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Velotrax wrote: Sun Apr 25, 2021 6:24 pm :rol: :rol: :rol:
His long legs are everywhere but his control is brilliant :lol:
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Back to his best v Spurs today

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89 mins played
81% pass accuracy
59 touches
38 succ. passes (joint-first) :gold:
19 succ. final third passes (second) :silver:
10 ball recoveries (joint-first) :gold:
5 duels won
3 shots
2/2 succ. take-ons
2 tackles won
2 chances created

Vintage Klich performance today. :strong:
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Played well, could have done with that performance against Brighton
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YorkshireSquare wrote: Sat May 08, 2021 7:23 pm Played well, could have done with that performance against Brighton
Still coming back .... There's a lot more to come for me. No way should he be allowed to leave
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faaip wrote: Sat May 08, 2021 7:48 pm Still coming back .... There's a lot more to come for me. No way should he be allowed to leave

Definitely. Think we both feel he played well in the early part of the season, had an awful lot of wort today but eventually not missing again for two and a bit seasons caught up with him. Covid seemed to have had an impact on him too but today he looked sharp.
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YorkshireSquare wrote: Sat May 08, 2021 7:23 pm Played well, could have done with that performance against Brighton
Think everyone just had an off day v Brighton. Right from the start we were on it today putting passes together. Must have put more consecutive passes together in the first minute or two than we managed against Brighton.
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He was very good today, but the truth is he had been abysmal for the last 6 months. Hopefully he can remain at this level and it not be a one off.
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SG90 wrote: Sat May 08, 2021 8:34 pm He was very good today, but the truth is he had been abysmal for the last 6 months. Hopefully he can remain at this level and it not be a one off.
Very good start of season
Injured
Covid
Couldn't get back in the team due to both the above
Regular playing time will see him back to his best

Is the truth... This is the guy that controlled the game v Liverpool first game out and lead our MOTM standings until his hip gave out
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Delighted to see Klich back close to his best yesterday. We’ve missed him and in truth I thought he was gone, certainly for this season at least.

One thing that is still missing, and probably not surprisingly, is confidence. He missed some passing opportunities that he would have taken instinctively all along for us. As good as he was yesterday, he was hesitant at times and that cost us (relatively speaking) on a couple of breaks.

It would have been fantastic if his shot from the right had gone in. It’s a very difficult one to execute and he was unlucky. It’s the kind of thing that would certainly have helped to build confidence.

He needs a summer off. I hope he isn’t called up for Poland for the Euro’s.
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From the Athletic.

Mateusz Klich performance at Euro 2020 is testament to how Bielsa has transformed his career

Football is all about turning points, some that can go for you and others against. It cannot be overstated how the arrival of Marcelo Bielsa at Leeds in the summer of 2018 has been to the benefit of so many.

Kalvin Phillips, or the Yorkshire Pirlo as he has become fondly known, has gone from Championship midfielder to man of the match in England’s opening Euro 2020 game against Croatia.

Watch Phillips and the influence of Bielsa is obvious, even if he is playing a different role under Southgate.

For Leeds he is a deep playmaker, for England a box-to-box runner. The ability, however, is consistent.

On the ball, he possesses plenty of quality, as demonstrated with his assist for Raheem Sterling in that game; and off it, the work ethic which has been the hallmark of the manager’s reign has been present. After the group stage, Phillips ranks third in pressures (93) made among all players at the tournament — a key feature of Bielsa’s system.

But that is not the end of Bielsa’s legacy at the international competition.

Slide your eyes slightly down the list of pressures and there sits Phillips’ club colleague Mateusz Klich; the Poland international managed 79.

It was an unhappy, and early end to the tournament for Klich and Poland. They were beaten 3-2 by Sweden in their final game ending their hopes of progressing into the last 16 despite two-goal Robert Lewandowski’s best efforts to turn the game around.

But the fact the 31-year-old started all three group games is a testament to how his career has turned around since Bielsa’s arrival. The player he inherited had not been a part of the international scene for just under four years, his last appearance coming against Gibraltar in September 2014.



When the Argentinian arrived, Klich was at a crossroads.

Leaving Polish side Cracovia in 2011 for Germany’s Wolfsburg began a period of Klich’s career where he struggled to settle. There were stints at Dutch side PEC Zwolle on loan before joining them permanently. Wolfsburg exercised a buy-back clause they had inserted into the sale, but after six months, he was sold to fellow German side Kaiserslautern before returning to the Netherlands with Twente 18 months later.

Leeds’ sporting director Victor Orta had been tracking the player and he was keen to bring him to Elland Road. A fee of around £1.5 million was agreed in the summer of 2017 but the theme of Klich’s career to that point continued.

A poor boot selection (blades instead of studs) in a Championship game against Cardiff City cost him massively.

There had been a handful of starts in the cup competition, but this was his first in the league. He slipped, lost possession and it led directly to a goal for the opposition in a 3-1 defeat.

At that moment, Klich’s career at Leeds hit an early roadblock. Dialogue with then-manager Thomas Christiansen dried up and he featured just once more after that. The Pole was low in the pecking order with Phillips, Eunan O’Kane and Ronaldo Viera ahead of him.

A loan move to Dutch side Utrecht seemed the best resolution in the January transfer window, and he went, but Klich did not say his goodbyes. He had unfinished business at Leeds and he told chief executive Angus Kinnear just that.

Paul Heckingbottom, who took over when Christiansen left the club a couple of weeks later, enquired about recalling him but that proved impossible.

Klich returned that summer but completing the promise he had made himself was going to be a challenge even with a new manager. Heckingbottom had moved on too, and Bielsa was in charge.

During that first off-season, the Argentinian split his players into three groups: Those he wanted to use, those he was unsure about and those who could leave. Klich found himself in the latter group.

