Reading that, it doesn't take a genius to understand why we didn't appoint him. I'd imagine that Jenkins took one look at the guy and realised that this was no puppet who was going to dance to his tune. Far too strong a character and far too reminiscent of the problem that was Michael Laudrup, who had the actual effrontery to believe that he knew more about football than did Jenkins! But then don't we all!!
That was exactly the reason Ivor, I remember reading an interview Bielsa gave to one of his local rags, the big stumbling block being Jenkins' reluctance to giving him the total control he wanted over the squad, and I think that and only that was the reason he never came to the Liberty.
He's used the same starting XI so far, but you'd have to think with the physical demands of his system that he would look to rotate with such a quick turnaround. We'll see, but I'm expecting to see some rotation.
There should be rotation but I guess Potter is restricted by his own personal preferences and his lack of choice for various reasons. At the moment, our squad is a not very funny joke and how a complaint hasn't been lodged with the football authorities to look at our owners' credentials to be regarded as fit for purpose under FA rules, is beyond my comprehension. The Trust should be our mouthpiece but that is an impotent mess of an organisation and questions should be asked of them as to why they aren't pursuing more (any) vigorous action against the owners. Brown envelopes? The question has to be asked.
That's f****** funny. The new chairman is criticising himself for a lack of leadership and transparency when he was the old chairman.
I know what your saying Ivor, on paper the odds are stacked against us, but we more often than not raise to occasions like this. I don't think Leeds are going to take us lightly. I think we'll have a little more experience on the park tonight with Montero getting at least 45 mins.,I think we'll take this with the odd goal.
Actually, in his three past seasons with us his passing accuracy was 84%, 82% and 81%. Pretty good for a central midfielder. Especially when you know that he, unlike Ki, always tries to pass the ball forward.
It’s a Fer point...But is he any better on a dry pitch, CJ? Sorreeeeeeee, I couldn't resist it!
