He said something similar the week before too, although I can’t remember 
clearly enough to recall? But you’re right Simon, Bamford is articulate and 
considered, and is clearly not blind to the tactics!


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> On 7 Feb 2023, at 22:08, Simon McNally <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> He’s a smart bloke and knew exactly what he was doing.
> Plus he was right!
> It made me think that maybe they were going to sack Marsch - once you’ve lost 
> the senior players there’s no way back.
> 
> Sent from Outlook for iOS
> From: [email protected] <[email protected]>
> Sent: Tuesday, February 7, 2023 10:06:36 PM
> To: Simon McNally <[email protected]>
> Cc: Nicholas Armit <[email protected]>; leeds list <[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: [LU] Dont want to kick a man when he's down but this seems very 
> true
>  
> It was in Bamford’s post match interview - it wasn’t particularly 
> controversial, but is being hyped up by various ‘commentators’ - it was only 
> a couple of lines, although the implication was clear!
> 
> Sent from my iPad
> 
> On 7 Feb 2023, at 21:25, Simon McNally <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
>> On the bbc sport website I think. I saw it on Twitter.
>> 
>> Sent from Outlook for iOS
>> From: Nicholas Armit <[email protected]>
>> Sent: Tuesday, February 7, 2023 9:22:53 PM
>> To: Simon McNally <[email protected]>; [email protected] 
>> <[email protected]>
>> Cc: leeds list <[email protected]>
>> Subject: Re: [LU] Dont want to kick a man when he's down but this seems very 
>> true
>>  
>> Any links to these Bamford comments? I can't find them.
>> 
>> Nick
>> 
>> On Tuesday, February 7, 2023 at 08:51:21 AM EST, John Lee via Leedslist 
>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> I simply don’t understand why Marsch couldn’t see the all-too-obvious 
>> failings in his tactical approach - he’s either incredibly arrogant, and 
>> couldn’t possibly be wrong, or just plain dumb? The failings were there for 
>> all to see at the end of last season, so it’s not a new thing. I have to 
>> concede I feel very happy he’s gone. 
>> 
>> One reporter at the press conference asked about Bamfords comment (isolated, 
>> no runs from midfield, 2 defenders on him), he was just being honest and 
>> open. It would be interesting to know what player pressure fed into the 
>> board decision?
>> 
>> Just seen report on BBC Look North that while the club would like to have 
>> someone in place by Sunday, contractual discussions may mean that isn’t 
>> possible. 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> > On 7 Feb 2023, at 12:13, Simon McNally via Leedslist 
>> > <[email protected]> wrote:
>> > 
>> > As you say, shocking that he ever got near the job at Leeds given this 
>> > record.
>> > It’s everything we’ve seen at Leeds. Not able to break teams down, 
>> > everything rushed and narrow.
>> > They need to get it right this time.
>> > 
>> > Sent from Outlook for iOS<https://aka.ms/o0ukef>
>> > ________________________________
>> > From: Leedslist <[email protected]> on behalf of nattan--- via 
>> > Leedslist <[email protected]>
>> > Sent: Tuesday, February 7, 2023 12:08:56 PM
>> > To: leeds list <[email protected]>
>> > Subject: [LU] Dont want to kick a man when he's down but this seems very 
>> > true
>> > 
>> > Remember that Boro piece on Orta? Well, someone's just shared a piece on 
>> > Marsch from a USA forum entitled "Jesse Marsch might not be very good." 
>> > It's from a year ago, and it's terrifying. Won't share the whole thing 
>> > because it's badly written and rambling. But some bits are jaw-dropping 
>> > when you consider we'd tracked him for years and knew him better than he 
>> > knew himself.
>> > "At New York teams worked out that you set a low block and play over him. 
>> > The book on how to stop them was written, and things didn't go well. They 
>> > did inexplicably beat Toronto - the best MLS team of all time. More on 
>> > that later."
>> > "In his biggest game, NY go a goal down and the opposition set a low 
>> > block. Marsch can't adjust tactics. They do have 20 shots chasing the 
>> > game, all of them fail on some sort of mishit pass/shot because there's no 
>> > time. They press harder than they've ever pressed . They create chance 
>> > after chance after chance. Then in the second half after a slight change 
>> > from the opposition they create nothing."
>> > "In Salzburg, he took Haaland and an exciting team to an expected league 
>> > title (a very fortunate points deduction to their rivals helped). In the 
>> > CL they look good against Liverpool and not good against worse teams. Fans 
>> > complain that he's a mediocre coach who can't make adjustments."
>> > "Leipzig are unanimously expected to qualify for the champions league. 
>> > After 14 games they're 8th and have lost three in a row. Leipzig are 
>> > unable to deal with low blocks. They have a knack of looking good against 
>> > good sides, and not so good against less good sides."
>> > "Marsch tactics work very well when you have an opponent who like time on 
>> > the ball. You can press and disrupt. Bit if teams play on the counter or 
>> > hit long balls over the top, Marsch's teams all come up short. "
>> > "Marsch has coached at three teams. All of which reached unprecedented 
>> > heights in his absence."
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