But now we circle back to a phrase used earlier. Twists of fate can change everything.

Initially, Bielsa had explored the idea of turning Klich into a central defender and he featured briefly there in that first pre-season. Then Viera was sold to Sampdoria and Adam Forshaw suffered an injury. Bielsa had few other options to turn to – he needed Klich.

That was that.

Klich has been an almost ever-present since. His blistering start to that 2018-19 season, where he scored three goals in his first five Championship games, saw him recalled to the Poland squad by then-coach Jerzy Brzeczek. He started the first game of that international break against Italy and has featured consistently ever since, even if there have been question marks about his inclusion along the way.

Klich has always had a fast brain, important for Bielsa’s system, which demands concentration and awareness from the first second of a game to the last. Couple that with his tremendous stamina and work ethic, allowing him to press relentlessly, and you have a player the Leeds head coach cannot be without.

His physical size stands out — a very different look to the small, slim frame he had as a youngster, which initially counted against him. He was never overawed though, always confident in his ability.

Klich also stays relatively injury-free and suspension-free. The importance of reliability and availability can be understated.

This is not just a player who gets by on being an athlete; there is quality too. He goes about his work with a minimum of fuss, under the radar at times but crucial to Leeds’ attacking patterns on the ball, passing quickly and contributing to chance creation.

While Bielsa’s description of Klich being good enough to play “in all the best teams in the world” may seem a bit far-fetched, it is the kind of lavish praise that rarely comes from the Leeds boss.

Not many players make 92 consecutive Championship and play-offs appearances for their club. Klich did.

Klich’s final appearance of this past season came in the third-last game, a 4-0 victory over Burnley. He scored a superb, curling strike just before half-time, with Bielsa then confirming that he would be allowed an extended rest period to prepare for the Euros.

Make no mistake though, he will be straight back in the Leeds starting XI when the games begin again with that mouthwatering trip to Manchester United on August 14
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"Football is about the people and the players,” he said. “Then there are those who will mingle in the middle: the coaches, executives and journalists. That last group represents the worst part about football" Marcelo Bielsa
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Didn't Klich come off early in one game too? He's key to the way we play for me and he has a couple of good years left.

Edit, he played an hour less than Kalvin

Kalvin one pressure every 2.9 minutes
Klich one pressure every 2.6 minutes

Klich would be on 102 pressures had he had the same game time


Very impressive from both and Kalvin is for me the single reason this defence hasn't conceded...
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Klich is back!

Mateusz Klich vs. Everton:

87.5% pass accuracy
60 mins played
39 touches
28/32 successful passes
21 opposition half passes
17/18 final third passes :gold:
3 chances created - First place medal :gold:
3 shots
3 ball recoveries
1 tackle won
1 goal ⚽

Klich now has 10 PL goals and assists combined. :clap:
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This has been mentioned before.

So last season rumours were rife that Klich was exhausted and would look to leave in the summer.

He wasn't unhappy at Leeds he just was exhausted, he had nothing left to give (should be remembered that Klich has other interests, he isn't a football fanatic so to him it's a job and nothing more so he wouldn't have the fanatical drive other players may have).

Then in the summer he himself confirmed part of it, he had been suffering with niggling injuries and was for lack of a better word absolutely knackered, this came from his own mouth.

Some people who are itk say that Klich did indeed ask to leave and the club refused, Bielsa didnt want to lose him etc etc.

Now we don't know if this is true, what we do know is the man was exhausted end of last season and hasn't looked anywhere near his best consistently for a long time.

I am inclined to believe this story, what do we think?
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Ineffective to say the least this season, if he wanted out for his wellbeing it should have been sanctioned
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Klich got so much abuse he actually deleted his twitter account :(

Awful.

He didn't deserve that.

We have some right twats in our fanbase.

Bet nobody gave Raph any abuse for his challenge.
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That's not nice at all for klich , no need for it. Yes we're all annoyed but it was a very soft penalty therefore klich is a victim of very poor and overly influenced officials. He's done brilliantly for us since MB came in but he's done in and time has caught up with him.

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He did very well for the build up play for our second goal
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Cjay wrote: Wed Dec 08, 2021 2:44 pm This has been mentioned before.

So last season rumours were rife that Klich was exhausted and would look to leave in the summer.

He wasn't unhappy at Leeds he just was exhausted, he had nothing left to give (should be remembered that Klich has other interests, he isn't a football fanatic so to him it's a job and nothing more so he wouldn't have the fanatical drive other players may have).

Then in the summer he himself confirmed part of it, he had been suffering with niggling injuries and was for lack of a better word absolutely knackered, this came from his own mouth.

Some people who are itk say that Klich did indeed ask to leave and the club refused, Bielsa didnt want to lose him etc etc.

Now we don't know if this is true, what we do know is the man was exhausted end of last season and hasn't looked anywhere near his best consistently for a long time.

I am inclined to believe this story, what do we think?
Yep, it was obvious that Bielsa and the club were too sentimental to let him go. Hence why the only midfielders in the world who were available were Conor Gallagher and Lewis O'Brien, since the club didn't want better than Klich.
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Cjay wrote: Sun Dec 12, 2021 1:22 pm Klich got so much abuse he actually deleted his twitter account :(

Awful.

He didn't deserve that.

We have some right twats in our fanbase.

Bet nobody gave Raph any abuse for his challenge.
Raph’s penalty blunder was just as needless as the one Klich gave away.
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Emotions are running high, especially when we were less than 2 minutes from a hard earned point, stupid by klich, equally stupid by rapha, equally stupid by meslier/dallas, but we weren't 2 minutes from the end then.
3 very costly mistakes against the current european champions, Klich is a big boy, he'll get over it, then again, I say a big boy, why is he on social media !!!
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