Box Office Bielsa @BoxOfficeBielsa

Oh my 🤍💛💙 Just need the great man to return one day to see this work and know how much he’s adored. A long-lasting legacy and, at last, a fitting tribute to a true club icon. 📸 @TLSalute1919 (Facebook)

I love Marcelo Bielsa. I always have and I always will.

Roberto Parrottino @rparrottino

3 weeks ago

Marcelo Bielsa: “Jugar cuatro tiempos en lugar de dos altera la concepción que culturalmente se había construido para interpretar el fútbol. No le agrega nada y le quita mucho. Cuando se dividió en cuatro no se pensó en el efecto que puede tener sobre lo que hizo que el fútbol

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"It adds nothing to the sport and takes away a lot. No thought was given to the effect that it could have on why people fall in love with football." Marcelo Bielsa on the hydration breaks at the World Cup and the splitting up of the game into four quarters.

Joe Cole: “Bielsa is a myth.” Pretty much everyone noteworthy in football: “The man is a legend.” I just use my own eyes and recall fondly the most amorous and romantic period in decades at Leeds. That’s OK Joe, I never rated you as a pundit anyway; this just cements that!

Bielsa on his photoshoot. 👇🏽😃 #LUFC

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In the summer of 2021 then-manager Marcelo Bielsa told then-owner Andrea Radrizzani that the #LUFC squad needed a significant overhaul. Radrizzani's response was to buy Jack Harrison (who had already been on loan at the club since 2018), Junior Firpo (to replace Ezgjan Alioski and Barry Douglas) and Dan James (to replace Pablo Hernandez and Helder Costa). And when it didn't work - as it obviously wouldn't, as Bielsa had told him it wouldn't - Radrizzani sacked Marcelo. And still - in an Italian newspaper today - instead of taking responsibility and admitting that Bielsa was right in the summer of 2021 and that he and Victor Orta were wrong - the former owner dabbles in magical thinking and found a way to call Leeds' fans sentimental. "I regretted (sacking him) because for Leeds fans, Bielsa was worth more than a place in the Premier League" - Andrea Radrizzani This is such an outstanding way for Radrizzani to imply that he made the correct decision - but he wishes he had made the wrong decision - because that's what the poor sentimental Leeds fans would have wanted. Besides being almost completely inaccurate, that is not a logical way to make decisions. (Some) Leeds fans do not hate Radrizzani because he sacked Bielsa, or because they would rather have Biela in League One than Jesse Marsch in the Premier League - the main gripes Leeds fans have with Radrizzani are: • A general lack of competence in his oversight of the club; • Taking credit for successes but not responsibility for failures; • A lack of self-awareness and respect for Leeds fans when speaking in public including a track-record of unhelpful (to the club) and unprofessional tweets; • And the times he used Leeds United & Elland Road for his own personal, selfish business endeavours. Like when he took Leeds on a post-season tour to Myanmar in 2018, shortly after a genocide there, and his company coincidentally launched services in the country. Or when he used Elland Road - the home of the club, the heart of Leeds' community which fans call 'church' - as a security for a bank loan to buy his next project - Sampdoria. Hiring Bielsa was the best thing Radrizzani did at Leeds United. Not listening to Marcelo, not backing him in the summer of 2021 - was the biggest business mistake Radrizzani has ever made and it ended up costing him hundreds of millions in lost value of the club. Before Bielsa, Radrizzani hired Thomas Christensen and Paul Heckingbottom - two managers that combined to take Leeds from 7th in the Championship under Gary Monk the season before, to 13th. And Leeds' scatter gun transfer policy included acquisitions like Laurens De Bock and Pawel Cibicki. After Bielsa, the competence left the building and a return to policies before Marcelo ensued. Radrizzani hired Jesse Marsch, Javi Gracia and Sam Allardyce who all combined to take Leeds from a 9th place finish in the Premier League, back to the Championship. If Radrizzani simply took responsibility for his errors, as much as his triumphs, and didn't patronise Leeds fans - he would be respected for taking the club much further than any previous owners since Caspian. But quotes like the one published in an Italian paper today, twist the narrative and in turn, cast more shade on his own legacy. It is often a measure of the affect that a custodian has on a club, by the contrast between the state it was when they took over, and the state it was when they left. Radrizzani undoubtedly pushed the club on from where it had been over the 'banter years' - buying Elland Road back, hiring Bielsa and returning the club to the Premier League. But before and after Marcelo - Radrizzani's flaws in oversight were exposed - the managerial appointments all failed and the failure rate of transfers was extremely high. And when Radrizzani sold the club, Leeds United was in chaos again - there was a loan exodus, players were refusing to play, Leeds had just been relegated, a lot of the squad were divided and far below the fitness levels under Bielsa, morale was through the floor; and the club needed to hire a fourth manager in less than a year. The summer of 2023 was a perfect storm - a few more bad decisions could have kept Leeds in the wilderness for more decades. Another poor appointment, more failed transfers - Leeds could easily have slipped down to the mid-table Championship team they had been for the five seasons before Gary Monk. And it is solely down to the 49ers and Daniel Farke - making outstanding decisions, uniting the club, getting comparatively incredible value in the transfer market, having an excellent strategy on and off the field and shrewd revenue management - that Leeds are not just back in the Premier League where they belong, but finally expanding Elland Road and in a position to push on towards a mid-table finish and establish the club in England's top-tier again. Sacking Bielsa wasn't the wrong thing to do because he was loved by Leeds fans. Not realising that Bielsa was the only competent voice in the building was Radrizzani's biggest error. And the sooner that Radrizzani can admit that, and not disrespect the intelligence of #LUFC fans, the sooner he can repair his legacy. Because the truth is that the Italian was a major part in the story of Leeds' rise back to the big time, and he should have an overall positive legacy. But comments like this are just not helping anyone.

