Bielsa - Adjustments to language,connecting with Fans & living Up North ?
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Language is seen as a barrier by some and to a degree it will be unless he recruits coaches to breach that issue for sure.
English is incredibly easy to pick up whilst on the job rather than in a classroom,so it'll be interesting to see how his confidence grows giving weekly media pressers.
Think in all honesty he'll find ER slightly down tempo crowd wise in noise & connection to what he's been used to.Heading into Marseille from the north on A5 or the N8 is an experience on match days as they hang dummies from ropes off the flyovers to taunt visiting fans,graffiti covered walls with guns & knives prominent everywhere in artwork and visiting the cities cathedral on a Sunday before the match there are some real 'gangster characters' in their praying for a result.
As for adjusting to actually living in/around Leeds I really hope his family adjust so he can focus on the players.........
It would appear Guardiola adjusted to northern life whilst Mourinho has not - which the PL table shows,IMO.
Personally, I do hope he comes across as more of a guiding,no nonsense father figure rather than the attributes that have been foisted upon us of late with Coaches coming across as 'big bruvva' types.
Finally, he'll need time to impose his methods and for most on 'ere we want to see committed players from the off as minimum including me - so can Bielsa fix us ?
Hopefully he can.
MOT