big rons sovereign
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That's up there with Joe kinnears "you're a cnut"
That's up there with Joe kinnears "you're a cnut"
I appreciate that the 'noise an F1 car makes' in Dutch is exactly what I'd have thought it would be.
He’s probably the clearest thinker we have had post Fergie. Didn’t work but was clear in his vision.
Bland as his style was, you could identify LVG's Manchester United straight away. I honestly couldn't tell you the difference between Moyes, Ole, and Jose's Manchester United if you blur out the players.He’s probably the clearest thinker we have had post Fergie. Didn’t work but was clear in his vision.
The biggest problem with Van Gaal wasn't so much the style or his coaching, it was his inability to work at club level with top level players and needing to work with probably a lower tier of players with specific attitudes, meaning his style couldn't reach the required level.Was infuriating watching his Dutch side playing some really good stuff tonight, I liked Louis and he will always be top value in his pressers, he also happens to be 100% correct as well.
Or even just an extra season with money spent on the right players.If he only had like 20 percent more attacking and more competent board. What could've been.
This is just nonsense, he's worked with far better players at Ajax, Barca and Holland than he had at United.The biggest problem with Van Gaal wasn't so much the style or his coaching, it was his inability to work at club level with top level players and needing to work with probably a lower tier of players with specific attitudes, meaning his style couldn't reach the required level.
How was he handicapped by Woodward?Put him in Chelsea's set up and he would likely have success because they have/had a structure in place. If we had a real intelligent sporting director with a clear vision at our club before van gaal joined he probably would have had more success at our club, the problem was the glazers expected van gaal to solve all their problems on their own whilst being handicapped by a completely inept moron in woodward when it came to football matters, hell it was van gaal that was having to try and organise new training ground facilities and youth level set up in terms of style/philosophy instead of the club actually taking responsibility of evolving the football development of the club
There were signs that we were improving by the time he left but there was still the elephant in the room that his signings were by and large shite and he was given a lot of autonomy with them.I will forever insist. The dumbest thing we did was sack him two years into a 3 year plan. Just as it started bearing fruit with trophies. We were installing an actual style of play
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The December of his final season was downright depressing, I’m surprised he even made it past that. It was a nice consolation for him to go out with a trophy though. Jose came in and won the UEFA cup and league cup the next season, which wasn’t a bad return for making that change.Brilliant manager. We can’t even win the FA cup anymore yet we fired him right after winning one.
Van Gaal has consistently said he didn’t get the signings he wantedMost of his signings here have been dross, apart from Daley Blind probably. Colossal waste of money all around from his management time here
That’s a good point, LVG was trying to implement a possession based style, it was always going to take time because we’ve never played a possession game before, it may be the same with ten Hag, hopefully not as boring though. I think LVG needed the right players to make it work, we looked very slow under him whereas his Holland team play quick attacking football whilst also having all the possession.Always liked him. But never felt so bored, hopeless , watching united under him. Not saying united shouldn’t have sacked him but in hindsight would you keep him on if you know how the next 6 years would turn out ? I never thought he is finished or outdated, just felt we needed some more overhaul in the team for his system to work. Because we could see in some matches it was awesome when it did work. Beating Liverpool was glorious the way we did, completely dominated them from start to finish, never saw united like that at Anfield.
Also, how different Ten hag’s football is from Van gaal’s ? What if we see the same with ten hag what we saw with Van Gaal for few years ? Would people swallow it or want him out asap ? When I see people wanting ETH so badly , it makes me question how can they want Dutch/Ajax way of playing football now when they hated LVG ? Not saying it would be exactly similar but you get the point.
Wasn't Di Maria his 1st choice? Or schweinsteiger? Or Depay? Or even Rojo? Didn't Kroos said LVG canceled his transfer? Yeah we failed with getting Ramos, Muller (two non-sellable players) and Neymar, but this doesn't excuse that he wouldnt see that Rooney was a championship player. And do we honestly believe that LVG and neymar would get along?Van Gaal has consistently said he didn’t get the signings he wanted
https://thefootballfaithful.com/van-gaal-i-didnt-get-the-players-i-wanted-at-man-utd/
Blame the club for getting him his 8th choice signings. The issue is clearly with the club as they don’t make any good signings even before or after Van Gaal.