At the time I'd have much preferred to be relegated and keep Marcelo. At the time tbh I think marcelo was a huge symbol of the club...well more a sense of togetherness and unity and something to look forward to. He got us through the lockdown. But now...when the emotions are cooled...I'm glad we are in the prem.
@@bluecheese20401 Couldn't agree more mate. Once the rose tinted glasses fell at the end of the season, I couldn't be more relieved that we are still in this division. With that being said however, it is Marcelo who brought us here, and we will be forever grateful of that fact I'm sure.
You've misquoted him there. He said dying with Bielsa or dying with someone else. You're making it sound like he suggested anyone else could keep them up but Bielsa was certain to take them down.
Ultimately he made the right call. Bielsa’s downfall came down to a few factors in my estimation. First the injuries to key players combined with his extreme reluctance to add depth in the transfer window meant he was without crucial players needed to carry out his game plan. At the same time the novelty of his tactics had worn off and teams had found ways to neutralize them. Bielsa seemingly has one way of doing things. When it works, it works spectacularly but when it doesn’t he doesn’t seem to have a plan B
That was a beautiful interview. I think, without question, Marcello Bielsa is the kind of manager that anyone from any club, fan, supporter of football or owner and of course National Team aficionados would pay money, watch on TV or get excited about. The guy is a visionary a true legend of the game still.
@@heisenberg3131 regardless of tactics, he made each player see their potential. He made a Championship side competitive at the top level because he always saw potential, in everyone and in everything. He raised Bamford, Philips and Raphina to be their best - all 3 becoming international players. He will always be remembered here in Leeds and he deserves all the respect in the world. He gave a city hope.
@@heisenberg3131 Fair point. His tactics were simple because it gave every player the opportunity to prove themselves and play for each other as a cohesive team. When it worked and everyone was at their best, it was beautiful football. Bielsa Ball. When we were dogged by injury with such a small team, his options were limited. I know what you're saying, and probably do agree with you in the sense of 'a certain level', but fundamentally he's inspired Pep and Pochettino to be two of the greatest managers in the modern game and has made so many players see their value and worth. The love and knowledge he brings to the game is so rarely seen and it's fair to say Radz was a brave man making this decision and we have to trust his instinct. It seems tight to suggest Bielsa is a one trick pony, when you see everything else he brings to game. (maybe that's all I needed to say, rather than this long reply!)
@@heisenberg3131 He won leagues with non-big Argentinian clubs, one of them named their stadium after him. It's disrespectful to call him a one trick pony, given his credentials and influence on world class players and managers. Do some basic research before sharing ignorant opinions, mate.
@@heisenberg3131 He won a trophy 3 yeats ago with Leeds, your memory is selective. If he was a one trick pony, how come the championship managers couldn't figure how to beat Leeds over the second season? Those managers and players know about football more than me and you. Let's trust Guardiola on this one, buddy. Bielsa is a legend.
@@heisenberg3131 His last trophy was winning the championship. 3rd on the first season, champions at the second try. I agree, he is closer to retirement now. He was touted to return to Bilbao recently.. although they are not a top Euro team, they are a great fit for a gaffer like him.
Ultimately he's judged by results and we survived so history will say it was the right call. Whilst for many Bielsa's legend will be the journey and return to the Premiership, for me it is about Bielsa as a man for his ability to develop players and his demeanour at all times, the epitome of respect and consideration. I hope Jesse can take the team forward again with the new signings!
@@TheHarlemShow01 The same. Leeds got relegated so he must be a bad owner! Horrible short-sighted logic. The PL is arguably the most competitive league in the world. Big clubs got relegated this year. He is passionate and honest. That is good enough for me. Nobody bats 100.
