But, his style is the style we strive for anyways, so the point still stands.
Regarding Bielsa his style is basically the same as Pep so dont need to go into detail, press press press, high energy, quick turnover, overwhelm the opposition etc etc.
One of the big criticisms Bielsa has from his critics is "he hasnt won much, never managed a big club".
Partially true, despite the clear respect the footballing world have for him, Barcelona appointed two people who are confessed disciples of Bielsa after all, Pep and Martino.
Pep and another of Bielsa's students in Pochettino now in England, regarded as two of the very best, another of his students is in charge of Argentina, another is at Atletico Madrid etc.
Yet the master has never had one of those real big club roles, and consequently his trophy cupboard isnt as stacked as one may expect.
Personally the answer is clear, he is simply to unpredictable for the big boys, thats fair enough, and there is only so much he could do with the likes of Lille, Bilbao and Marseille, with the greatest will in the world they were never really in a position to trouble the big boys in there respective countries.
I digress.
So the reason Bielsa has never got the big jobs isnt a coaching thing for me, he clearly is a quality coach, 4th with Marseille was no disgrace, what he did at Bilbao was good, still regarded very well there.
His ideas clearly work, but like anything they are limited by the quality of the squad, in the end, no matter the class of the coach they will be a limit to what they can achieve.
Pep couldnt dominate French football with Marseille, nor Spanish with Bilbao, so cant mark Bielsa down for that.
This is turning into a bit of a ramble, so shall try and get to the point.
The style Bielsa teaches is basically what Pep used at Barcelona, Manchester City and Bayern. Its basically what Pochettino uses at Spurs, its the same as Diego Simeone at Atletico Madrid.
Now im not sure if these two men are self confessed disciples of Bielsa but Antonio Conte has apparently attended lectures or whatever you want to call them to see Bielsa speak, Jurgen Klopp and his pressing style to, very similar to Bielsa.
But here comes the point.
Bayern Munich, Tottenham, Manchester City, Barcelona, Atletico Madrid, Chelsea, Juventus, Liverpool.
Those teams all have one thing in common.
Big money and deep squads.
The style Bielsa teaches works, look at the clubs who use it, but it comes at a price, Bielsa's teams traditionally burn out, the style is so hard, so exhausting, if you havent got a big squad who can interchange easily then it doesnt work for long.
Thats why he hasnt got the accolades his ability probably deserves, he has never been at a club who can give him that sort of depth.
Am i rambling, or does this make sense to someone?
I worry that his style cant work without the depth and quality that the elite squads have that the rest of us dont. Hence why Bielsa's teams burn out, like they couldnt provide those squads, i doubt we can to?