Andrea Russo @AndRusso_14

3 weeks ago

Radz:<<That summer Marcelo said to me "the players aren't sustaining my stress anymore, either we change all of them or you change me". I sacked him in February and I have regretted it, because for Leeds fans Bielsa was worth more than a place in the Premier League>>. #LUFC

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This prick walked over the graves of Chris & Kev signing for that lot Hence why he’s never stepped foot back in Leeds Cunt

The Extreme Football Enthusiast @ExtremeFootbal4

a month ago

It's impossible to hate Harry Kewell.

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@lukeh180 @_WokeNonsenseFC We are always so proud of you @lukeh180 💛💙🤍

No nomination for this is fucking outrageous

Premier League @premierleague

a month ago

A seriously STACKED shortlist 😍 It’s time to vote for your Guinness Goal of the Season 🙌 preml.ge/gots26x

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So delighted for this man been an amazing servant to both Leeds and recently Boro. And fuck this horrible bastard, not smiling now are you. 💙💛 #lufc #boro

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Taylor Harwood-Bellis celebrated like this in front of Middlesbrough players not long after making fun of Luke Ayling's speech impediment, Southampton have now been kicked out of the play off final 7 days later... Karma is an incredible thing... 🤣

But but but but Leeds only got fined £200k!😭 - No rule against it at the time. - Public footpath, not private land. - Game in December, not play-offs.

Yesterday, Taylor Harwood-Bellis mocked Luke Ayling for his stammer. Here’s a video of Ayling discussing what it’s like to live with a stammer and his journey. Anyone who mocks him after watching a video like this should hang their head in shame.

It is being reported that Taylor Harwood-Bellis discriminated Luke Ayling tonight by making fun of his speech impediment. Such horrid behaviour if found to be true. Southampton really have done nothing but embarrass themselves over the last week. A long ban should be handed ou...

Leeds Fan Park for the FA Cup semi final. Honestly looks like Leeds fans are outnumbering Chelsea fans in their home city today...

King’s Cross. Leeds everywhere.

And what’s your feeling about #lufc who missed out on £200m and had to sell our best players because Leicester cheated their way to promotion at our expense? Hope they fold

Richard Keys @richardajkeys

3 months ago

What’s happened at Leicester is sad - and wrong. They’ve been relegated after a six-point deduction for financial irregularities whilst City are about to win another title with 135 charges unanswered 3 years later. How can this be?

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@LCFC @TDonaghy I predict a riot 💙🤍💛

Stunning business from us, he had potential to be world class but not been any good since his injury. Sadly 4 him he'll be back in the Championship next season while Marti's super blue n whites get promoted! #lcfc #lufc

Mike McGrath @mcgrathmike

11 months ago

Leicester have agreed a deal worth £10m with Leeds for James Justin. The England-capped full-back, 27, having medical at #LUFC ⚪⚪🔵🟡 more at @TeleFootball #LCFC

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@ChelseaFC Which united?? A few in the epl