NWCherries98
Fans' Favourite
Hopefully it works out. On paper and reading about his approach you can see why he’s generally loved by the fans of the clubs he manages.
Just not convinced about some aspects; long term (not even that long term really) he was probably getting Leeds relegated. Is he really what a club like ours needs for a long term project, given his journeymanlike approach to management? We seem to want people with a long term vision; maybe with our new ownership and generally patient approach, he might actually want to stick around. But so far in his career, at much bigger clubs, he hasn’t.
Do we have the players for how he wants to play? Not sure. Imo we’ve looked most dangerous with Moore and Solanke in together; is that how he operates, with 2 up top? Does he know how to work with a back 3? We do have a physically fit squad at least.
At the moment our weaknesses are back to being defensive ones, after a solid year and a half of Parkerball. Offensively we’re okay I think, it’s the set pieces and general defending that’s undoing us. Is Bielsa really the solution in this respect? Parkerball was dull at points but I did actually enjoy seeing us be defensively formidable for a change. I’d like attacking football, but personally I don’t need it to be dynamite at the cost of defensive naïvety.
But then again there’s the idea of knowing our station and standing. I think we’re a very attractive proposition on paper but with an element of risk. We’re not going to be attracting massive names in the way that Villa or others would. I memed on Bielsa a lot at Leeds but he is a big name, so to be linked with this calibre of manager is a good thing.
Just not convinced about some aspects; long term (not even that long term really) he was probably getting Leeds relegated. Is he really what a club like ours needs for a long term project, given his journeymanlike approach to management? We seem to want people with a long term vision; maybe with our new ownership and generally patient approach, he might actually want to stick around. But so far in his career, at much bigger clubs, he hasn’t.
Do we have the players for how he wants to play? Not sure. Imo we’ve looked most dangerous with Moore and Solanke in together; is that how he operates, with 2 up top? Does he know how to work with a back 3? We do have a physically fit squad at least.
At the moment our weaknesses are back to being defensive ones, after a solid year and a half of Parkerball. Offensively we’re okay I think, it’s the set pieces and general defending that’s undoing us. Is Bielsa really the solution in this respect? Parkerball was dull at points but I did actually enjoy seeing us be defensively formidable for a change. I’d like attacking football, but personally I don’t need it to be dynamite at the cost of defensive naïvety.
But then again there’s the idea of knowing our station and standing. I think we’re a very attractive proposition on paper but with an element of risk. We’re not going to be attracting massive names in the way that Villa or others would. I memed on Bielsa a lot at Leeds but he is a big name, so to be linked with this calibre of manager is a good thing.
“Chuffin’’ clothes ? Chuffin’ clothes ?”
