Smashing ittt.

 

Probably top of the table at New Year before the eventual collapse outside the playoff spots, but they looked good in their opened and not watching today but smashing Derby away is some result

 

They're seriously looking good so far. I think they will be back in the EPL.

His interviews are really something, though. :howler:

 

Bielsa is not necessarily the guy I'd managing my team (at least these days) but he makes all kinds of teams worth watching. Really a guy that adds something to football.

The interviews were already awkward enough in his native language as he sort of avoids eye contact, then with the translator, and now with the trying to speak just repeating the translator it's just hilarious. Can't fault him in terms of effort.

 

I will always call him Bie-POLAR. Somehow he walks aways from problems without facing them and or resolving them..And watch out , he only wants young players that can learn how to kiss his culo..He loves that.

If I was a father and my lad was under him, I'd ask my Son to tape all converations with him. Another weird arggie out there loose in the world..

 

Hopefully they return to the Premiership soon. The names they had... Ferdinand, Radebe, Hart, Viduka, Bowyer, Kewell, Hasselbaink..

 

Come on, dude. What about Keane and Dacourt?

Cantona too if you go back.

 

Might as well mention Gary Kelly.

Fcukin Dacourt.

 

Nigel Martyn, Paul Robinson, Batty, Woodgate, Danny Mills and Lee Bowyer. Propa team that one.

 

it's amazing that they got him

I used to be a LUFC fan

 

And a Milan fan.

Then you became a Barca fiend.

 

Yeah, I was just going to post about AC's Leeds fandom. And that nutter we had called lafaidabelo or something? I think he changed his name to Est1975.

I thought he's Milan more than any other club though? :hmm:

 

Yeah but you probably rate Jeremy Brechet as well.

 

Brechet didn't play much at Inter. Honestly I barely remember him. Not a good thing for a player... Cuper getting fired probably didn't help him.

Any Inter fan will tell you that Dacourt was solid for us though.

 

Yeah true.

Gresko instead of Carboni too.

 

No one's ever said Gresko was good.

 

 

Dacourt was highly rated at his peak. He was below world class but, at his peak, not by much. He probably would have been looked at as world class if he'd joined Man Utd though. He'd have fit right in and (assuming he kept his mouth shut) Ferguson would have loved him. Too bad for him that Vieira was playing in the same era and for the same NT.

 

I was only pissing about.

I know Serie A fiends loved him around 2007ish.

 

Was he ever good in CM though? I don't think I ever bought him even though he became a popular name at Lens and Leeds. He was nothing special at Everton, iirc.

 

Nah don't recall him being any good in CM.

Max. 7.25 ratings-ish.

 

I'm loving this, fully switching allegiances once Leeds get promoted.

 

 

Leeds with a good win the weekend and now 2-2 away to Swansea, after trailing twice.

 

a supernova level garbage fire is in the works.

Somehow I'd missed this, cracked me up :howler:

 

Interested to see how he does over a 46 match season.

His teams often burn out towards the end of 34-38 match seasons. The Championship is a whole other beast when it comes to sustained performances over the course of an entire season.

 

Indeed.

He's already made the league much more attractive for the general football fan though. 99% I'd have no idea about the table of the Championship at tis point in the season, let alone watch games and highlights. IMO even if they go to hell after a third of a season (and provided it's not a catastrophic debacle like with Lille, where for some reason it just never clicked at all), Leeds would have done a very good job in hiring him.

 

They didn't play particularly well but still nicked a point against a top team at their yard. Can't complain.

Pablo :heart:

 

Glad to see you back, bud!

 

I mean they didn't even score and it sort of encapsulates Bielsa's football, it's beautiful to look at even though it might not lead to any results.

But any man who can get Leeds playing football like that is pretty good at coaching football.

 

lol Pablo H. is like Messi in the Championship.

 

Someone playing much below his level. I remember him at Valencia, he was electric on the wings, never seemed to take the next step though.

 

Big away to Norwich this weekend. Leeds won 3-0, tho the highlights give the impression the game could have gone either way.

 

Yeah but to be fair they were a very young team doing extremely well in EPL. The manager was also quite overrated, O'Leary. In one of my saves he would go on to replace Alex Ferguson etc. What ever happened to that guy?

 

Actually, now that you mention it, yeah. I do remember Viduka and Kewell being ridiculously OP. Other players were stacked as hell too.

Ha I don't remember this. Don't remember meeting them in the CL or whatever in my Serie A saves.

Yeah but to be fair they were a very young team doing extremely well in EPL. The manager was also quite overrated, O'Leary. In one of my saves he would go on to replace Alex Ferguson etc. What ever happened to that guy?

In real life Fergie was meant to retire in 2002, and O'Leary was always touted as his replacement.

He managed Villa after that and did well one season when Juan Pablo Angel turned into Batistuta but then eventually he got sacked and not been heard of since.

Leeds shouldn't have sacked him though, they got too big for their boots. They were in the hunt in 01/02 but then faltered and finished 5th and replaced him with Terry Venables ffs who was way past it.