Moving on from Marcelo: how Jesse Marsch got Leeds rocking again

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🗓️ 25 August 2022

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

Mark Chapman is joined by The Athletic's Leeds correspondent Phil Hay and tactics writer Ahmed Walid for an in-depth look at how Jesse Marsch's has put his stamp on things at Elland Road, and how that has helped the club and its fans to move on from the Marcelo Bielsa era. We look at his soft approach off the pitch, his aggressive tactics on the pitch, his renewed focus on set-pieces and the abandonment of the high-risk man-to-man system used by Bielsa. There's also a look at how the new signings like Brenden Aaronson and Tyler Adams are the perfect fits for Marsch's system and how he's reinvigorated the likes of the Premier League's leading goalscorer Rodrigo. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	The Athletic.
0:03.0	Jesse Marsh has got Ellen Road rocking again.
0:06.6	Our Leeds United over Bielsa.
0:09.1	I'm Mark Chapman.
0:10.0	Welcome to the athletic football part. I think that our way of playing dictated the match almost entirely,
0:21.0	limited them, created chances, made them make mistakes.
0:24.4	We wanted to make them uncomfortable.
0:25.9	We wanted to be aggressive but intelligent.
0:28.1	A key thing for Marsh is once they win the ball, he wants to have a shot within 10 seconds.
0:34.4	I think it does allow people to look forward and I have to be honest I think the club and
0:38.2	maybe without knowing at the fan base as well I've been I've been needing that for a while now. So we're three games into the season and
0:48.1	Leeds are third and unbeaten. They saw off Chelsea in thrilling fashion on Sunday and it felt like a big
0:54.5	moment for the club and perhaps more importantly it felt like a huge moment for
0:58.0	Jesse Marsh. So joining us now, a smiling Leeds correspondent.
1:08.0	Honestly you're making me laugh already because you just can't stop smiling, Phil High. We had so many months like this under Bielso, but it smiles every week and I think that was the thing about the sharp gear
1:14.4	change last season was nobody could quite adapt to the feeling of being so vulnerable and
1:19.7	so at risk but you're right I mean the the football was... Hang on, Phil, Phil,
1:24.0	I know, I know you're so keen to just absolutely just talk non-stop for 20 minutes about how great
1:29.8	leads are, but I just have to introduce our other guest on the pod which is Ahmed Waleed who is part of our growing army of tactic writers
1:37.0	Good luck getting a word in edgways with Phil Ahmed over the next half hour.
1:41.0	He should go first Ham really, shouldn't he?
1:43.8	Welcome to the part of Ahmed.
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