If you have more players for the same need, there are fewer minutes for the players.” “When you add players to have a bigger group it decreases the possibilities to come into the first team. We know Bielsa prefers to point to results rather than theories, which is why he’ll never be drawn into hypotheticals, so this was a practical demonstration of what he hopes his lean squad will do based on it doing exactly that. we don’t need to go through them all, although he pretty much went through them all. “Pascal has been the alternative when Firpo and Dallas have not been available at left back and in the last two games he has shown that he deserved that trust.” “I look over the decisions that I make,” said Bielsa, commencing a retrospective of this season’s injuries suffered and solutions found. The question was actually about whether Tyler Roberts might want to go on loan to further his hopes of getting to the World Cup with Wales, or might that leave Leeds’ small squad too small? The answer was 750 words long, starting with, “With respect to if we are missing players or if the squad is short or small…” which wasn’t really the question - although he’d been asked earlier if injuries were a reason for poor form - but certainly has been The Question lately. Maybe that needs capitalisation now: Squad Size. That was the press conference’s other major theme, and this felt like it was prepared in advance as well, from a summary of talking points Bielsa has been through several times before: squad size.
One player who wasn’t and isn’t injured was Crysencio Summerville, it just turns out Bielsa wanted Liam McCarron and Stuart McKinstry in the squad for Spurs instead. You can’t be absolutely precise and that’s why I always say it is subject to the evolution, depending on how it goes while they recover.”Īnd now I feel bad for turning all Bielsa’s mentions of injuries being ‘subject to the evolution’ into a drinking game last week. Koch had to go for surgery and the terms of his recovery are what were expected. That’s why his definitive recovery is extended. “Bamford has an injury in his ankle, it has been a serious injury and the evolution changes. The only two players that are are in the final period of their recovery are Koch and Bamford.”Ībout Pat and Robin’s injuries, Bielsa explained: Ayling is healthy, it’s likely that he will play with the under-23s on Monday as a further step to his total recovery. Yes sir, already told you in the first verse and in the chorus,īless the poor journo whose connection unZoomed, leaving him thinking only Raphinha was off the sick list at Leeds, when Bielsa had just been through it once, and as Andrés Clavijo’s eyes filled with fear, decided to give him one more chance: Here’s Marcelo Bielsa’s pre-Brighton press conference ( YouTube/ YEP), time for him to say everything very slowly, twice, either to make sure you’re getting it, or because he’s been listening to Yes Sir I Can Boogie on repeat:
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