Fans of Leeds United have been reacting to a post on Twitter, which relayed the post-match comments of Leeds manager Marcelo Bielsa in reaction to the club’s defeat to Leicester City on Monday evening.
Following the match, which saw Leicester convincingly beat Leeds 4-1 at Elland Road thanks to two goals from Youri Tielemans and one each from Harvey Barnes and Jamie Vardy, Bielsa stated his belief that ‘the result was fair’, and that although he felt his side dominated for large spells of the game, they ‘didn’t manage to create enough danger’.
So, what did these Leeds United fans have to say in reaction to Marcelo Bielsa’s analysis of the game?
Premier league clubs now know how to handle Leeds with the kind of game we play week in week out. How now Bielsa? Running out of ideas? #lufc
— ??? ? (@gorikain_) November 3, 2020
excuse after excuse. home form needs to improve drastically or we are in trouble this season
— george (@georgeIufc) November 3, 2020
Whilst I find Basil Fawlty speaking time Manuel like he’s a an idiot quite funny, speaking that way to the translator is an embarrassment. https://t.co/mUo7OZIpfG
— Jonty (@JontySolomons) November 3, 2020
Agree. Teams are starting to look at Leeds as an easy 3 points, ER should be a tough place to play, not a playground for the opposition
— Jack Woodhouse (@Jack_Woodsy) November 3, 2020
While these Leeds fans appear to be frustrated with the defeat against Leicester, it could be argued that some of their worries regarding the general performance of the team this season may be a little premature, as considering this is the club’s first Premier League season for 16 years, they have already earned some impressive results, including a 1-1 draw with Manchester City, and victories against Fulham, Aston Villa and Sheffield United.
Do you still have faith in Marcelo Bielsa?
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Taking this argument further, Leeds have only lost league games to Liverpool, who are the reigning Premier League champions, Wolverhampton Wanderers, who finished seventh in the league last season as well as reaching the quarter-finals of the Europa League, and now Leicester, who finished fifth last term.
However, this does not seem to have stopped Leeds fans in their criticism, with many more taking to Twitter to vent their anger at the result and Bielsa.
Don’t care get sacked
— Dave ? (@DAVIDLUFC_) November 3, 2020
My one criticism of bielsa he never changes tactics it was obvious they would defend deep and hit us with pace on the counter attack lots of teams will try that against us this season
— ian burns (@ianpburns1) November 3, 2020
Expect every team to water the pitch four times and sit back to hit us on the counter from now on.
— The Mystic Fuffoon ??? (@fuffoon) November 3, 2020
All in all, it would seem that some of these Leeds fans are not happy with their club’s performance against Leicester or their performances at home in general so far this season, as well as Bielsa’s apparent lack of flexibility in his tactical approach to matches.