@jackturner4917 this guy trying to use the ground as collateral really bad pick on managers charging us 1.7 mill a year for ground rent the list goes on before I even mention relegation you do realise he makes the decisions you say his honest lol someone else looking very short sighted
Patrick bamford, phillips, cooper , dallas , many of the star players were injured during bielsa reign eventually the team did not perform as much . But leeds would be still in EPL if Bielsa was still there
Refreshingly honest from Radrizzani in this interview, my respect for him has gone up a notch after this. Naming the training ground after Bielsa is a great idea and very fitting given his legacy with the club, players and fans
Probably not a popular reply but at the end of the day Bielsa only got us promoted, like several managers in the past have done. Thorpe Arch should have been named after Wilko years ago...
Comedy moments listening back to this. 4 mins in he said 'he felt for the fans' yet sacked Bielsa anyhow despite 85% support. Says the players couldn't achieve what Bielsa wanted them to. Hmm, that's because mentally they were EFL players cos you hadn't given him a new midfield since Bielsa arrived at the club, despite him leading the club to a 9th place finish. Rodrigo could not play in mf, Phillips was injured, Dallas was a converted winger, Forshaw's career was over and Klich had lost the legs . . . what were your expectations Radz? Miracles. This interview really sums up how out of touch you were with the situation.
on point m8, bielsa asked for those specific names: de paul, javi galan n nahitan nandez. Maybe De Paul i can understand cos he went to atletico but the others i dont buy it. What I see is that the 49ers wanted to make leeds to be a training club for the US national team for next worldcup there. with their biggest stars n under an american manager to attract the growing american audience n failed miserably.
We became so easy to play against. Everyone knew how to play against us. Bielsa did not want to change. That was the problem. Bielsa was prepared to die by the sword and sadly would of taken us with him. We shall see how we go with Jesse.
@@Micfri300 it's hard to say if that's true but results and performances were similar in his second season at Bilbao, however Bilbao played in a weaker league so were able to get away with it more. Now we come to ur comment on Marseille we will never know really as he only had 1 year there.
@@marcosrattenbury6944 la liga at that time was the best league in the world so don't give me that bullshit. Sevilla were winning europa leagues and real madrid atletico and barca were always in last 4. Bilbao literally destroyed Manchester united in the europa league..
@@shishirpokhrel3191 seeing premier league teams lose in european competitions to mid table teams from other leagues i find hilarious because the excuses they come out with are mind-blowing
Just wanted to add, if you have a subscription to The Athletic then have a read through Phil's article covering this interview. There's more questions covered that didn't get released with the videos. Also have a listen to the Square Ball podcast interview with Angus.
Agreed, that seemed to be his summer project every season while everyone was away. I'm pretty sure the improvements made were also promised every season when he signed his contract.
@@rwalton159 that got cancelled as the club wants to expand capacity and they can't afford to do both at the same time. The expansion of the stadium would also mean that a different project that was planned for Fullerton has had to be cancelled. They will now be moving to the old Matthew Murray site where the training ground was going to be.
You guys say he’s a great owner but realistically he didn’t strengthen the squad for bielsa and his idea’s and tried to cover it up by sacking bielsa, don’t get fooled.
Whoever the manager was would have found it hard that season, so many top players long term injuries and a very small inexperienced squad,too much when you are in the premier League.
He clearly has great respect for Bielsa ...I'd have hated to be in his shoes to do that but I wonder if Bielsa understood how hard it was for him to release him? It's obvious in this interview
To anyone who thinks Radz didn't understand Bielsa or that Bielsa should have stayed just look at the players morale now compared to just before Bielsa was sacked. We still love him but that speaks for itself
@@bielsaball8443 Harrison? Rapha and Kalvin aren't part of Leeds... And Klich is just upset he's not gonna get as much game time - understandable but the squad needed upgrading
Radrizanni knows nothing about football that was probably our best performance of the season, we completely out played Villa just Coutinho scored some worldies. Gerrard even admitted he was outplayed.
