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Next Manager?

Random question that in the previous 123(!) pages may have come up, but would Bielsa not be a really good choice, and then bring Poch back in 3 years time?
 
AdamB said:
I think him and Ten Hag are likely candidates given they've managed bigger teams than the likes of Potter, Parker etc and are both on upwards trajectories with their careers. I could see Levy going for either of them
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Would not surprise me if Levy went for both then used their interest in the position to lower any wage demands.
 
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Surfless said:
Random question that in the previous 123(!) pages may have come up, but would Bielsa not be a really good choice, and then bring Poch back in 3 years time?
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Interesting point. I heard an interview with one of the Leeds defenders the other day, who credited Bielsa with hugely improving everyone in that team individually. Even through an interpreter, he makes players better. And he coaches a system (or three). And (famously) he rigorously analyses the opposition. Players and managers, including Poch and Guardiola, all speak incredibly highly of him.

However, Bielsa famously doesn't win things, and that's what we need. While he's been perfect for Leeds, taking an average bunch of players up a few levels, I don't think that approach would work with our squad. We'd just end up running out of steam at the end of the season, again. It'd be sexy in the extreme.

More fun than Mourinho-ball though!
 
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FatBloke said:
Interesting point. I heard an interview with one of the Leeds defenders the other day, who credited Bielsa with hugely improving everyone in that team individually. Even through an interpreter, he makes players better. And he coaches a system (or three). And (famously) he rigorously analyses the opposition. Players and managers, including Poch and Guardiola, all speak incredibly highly of him.

However, Bielsa famously doesn't win things, and that's what we need. While he's been perfect for Leeds, taking an average bunch of players and taking them up a few levels, I don't think that approach would work with out squad. We'd just end up running out of steam at the end of the season, again. It'd be sexy in the extreme.

More fun than Mourinho-ball though!
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I do worry about getting 4th/5th/6th choice managers... I said earlier in this thread maybe a 'shorter term' appointment could change our fortunes over the next year or so until someone we want is actually available. I think the way he has Leeds playing is remarkable bearing in mind the players! Maybe our players look knackered as 'apparently' they are not as fit as they should be for this level!

Alot of our players should be hitting their prime not going backwards! Dele, Winks etc...
 
Reece said:
I do worry about getting 4th/5th/6th choice managers... I said earlier in this thread maybe a 'shorter term' appointment could change our fortunes over the next year or so until someone we want is actually available. I think the way he has Leeds playing is remarkable bearing in mind the players! Maybe our players look knackered as 'apparently' they are not as fit as they should be for this level!

Alot of our players should be hitting their prime not going backwards! Dele, Winks etc...
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I've said for a while that Dele's problem is the lack of crowds - he's a performer and wants to show off his skills each week - he was declining before Covid but the empty stadiums really made him flat line.

I wouldn't see Bielsa as being a stop gap - I genuinely think that with the way he improves players, and with our depth of squad (with loan players we have two internationals for each position) we could play Bielsa ball for a full season and win things.
 
Ten Hag sounds like the most likely candidate, only thing that worries me is that he did the most Spurs thing ever in throwing away a 3 goal aggregate lead in a half of a semi final...
 
Surfless said:
I've said for a while that Dele's problem is the lack of crowds - he's a performer and wants to show off his skills each week - he was declining before Covid but the empty stadiums really made him flat line.

I wouldn't see Bielsa as being a stop gap - I genuinely think that with the way he improves players, and with our depth of squad (with loan players we have two internationals for each position) we could play Bielsa ball for a full season and win things.
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We had more chance of getting Nagelsmann than Bielsa. I think he may have found his home up here.They worship him and rightly so when you look at the Silk Purses he's made out of sows' ears like Phillips, Ayling and Cooper. Fast running out of spare wall space.......
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Surfless said:
Random question that in the previous 123(!) pages may have come up, but would Bielsa not be a really good choice, and then bring Poch back in 3 years time?
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More I think about this idea the more I like it. Would certainly make us more fun to watch and perhaps Bielsa would want a chance at a club with higher expectations. It would be yet another lurch in a different direction in terms of our hiring record but we've got to try something (other than hiring every Chelsea reject out there)
 
AdamB said:
From a footballing perspective, I'm a little hesitant


Would prefer Ten Hag, the Wolfsburg dude and Potter before him
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Yeah, can’t say I’m convinced by him.
Don’t think the football is all that, plus how much of his success is down to the Wolves set up and mendes players?
 
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