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If the Championship was a sprint, Leeds would have won hands down with Bielsa. Alas, its a marathon.
With Bielsa, one thing stood out. Injuries, lots of it.
Is it his training methods?
Is it the training ground?
The training ground at Leeds are notorious for causing injuries, even before Bielsa arrived.
Ground conditions are risk factor in sports injuries with return of energy from impact to surface that are too hard.
That's one area Leeds need to look at closely at the close of the season.
Bielsa likes to operate with a small squad that plays high pressure, high intensity football.
To succeed, it needs a combination of factors to work in its favor.
Players have to be young, with supreme level of fitness and are masters of the passing game.
However young players of caliber don't come cheap.
Leeds simply can't afford it.
It also effectively ruled out experienced players over 30s.
Bielsa might have taken the Championship by storm initially, but his opposite numbers got him mapped up quickly.
Leeds simply do not have enough operators to orchestrate the passing game that Bielsa demands.
Bielsa would have been a perfect national coach as he has the talents of an entire nation at his disposal but at club level resoures are limited.
That probably explains why he has not won anything at the clubs he managed.
With Bielsa, one thing stood out. Injuries, lots of it.
Is it his training methods?
Is it the training ground?
The training ground at Leeds are notorious for causing injuries, even before Bielsa arrived.
Ground conditions are risk factor in sports injuries with return of energy from impact to surface that are too hard.
That's one area Leeds need to look at closely at the close of the season.
Bielsa likes to operate with a small squad that plays high pressure, high intensity football.
To succeed, it needs a combination of factors to work in its favor.
Players have to be young, with supreme level of fitness and are masters of the passing game.
However young players of caliber don't come cheap.
Leeds simply can't afford it.
It also effectively ruled out experienced players over 30s.
Bielsa might have taken the Championship by storm initially, but his opposite numbers got him mapped up quickly.
Leeds simply do not have enough operators to orchestrate the passing game that Bielsa demands.
Bielsa would have been a perfect national coach as he has the talents of an entire nation at his disposal but at club level resoures are limited.
That probably explains why he has not won anything at the clubs he managed.
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