"there's enough things in life to be miserable about, a few years ago I decided Leeds wouldn't be one of them"
These are the wisest words I have read for many a day! I must try to remember them! On Thu, Feb 28, 2019 at 10:28 PM Richard Naef < rich...@triumph-computers.co.uk> wrote: > Or a hatchet job? He's selected comments from other people's journalism to > meet his own story. It's not balanced or new information, just repeating > trope that could be true. I prefer to believe MB an the Head of > performance at Leeds that there isn't a drop in energy levels. I can't > affect how Leeds play, so rather than agonise over it, I have taken the BBC > Sounds podcast to heart and I take an optimistic view and put my trust in a > football man, there's enough things in life to be miserable about, a few > years ago I decided Leeds wouldn't be one of them 😊 > > MB and his teams have many clichés written about them - ie EL Loco , the > man with a handgrenade - have you ever come across anyone less Loco? > > > ttfn > > Richard > > -----Original Message----- > From: Leedslist <leedslist-boun...@gn.apc.org> On Behalf Of Nicholas > Armit via Leedslist > Sent: 28 February 2019 19:32 > To: ianjamesmur...@hotmail.com; dsm...@dsmail.plus.com; > leedslist@gn.apc.org; seanscr...@aol.com > Subject: Re: [LU] On the other hand. > > Depressing. His previous players are reinforcing what the pundits are > saying even if he rails against it. > Nick > On Thursday, February 28, 2019, 2:09:47 PM EST, seanscribe--- via > Leedslist <leedslist@gn.apc.org> wrote: > > I found this article on Bielsa and LUFC in the Independent to be quite > interesting. It's written by the journalist that Bielsa got upset at in the > post-QPR press conference: > > https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/football-league/leeds-united-news-fc-fixtures-championship-qpr-result-score-marcelo-bielsa-a8799021.html > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ian Murray <ianjamesmur...@hotmail.com> > To: dsm...@dsmail.plus.com <dsm...@dsmail.plus.com>; leedslist@gn.apc.org > <leedslist@gn.apc.org>; seanscr...@aol.com <seanscr...@aol.com> > Sent: Wed, Feb 27, 2019 11:22 pm > Subject: Re: [LU] On the other hand. > > #yiv3197878491 P {margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;}Whoa - mate we are level > on points with second place. We have already beaten them away and they are > due to come to us. > Bamford is a proven goal scorer. Yes, the lack of goals is a concern, as > is our current form but remember, this is the championship. Everyone loses > games. > I know we have effectively had 20 years of garbage but come on, even us > Leeds fans don't need to be this negative. We have a great chance for > automatic and winning the league. We do have a decent run of fixtures > coming up too IIRC. > Please stop panicking. > I > From: Leedslist <leedslist-boun...@gn.apc.org> on behalf of seanscribe--- > via Leedslist <leedslist@gn.apc.org> > Sent: Thursday, 28 February 2019 12:36 AM > To: dsm...@dsmail.plus.com; leedslist@gn.apc.org > Subject: Re: [LU] On the other hand. I think we are seeing that some of > Bielsa's strengths are double edged, in that they also contain the seeds of > our ultimate demise. To wit: > - His loyalty to his core group of players. This doubtless results in > reciprocal loyalty on the players' part and motivates them to run through a > proverbial brick wall for him, but it seems to blind him to the need for > change - and the availability of other options - when members of that core > group show clear signs of mental fatigue and loss of form (indeed, it just > serves to reinforce the mental and physical fatigue). Just a few examples > of this are the failure to find a place in the team for Shackleton when > Ayling's form has been so poor recently; the insistence on restricting Jack > Clarke to second-half substitute appearances when he was already clearly > the most dangerous player in the squad; the failure to even find a place on > the bench for Edmondson when our team is clearly bereft of a consistent > goalscorer in a division in which goal difference is likely to be crucial. > - His obsession with leaving no statistical and informational stone > unturned in his preparations. This led straight to Spygate. Of course it's > ridiculous that the League fined the club two hundred thousand quid for > breaking a rule that doesn't exist, but any Leeds supporter over the age of > 15 could have told Bielsa that if he sent a Leeds employee to observe other > clubs' training, and that employee was discovered to be doing that, our > enemies would pounce on it and use it as a stick with which to beat us. > This was dumb. It created a massive distraction at a crucial time of the > season and cost the club a not inconsequential sum of money. > - His openness and honesty, when combined with his insistence on sticking > to only one style of play. By needlessly announcing his first XI for every > game two days before kickoff, he gives the opposition manager 48 hours in > which to plan how to counter us. Is it any surprise that as the season has > gone on, more and more managers have figured this out? This is an absolute > own goal. If I were Radz I would have told him to stop doing it months ago. > - His insistence on working with a small squad. Bielsa's previous > experience in Europe was managing sides in La Liga and Ligue 1. Both of > those leagues have a 38-game season (in slightly warmer climes). The > Championship has a 46-game season, much of it played through in the (mostly > north) English winter. In addition there are two knockout cups and > preseason games, meaning the first team is playing more than 50 games per > season. For several players (Jansson, Klich, Douglas, Peacock-Farrell, > Dallas, etc) there is the added burden of playing in (and traveling to and > from) regular international games. The Championship - and English football > in general - generally involves a much more physically demanding style of > play than is the case in the Spanish and French top tiers. In addition, Rob > Price himself acknowledged recently that players at the peak of fitness > that Bielsa favors are more likely to get injured. Plus, we are Leeds > United - we have injury crises that last years (cf: The O'Leary years). > This all seems to argue for a larger squad than might be the case in Bilbao > or Marseille. But not only did Bielsa insist on keeping the squad small, as > players left the squad (Pearce, Saiz, etc.) they weren't replaced. I > understand that it's easier to build camaraderie with a smaller squad, but > are Bielsa's motivational skills so limited that he'd be unable to handle a > squad with a few more players in it (let's say a creative midfielder, a > dominant central midfielder and a proven, uninjured goalscorer)? I find > that hard to believe. The results of all this are now clear for all to see. > If Bielsa (or Corberan, if Bielsa leaves, as seems likely) could find a > way to bend a little on the above points, and if Radz can find the cash to > buy more quality while retaining players like Clarke and Jansson, then I'd > say we have a good chance of going up next season. Otherwise, it'll be more > of the same. > Cheers! > Sean > > > -----Original Message----- > From: David Smail <dsm...@dsmail.plus.com> > To: leedslist <leedslist@gn.apc.org> > Sent: Wed, Feb 27, 2019 10:17 am > Subject: Re: [LU] On the other hand. > > It wasn't ONLY a "bummer of a result" Our lack of cutting edge is becoming > more and more evident. For all our possession, undoubted fitness, and > willingness, teams know they can let us have the ball for long periods in > the safe knowledge we're unlikely to find an end result. There was only one > well worked move from us that nearly ended in a goal. It's becoming mildly > embarrassing that our same old same old approach isn't yielding many goals. > And then to cap it off, MB always states that with so much possession and > domination, we didn't take our chances. I thought QPR were worthy of their > win last night - they had a sparkle from time to time that we didn't. > > > > I think Brown, Roberts and Douglas are all poor, especially Brown - get > him back to Chelsea and lose the other 2 quickly. How did any of these 3 > manage to be signed - it's back to Doukara days. > > > > I think we'll do well to take a point from WBA on current form. I still > see Norwich and Sheff U for auto promotion and a possible place for us in > the play offs with WBA joining Norwich and Sheff U in promotion. > > > > Not all doom and gloom though - it's been an incredible season and the > best we've seen LU for some time. > > > > Dave > > > > > > > > > > > > > > A very fair point Sean - MB is unlikely to be here for more than another > season > > at most. I hope he has now learnt he has underestimated the resources > required > > for this 'project', and will want to give it another go having bought 4 or > 5 > > > quality players. It's not all over this season by a long chalk, but last > night > > was a bummer of a result. > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > 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
