He's correct about Mourinho, but the truth is that we are desperate, and I don't see that as a bad thing.
The problem with fans beeing desperate is that they will accept anything. But after a bit of progress and a few results, the desperation goes and the demands come, and they will not accept anything but the best and want the manager sacked. If the club comes in this cycle of desperation and demanding and keeps sacking managers, 7th will turn out to be a very good reflection of the state the club was in.
If the board had concerns about Van Gaal earlier on, there were 2 excellent managers, who do not come with baggage, that were available. They are going to Chelsea and Bayern Munich. Everything that caftards seem to hate about Van Gaal, is the also applicable to Jose.
And a lot they hated about Van Gaal, is also applicable to Pep, and even more.
I just do not get the love in for the guy. He is good at taking an established team to the next level, he is obviously not good at handling teams in a poor state, as no previous in building teams, he is also not the person who will bring entertaining football to United. Almost out of the frying pan into the fire.
And, he's probably over and done with. The magic has gone. This was a man who brought players a feeling of invincability, just trust him and he'll make you a winner. This, together with his mind games and putting pressure on referees and things like that, were a essential for his succes.
Now he has become his own charicature, and he has failed at two clubs and underperformed with excellent players. He will be looked at very differently by players when he's their new manager.
I think it would be piss poor to get rid of LVG, sure the football is not entertaining yet, but are they really going to sack a manager who has yet to be proven incapable of meeting the goals he was set.
I agree, but the issue is bigger than Van Gaal or not Van Gaal. The issue is that the club and therefore the fans, who are a big influence, should recognize the state the club was in and is in, and it's much worse than buying a couple of the best players the fans could think of and challinging for the CL again while taking the title for granted.
The fans behave like an ill patient who is getting out of bed to have a drink and celebrate he's cured because he's feeling a bit better. But with a condition as serious as it was, it will only make it worse. If Van Gaal isn't the right manager and another one is, he also will have to rebuild and have poor runs. With the fans acting like United is still among the best and demanding results and entertainment and the board listening to them, he will most likely fail to.