The Managerial Merry Go Round™ - Will Still Southampton manager

[Manxst]

1 minute ago, Kid Icarus said:

But they're not though are they.

They seem to be. “The most exciting team to watch in the premier league”?

[Manxst]

1 minute ago, Nobody said:

Literally no one has said that, or anything close to it 

If you can't see the attraction of someone getting a medoicre championship tram promoted to finishing in the top 10 in their first season in the Premier league while playing very entertaining football, I don't understand why you even bother with the sport tbh

Condescending much? It’s my opinion. Plus see the comment above. It’s very close to it. 

 

 

Edited February 26, 2022 by Manxst

[Kid Icarus]

2 minutes ago, Manxst said:

They seem to be. “The most exciting team to watch in the premier league”?

Last season, yeah. Not even remotely hyperbolic to say that, pretty commonly held view. Don't think it's anything like saying he's the second coming of Keegan. 

 

 

Edited February 26, 2022 by Kid Icarus

[Guest neesy111]

Bielsea is a manager that brings joy to football and the league's he manages in.  He's flawed at times but when his team's click they are among the most exciting to watch.

 

I hate how people are quick to jump on managers like him.

[Nobody]

Just now, Manxst said:

Condescending much? It’s my opinion. 

Apologies if it came off as condescending, wasn't my intention.

I don't even rate Bielsa particularly highly overall, but he's done an excellent job with Leeds.

[Armchair Pundit]

I felt Leeds' recent decline was less about Bielsa and more about the team, that said though, one of my mates is a Leeds fan and he thinks Bielsa's just lost his magic, maybe been there too long.

[Manxst]

All I’m saying is that ‘attack, attack, attack’ means fuck all when you’re about to be relegated and are getting humped every week. A truly world class manager would change things/his philosophy to accommodate the players he has at his disposal. I can see the appeal, and rate the first season he had…but teams have worked out his one dimensional style now, and to me, that’s a failure on his part. 

[Kid Icarus]

I like watching nice football and think him getting Leeds promoted then staying up with the most exciting football in the league is the achievement. Sue iz.

[TRon]

1 minute ago, Armchair Pundit said:

I felt Leeds' recent decline was less about Bielsa and more about the team, that said though, one of my mates is a Leeds fan and he thinks Bielsa's just lost his magic, maybe been there too long.

 

He has been there too long tbh. He should be in charge of much better players. It will be interesting to see if the next manager gets as much value out of the same squad, or even improves it on that budget.

[Manxst]

Just now, Kid Icarus said:

I like watching nice football and think him getting Leeds promoted then staying up with the most exciting football in the league is the achievement. Sue iz.

It’s an achievement for any team to be promoted into the premier league and stay there. Much less playing decent attractive football. I’ve got respect for any team and manager that achieves that. But that was last year. This one has been shite imo, as they/Bielsa simply haven’t got a ‘plan B’. 

[Manxst]

1 minute ago, TRon said:

 

He has been there too long tbh. He should be in charge of much better players. It will be interesting to see if the next manager gets as much value out of the same squad, or even improves it on that budget.

On the budget? They’ve brought in zero money from player sales and spent a fair amount. 

[Kid Icarus]

Don't think anyone's disputing that, just looking at his time there overall which is clearly and obviously a net positive

[Tiresias]

It totally is a failure but it shouldnt be forgotten that the team was built on a mid championship budget. He overachieved last season this is reversion to where he ought to be. He totally should have spent money to bolster the squad and his tactics are mad and lacking in pragmatism. I just think it's sad when we can't celebrate someone who is totally bonkers with some great ideas but yes very flawed. There's so much money at stake in premier league everything is meant to be super slick and free of eccentricity. Forgive me for enjoying him, and he is a legend because he has had a huge impact on football. We are living with the dominant ideas in football very much influenced by him. There is a reason he has not won anything himself though which feels plain to see now. He has earned respect though. 

[Manxst]

Going against the grain clearly, but it just feels like the likes of Bielsa (and Rangnick) are yesterdays men. They initiated great things which the likes of Klopp, Pep

and Poch have taken on, but haven’t grown and evolved with the game like those younger managers have with their ideas. They’ll still get respect for what they do and how they want to play, but going up against other teams and managers with more complete philosophies shows them

up. 

