Beware Of 'Wounded' Bielsa's Boys

There is nothing more dangerous than a limping Gordon Greenidge, a cricket commentator once said as the legendary West Indies opening batsman took to the crease at the beginning of an over, despite clearly showing signs of being 'wounded'. Of course Greenidge proceeded to absolutely destroy the opposition (England of course), who were left wondering how bad it would have been if he had been fit!

So when the Leeds United manager Marco Bielsa mentions via his interpreter that his team is 'wounded', alarm bells should ring for David Moyes ahead of the FA Cup and Premier League double header against the Yorkshire club. Bielsa cited the fact that between seven and nine players were going to be unavailable for the fixtures, leaving him with a 'patched up and wounded' team.

Don't believe a word of it, Leeds always have a constant stream of youth players on tap, an absolute necessity given Bielsa's famous 'murder ball' training methods that sees many players injured due to the 'rigorous' deployment of his tactics.

Having been 'bounced' out of the Moose Cup by Tottingham after having defeated BOTH of the Manchester clubs, it would be rather nice to go on a decent FA Cup run, but make no mistake, despite his comments to the contrary, David Moyes IS aiming for a Champions League slot.

As Moyes confirmed yesterday, Hammers are under new guidance when it comes to publicly conducting its business, preferring instead to let results do the club's talking. - LN