To fullfill their potential individually and as a team, young players need a coach who teaches and guides them, inspires them and motivates them constructively. Coaches like Bielsa (disciplinarian non-communicators) cannot understand how important it is to address the emotions of young men of the 21st century. A modern coach needs to build confidence and create a healthy atmosphere in order for players to believe in themselves and one another in order to make a maximum effort to WIN. Of course talent is very important, but teams of slightly lesser talent who believe they can win are much more likely to win against teams slightly more talented. I don't believe the teams that easily defeated Leeds last season will find it so easy this season. I believe the future for Leeds is a bright one.
what about the key players injured and no replacements?? Rad, is easy to talk about tactics and systems with out any of the two friends interviewing you questioning your knowledge and not asking you the right questions or putting ypu in place about how much you know about tactics and why they failed
Sad, sad, sad....Bielsa is a hero forever, but those results and the overall performances, something needed to change. Marsch is young and hungry...he wants attractive, high tempo football. Yeah, we will concede but we will score as well. I respect his vision, he won some fans by keeping us up, won more by the performance of his signings in pre-season....just got to get the rest of us Jesse, get on it !
Very difficult- but made the right decision as steward of the club.. Bielsa did a beautiful thing and then- it was time to pass the baton with his legacy of a PL Leeds intact. No shame in that- in fact- the exact opposite. Now to honor that accomplishment- sink the clubs roots in the league and march on- upward- together!
Brilliant interview and Radz really has done wonders for the club. Made difficulty decisions, taken risks, put his money where his mouth is and has been honest to the fan base. He deserves respect and congratulations.
I needed them to ask what is the transfer policy under Biesla? Why did we not further our squad the second summer was it cause of him? If we would of got Aaronson and added depth you never know if Rapha and Kalvin would of extended their contracts. The squad needed a refresher under him.
No one would hear about Leeds without Bielsa. U where still a forgotten club in championship mid table place with boring football ..U blamed him but U gave him funny players worth nothing!!! And most of them where injured. No one could be better..U forgot he puts us in 9 th place with magic football..
Intriguing interview obviously was a difficult decision to sack Bielsa but I agree with Radz we were far to easy to play against and Marcelo didn't back down from his way of thinking when we were conceding 4,5,6 and 7! but always thankful to Bielsa for his time there despite how it ended.
Should have backed him, not sacked him. This man made one good decision, bringing Bielsa in amd that's it. Treated a man of honour with total disrespect and trusted Orta over Bielsa.
It’s never easy moving on from someone that has made such an impact on your history. But at times it takes great strength to move on for the good of the majority. We have to remember that Leeds were only saved by the skin of their teeth on the last day of the league so the right decision was taken at the right time in retrospect. Marching on together!
It's madness how people can even question should radz have sacked bielsa? Of course he should have and in fact he should have done it a month earlier.bielsa is more of a coach than a manager,he's also a 3 year coach at tops.his style depends on 100% intensity with a very small squad but once the intensity drops there is cracks all over bielsa style .you cannot keep conceding 3 goals and expect go score 4.....without a striker!! He was just too stubborn and refused to change.jesse marsch conceded only half the goals in same amount of games and got 1.25 points a game compared to bielsas 0.88 and that's with bielsas own team.my loyalty will always be with my club( its a shame becaus2 marsch deserves more respect) not with a manager who ends up doing a bad job. Chris wilder got Sheffield promotion and top half of table prem first season so is he a world class manager? He did well for a while but then deserved go get sack same as bielsa. Onwards and upwards now.
He speaks complete and utter common sense and echoes my thoughts exactly back in February. The bottom line under bielsa is that we had to work so hard for our goals but didn't make the opponent work hard for theirs. As much as I loved bielsa.... There is no future in that.
