I think Don’s squad of players were exceptionally talented, great players one and all and put Leeds on the world’s map, but for what MB has achieved with the players he inherited through sheer coaching ability, it’s hard to argue that he isn’t the best coach we’ve had.
And then one day you find ten years have got behind you. No one told you when to run, you missed the starting gun. So you run and you run to catch up with the sun but it's sinking Racing around to come up behind you again. The sun is the same in a relative way but you're older, Shorter of breath and one day closer to death.
Depends on who's counting the spring Chickens, 35,if he came one of our meet ups, he would be like a school kid.
In all honesty does it really matter, and I mean this generally not specifically to your post LoL. I could argue that Revie and his team of players were consistently at the top of their profession for a period of 10 years, but we were a struggling 2nd division team when Revie took over, so did his coaching skills and preparation hone those players into what they eventually became. The achievements and squads inherited by both Revie and Bielsa for the same period of time are very similar. Only time will tell if the club can continue to replicate and improve on what the club achieved in the mid 60's-70's. For those of us who were able to watch all or even some of those games played in the Revie era, then we have some absolutely fantastic memories to grow even older with. For those who are watching today, they will also have some fantastic memories in 30/40 years time of the team that Bielsa coached, and subsequent managers improved on. Trying to compare managers and teams from different era's is just a flight of fancy, the only way you will be able to compare will be based upon what the club are able to achieve over the next 5 to 10 years, and I think we should just enjoy ourselves. Of course if Bielsa is still here in 10 years time, having won the Premier League 10 times, as well as a few domestic cups and European trophies, I may well be prepared to concede that the Revie era has been matched at last.
I genuinely thought you were the youngster in the meetup pack, Chesh. Can't remember who, but someone said you were the baby as you were only 65.
The realist in me says: "Hopefully we all will be". The pessimist in me says: "Unlikely we'll all meet again". As a group, we've all been lucky so far (or is that careful?).
A bunch of us pay money into a monthly account to cover cost of our annual Glasgow pissup. We’ve continued the payments so looks like we’ll soon be able to buy a pub of our own before we get going anywhere
