So, people who are clamouring for LVG I feel are looking through his time here with rose tinted specs. Or more likely, didn't actually watch all the games we played under him and only caught the big games on sky where we looked fantastic. As someone who streamed every game in his tenure I can attest that he played the most boring, ineffective brand of football that i've ever seen a Manchester United team play. It was so, so bad, that the majority of people couldn't wait for him to be shown the door.
Now, to contrast that. There may well be a reason why that was the case, and the interview certainly seems to point to the fact that he felt the players were of such a low quality that he had to resort to less attacking football. The same football he employed at AZ because both squads were so bad. I would agree with him 100%, and yes, if he had a better quality of team then I think we would have seen a much, much better Manchester United. In fact, some of the games we played against the top 4/6 we just blew them away at times and his record against those teams was fantastic. However, he couldn't alter his football to beat the lesser teams, and at the end of the day that's where you win the league.
Don't forget as well that his management of players and tactically analysis drowned players in information, not just here, but many of the Bayern Munich players and staff complained about his methods and we have had multiple quotes from the Bayern players/management that directly mirrored the absolute dross of sideways passing and no end product that was the culmination of his time here.