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lancs blue said:
Bielsa's talent seems to be as an influencer of other coaches rather than a serial trophy winner in his own right, he has a few Argentine titles but nothing in Europe, the closest was a losing Europa League final with Bilbao. I can't see him getting the manager's job at City so would he be happy with a back seat role?
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I broadly agree, as you’re quite right on the historical side of things, but Bielsa’s stuck at his task in England. He’s transformed Leeds, brought them up to the Premier League from the Championship and has a style of play that’s both exciting and effective.
Barring a brainstorm and sudden departure (ok, not impossible), I think that if Leeds outperform the levels expected of a squad of their standard then he’ll have done much to add stability to his reputation.
Maybe he’s hitting his peaks late in life, a bit like Beefheart finally going more mainstream with Safe As Milk if you get the reference?
Anyhow, I’ve no love for Leeds but I’m keen to see how they perform in their 1st season back in the PL under the guy and interested to see how we deal with them on Saturday.
 
sh249 said:
-————-Ederson—————-
Walker-Dias-Laporte-Aké
—————-Rodri——————-
—-De Bruyne—Bernardo—
Foden—-Sterling——-Torres

Maybe swap Bernardo and Foden.
Also tempting to start Delap so that Sterling could play from the right.
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My thoughts exactly. No need to put out my own team schematic.
 
OccupiedPalestineBlues said:
I broadly agree, as you’re quite right on the historical side of things, but Bielsa’s stuck at his task in England. He’s transformed Leeds, brought them up to the Premier League from the Championship and has a style of play that’s both exciting and effective.
Barring a brainstorm and sudden departure (ok, not impossible), I think that if Leeds outperform the levels expected of a squad of their standard then he’ll have done much to add stability to his reputation.
Maybe he’s hitting his peaks late in life, a bit like Beefheart finally going more mainstream with Safe As Milk if you get the reference?
Anyhow, I’ve no love for Leeds but I’m keen to see how they perform in their 1st season back in the PL under the guy and interested to see how we deal with them on Saturday.
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"Maybe he’s hitting his peaks late in life, a bit like Beefheart finally going more mainstream with Safe As Milk if you get the reference?"

Thats not impossible, one of our greatest managers hit his peak late in life. Take a bow Joe Mercer, treated awful by Citys board at the end, you will never be forgotten. And the football was good too.
 
Millwallawayveteran1988 said:
Can’t see Gundogan coming in with no game time so far.
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If there is any mercy in the universe I hope not either. He needs the break ahead post Leeds getting into the shape this team needs as we all know whilst he's here he will feature. The incriminating pictures he has of Pep are still under lock and key somewhere.
 
Zenmanc said:
If there is any mercy in the universe I hope not either. He needs the break ahead post Leeds getting into the shape this team needs as we all know whilst he's here he will feature. The incriminating pictures he has of Pep are still under lock and key somewhere.
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The first line had me giggling. The last line had me on the floor. Cheers for the laugh. Helped a somewhat stressful day.
 
Zenmanc said:
If there is any mercy in the universe I hope not either. He needs the break ahead post Leeds getting into the shape this team needs as we all know whilst he's here he will feature. The incriminating pictures he has of Pep are still under lock and key somewhere.
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Made me laugh. And so true. What does he have on pep - there really is no other explanation for the greatest coach in the world playing the slowest player in our squad
 
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