Yet at the start of the season the same fans were unhappy that we were keeping clean sheets but not scoring. Bielsa is highly thought of at the club, and rightly so, but he never changed his tactics when we were being destroyed at this level. He was sacked after alot of heavy defeats and the fans were angry. Farke is treated very differently by the fan base.
yep plan B for Bielsa was to do plan A better - behind the scenes that meant run harder in training… players were mentally and physically shagged. Maybe Farke should get himself a bucket
The Bielsa plan B comments hide the reality that he had a small squad and 60% of his first team were out injured at one point. The injuries decimated the team and we were using players out of position, some coming back from injury and kids. Of course we were getting beat. What you are saying is that if Bielsa had a full injury free squad he would have got beaten and relegated?
Yes. He had been worked out. Not for the first time in his career either. Even Solskjaer had his number.
It’s a point of view. I incline to a different perspective - the bulk of the players weren’t good enough, bang average championship players like Ayling, alioski etc were playing way above their capabilities. It’s more that they were found out than was Bielsa. But it’s always hard to say what causes failure. (Well, since Tom Lees moved on, it is).
