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I would like to discuss a myth that with Bielsa "you never know" or "he is unpredictable".
Contrary to what many say, I believe that Bielsa is the most predictable manager on the planet. Both in football and character.
I would like to discuss a myth that with Bielsa "you never know" or "he is unpredictable".
Contrary to what many say, I believe that Bielsa is the most predictable manager on the planet. Both in football and character.
As for football, he has no secrets. We all know how their teams play. Before his debut against Stoke City, those of us who knew him, knew what was going to happen.
He tells you everything at every press conference, without hiding anything. He tells the 11 starters 2 days before.
He tells you everything at every press conference, without hiding anything. He tells the 11 starters 2 days before.
His character, is also totally predictable. Bielsa never resigned for reasons impossible to anticipate. On the contrary, every time he has left a place, he has left due to problems with the directors.
And not because he is crazy, because those directors have lied to him, promised things they did not fulfill, or meddling in places that did not correspond to them. Unpredictable were the directors of Lazio, who lied to him. Not him who left because they lied to him.
Making these videos with English subtitles, I have found interviews from 1997, where he says exactly the same words as in 2020. How can someone like that can be unpredictable?
I am unpredictable, I contradict myself 4 times a day. But he does not contradict himself in 25 years.
I am unpredictable, I contradict myself 4 times a day. But he does not contradict himself in 25 years.
For me unpredictable are those players who kiss the badge of the shirt, but if a better offer arrives they leave. Unpredictable are those managers who resign, and a week later they had already arranged with a new club.
We all know that if Messi wants Bielsa for Barcelona, he will say no and he will stay in Leeds.
With which other manager (or player) would we have the certainty that he would stay in Leeds and reject Barcelona? Only with him. So where is the unpredictable about him?
With which other manager (or player) would we have the certainty that he would stay in Leeds and reject Barcelona? Only with him. So where is the unpredictable about him?
