Because the premier league was fergie's bread and butter and to be fair he did seem to be trying to evolve the team to cope with the evolution of the modern game but left the club before hand to finish the rebuild of the squad
He’s absolutely right. I think because of the success under Fergie we as a fan base have always underestimated the process of changing tactics because we were fail proof. Since he’s left we are the only team not to adapt to the more modern approach and it shows. Every single game.
I agree. Lvg was the right idea - a manager with clear philosophy- it's just a pale shadow of his best self and hence a failure at United. We sort-of needed a modern iteration of him and not a manager from the 90s. A better modern teacher coach who would bring in today's tactics was the need. But we need a WINNER and then someone who GETS THE CLUB.I know people hated his reign but I really felt like Van Gaal was building something that we could’ve capitalized on — not under Van Gaal himself, mind you, but if we were to appoint a good possession-based manager after him.
Seeing as we have not, it’s hard to argue with the premise of this thread. And I doubt that we’ll sign someone like Ten Hag after Ole
Van Gaal with this set of players might have been interesting.I know people hated his reign but I really felt like Van Gaal was building something that we could’ve capitalized on — not under Van Gaal himself, mind you, but if we were to appoint a good possession-based manager after him.
Seeing as we have not, it’s hard to argue with the premise of this thread. And I doubt that we’ll sign someone like Ten Hag after Ole
Guardiola’s Barca team really ushered in the new era. It didn’t change all at once. Other clubs have adapted since as more and more coaches found success with a style influenced in part by Guardiola.
I said it at the time, too. Pochettino was the perfect next step to make taking into account Pep was unobtainable. He would've modernised what van Gaal was trying to implement, but we threw his work out the window and started from scratch again. Just like we'll have to do after Ole.I know people hated his reign but I really felt like Van Gaal was building something that we could’ve capitalized on — not under Van Gaal himself, mind you, but if we were to appoint a good possession-based manager after him.
Seeing as we have not, it’s hard to argue with the premise of this thread. And I doubt that we’ll sign someone like Ten Hag after Ole
Take a look at the league back then. City and Chelsea were winning it despite being abysmal in the CL. The PL were slower to catch up to the new coaching trends in Europe but eventually, City, Chelsea and Liverpool caught up whereas we stagnated and could not implement a sustainable plan. People should really stop using the league as some sort of barometer for quality. Leicester won the league and Spurs came second for goodness sake. The only barometer for quality is playing well, being consistently competitive AND winning trophies. Admittedly the first two come hand in hand with the third but not always. Our performances post Ronaldo are a prime example of this.
