PH Too little space here to condense some of these answers from Bielsa but some fascinating stuff from his about why he only believes in Plan A. Included an apology to Hernan Crespo. Will expand later. Bielsa not convinced by Norwich painting the away dressing room pink. Doesn't think the colour will make any impact. Bielsa not planning changes, or many, this weekend. Says there will be plenty for the League Cup tie against Preston next Tuesday.
AP MB tells a tale where he apologises for having told ex Argentina striker Hernan Crespo when he was a young player that he was mature when he was not at the time. Basically says it’s important to be honest with players. MB on pink dressing room at Norwich: “No colour has the capacity to weaken the desire for competition.” PH Bielsa on Phillips' reaction to being subbed early: "It's been normal. I appreciated his behaviour when I took this decision, which is not a frequent one. I never point out individual mistakes. At the end of the day, we are colleagues. I make mistakes too. We have to be tolerant"
AP MB says he has always in his career avoided highlighting his players’ mistakes publicly. “You have to be tolerant of mistakes. Players make them & so do I. We have different roles but we are colleagues.”
On the subject of a pink dressing room it would work the opposite way to what is intended with me. I would think to myself. Right you barstewards that's the way you want it lets see who's blushing at the end of the game.
I think its a very dated way of thinking, like the colour pink is going to turn you into a sissy that cant play football (better get a result now!)
This is upto date thinking by a university graduate fresh into the real world using their degree in psychology. My upto date thinking is that all away fans should arm themselves with those cup cakes with all the pink swishy stuff on top and present them Delia in a very forthright manner
It says something that a player can be subbed after less than 30 minutes without a total strop The guy is so honest you’d trust his explanation
No full stop no exclamation mark, cannot make my mind up if you are serious or not or just being provocative.
villa sound peeved that leeds utd have got bielsa , Dont know why Aston villa are starting to shout that they are 5th they only just got a draw last night brentford almost beat them , yes they have some good players, but i dont think they are as good as leeds players , BUT i heard the chairman say dont know how leeds utd got bielsa , well if he had bothered to look at our history he would know why !!! and also our following says everything, so im hoping we can shut them up on the field and beat them and while leeds go up keep villa down !
Pontus Jansson nobbade en övergång till FC Krasnodar. Enligt uppgifter till SportExpressen var den svenske landslagsförsvararen den ryska klubbens förstaval när det gäller mittbacksvärningar - och man lade också ett bud till Leeds på omkring 60 miljoner kronor. Men Jansson valde att stanna i England. Efter att Leeds haft en tung sista halva på säsongen under förra året var landslagets mittback Pontus Jansson ryktenas man under en längre tid. Han kopplades ihop med West Bromwich, West Ham och flera andra klubbar i Premier League. Klubben slutade på 13:e plats förra säsongen, en placering som vare sig spelarna eller klubbledningen var nöjda med. Ville se förändringar Jansson själv var tydlig med vad han tyckte om förra säsongen när landslaget samlades i Stockholm i maj inför VM-slutspelet i Ryssland. - Som det har sett ut det här året måste det hända saker. Det var riktigt dåligt både på och utanför planen. Leeds vill gå upp till Premier League, det är så klubben går ut och snackar och då krävs det förändringar. Vi kom på undre halvan andra delen av säsongen och det är inte alls bra, sa Jansson när landslaget inför förlägret i Båstad. Marceloa Bielsa ny tränare i Leeds Och förändringar blev det. Argentinaren Marcelo Bielsa blev ny tränare i klubben och Leeds leder just nu The Championship efter tio poäng på de första fyra omgångarna. I senaste matchen, 2-2 borta mot Swansea, var Jansson ryggskadad och inte med i truppen. Jansson nobbade flytt till Krasnodar Enligt uppgifter till SportExpressen nobbade också mittbacken en flytt till ryska FC Krasnodar i det här transferfönstret. Krasnodar var villigt att betala omkring 60 miljoner kronor för spelaren, en summa som Leeds hade accepterat. Men Jansson valde att nobba det ryska budet, då en flytt till Ryssland inte är aktuell för svensken. Det bekräftar flera av varandra oberoende källor för SportExpressen. De flesta transferfönster ute i Europa stänger den 1 september.
It looks to me as though Pontus is putting himself in the shop window ahead of the transfer window closing in the only way he can as he isn't playing, others could be doing it with their performances? The transfer windows close later in other parts of europe
Evening Eric, maybe he is, but how? It doesn't make sense. Russian side make 10m offer for Jansson LUFC turn it down 'SOMEONE' goes to the biggest Swedish newspaper telling them that a 5.1m offer had been accepted for Jansson, but he did not want to leave Leeds. I can't understand the benefit of Jansson or his agent going to the Swedish press with that information!
