The Official Leeds United Thread

The Official Leeds United Thread

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Pieman68

4,264 posts

234 months

Wednesday 16th January 2019
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Here we go then, -15 points again wink

giblet

8,850 posts

177 months

Wednesday 16th January 2019
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Emergency press conference called for 17:00 today by Bielsa. I’m praying he’s not falling on his sword but there are rumours he is off.

Du1point8

21,607 posts

192 months

Wednesday 16th January 2019
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Better not be, thats such a poor thing to attempt to do.

giblet

8,850 posts

177 months

Wednesday 16th January 2019
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Pontus has eased my concerns a tad -



I’m no longer sat in the corner of the office rocking away

Black can man

31,838 posts

168 months

Wednesday 16th January 2019
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giblet said:
Emergency press conference called for 17:00 today by Bielsa. I’m praying he’s not falling on his sword but there are rumours he is off.
They just said on Talksport he's announcing the Derby County team for tonight



laugh

Du1point8

21,607 posts

192 months

Wednesday 16th January 2019
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where can I see the press conference?

Du1point8

21,607 posts

192 months

Wednesday 16th January 2019
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this about covers it:

'Many managers, ex-footballers and footballers thought my behavior was respectfulness. The last point of this situation is that the league after a complaint made by Derby County decided to open an investigation on my behavior. So they will evaluate if I behaved badly and if my behavior affected the prestige of the club or the league.'

Zad

12,699 posts

236 months

Wednesday 16th January 2019
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So far, from Twitter, he just trolled / Rickrolled all the press with a Stoke Powerpoint presentation...

I can't think of another manager who is just so Leeds.

RobGT81

5,229 posts

186 months

Wednesday 16th January 2019
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Currently breaking down exactly how Derby play, in every game via powerpoint. Legend.

Zad

12,699 posts

236 months

Wednesday 16th January 2019
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Every other EFA club, saying: "This is disgusting, outrageous, we'd never do this"
Half of the other EFA clubs, thinking: Damn, why didn't we do this?
Other half of the EFA clubs, thinking: Shhhh! We did this too, shut up!

Also every other EFA club, thinking: "How can we get this guy as our coach?"

RobGT81

5,229 posts

186 months

Wednesday 16th January 2019
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Lampard "I don't even know this much about our players"

Southampton "Thanks very much!!"

giblet

8,850 posts

177 months

Wednesday 16th January 2019
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What a press conference. The man is a walking encyclopaedia. The two takeaway sections for me -

“I can't speak English but I can speak about the 24 teams in the Championship"

And

"I don't need to go to watch a training session of an opponent to know how the opponent plays."

Absolutely superb

Axionknight

8,505 posts

135 months

Thursday 17th January 2019
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Du1point8

21,607 posts

192 months

Thursday 17th January 2019
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reminded me a film that I like... moneyball

RobGT81

5,229 posts

186 months

Thursday 17th January 2019
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Lampard spent 15 hours preparing for the Leeds - Derby game, Bielsa spent 300 hours. MOT.

Puggit

48,439 posts

248 months

Thursday 17th January 2019
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Killer2005

19,640 posts

228 months

Thursday 17th January 2019
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hehe

giblet

8,850 posts

177 months

Thursday 17th January 2019
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Pizza Hut can sod off, tasteless overpriced ste.

I’ll stick to making my own


Zad

12,699 posts

236 months

Friday 18th January 2019
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It seems goalie Kiko Casilla has signed on the dotted line for us. A 4 and a half year contract, at the Yorkshireman's favourite price (i.e. free). Presumably the agreement is to take over his salary etc. I'm pretty sure El Loco will have done extensive homework on this chap. He seems to come with a rather impressive CV to say the least.

The way things are going, I half expect a news item saying "This lad Ronaldo has approached Leeds would like to play at Elland Road".

monty999

1,121 posts

105 months

Friday 18th January 2019
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Zad said:
Every other EFA club, saying: "This is disgusting, outrageous, we'd never do this"
Half of the other EFA clubs, thinking: Damn, why didn't we do this?
Other half of the EFA clubs, thinking: Shhhh! We did this too, shut up!

Also every other EFA club, thinking: "How can we get this guy as our coach?"
Exactly this yes Every clubs managers, scouts and even players with inside information etc are all 'doing their homework' for information to gain advantage, Bielsa just does more than the rest. It was the same with the 'incident' of the idea of coaches dotted around the ground at pitch level (in paid-for seats so I believe) to give out information during the game. Brilliant idea, and just because no one else thought to do it before, it was frowned upon and deemed 'cheating'. The guy's great and can we have him next at Chelsea wink