Irrespective of how things went here, the guy is a top class player and shows it more often than not.
He is absolutely top class and was categorised as a Galactico signing when he arrived at OT.
Shame (for us) it didn't work out for him.
I remember in one of his first games for us, he was running the show in attack. Creating/scoring goals. I remember when he was playing for us in his first few games, people commented that they couldn't believe that such a good player plays for us.
It all changed after that Leicester game.
Even in the LCFC game, which we lost, we still scored 3 goals in the first 60 minutes! That's how attacking we were under LVG. << surely LVG and attacking is an oxymoron
After that defeat, LVG went ultra defensive and no longer gave our attackers free reign and our target was to win matches 1-0 or settle for a 0-0 draw.
I do wonder what would've happened had LVG ignored the LCFC game (put it down as a one-off anomaly) and continued to play attacking football. LVG could've turned us into an ultra attacking machine. We'd have lost matches, but the thrashings that we would have dished out would've been something to remember.
Some say that he lacked backbone. I don't believe this. I think he does work hard and is prepared to put in graft. One of his last games for us was the Arsenal FA Cup game, when he got sent off. That match, he was running everywhere and desperately wanted to put in a match winning performance, even though we were 1-0 down. Someone with no backbone won't do that.