, > what do I do here? > I'm not even a fan of the Newells old boys (Bielsa's team), im a River > Plate fan. The answer is because Bielsa is much more than a football > coach. It is a way of seeing life, and I'm not exaggerating. > > We have Argentines, Chileans, Bilbao fanatics, Marseille fans, watching > all the Leeds United games, and even celebrating the goals.I screamed the > goals of the leeds this year, as if they were from the river plate. > Some other coach can generate that?. It will happen to you when Bielsa > leaves Leeds United. You are going to follow him. Watching Bielsa´s team's > matches, wishing him well > > Some facts : In Chile, anthropologists, sociologists, analyze the > influence of Bielsa in Chilean society. Bielsa modified the self-esteem of > Chilean society. When Chile faced Argentina or Brazil, they thought before > playing that they would lose. Bielsa, made them believe they could. > He made them believe that they were just as good as them. In fact, they > beat us, Argentina, for the first time. That trust was transferred to the > entire Chilean society, which began to trust in themselves. Not only in > football. what made anthropologists interested in the Bielsa effect on the > whole society > That's Bielsa. > > In 2007 there were presidential elections in Chile. In a poll conducted > 85% of society wanted Bielsa as president of the nation. It is good to > clarify that the Chileans above, do not like the Argentines. That´s Bielsa. > > Throughout his career Bielsa had an enemy in common. Corporations or > monopolies of the press. In Argentina clarin, in bilbao the mail, in Chile > the mercury, in england sky. Why? First, Bielsa rarely gives interviews > outside of press conferences. The mediatic corporacoines are accustomed to > inviting coaches or players to their channels. Bielsa speaks to the press > only at conferences, which means that if you are from a local radio, or > from the largest media corporation, you have the same opportunity. Clarin, > in Argentina, hated that. They criticized him for not going to his > television channels for interviews, and he received them only at a press > conference with local radio stations. That's bielsa, equality. Regardless > if you are an independent media, or a corporation. > > He once told a Clarin journalist, one of his phrases that I liked the most > : ¨The further away I am from you, and from what you represent, the better > person I am¨ > > Bielsa is more than a football coach. But also as a football coach is the > best. Makes a team that finished 13th in the second division of English > football, per moment play in the same way as Barcelona or Manchester City. > He made all the Leeds United fans believe that you can also play like > Barcelona, that you will play next year in the Premier League, and you > are already thinking that Leeds will play an excellent role in the premier > league next year. That's bielsa. > > If a Bielsa team is winning a match 2 to 0, Bielsa will not take care of > the result, will go for the third goal. Running the risk of being tied or > complicate the game. He prefers risk before speculation. And that, is not > only in a football match, also in life. > > In life, you have people who speculate, or you have people who risk > everything for what they believe. Bielsa, risk everything for what he > believes, me too. That's why Bielsa is more than a football coach, he is a > coach of life. Enjoy it, it can last for years or days, with him you never > know. Therefore, enjoy every day. > > Sorry for the length of my posting, but I wanted to tell you how I feel. > In this time I have learned a lot from Leeds, and it is a fascinating club > with fans and a huge history. > Not only will you promote the premier league, you will promote playing an > incredible football, with honesty, with risk, with ideology, with values. > > Greetings, friends. From Argentina > > PS: "The recovery work has five or six guidelines, the limit is reached, > the offensive football is infinite, endless, which is why it is easier to > defend than to create" > > "I am an obsessive of the attack, I watch videos to attack, not to defend > ... to have the ball, to have authority" > > ¨Success is an exception and not a continuous' > > "For me, trust is a synonym of relaxation, I prefer fear, because it > forces you to be attentive" > > Marcelo Bielsa. > > Sent from my iPad > _______________________________________________ > 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
