Amen to this
It's fair to say we deployed the long ball tactics from the off against Cambridge at home.
It worked on this occasion though. Most important thing about his philosophy is probably getting results and entertainment is of a lower priority. Last summer it worked for the Netherlands as well. This wasn't a performance we haven't seen under Ferguson away from home, difference in the end will be how successful van Gaal will be to excuse it.
Both. I am not even defending him, just saying that this sort of football is nothing new and that van Gaal has always been like this with the media. For the most part, I don't care what managers say and I always thought it was a bit weird to ridicule Benitez, since he wasn't unsuccessful. The grass is always greener and so on, people on here have been coming out with stuff like Moyes' football is preferable to van Gaal's, but last year around this time we were losing and had lost more games than we have under van Gaal. We were also incapable of pulling off a comeback, we basically knew when the opposition was leading there was little chance we'd get back into the game or get a result. I know what I prefer.
I liked that he called him Big SamPlus, we're actually not getting good results at all.
Perhaps we should so you could have even more episodes on Rage Cafe.
That's just a straw man. You know well that results are everything in this game. His priority is CL football this season, then finish off his squad in the summer and - hopefully - combine results with the swagger expected at United in his second and subsequent years in charge. For someone who is so mellow and philosophical about everything I find your impatience with the new manager very out of character
That's just a straw man. You know well that results are everything in this game. His priority is CL football this season, then finish off his squad in the summer and - hopefully - combine results with the swagger expected at United in his second and subsequent years in charge. For someone who is so mellow and philosophical about everything I find your impatience with the new manager very out of character
True.He's a far less likable person, which doesn't help.
He's getting more to me more than Moyes ever did. That's actually the weird part.
Sounds like something an Arsenal fan would say. So you rather would have seen entertaining football than the late equaliser?
Arsenal had 55 points with 24 games played last season, this season they have 42. Liverpool had 47 to this season's 39. City had 53 to 49. Everton have 27 compared to last season's 45. The league is becoming more balanced. We don't have Sir Alex Ferguson anymore, we've lost 4 games so far compared to 8 games around this time last year, it isn't satisfying, it was always going to be scrappy. It really sounds like people expected things to just go on like they did following Ferguson's retirement.
It makes no difference really, and this isn't the reason why I'm doubting the Van Gaal way. There is enough of a concern in what's happening on the pitch to make me wary.
We're Manchester United and having assembled some of the best players in the world we can and should expect both entertainment and results on a more consistent basis.
It's a weird thing for a manager to do. I find it odd that he cares what Allerdyce has to say bit find it more odd that an educated man with his experience believes he can hide behind "facts" and stats when the world can see that the football is dire. It seems desperate.
I hope she is sacked for that! Stupid thing to do in front of the cameras.
His handing out fact sheets is anything but calm. His record speaks for itself and he shouldn't be biting to these kind of comments.
These things still didn't happen instantly even under Sir Alex Ferguson. I'm hoping for no less than what you wrote, but from what I've seen this season one thing seems to back, which is the never-say-die attitude.
We really don't have an idea for her facial expression. It could have been something someone had said whilst giving out paperwork.
I don't see it that way. I see it as the team being reactive.
Nice
It looked very much like she was embarrassed to be sitting beside him. No matter what way you look at it the face she pulled makes LVG come out of this looking even worse.
Others have said she will be sacked. It's very amateur to be pulling faces like that. Her job isn't to react to what the manager says. Is she the same one who called Giggs "David" last season? Obviously not very good at her job.
No doubt. Still an improvement to last season.
We have assembled better players than last season.
Ok, makes sense.
Totally agree with that. The issue for me is that the best way to win games is to play good football. We've had luck this season and won games this year that we has no right to win.
It's obvious some fans think it is by their replies. Still think it's just totally embarrassed our club but not as much as he has embarrassed Himself although he probably doesn't realise that. Imagine the amount of hate moyes would get if he did that last season.
Well he is Dutch.
Huh?
