23 May 2022 21:33:19
Interesting take by Eddie Gray on Bielsa on talksport this morning, can be found on YouTube. Says it was Bielsa who didn't want to sign new players, not the board. If things weren't going well Bielsa didn't communicate with the players.
Take a look and see what you think.
23 May 2022 22:16:50
Saw that Bob although I don’t think Eddie said if things were not going well Bielsa didn’t communicate with players. He basically said he thought MB might be a shy character and never really communicated with the boys full stop.
God only knows if this part of his character played any part in our demise this season when we were in stuck?
23 May 2022 22:58:56
I also listened to the interview but It wasn’t a surprise, Bielsa was not the type of coach to be putting an arm around a player to help him when his confidence is low. Bielsa was like a professor, the tactician who dealt with what was happening on the pitch.
As for him not wanting players, he wanted only if they were better than what we had, we had this debate several times before. Radz owns the club, it’s his business if you like, he should have told Bielsa I’m buying this player and that player, work with them.
Recently, I think the players needed someone like Marsch, it was very evident the players were bereft of confidence and I guess he helped them enough to keep us up.
23 May 2022 23:48:16
Or should have found better players.
24 May 2022 06:51:23
Love Eddie. Full vindication of my stance and Baz's.
24 May 2022 07:20:10
Didn’t take long before the "I told you so" started.
Just fans opinions, it’s not a competition to see who is right or wrong.
24 May 2022 16:18:34
Give it a rest George. Seem to recall neither you nor Baz were the first on here to point to Bielsa being in large part responsible for the paucity of movement in the transfer market, or indeed any of the other issues referred to by Eddie Gray. To be honest, I don’t think many on here could really care less who was the first or loudest to say anything about the season just gone - as who said what and when on here is of little to no relevance to what actually matters, which is that we survived in the Prem, and that those at the Club whose words and actions actually matter learn from the mistakes made, ensure they are not repeated and that we are in the best possible shape to challenge next season.