08 Jul 2019 21:37:30
When Bielsa talked about staying, he would have made it very clear what he wanted, what the preferable and positive sales could be. It obviously wasn't a surprise that Pontus would go, and in that knowledge. Kitching, Aappo and Paudie were let go, which means that even with no Pontus, they weren't in the plans. Shaunessy, hasn't gone any where, so, although it would be a surprise to me, he might be featuring preseason.
Likewise it wouldn't be a surprise that we would have offers for JC, KP and Roofe!
Point is, there will be a plan and Bielsa will have ideas for how he can use the squad that he appears to be fine tuning. Like Raggity says below, he deserves the chance. Let's see how we start to play some football.
1.) 09 Jul 2019
09 Jul 2019 10:58:53
Damn you are your profound logic Spanish! ðŸ‘ðŸ».
2.) 09 Jul 2019
09 Jul 2019 12:42:37
Spanish if the plan is to go with Cooper, White and Struik plus makeshifts then most would agree it’s a daft plan . If they pull a top quality replacement out of the hat, then that’s a different story . Problem is Bielsa was on record last year as being happy with the numbers in central defence . He’s now swapped Pontus for White, so I suspect in his myopic eyes all good .
3.) 09 Jul 2019
09 Jul 2019 15:30:51
RHC
As the manager of Leeds United Football Club, do you think it would be a good idea to sit in a media meeting and pronounce that he thinks his centre backs are not up to it?
Really?
This is what you think he should have done?
So how do you think that will motivate Cooper, Jansson, Beradi, Struik, Halme and Diaz?
What support would they have given Biesla for the rest of the season?
Also, every agent of every centre back would have been beating down his door. And ever club with a reasonable centre back would be inflating his fee.
4.) 09 Jul 2019
09 Jul 2019 17:48:47
Axe incorrect . Even the board last Summer tried to persuade him to go for Bartley . He wasn’t interested . His school of thought is pretty much anyone can make a job of CB if they can use the ball . Fine in South America or may be even Spain but not on a wet Wednesday night at the Den it’s not!