Rio Ferdinand comments on Leeds United boss Marcelo Bielsa

Former Leeds United defender turned in style soccer pundit, Rio Ferdinand, has hailed Marcelo Bielsa as an ‘unbelievable’ coach.

Leeds misplaced 6-2 in opposition to their bitter rivals Manchester United on Sunday, and Ferdinand has claimed that he didn’t anticipate such a scoreline.

He has prompt that Bielsa gained’t change his philosophy, however on the similar time has expressed his shock on the nature of Leeds’ defeat at Old Trafford.

Leeds got here to Outdated Trafford on the again of a 5-2 victory in opposition to Newcastle United, after which acquired a style of their very own medication on Sunday.

Their expansive type of soccer could have performed into the palms of United, which raises eyebrows about how Leeds strategy issues below the Argentine boss.

In actual fact, a number of pundits have mentioned and at occasions criticised how Leeds approached the sport, and Ferdinand additionally feels that the Whites ought to have a plan B in place.

“Bielsa, who’s talked about as an unbelievable coach. I went and watched him coach his crew and I used to be blown away, to be trustworthy with you,” said Ferdinand on his Youtube channel. 

“He’s bought sure beliefs that he lives by and he’ll dwell and die by. He ain’t going to vary for no-one. You’ve got to respect that. Sure, you want a plan b. I do at all times say that I do at all times like to see a plan b, at occasions.

“However when you will have a system that you understand works for you. You’re used to it. You’ve got it right down to a tee and you’re feeling if we get it proper then we must always beat a variety of teams.”

Because of the defeat, Leeds have now misplaced 3 times of their final 4 video games.

Whereas Leeds are an entertaining facet to observe, what is admittedly irritating is that they’re conceding objectives very simply. In actual fact, they’re repeatedly conceding objectives from set-pieces, and are hardly studying from their errors.

Nevertheless, that’s how they play. It has introduced them to the Premier League, they usually gained’t change their type. The Whites will face Burnley subsequent on the Boxing day, they usually can find yourself ripping the Clarets aside.

Roy Keane has made a point that the key thing for Leeds this season is survival, they usually’ve carried out sufficient to make sure that they’d not get relegated on the finish of the season.