{"id":512953,"date":"2025-10-19T22:52:13","date_gmt":"2025-10-19T22:52:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/512953\/"},"modified":"2025-10-19T22:52:13","modified_gmt":"2025-10-19T22:52:13","slug":"stuart-dallas-has-spotted-leeds-united-doing-something-marcelo-bielsa-would-never-allow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/512953\/","title":{"rendered":"Stuart Dallas has spotted Leeds United doing something Marcelo Bielsa would never allow"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Leeds United legend Stuart Dallas has noticed the club adopting a tactic that he believes former boss Marcelo Bielsa would never have allowed during his time at the club. <\/strong><\/p>\n

Marcelo Bielsa<\/a> was known for his uncompromising approach during his time at Leeds, as the Whites attempted to play with a swashbuckling attacking verve. <\/p>\n

Although Bielsa\u2019s style was thrilling, it also left Leeds vulnerable, and Bielsa eventually departed as Leeds battled against relegation from the Premier League<\/a> in the 2021\/22 season. <\/p>\n

Daniel Farke has been forced to adopt a more direct style in the top flight, with Leeds using Dominic Calvert-Lewin as their main target man and captain Ethan Ampadu being used to launch long throws<\/a> when the opportunity presents itself. <\/p>\n

According to Stuart Dallas<\/a>, who was a mainstay of the Bielsa side, the Argentinian would never have sanctioned the use of long throws during his time at the club. <\/p>\n

\"MarcelPhoto by Alex Dodd \u2013 CameraSport via Getty ImagesStuart Dallas says Marcelo Bielsa would not use long throws<\/p>\n

Speaking to LUTV\u2019s Matchday Live ahead of the game against Burnley, Dallas was asked about Leeds\u2019 decision to use long throws as part of their attacking set-up. <\/p>\n

According to Dallas, Leeds practised retaining possession from throw-ins several times a week under Bielsa as part of his desire to keep the ball at all costs. <\/p>\n

Asked whether Bielsa would have considered using long throws, Dallas responded: \u201cDefinitely not, no.\u00a0 I think we\u2019ve seen different managers with different approaches.\u00a0 I think we had Raphinha taking long throws at one point as well.\u00a0 <\/p>\n

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\u201cBut under Marcelo, for sure, it was different.\u00a0 We worked very, very hard on throw-ins because, effectively, it is possession, isn\u2019t it?\u00a0 If you can keep the ball, you have a better chance of scoring.\u00a0 I think the stats say that if you give it away from a throw-in, you\u2019re more likely to concede because you\u2019re open.\u00a0 <\/p>\n

\u201cWe worked really hard on it then.\u00a0 As I was saying before, we\u2019d done it maybe twice a week, different combinations, different movements, just to try and retain the ball and maybe get out the other side.\u00a0 <\/p>\n

\u201cObviously, the long throw is coming back into it now for whatever reason.\u00a0 But yeah, I think it\u2019s easy to get caught up in trying to play and you\u2019ve got to realise what your strong points are and obviously long throws are part of that.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"StuartPhoto by Ed Sykes\/Getty ImagesSet pieces remain crucial to Leeds United\u2019s attack<\/p>\n

Although Bielsa would not have encouraged Leeds to launch the ball into their opponents\u2019 box, set pieces remain a significant weapon in Farke\u2019s arsenal. <\/p>\n

According to Opta<\/a>, 42.86% of Leeds\u2019 goals this season have come from free kicks, which is the fourth-highest percentage in the Premier League. <\/p>\n

By scoring three goals from set pieces in their opening eight games, Leeds also rank joint-fourth overall for the most goals from set pieces in the competition. <\/p>\n

Bielsa may not approve of the tactic, but sometimes pragmatism has to trump idealism. With Leeds struggling in front of goal<\/a> and fighting for their lives in the top flight, Daniel Farke<\/a> is willing to score by any means necessary. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Leeds United legend Stuart Dallas has noticed the club adopting a tactic that he believes former boss Marcelo…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":512954,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8814],"tags":[748,1385,393,4884,1860,23345,57084,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-512953","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-leeds","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-daniel-farke","10":"tag-england","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-leeds","13":"tag-marcelo-bielsa","14":"tag-stuart-dallas","15":"tag-uk","16":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115403289706605695","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/512953","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=512953"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/512953\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/512954"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=512953"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=512953"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=512953"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}