How about this for a hypothetical conundrum, pick one…
A. Ole remains in charge for 5 more years and cannot be sacked before then.
B. Mourinho returns for 4 years and cannot be sacked until the 4 seasons are up.
C. LvG returns for 3 seasons and can’t be sacked before the 3 seasons are done.
D. Moyes returns for 2 seasons and cannot be sacked until the contract is up.
Which do you pick, and why?
LVG, easily. Even with Smalling and Blind in defence, and a midfield that is not much better than what we have now, we controlled games, did well against the big teams, and actually played like a big team ourselves trying to take initiative and battle for possession and control.
He lacked players like Bruno, Sancho, and Pogba who can actually create chances so we ended up low scoring and lacking in cutting edge. We were counting on an aging Rooney and aging RVP, past it Falcao, and Di Maria who was really not interested all that much past the initial period. Mata and Martial took more of the creative burden but one is not very consistent and Mata’s best is behind him.
LVG is the best head coach we’ve had post-SAF, we just needed to have the right structure around him when it comes to transfers. We now do have that.