I don't think his ego could pass up the opportunity to show everyone just how clever he is. Wagging his finger and pointing to statistics, giving us all a lesson on possession football. Too vain to realize how foolish he made himself look. It's the most energy I've seen him display during his time at the club, even during matches.
Louis Van Gaal - Press Conference vs Burnley - Feb 10th
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik @Rood and Imran @Annihilate Now! start with the good news by celebrating Manchester United Women's emphatic FA Cup win over Spurs at Wembley and the future of manager Marc Skinner.
Then it's the bad news and the ever worsening form of our Men with losses to Arsenal and Palace.
Finally the main debate - ETH Out now or keep him until the end of the season - if not longer. Are you Team Nik or Team Imran?
The only cringeworthy aspect is everyone acting drama queens about LVG being the man we all knew he was going into this job. He has always been an eccentric professorial type that is more than a bit pedantic. He was always going to call out Big Sam for being wrong, because he cannot resist being himself. I've been expecting him to lecture journalists all season. Remember this staged bit of LVG as a caricature of himself?
I thought it was quite funny.
We're going to score from a Fellaini knock down tonight, aren't we?
Big Sam specifically referring to 'foreign' coaches. I really hate that. Screw Big Sam. When he made his comment about 'long ball' United, it didn't sound light-hearted to me. He was just being a twat.
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As much as I hate Big Sam, his comments were spot on regarding the long ball, we've all seen it with our eyes and there are some stats to back it up. LVG's reaction to it is just weird. Not shocking but simply weird to me.
Of course he was. He is a twat. A twat with a massive chip on his shoulder. Van Gaal shouldn't have given him the pleasure of a response, obviously but Allardyce was blatantly having a go. Nothing light-hearted about it.
Did you not read the transcript? Van Gaal admitted we played it long when Fellaini came on but his issue was that this wasn't the pattern of the overall game (or United in general this season). Which it wasn't.
Yes. I really think his version of possession football is the most boring around. He doesn't want his team to play pressing high up the pitch, so the players in the final third can't take too many risks or else the defense will be exposed all the time. It's what annoyed me the most during his time at Bayern. Our players ran significantly less than the opponent in every single game and our whole defense was built around keeping the ball between the centerbacks and the defensive midfielders. We never relied as much on individual brilliance to score the first goal as we did during his spell at Bayern. Only then, when the opponent was forced to chase the ball in our half, the space opens up to play the style of football he talks about in his philosophy. I can't count the number of times where he defended the boring shit the team played by ranting at the press conference that we have to be patient and tire out the opponent. It drove me nuts.
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I read the transcripit, I took Sam's comments as to what they were, an analysis of Utd's match against his team.
Well then you would see that they were wrong, surely?
He's not responding to big Sam, he's responding to the press hysteria about his comments. The point big Sam was making was that LVG had to resort to 'long' balls with Fellaini as the creative elements had been nullified by his 'superb' midfield and strategy. Sam was complimenting himself but the press have dived on it. To get something out of a match, teams, whoever they are, sometimes have to be physical and basic. So what's the problem? We've seen some bizarre things over the years - Schmeiks coming up for corners, etc. and we've just laughed at all that.
It's a press thing, that's all and LVG was giving stats to the press, not big Sam.
It's a press thing, that's all and LVG was giving stats to the press, not big Sam.
Won't somebody think of the narrative.
He was taking the piss a little while telling a form of truth about how we played is how I actually saw it.
This post worries me more than any other post that has been made in regards to LVG
His reaction at the press conference was bizarre and embarrassing, not becoming of a Manchester United Manager. He is slowly losing that aura and while the team continues to play boring, risk averse football he will become more and more of a target for the press. I was genuinely hoping that he would be the one but I am now convinced he is not.
If you want to be really depressed about our prospects under Van Gaal @Balu's your man!
Big Sam said "it was long ball United in the end". Which it was, for the last 20 mins. He never said we were launching the ball forward all game. The journos just sensationalised his comments. I posted Big Sam's interview on another page.
But you had said he laid the foundations for the current Bayern team.
And Ferguson did behave in a manner befitting of a Manchester United manager?
Ferguson behaved in deplorable ways many times as Manchester United manager, lets not pretend that he didn't.
Van Gaal was taking the mic, entertaining a little bit as he likes to at his press conferences. It is hardly swearing at interviewers, banning journalists on whims or cancelling player loans to avenge his son.
I might put him on ignore
You could easily interpret that as "long ball United got the breakthrough in the end" as in we pummelled them with long balls for 90 minutes before nicking a late goal. Which is how Van Gaal (and the journos) interpreted it.
If mourinho had done sthing like that people would say he's protecting his players and stuff..
When you see people write the 'embarassing' word then its time to panic.
When you see people write the 'embarassing' word then its time to panic.
Waits for someone to bite...
What?
I thought your comment was tounge and cheek and you really didn't mean that really, but maybe I was wrong...
It worked against us in that 2010 CL game. I thought that we would destroy you after the first 20 mins, alas, Van Gaal's plan worked.
Watching us this season takes me back to that game.
Well yeah, he did. Which is why I wouldn't be too concerned about the boring style and all his antics. It comes with the package, doesn't mean he isn't the right choice for the transition at the moment.
Whatever mourinho does or says nowadays its always to protect his players and move the attention from the team according to many here.
What plan? We had them by their balls until the red card to Rafa.
Not really,olic's goal before HT was crucial together with red card.
Maybe, though I think he even mentioned Fellaini. Guess you could interpret that either way too though.
He well could be the right man, but he still has to get us Top 4 and who are we transistioning to. We know that LvG is short term, so I wonder who he will hand his work over to? Not Giggs I hope.
That's why I said this summer that Woodward should search and find LVG successor immediately.
I agree, not that LvG loses his job, but for once they plan ahead properly and have his successor ready for a couple of years down the line.
Epic, if I could I'd give this a like. I genuinely can picture Brenton saying that.
You're not wrong there. I hadnt seen it and got a right going over in the pub after my 5 a side last night!Sounds like rafa's "fachts" rant
Opposition fans are gonna lap this up aren't they?
Having watched it since it isnt as bad as they were making out (a Poo fan, a Saint, a Gooner and a Hammer!), but he's walking a fine line with antics like that.
"Big Sam" must be pissing his smug self today. Sigh
I'm sure many didn't say that when he poked someones eyes out... well at least I hope they didn't.
Mou is an egotistical nutter just like many great managers, you really need to be tbh to control all the big egos in a successful team
So is lvg. When Mou was spouting shit about a war against chelsea people were still on about him protecting the players instead of saying he spouts absolute bollocks. now lvg had a little rant people are making a far bigger deal out if it than it really is.