Crawley Town have 'something to admire' in their tactics, says Leeds United boss Marcelo Bielsa
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Preparing for the trip to The People's Pension Stadium on Sunday (1.30pm kick off, live on the BBC), Bielsa has watched and learned as much as he can about John Yems' side.
And he says he is treating the League Two side like any Premier League side.
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He said: ""It's exactly the same, we consider every opponent in the same way and the same as a Premier League team we have analysed this team in League Two.
"Nowadays all the games are available and we can watch all the games that Crawley have played this season so we take advantage of this opportunity to learn as much as possible.
"But knowing an opponent does not mean that you can control them or neutralise them. You can be dominated by a rival that you know by memory and can be superior to an opponent that you have never seen before.
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Hide Ad"But it's part of our job and we have time to get to know our following opponents."
And Bielsa revealed he admired the way Crawley players can change positions two or three times in a match.
He said: ""One of the things I didn't mention when I was asked about Crawley is that their change the positions of their players a lot during the games and for every player apart from the two centre backs the majority of the players pay two or three different positions and for me this is something to admire and something to praise for the public, for Crawley and for their manager."