[Nobody]

4 minutes ago, Manxst said:

All I’m saying is that ‘attack, attack, attack’ means fuck all when you’re about to be relegated and are getting humped every week. A truly world class manager would change things/his philosophy to accommodate the players he has at his disposal. I can see the appeal, and rate the first season he had…but teams have worked out his one dimensional style now, and to me, that’s a failure on his part. 

He's not "attack attack attack" though. He's quite similar to Klopp, in that he wants his teams to press high up, and with a lot of intensity. 

I would personally disagree with your assessment that a world class manager changes his philosophy to accommodate the players, it's the complete opposite for me. Would you see a Pep, Klopp or Rafa change their philosophies to suit their players? Not a chance. 

He's not a world class manager though, and I don't think anyone would claim that he is. He's a good manager, probably about on par with the likes of Hassenhüttl. His methods are far more entertaining than most other managers though, which is why he's so popular.

[TRon]

2 minutes ago, Manxst said:

On the budget? They’ve brought in zero money from player sales and spent a fair amount. 

 

How much money did he bring in getting Leeds promoted? He could bring in money selling his best players for sure, is that what a Leeds fan would want?

 

 

[Manxst]

3 minutes ago, TRon said:

 

How much money did he bring in getting Leeds promoted? He could bring in money selling his best players for sure, is that what a Leeds fan would want?

 

 

Not what I’ve said. For the money he’s spent, I’d have disliked being a Leeds fan this past month. As others have said, I think he’s outstayed the position now. 

[Nobody]

5 minutes ago, Manxst said:

Going against the grain clearly, but it just feels like the likes of Bielsa (and Rangnick) are yesterdays men. They initiated great things which the likes of Klopp, Pep

and Poch have taken on, but haven’t grown and evolved with the game like those younger managers have with their ideas. They’ll still get respect for what they do and how they want to play, but going up against other teams and managers with more complete philosophies shows them

up. 

Ragnick is doing a pretty terrible job at Man Utd mind.

I feel like every team that play Man U have a great game. They are making it too easy to play against them. We played arguably our best game this season against them, and would have beaten them comfortably had Wilson and ASM stayed on the pitch. 

I am very, very happy we ended up with Howe over Ragnick now like. 

 

[AyeDubbleYoo]

Man Utd situation is weird, going for a manager who really seems like he wants to be a director, and they know he won’t be manager soon. Guess we know how short real managers were when we needed one, but it’s a strange one for me. 

[Abacus]

Think Leeds should have stuck with Bielsa till the summer at least, then reassessed depending on what league they were in.

 

There's not much you can do re personnel now, and I reckon they are so drilled into a certain way of playing that it will be hard to change it fast. And, they're running out of games to get safe, so there isn't time to learn how to completely change things.

 

E.g. imagine taking a punt on someone like Allardyce, and how long it would take the team to adapt to his 'pragmatic' anti-football. A shame, I liked to watch Bielsa and his style of football - it was an interesting addition to the league and he seemed a genuine character.

[Guest neesy111]

Allardyce going to Leeds would be as popular as Brian Clough's reign there.

[Collage]

54 minutes ago, neesy111 said:

Allardyce going to Leeds would be as popular as Brian Clough's reign there.

Would love a sequel to The Damned Utd

[Bimpy474]

3 hours ago, Nobody said:

Ragnick is doing a pretty terrible job at Man Utd mind.

I feel like every team that play Man U have a great game. They are making it too easy to play against them. We played arguably our best game this season against them, and would have beaten them comfortably had Wilson and ASM stayed on the pitch. 

I am very, very happy we ended up with Howe over Ragnick now like. 

 

 

And yet he's only lost 1 league game in 14, strange old game innit.

 

And like you, much happy we ended up Eddie like.

[wiseman]

Not that I think he would leave celtic at the moment, but I'd like to see Ange Postacoglu be given a shot in the premier league, and I think he would do a good job following on from Bielsa, plus if they do go down I reckon he'd be able to bring them back up pretty quickly

[Kaizero]

I desperately want to see Kjetil Knutsen manage a bigger club to see if he truly is a miracle worker or if his magic is a right club at the right time type of magic or proper magic.