Bielsa

comment by Gingernuts (U2992)
posted 1 hour, 40 minutes ago
Unless his “spy” turned up in a balaclava and a set of bolt cutters to break in then he’s doing what any decent manager should do.

Gain as much information about your opponents as you can to try and win.

Ffs Sun Tzu started that centuries ago.

Derby were thrashed. Anyone who puts their training sessions in the public eye in today’s modern game of multi millions of pounds stakes is an idiot. They deserved to be “spied” upon.
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Their training ground is fenced off and hidden from view.

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You notice nobody batted an eyelid at Wolves sending 11 guys to watch Man City train on Monday night

In my opinion it's underhand. But I think not as bad as some are making it out to be. Chelsea have someone in every training ground in Europe on loan just about.

comment by Hulk's little brother Yoda (U1250)
posted 39 minutes ago
comment by Gingernuts (U2992)
posted 1 hour, 40 minutes ago
Unless his “spy” turned up in a balaclava and a set of bolt cutters to break in then he’s doing what any decent manager should do.

Gain as much information about your opponents as you can to try and win.

Ffs Sun Tzu started that centuries ago.

Derby were thrashed. Anyone who puts their training sessions in the public eye in today’s modern game of multi millions of pounds stakes is an idiot. They deserved to be “spied” upon.
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Their training ground is fenced off and hidden from view.
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Then he wouldn’t have seen anything unless he broke in or hey, maybe he just wandered in.

If he broke in then I’m sure the law will have a say. If he wandered in then they can’t take their training session security very seriously. In which case tough. It’s a multi million pound sport ffs. Every point might mean a place up the table and the financial rewards that go with it. Amateur at best.

I sit in the directors box at our ground and at every game there’s scouts and managers and in among them will be at least one representative of the team we’ll be playing next. Sat taking notes and more than likely made very welcome by our club.

It’s part of the game and to jump on a soapbox over this Bielsa thing is palpably laughable.

comment by Miller (U9310)
posted 32 minutes ago
In my opinion it's underhand. But I think not as bad as some are making it out to be. Chelsea have someone in every training ground in Europe on loan just about.
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It's also on record that Chelsea did this under Mourinho. Whilst Lampard was there.

The spying gained us no advantage. We were physically better than them in every sense of the word. Quicker, sharper, fitter. Cant blame wire cutters on that one.

Just showed the whole league how to beat Derby cause Lampard p!ssed him off

comment by Hulk's little brother Yoda (U1250)
posted 14 hours, 18 minutes ago
comment by Gingernuts (U2992)
posted 1 hour, 40 minutes ago
Unless his “spy” turned up in a balaclava and a set of bolt cutters to break in then he’s doing what any decent manager should do.

Gain as much information about your opponents as you can to try and win.

Ffs Sun Tzu started that centuries ago.

Derby were thrashed. Anyone who puts their training sessions in the public eye in today’s modern game of multi millions of pounds stakes is an idiot. They deserved to be “spied” upon.
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Their training ground is fenced off and hidden from view.
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This is also untrue. Their training ground is adjacent to a footpath which runs alongside a semi-busy road. The fence in question is mesh and easily seen through. There was no trespassing, so it wasn't as of the man was trying to get into a fenced off area.

All this information fairly readily available.

Well then there's no law nor regulation broken. What's the facking fuzz.!