Ole, Ole, Ole, Ole

How will the new manager set us up? Man to man
is more than likely dead. Read that Marsch plays
a similar style to MB. What will he do to try and stop
us bleeding goals? How will he view the squad?
Will he be as loyal to MB's core players over other
available options (Joffy etc)?

Does he have enough time to effect any change?
Has he stepped into something too big for him?
It was always going to be a nerve wracking end to
the end of the season with or without MB. Does
the new bloke have the stones to handle it?

op ouch my sides

mate if we can't afford to pay our for player why do think we should pay out for a named manager ffs

....players

comment by LIW Rad a %#@% and so is Orta (U8453)
posted 44 minutes ago
after the last three and half years, why would anyone like Rafa be even considered.

I dont want to go back to watching negative dross football
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thing is nothing will ever compare to Marcelo, attack attack attack has never been so prevalent

First, thank you Marcelo Bielsa: I am so sorry this decision has been taken.

Marsch's name came up a few weeks back, didn't it. It may be that he'd already been sounded out to take over during the summer, and all they've done is brought that decision forward as a drastic last gamble to avoid relegation.

But I'm struggling to figure out their reasoning. Like Bielsa, Marsch apparently likes "attacking football" and is "progressive" - but what's the point if it's the midfield and defence that are leaking goals? Not saying I'd want a coach that parks the bus (excuse me) - but surely any owner worried about relegation at this point would not be thinking about appointing a so-called "progressive"?

Does Marsch have either "the stones" or the experience to dig us out of this hole? Has he ever been in a relegation scrap? Indeed, why does he qualify as a candidate at all? His experience seems pretty limited.

Or have they accepted we're going down and will appoint Marsch to rebuild from scratch, just kicking that process off sooner rather than later?

Jaz, I read that the club had lined up Marsch for the summer, and yes, looks like they moved it up after we
shipped so many goals recently.

I think there's more to this than that. Burnley are doing a Burnley. Newcastle have already done enough to get them going and to safety. So now it's us snd Brentford.

I feel that the club wanted MB to save us. But, I wonder if the refusal to drop man marking, murder ball in the face of massive injuries, a refusal to change tactics or even modify them slightly, was the straw the broke the back.

Sad to see him go. However, to an extent you can see
that the club probably asked and asked MB to change and he decided no. Which led to the club saying ok,
we part company. Just wish MB had eased his principles to see if it would lead to results. Saying that
MB stuck to his principles. Nothing wrong with that.

Agree Batty that there are valid criticisms made about Bielsa's methods, and he didn't help matters by only ever agreeing one-year extensions.

But a decision to appoint the relatively inexperienced Marsch, coming at this point in our season, doesn't make much sense at all. I can't believe they'd appoint him just because he's American and speaks Red Bull.

Either way, what's done is done and there's no use crying about it now, however heavy my heart feels today. Got to get behind the new coach, whoever they might be, and believe we can change the record and avoid the drop.

Its the man for man that has cost us under Bielsa. Marsch likes a progressive attacking play, but grounds it in zonal marking, and a slightly more conservative basis for progressive attacks.

Someone who can get us out the championship

On paper Marsch sounds like a good replacement. Just hope he has the belief and self confidence enough to succeed