I don't even think radz is the main problem, Orta was given way too much control and weaselled himself into Andrea's good graces so he was reluctant to sack his mate. Imagine where we'd have been if they'd given marcelo 100m in the 2nd season to spend rather then buying dan james and hoping for the best 🤦♂️
Mr president, can tell us about your choice of J. Marsch? An unknown, law rate and unsuccessful American. Were you dictated by 49ers to have?. He has only coached teams owned by them. Isn't that a big risk taking?
the problem with bielsa tactic and mindset,its doesnt work on longterm, like mourinho is shorterm project, when it doesnt work for him its absolute dreadfull,he was taking Lille down (nearly same team that won the league season after ) ,he was taking leeds down,
He speaks like a manager more than a owner of the club. Like the details of every match, tactics that was not working. Rarely u find a owner with that much football knowledge. I bet the american owners wouldnt have a clue about the game all they would know is their team lost, won or drew
remember the days when we went from one nutjob owner to the next ... then we got rads and everyone was oh shit not another italian madman ... then he went about changing everything about the club the culture .. the fans ..got the club back on a sound financial footing ... and hired bielsa .. like what the hell ... last season a lot of ppl say well we had half a team injured ... they got injured because he overtrained the shit out of them which makes them more suseptable to picking up injures ... and he never had a plan B ...and he insisted on a comically small squad ... you cant play in the PL with a squad that small ..tbh rads sacked him off at the right time and jesse pulled off mission impossible
wow thats quite shocking to me that he started to think about replacing God after a game where the opposition found 3 goals from 4 shots on target and we ended up 3-3... damn
The truth is that the club had discussions with Marsch already in December, or even earlier. Plus the fact that nothing was spent on new players despite so many injuries. Sooner or later MB would have to move on, but the way it was handled was not correct.
He always had a year contract. They had to speak to other managers so as to be prepared in case he didnt renew his contract. Its called covering your back! Makes good business sense. Bielsa just left a few months earlier than planned. Nothing sinister here!
Overall respect to Radrizzani. It feels weird to me that he said Bielsa didn’t expect to get sacked…I feel like it’s bad leadership to fire somebody with absolutely no warning. But, the results show he made the right decision. So again, respect to him
Marcelo was a championship mastermind. His methods worked until the premiership adapted to them. He refused to then continue to reform or adjust. He became bigger than the club and that ended him.
Pity he didn’t back bielsa properly now seems like he’s not willing to spend any of his own money on a striker and left back that we need all the transfers this summer have been funded by the sales of raphina and Philips
What a load of Shite!! Bielsa was backed to the hilt! He would have walked long before if he wasnt! He did done that at all other clubs. Just spent 100 million
We had 6 main targets and got 5, and he has said , although nothing else is planned ,( apart from the keeper.), they are still watching to see who else they could go for.
I think in hindsight, Marcello was saved from himself. He will be forever revered and respected by the genuine Leeds fans, if he had been allowed to carry on.....well it might not have been so.
@@vanlandings7466 Bribed his ways to steal state assets while their people starves. Funded corrupted politicians to power and build palace for Putin. Buy a bankrupt Chelsea club to divert attention from Russians oligarchs and himself the money laundering schemes. Murdered his business rivals and partners. He was Putin' s liasion in London. The club is his life insurance policy.
I see very few people whinge about Radz tbf, there are polls done about how fans feel about their owners, Leeds are always fairly near the top of those. But yes, those that do complain clearly don't remember the last 20 years under the previous two...
Every club has a whiny minority, social media sometimes makes it seem like there's more of them at our club than anywhere else but read other clubs' Tw*tter feeds and you'll find it's all too common.
It's been well documented that the reason we had no players is due to Marcelos high requirements. The players he did want weren't available for the money Leeds were prepared to pay in January and the ones Radz and Orta were after he wasn't interested in. Example: Brendan Aaronsson was sought after in January by Leeds and turned down in that window. No doubt Bielsa got a lot out of an average Championship side, but if we stayed with him Bielsa would have taken us down. How many times were we 3-0 down within 30 mins? It was embarrassing, totally demoralising and there was no sign of change in methods of practicality. The players were completely drained and the injury list was evidence of that. The one on one defending was abysmal from day one and never changed. Finally, even Bielsa has admitted publicly that his methods cannot work with the same group of players after 3-4 years - you either change the manager or get a completely fresh group - there was no chance of the latter, financially impossible, so he had to leave. It was the correct call, even if it was the most painful one. Bielsa fanatics need to get real with the realities of modern day football. Leeds would be in the Championship if it weren't for Radz' cool head and decision making with the sacking.
