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I think people are so seriously overrating Bielsa. Apart from getting Leeds promoted (which in fairness isn't that great an achievment) - what has he done as a club manager ?
He was poor at Espanyol until he decided to leave to take over Argentina (after 9 matches)
He was poor at Bilbao - apart from a good run in Europe - but ended up in a conflict with the board and was not offered a new contract. In fairness the poor results was partially down to Martinez being sold and Llorente frozen out by the club. But it doesn't change the fact that the results were poor.
He did quite good at Marseille - but resigned after disagreement with the board
Took charge of Lazio and then resigned before a match had been played - because the board didnt get him the players he wanted
At Lille he basically kicked 13 experienced players out of the club to go with younger players - which in itself isn't necessarily wrong, but when you start the season with 6 points in 11 matches you are in trouble. Results actually improved quite a bit just before he got fired - but he picked up just 20 points in 19 matches.
He was poor at Espanyol until he decided to leave to take over Argentina (after 9 matches)
He was poor at Bilbao - apart from a good run in Europe - but ended up in a conflict with the board and was not offered a new contract. In fairness the poor results was partially down to Martinez being sold and Llorente frozen out by the club. But it doesn't change the fact that the results were poor.
He did quite good at Marseille - but resigned after disagreement with the board
Took charge of Lazio and then resigned before a match had been played - because the board didnt get him the players he wanted
At Lille he basically kicked 13 experienced players out of the club to go with younger players - which in itself isn't necessarily wrong, but when you start the season with 6 points in 11 matches you are in trouble. Results actually improved quite a bit just before he got fired - but he picked up just 20 points in 19 matches.