New Manager

Hasn't Rafa lost the dressing room wherever he's been? He's past his time as is Raniari....

And STILL don't want Dyche, Bruce or Allardyce!

Losing to Bournemouth could get things back to square one and is a must win game which is easily within us....

He didn't say that. You are twisting his words to suit your agenda.

I do not think he wants to criticize his players but he definitely made that comment implying that some lacked mental strength.

On Jesse's part I think it is a combination of frustration, feeling the pressure, not having much experience of coaching at a high level and I think he is out of his depth.

I do not think his tactics will work for us. I hope I am wrong and he turns it around.

Alternatively you could infer that he is admitting that he himself doesn't know which players have that extra mental strength. And that's not an unreasonable admission given that nine players were signed over the summer and others have been injured for most of his tenure. I agree with you that he does sound frustrated, though that in itself doesn't mean he's out of his depth or that his tactics are wrong. I would rather have a manager who hates to lose. Arsenal fans were saying similar things about Arteta for the last two seasons - that he was too inexperienced, too naive, out of his depth, didn't know his best team etc.

Agree dd.

What better way to lose the believe and confidence of your own players.

He may well say he takes responsibility but at the same time points the finger at some of his players. Well for starters, he selected them and all the changes (even if some were needed because of injuries) he made at Leicester and against Fulham smacked of someone not knowing what to do next. The same applies to his substitutions.

We've not been getting results and he thinks it's just all down to the players? So no issues with the tactics used & system he wants them to play?

A bit shortsighted I think.

His talk about us needing "our best pressing game" to limit Liverpool says a lot. Apart from City, I can't think of a team better equipped than Liverpool to exploite our fairly naive pressing.

I'm afraid they'll have a field day, do hope I'm totally proven wrong.

I think you are reading a lot more into his comments than he actually said. I didn't sense any blame being attached to the players. The opposite in fact. That BBC article read more like a call to arms.

I'm inclined to agree. On listening to his pre match press conference, he didn't single anyone, however he was quite candid in his assessment that he was basically angry at our inability to convert easy chances and continued errors in defence, which is nothing less that we all have been saying, added to which we hadn't been playing that badly. He did mention that some players mental strength in these difficult times may be fragile and that was something he needed to address and work with the players, so if we are saying get rid for those reasons, doesn't see appropriate, to me anyway.

I really wish we could get Bielsa back in some kind of advisory role,He'd get Bamford scoring goals again in no time... ...🙄🙄🤔🙏🙏

But that's probably just a pipe dream too... 😞

If somehow we managed to keep our PL status, then next year he may show interest, however if we stay up chances are that Jesse will be at the reins for a long time, especially as the 49er's will be pulling the strings.

It would be interesting though if we did get relegated and JM departed, would Poch try and emulate the great man and bring us back up with a brand of sensible, attacking football?

I don't know much about any of them, apart from Villas-Boas and Lopetegui whose managerial records are somewhat checkered.

I'd expect Maric or Skubala to be ahead of any of those on that list.

The First two on the list would great but both would require some serious time. Lopetegui would be a EPL manager signing while Tedesco would be more a long term develop with the young players type.

Not sure about Ranieri. He is 71 now and failed at Watford.

Need to aim for someone better

I hear what you're saying but personally I'd rather watch entertaining football, played with some common sense and if we do go down, so be it. The thought of watching a team managed by Dyche would bore me to tears.

'Entertaining football'!

We are in the hardtack lifeboat and you want fillet mignon?

Actually yes! but to somewhat concede to your argument, with his previous track record, if he signed a 6/7 month contract, with absolutely no clause for an extension, regardless of the outcome, then his brand of football may keep us in the PL, however let's not forget all Dyche managed to achieve in his time at Burnley, was to survive in the PL, no ambition about trying to squeeze into the higher top tier of the league, just plain old mid-table obscurity and lump it forward football. If you believe that's us going forward, then our respective opinions are miles apart.

There is that to take into consideration and if I recall correctly he's also on a fairly hefty and long term deal.

But unless a quick and major turnaround, which I can' see happening, I'm afraid his time at Leeds will come to an end sooner rather than later.

New manager? I haven't got a clue.

He has got just over 2 1/2 years left on his contract and is on a reported £3million pa.

Thanks BB.

Didn't understand why we gave him that long a contract to begin with.

A lot of money for an unproven manager.