Yes it was really embarassing at times. To many times. If he could just adapt to the teams we were up against we Would never need to sack him and we Would not have needed to fight to Stay up last season. Now I cant wait for the Southampton game. That has to be another 3 pointer, and I see Aaronsen, Rodrigo and Bamford All scoring This time. Aaronsen is a real good gem we have gotten.
Can you provide me a link for the " well documented" Marcelo refusal . Radz is no different to any other chairman we have had .He just a better looking cleverer version of Ken Bates.He took us up to Prem on chicken feed , all the while gorging on sky cash It showed last January when. He was happy to gamble our survival once it meant he wasn't spending his own cash . All summer now even , zero net spend ,the man is coining it on the back of his ownership , you would swear he's a charity case
@@chrisChris6969 Angus Kinnear has spoken about it at length. Even when we first signed Marcelo there was some worry that his demands (as seen from his time at previous clubs) might not be met at Leeds. You need only look. It was written about everywhere. You say chicken feed. How much did Helder Costa cost? £16m. Bamford? £7m. Douglas? £3m. Kalvin Phillips new deal (thus avoiding a £20m+ from Aston Villa - hardly keeping the purse strings closed is it?). The wage bill under Radz doubled whilst we were in the championship resulting in him pumping £1m a MONTH into the club to cover it. Move to the premier league he spends a net spend over £100m. He bought the club from Cellino for £45m and it now has a market value of over £200m, that is a five times increase. You don't get that if you are constantly pocketing the money. If you consider all that chicken feed, then there's no point continuing this conversation. This year we all knew KP and Raphinha were going to leave. It was either get the money now or let them go for less in a year or even a free. There is no evidence of pocketing the money in any way that makes it look like he's taking the club for a ride - especially when you look at the hundreds of millions the stadium redevelopment is going to take - bet you didn't think of that, did you? Take off your anti-Radz glasses and think practically. I'm not for one second saying he's perfect - the badge redesign was aweful. But he's done something Ken Bates, Cellino, GFH.. all couldn't do, get us to the Prem with a good brand of football and, as i said above, his decision to sack Bielsa, PROVED to be the correct one. Or would you rather we get ol' Batesy back?
@@reddeadbret4218 so that will be a no then on factual links Boris also said there was no parties at no 10 ,. Guess what ??? You are also incorrect on your value , at the Lisbon web conference a few months ago ,he stated in interview the club is now worth probably 400 million . Also you seem to forget the 37 million " stationery " costs he trousered soon after buying the club . 1million £ a month !!!! I am sick to the back teeth of that 1 . How much did he get from the covid state fund to keep the business going ????? A lot of cash . The man is creaming it ,be under no illusion . Also we were 1 game away from the drop last season , 1 He ridiculously came out with his Adam Forshaw comment ,rather than buy a player or 3 in the Jan window . You also negated to mention the cash he received for getting into the PL , why is that ? Because it doesn't suit your Andrea Nightingale narrative . I have no problem with the man making shit loads of cash , but what I do have an issue with is apologists like you portraying him as some other worldly saint . He's MADE +WILL CONTINUE TO MAKE MILLIONS, from his initial relatively small investment. It's the name of the game
I watch every leeds game nd I'll u what?? D reason why leeds weren't doing well was coz of too many injuries nd injuries paid d price not to mention due to injuries bielsa changed many positions making players playing on their wrong positions nd yah again he brought about 6 young players from D youth team,... Still won't know if with leeds bielsa would have survived
