Re: EFL Championship 18/19 - Bielsa watch

by BarrileteCosmico Fri 28 Sep 2018 - 23:23

What a goal! :bow:

by BarrileteCosmico Sun 7 Oct 2018 - 15:38

Leeds falls to 3rd as Bielsa's side scraps by a point

The dream is over?

by Jay29 Sun 7 Oct 2018 - 15:41

Too soon to say the dream is over. The Championship is a rough league even the better teams go through poor periods.

Leeds have a good squad and should at least be contending the play-offs. The key is to be around there with 13 or so games to go. Any team which times a good run for that final stretch has a good chance of nicking an automatic spot.

by RealGunner Sun 7 Oct 2018 - 15:44

Long long way to go. Like Jay said, it's a rough league. And Leeds have only lost once in 12 games so they are hard to beat.

by Collblanc Sun 14 Oct 2018 - 9:01

Now 3rd place. The injury list keeps growing.

Pontus
Cooper
Beradi
Shackleton
Shaugnessy
Dougla
Brown
Forshaw
Hernandez
Roofe
Bamford

That Bielsa effect :bow:

by RealGunner Sun 21 Oct 2018 - 14:51

Leeds United are at it again. pic.twitter.com/INTtDq6Y4P
— MUNDIAL (@MundialMag) October 20, 2018

by BarrileteCosmico Sun 21 Oct 2018 - 15:15

brings a tear to my eye

such a shame they lost they game though lol

by windkick Mon 22 Oct 2018 - 15:50

I still think once most of those injured guys for Leeds get healthy they will in the end finish at least 2nd. They will get promoted.

Isn't Leeds owner really wealthy?

by iftikhar Mon 22 Oct 2018 - 19:59

WBA is doing well. Usually relegated teams struggle in their first year in Championship. But it seems they want to get promoted straight away.

by Jay29 Mon 22 Oct 2018 - 20:19

windkick wrote:I still think once most of those injured guys for Leeds get healthy they will in the end finish at least 2nd. They will get promoted.

Isn't Leeds owner really wealthy?

He's decently wealthy but that's not much of an advantage in the Championship these days. Plenty of lower league clubs benefiting from foreign investment atm.

by windkick Tue 23 Oct 2018 - 15:40

Oh ok, thanks. For some reason, I thought I read somewhere a few years back that the Leeds owner was among the richest owners as far as football club owners (was in the lower top 10, in a list of the 10 richest owners in club football), but that was a few years back and many drinks ago so I am sure I remember that all wrong Very Happy

by BarrileteCosmico Thu 25 Oct 2018 - 12:54

Back at the top of the table :bow:

Just noticed that 14 games in only 6 points separate the first 10 posts Shocked

by RealGunner Thu 25 Oct 2018 - 20:58

It's an extremely competitive league. No one ever runs away with it.

by RealGunner Sun 4 Nov 2018 - 22:00

Just saw this from Leeds players. Any team/individual from any club take a look. This is what you call desire if you are unsure what the meaning is. Brilliant pic.twitter.com/X2XiuL68AT
— Kevin Watson (@kevwatson74) November 4, 2018

by RealGunner Sat 10 Nov 2018 - 20:43

97th minute winner by Bundesliga legend Pukki

by Hapless_Hans Sat 10 Nov 2018 - 20:52

Pukki lmao

Scored a hattrick for Schalke once and I think these were basically the only goals he ever scred in all his time there

by Jay29 Sat 1 Dec 2018 - 16:47

Harry Wilson is running his own goal of the season competition. Another worldie today:

https://streamable.com/o76uv

Leeds went back top with a win away to Sheffield United earlier today. Second placed Norwich currently losing to lowly Rotherham.

by BarrileteCosmico Sun 23 Dec 2018 - 17:04

Absolutely clutch game by Leeds. From losing 2-0 to winning 2-3 and clinching that top spot again.

by RealGunner Fri 11 Jan 2019 - 20:14

BREAKING: @LUFC coach Marcelo Bielsa admits sending a club employee to spy on @dcfcofficial's training session ahead of tonight's game and "accepts all responsibility". #SSN pic.twitter.com/dxtZWsGmW8
— Sky Sports News (@SkySportsNews) January 11, 2019

by M99 Fri 11 Jan 2019 - 21:45

Hope BC doesn't get deported for this.

by Doc Fri 11 Jan 2019 - 23:28

Seems the spying worked.

Essentially Poch has no issues with diving, Bielsa spies on people and Solari puts his finger by his mouth when things not working out. Nice.

by titosantill Sat 12 Jan 2019 - 1:56

teams actually used to do the spying routine in the 80s. especially big teams in europe, it changed with security becoming even more paramount, around the 90s-00s

by Jay29 Sat 12 Jan 2019 - 12:19

The hilarious thing about this spy row over here is that some notable journalists, as usual, are getting on their soapbox about how unsporting it all is, while ignoring that one of their own leaked England's team sheet and tactics before a World Cup game last summer. They're the last people to criticise others about spying.

I'm not sure what punishment Bielsa and Leeds will get, if they'll get one at all.

Besides that, Leeds looked very good last night. Probably the first game I've watched them and thought they were shoe-ins for promotion. Derby offered nothing throughout the whole game.

Jack Clarke for Leeds will be playing for a PL team one way or another soon enough. Looks very good for an 18 year old.

by Jay29 Sat 12 Jan 2019 - 20:05

Not Championship, but whatever:

Charlie Kelman, 17 years old, making his debut for Southend (my "local" team), scoring from the halfway line.

@SUFCYouth pic.twitter.com/K32p7EAyI9
— Cat Malcolm (@CatMalcolm14) January 12, 2019

by Doc Sun 13 Jan 2019 - 3:49

Well done young man, good on him.

by RealGunner Wed 16 Jan 2019 - 18:24

Marcelo Bielsa to confront ‘Spygate’ controversy again at unexpected 5pm press conference:

Bielsa: "My goal is to make the (EFL) investigation easier." Says Leeds have watched training sessions of opposition clubs before every game they've played. "By doing this, I assume the possible sanction that the authorities might bring." #lufc
— Phil Hay (@PhilHayYEP) January 16, 2019

"But not all the wrong things you do are done with bad intentions."
— Phil Hay (@PhilHayYEP) January 16, 2019

Bielsa reading from a statement here. "If you observe something without the authorisation of the people being observed we call it spying and we say it is spying. I can't say it's the right thing to do but I'm going to explain that I didn't have bad intentions or get an advantage"
— Phil Hay (@PhilHayYEP) January 16, 2019

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