I don't know mate, but we football fans are prone to hyperbole. They're gutted it's come to an end. I get that. Not sure it's really a point for derision.
I don’t know. There is hyperbole and then there is outright delusional ravings. You’d think it was Sir Alex, Clough or Shankley from that message. Not a manager who was there 4 years, took one season more than he should to take them up, rode luck with season breaks due to a pandemic and then it finally ran out and then some
I imagine we’ll hear next week that it’s caused Matt Targett to be out injured and our game MUST be postponed
They've finally - reluctanly - kicked Biesla's bucket. Surely it will be now enshrined in a cabinet at Elland Road or Leeds Cathedral?
Bielsa getting the elbow now is probably the last thing we would have desired. Playing them at theirs on April 2nd will mean the new Manager effect will make a tough fixture even more difficult.
That said, there's time for that - if it happens - to have ebbed away in the four prior games. If they get a new manager to the PL in Marsch - a devotee of the Rangnick press - he will be working with a small, depleted squad who are severely fatigued. RR has really struggled in his time at United to get a more talented group to adapt to the methods required.
Leicester-Villa-Norwich-Wolves-Saints-Watford Whoever gets the job is walking straight into those fixtures. There's points to be had there, but equally it's not a mouth watering run of games. Could easily see it going either way. It feels a little harsh that they've made the change off the back of a nasty run of fixtures, during which time they've been missing arguably three of their most important four players. Yes the defeats to Newcastle and Everton which proceeded those tough fixtures were big blows, but they did come off the back of wins against Burnley and West Ham. As a collection, six points from those four (or seven from five if you include the Villa draw) is respectable for any side down the lower end of the league. But hey, they've made the change and they ideally need it to produce at least six or seven points from these next six games. They probably have the nicest finish to season (weeks 37 and 38) of anyone down there, so that could be a big factor.
The new manager effect is kind of a myth and even if so doesn’t not last 5 matches The new manager has a lot of work to do. Unless they continue with their current style and tactics - which have not been working at all
I agree Greg, but us bizarrely losing to Dean Smith's - near pointless - Norwich after beating Dean Smith's Villa just the week before; kind of compelled me to believe somewhat in the mystical bounce. Frankly, Lampard's lamentable bunch helped burst that bubble.
I am staggered Bielsa lasted so long. The situation did remind me a bit of when Nigel Adkins was booted from Saints and you wonder if a new manager can turn things around in those fixtures. Under Bielsa, I have to say they looked doomed (I had always said Burnely would put in a revival) but all six of those matches you have listed are winnable. If I supported Leeds I think the Saints and Wolves matches will be the most difficult. I can see them winning the other four if they make the right appointment and get players back from injury. That will mean they will be spared relegation until next season. I quite fancy seeing Everton going down which would mean that the three for the drop next season will be Leeds, Brentford and Bournemouth. Hopefilly another stress-less season for Saints supporters.
Yeah, fair point. That is far and away the most blatantly incorrect decision though. Even Lampard suggested that it was biased reffing.
He's been a fascinating character, almost savant-like in his commitment to one style of football. BUT, if he can't adapt and adopt the tactics to suit his squad then he couldn't possibly survive indefinately. Leeds have a championship squad still. He's had an awful CB pairing, terrible LB and a misfiring forward line. Plus the 3 best players in each third out injured for most of the season which has been harsh but that's football. At the same time, he has some good young talent that he has treated quite poorly in terms of game management and has his players running around without any shape or organisation most of the time. I think he's run the course at Leeds and I wouldn't be at all surprised to see Jesse Marsch appointed.
