Leeds United have improved significantly under the guidance of Marcelo Biela this season and head into Sunday’s stern test with Aston Villa sat top of the Championship table.
The Peacocks have won their last five matches to open up a six-point advantage over third-place West Brom in the standings, providing a solid platform to build upon during the remaining months of the campaign.
Having firmly established himself as a favourite at Elland Road, and with Leeds surging towards a return to the Premier League for the first time since their relegation in 2004, a lot of talk has orientated around the Yorkshire outfit.
An in-depth piece from The Daily Mail this week analysed the secrets behind Bielsa’s revolution at the club, revealing details like suspending the goal posts to help grass grow, personally phoning fans to politely decline dinner invitations and having no days off to kickstart the season.
That attracted a variety of responses on social media and we have gathered some of them below.
Previous years the mannequins would have won!
— lufcmat (@Mathew1982) December 20, 2018
That’s a top article. And makes me love Marcelo more
— Talking Shutt Podcast (@TalkingShutt) December 20, 2018
The more I read about MB methods the more he seems to have the same obsessive qualities that Revie and Wilkinson shared. We all know what they did for the club.
— MCC1 (@1amcc) December 20, 2018
In years to come,those lucky enough can tell their children, I lived in the time of Marcelo Bielsa.
— Michael Gledhill (@uki2484) December 19, 2018
He plays great football and the premier league would love his brand, he’s performed miracles with that squad he’s a breath of fresh air.
— Richard Atkinson (@acko42) December 20, 2018
Next article or follow up should be why he picked Leeds over other clubs, what did he see in Leeds? Was it the resolve of the fans that still attended in numbers both home and away despite having our club torn apart, was it our history? Or was it pure luck?
— Wayne Monaghan (@White_never_red) December 20, 2018
Whatever his obsessions are I don’t care he has turned this thing around and that’s all that matters
— Donny B (@Buckadero) December 20, 2018
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