Regardless of if Bielsa leaves at the end of this season or the next, the club needs to be looking at succession planning.
Whilst I am hugely appreciative of the integrity Bielsa has brought to our club, along with changing the mindset so that there is great attention to detail and fostered a stringer relationship with fans, we have fallen short on the pitch a little bit.
I hope we can look to the next coach to build upon what Bielsa has started, not tear it down and start again. To be able to add the finishing touches that help us tighten up at back and put more teams to the sword whilst keeping the entertain style of football and integrity/relationship with the fans and city.
No easy task, but there will be coaches out there who can do it. Please lord don't let us do something stupid like hire another Heck or Hock.
Life after Bielsa
posted on 24/4/19
Would the club actually say that or should they? I'm not so sure they need to say anything as long as they have a succession plan in place
posted on 24/4/19
If I had Bielsa nailed on for next season, I'd shout about it to the world.
If and when we have the succession planned, I'd announce that, telling the fans that we're building on foundations already laid, trying to preserve the style and model, it allays fears and keep fans from getting restless.
posted on 24/4/19
Jonty - Whilst it's likely that Bielsa would have been asked about his plans beyond the end of this season, it's unlikely he would want a public statement on his intentions. He would probably want to wait until the season is finished before deciding what he wanted to do. Bielsa is a man of integrity and great experience, so isn't going to be pressured into publishing plans he later may wish to backtrack on.
I'm not convinced that Bielsa would be the right person to decide the next manager. They tried that at a club over the Pennines recently, and it didn't work out.
posted on 24/4/19
It doesn't matter speculating on who the next Manager is going to be.
Unless there is a serious transfer kitty available, the same players will not get us promoted even if we had Pep Guardiola in charge.
Oh wait, there will be at least 25 million available when we sell Phillips and Clarke.
posted on 24/4/19
" Oh wait, there will be at least 25 million available when we sell Phillips and Clarke."
Not sure Phillips is worth £24.5
posted on 24/4/19
He'll be gone if we don't go up. As I said elsewhere, we will be seriously asset stripped by PL clubs and clubs going up if we don't get there.
We now have to win the playoffs or we are going to be a medium-sized club for a long-time to come.
posted on 24/4/19
comment by Solihullwhite (U10497)
posted 5 minutes ago
" Oh wait, there will be at least 25 million available when we sell Phillips and Clarke."
Not sure Phillips is worth £24.5
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amazing isn't it, we all lord up Phillips, who at the start of the season was the worst player in history, and only 4 months ago Clarke was the new Messi..
wow... we are fickle aren;t we
posted on 24/4/19
We do tend to think a couple of good performances by one of our youngsters and he will be snapped up by a top six club Prem club and be playing for England within weeks. Young players need to develop and show quality over an extended period. Some of the early season hype about Clarke on here was completely OTT. He may well turn out to be a good player and play in the Prem (hopefully for us) and England but we need to keep our feet on the ground
posted on 24/4/19
They tried that at a club over the Pennines recently, and it didn't work out.
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Thought it worked out perfectly to be fair!
posted on 24/4/19
Agree that Leeds need to be planning ahead. It's a tough job to follow Bielsa. Very difficult for a new manager to impose himself and little desire from players to adopt a new style so quickly having found a lot more success with this one. Two things that the club needs to find:
1. A manager who has a big enough profile and character to command the respect of the players and owners. Bielsa has this, Monk did. Guys like TC and Heck just didn't, club and job was way too big for them.
2. Similar style of football. Not someone who will mimic Bielsa's style but focus on passing game and high press.
Watford would be a good team to look at - different manager almost every year or so, but continuity in results and tactics. Must be a reason and they are targeting the right guys.