12 Jan 2019 13:29:35
At the start of the season, Bielsa said he preferred beautiful football to pragmatic football. So when we went 1 v 2 up away at Forest with just 10 men, rather than shutting the game down and trying to keep what we had, like other teams would and probably like a lot of us wanted him to do, he kept on attacking - the obligation to win with style that he talks about. Last night justifies everything about him and his methods and English football should embrace it. Listening to the pundits was unbelievable - one even asked if his position was untenable?! Amongst other things, we've had to witness the shameful play acting and time wasting from Birmingham and a clear head butt from a Brentford player - again whilst time wasting and caught on camera - go unpunished (and Bielsa hasn't openly complained about any of it) but Bielsa sending someone to watch the opposition train (er, yeah? ) is apparently disgusting and shames the game?! I just hope Lampard's pundit pals don't influence the stuffed shirts at the FA. England almost got to a World Cup Final by scoring goals from set pieces. Was Gareth Southgate there last night to watch Clarke or was he there to watch a coach squeeze every ounce of talent and committment he could out of the players available to him? English football has often been pragmatic (or plodding and cautious) . Bielsa's football is beautiful. And he's ours. On On On.

{Ed001's Note - well said. I fully agree with you as a neutral fan who is just enjoying watching Leeds play.}

1.) 12 Jan 2019
12 Jan 2019 14:33:04
MP Very good post. Send it in to the FA.

2.) 12 Jan 2019
12 Jan 2019 17:28:01
NOOO MP, don't! Telling the truth like that to the FA will cost LUFC severe repercussions. As the quote from the film "A few Good Men" goes. "They can't handle the truth". Mind you, a few good men is not what the FA is built upon.

3.) 12 Jan 2019
12 Jan 2019 18:24:28
Don’t worry. I won’t be writing to them. They might wake up and offer him a job.