He hasn't signed anyone yet? #Vangaalout
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I fell in love with van Gaal
I fell in love once and almost completely
He's at odds with the world
But sometimes these feeling can be so misleading
He turns and says "Is Moyes alright"?
I said that "He'll get fine" after every beating
Come and save us, don't play it all wide
Fergie says it's fine, he don't consider it cheating
I fell in love once and almost completely
He's at odds with the world
But sometimes these feeling can be so misleading
He turns and says "Is Moyes alright"?
I said that "He'll get fine" after every beating
Come and save us, don't play it all wide
Fergie says it's fine, he don't consider it cheating
No points dropped since his appointment. A clear improvement.
I'm convinced we will spend big and van Gaal's goal will be to bring back the title. If he does not do that..the worst I expect us to finish is 2nd.
Don't let him near the OranjeCaf!
No, he didn't. It's the second half of a Guardian article which he posted (citation in the first half, a page back.) Something which was acknowledged a number of times just a few posts above your rant.
You should write a letter to Barney Ronay at the Guardian telling him he needs to get a grip on reality.
What impressed me was LvG has from the outset indicated he wanted to come to us, instead of being coy or arrogant about it. Everything he said about us, its positive. He would be truly wanting to bring us glory and its not much about money or his own benefit. He wants to show what he can do and it's more an ego thing which will prove to be what we need, as he's a strong character.
I wonder if Louis paid Niall for the Oranje Cafe business...
0 points so far. Pathetic.
Sack LvG, sell Giggs...whaaaa
If he was to win the World Cup this place would go mental
Dutch press trying to get van Gaal's transfer targets and failing.
I'm in love.
I'm in love.
Dutch press trying to get van Gaal's transfer targets and failing.
I'm in love.
Damn you VG. If Woodward doesn't know then how the hell are we going to sign Strootman? FFS what has this guy done to get the job?
It would be better if they asked him about of bunch of players and he said he had them all signed up already.
He's not going to spend 200m quid though. It's crazy talk.
Stats are good so far. Unbeaten. Let's hope things carry on when he actually starts the job!
Seriously though, it might work, it might not. After employing the wrong man we've really been set back a lot - imagine LvG was taking over from SAF?! So the post-SAF rebuild/clearout still needs doing AND the post-DM sorting-out
Seriously though, it might work, it might not. After employing the wrong man we've really been set back a lot - imagine LvG was taking over from SAF?! So the post-SAF rebuild/clearout still needs doing AND the post-DM sorting-out
You may think £200m is a lot of money, it is indeed but buy five £30m bracket players, add in agent fees and sign-on bonuses and you will easily go above that £200m mark. We're talking about buying a left back, a CB, a right back and 2 central midfielders which can go straight into the team and take us to the top.
We need those kind of players to compete.
You can't simply chuck that many unassociated players into a pot and expect for it to work straight away. He's not going to do that, he'll make 3 big signings at most.
You are right. Look at PSG and Monaco and both plastics in the BPL took time after spending heavily. Saying that Jose won the league at his first attempt after buying a shit load of players so it can be done.
We can't afford to go into next season without buying that solid core to our team. Are we going into next season having Rafael as our only right back option of first team quality? Remember that Jones and Smalling will be playing CB next season and we won't have a backup for right back. We can't rely on them to cover for Rafael when he needs a rest or gets injured.
We've got Jones, Smalling and Evans who must be 3 of the most injury prone defenders we've ever had. At most times, one or two of them have always been injures these past couple of seasons. Are we going to play with Carrick in the back 4 and expect us to really challenge for top 4?
Then there's the other issue with midfield which has been exposed far too often this season. Are you willing to go into next season With Carrick, Fellaini, Cleverley and Anderson as our only midfield options?
At first I didn't think it's worth mentioning since it's quite obvious, but Evra has also been struggling when called upon consecutive matches due to lack of stamina because of his age. Part of blame needs to be held by him for conceding a fair share of goals in the last 20 minutes of games. Would you go into next season with Evra and Buttner as our only left back options?
We must get a reliable CB that goes straight into our back 4, a left back and a right back because we're really thin in those positions and 2 central midfielders to give a boost to a very weak area of our team. These improvements are a necessity, we're not talking about wingers and strikers here but the actual core of our team. Currently we don't have a core that is reliable enough. Without a core, you can't expect to win titles.
Basically, according to most journos, our transfer strategy is to gut Bayern. Simples
How the feck do they come up with these exact fees ?
?Ok, but the club has to fund this from its earnings, there is no unlimited pot where you can simply just chuck the cash about and hope something sticks. He has to be frugal here, because if he isn't and it doesn't work, it could be a very long road indeed. United can't simply keep pulling cash out of its arsehole. There is no instant fix here, there needs to be some mid to long term plan.
Fair enough, but we can't afford to feck it up either. The plan for next year should be a top four finish.
Certainly, I imagine a large part of the reason they hired him was because he brings youth through into the first team which is certainly the most ideal and cheaper way of doing things
The Guardian is usually as reliable as they come, but Jamie Jackson is Daily Star-tier in terms of reliability.
On the contrary, you could say it's a bigger risk not to spend serious money and make serious improvements to this squad. I'm not convinced 3 big signings is enough when we need a new left back, centre back, two centre mids and a winger.
So he's got the gig. Why the feck's he hanging around in Holland or whatever?
Don't tell me this one's having a nice long summer vacation in Florida with no Blackberry in sight!??
Don't tell me this one's having a nice long summer vacation in Florida with no Blackberry in sight!??
But you are not looking at this sensibly. If he spends 150 to 200m and it doesn't work, what then? What he needs to do is to get the squad into a good enough shape to qualify for the Champions League as that will then provide more revenue to then continue with the plan. Short-termism isn't going to get us anywhere. And in any case, as Ramshock said, if he is as good a coach as most here believe, that in intself should give a major boost to performance and he will be looking to get some young players actively playing. Simply throwing money at the problem for hoped for instant trophies is not the way to do this. Throwing money at Fallini and Mata really helped didn't it?
He's only got the small matter of the World Cup to focus on right now.
Its a huge risk not spending money when we're currently 7th and the teams above us will all be strengthening themselves. I'm sure there are players who he can undoubtedly get more out of but there are others that need replacing.
Vidic and Ferdinand have already left, Evra isn't far behind but needs replacing anyway. That's 3 players right there that we need, not to improve but to replace.
In midfield we have Carrick, Fletcher, Fellaini and Cleverley. Carrick is 33 next season, Fletcher has been well below standard since coming back, Fellaini hasn't once looked United quality and who knows what is going on with Cleverley. Realisically we need two first choice midfielders.
Wide: Nani appears to be off, Young is an abomination of a player and Valencia is just plain terrible. Januzaj is the only one good enough for us and Kagawa isn't a winger.
To not invest in this squad is madness.
I'm not arguing about the need to invest, I'm arguing that it would be madness to attempt to rebuild the squad in one swoop, which isn't necessary anyway. You seem to forget that the team that just came 7th romped the league title the season before. Therefore I am stating that in my opinion you are not taking a sensible approach towards this.
Side point, but I've read somewhere that LvG has apparently blocked Nani's alleged impending transfer to Juventus.
...did he not ask Evra to reconsider too?
Possibly, didn't hear anything of the like mind you.
saw it on one of the 'reports' that Evra was close to following Vidic to Inter and LvG asked he reconsider.
...well until Evra actually says he has signed for someone else...lets hope. I think Giggs must be giving his updates and opinions to LvG about the players. Buttner? LvG did say something about him in the last interview. personally i think Buttner will make a pretty good winger.
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