“It's been emotional”, in the words of the one and only Vinnie Jones. We all know how much Bielsa did for our great club and how much he'll remain a part of our folklore.
But the future begins today. Jesse Marsch, 48 year old American former manager of RB Leipzig, RB Salzburg and MLS clubs joins as our new manager.
I believe from the pundits he's a believer in a high energy, high press, attacking game which will wean us away from Bielsaball without reinventing us. We must hope a new voice galvanises the players and that a little bit more defensive balance will see us out of our current predicament.
This feels like the start of the 49ers regime and the twilight of Radz tenure, it would mean more money for the squad if they do exercise their option to buy, but equally we are now a conventional club trying to prosper in the PL, just like everyone else.
Sadness and optimism live together in me this week. Leicester City away is live on BT sport - what will the "new Leeds" look like? We'll soon see.
This is not the time to sack a ̶ ̶ ̶P̶r̶i̶m̶e̶ ̶M̶i̶n̶i̶s̶t̶e̶r̶ ̶ ̶ Manager.
With the way we're conceding or rather gifting goals, his reign may well come to and pretty soon.
he's definitely under a bit of pressure now - but when we play well it is very good to watch. I feel like a run of results will see this take off, but we do need a win in the next 2 or we could be in the relegation zone and ringing Steve Bruce.
Just hope JM gets the win tonight and also v Fulham on Sunday. I like him and his style of play.
JM needs results or the trigger will be pulled!
It might end soon!
Move aside Douglas Bader with your three testicles - it's time for a new flyboy hero on this MB.
Guy Gibson and his spambusters equipped with their bump bombs
I like him, just hope it is not misplaced.
Big2 games v Villa and Palace coming up for JM. It will either be doom and gloom or happiness. 4 points min.
JM doing rather well this season. Will still wait until new year before fully committing
I see lots of negative stuff about JM in the social media - the Premier League record right now is as follows:
Bielsa pld 64 pts 79
Marsch pld 14 pts 20
Marsch has a better record, despite inheriting Bielsa's team at short notice. He is not without his flaws, but then again so was Bielsa.
I think the way we play now is still high energy and entertaining too, so I'm happy right now.
Well he kept us up and is playing an entertaining style.
Next test is Chelsea. A draw or win would be great!
Totally agree Bull and us cockneys would never dare stereotype about the Irish and their love of tablecloths or even mention about just nodding our heads when not understanding their accent when over for game meets....
not even mention it....
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Just don't go on talk sport.
Bielsa never commented on previous managers and he followed Heckingbottom.
People are waiting for an excuse to jump on him so just don't give them the opportunity, keep zipped and get on with the job. Don't let a few good results inflate your confidence as a few bad ones coming up will lead to a big confidence deflation.
Can't knock the results so far and his name was being sung at Watford so he has had a dream start, let others do the commentating on it.
I've just listened to the interview (15mins approx) tbf i don't think JM was being critical of MB's style, just that he was being honest in how he feels players need time to recover and recharge the batteries, as i've said many many times, rest days are just as important as the actual training days and after 3 years of constant hard work, energy sapping training schedules it was only a matter of time before the players bodies started to suffer.
Immediately when he came out with the words Darren Bent almost gasped as if he was thinking Jesse was dissing probably one of the best managers in the world in Marcelo and this could be huge, but after a few moments he saw what Jesse was getting at and nodded.
I do think tho and i maybe guilty of stereo typing here but most yanks i know in fact all 8 of them blab first and think second, but JM looks and sounds to be a person that thinks alot and studies alot so he maybe cut from a different cloth.
Totally agree Richard and didn't say anything in the least derogatory and just an honest flippant comment that if he was being interviewed live after a game nobody would have even picked up on.... just sensationalism that media picked up upon.
Nothing to see here but just proves how careful you have to be with comments to media....
HODDLE IN....
I managed to find the interview last night. Simple google search of Jesse Marsch talk sport, took me straight to a 15min video of the interview. To be fair to Marsch he was directly asked about the injuries and it was here that he stated that he thought some of it could have been down to how hard they had been trained. I didn’t take it as him having a direct dig at Bielsa, just his thoughts on the injuries and that he works differently.
As with all of his interviews I’ve seen he comes across well and is incredibly fluent.
Dont get me wrong what JM may have said may very well be accurate and if im honest its something ive said a good few times myself, but a person in his position must know and understand being critical of the man you have just replaced, a guy that has a high standard of ethic and honesty of effort and wasn't publicly critical of anyone deserves to be treated in the same way.
Didn't hear the interview either however if reports are accurate and not taken out of context, I feel this type of thrash talk is something JM dosen't need to get involved with. Its a thin line new managers walk when they come into a new job, you might not have liked the last guy or feel you are better than he is, but people must remember you were brought in to take over and improve the situation over the last guy. The last guy could still be regarded highly by those left behind and they may still have a strong association with that guy.
If anyone needs proof of this look at our own Club when Clough came in and insulted the players and called them cheats, and insulted and tried to undermine DR successes, sure that couldn't end in any other way than it did, i'm surprised it took 44 days if i'm honest.
To MB's great credit i never heard him blaming a ref, the opposition tactics, players feigning injury to get free kicks or peno's etc, he never spoke or was critical of anyone that i can recall, so i think JM's comments about how MB "managed" in his way isn't a good move.
Jesse must remember MB is and always will be fondly remembered at ER, and a was a manager than WON something while in charge at LUFC, where as he is only in the door and has won what? 3 matches.....
Marsch was on Talk Sport this morning for an interview, sadly I didn’t get to hear what he said due to work. Did anyone on here, hear the interview.
on my way home this afternoon I heard a short clip where it sounded like he was saying that a lot of the injuries had been caused by the players being over worked and over trained.