Henry Winter interviews Ander Herrera

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Nice to see Anders bring his girlfriend along to help him. She a definitely looker :drool:.
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Cracking interview. He's a very nice, likeable guy but he's clearly got an edge to him, for lack of a better word.
 
izec said:
It seems like he has every 3 days an interview.
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Maybe he's promoting something or his PR team think it's a good idea for him to not hide from interviews with all the match fixing stuff going on. Not that I think he's done anything untoward but mud sticks.

Anyway, seems like a nice guy.
 
A good read, can't say I'd ever read his interviews before - comes across very differently when playing
 
Nice interview, seems a proper likeable guy.

Every time I hear someone explaining LVG's 'philosophy' though it makes it painfully clear why we've been so boring to watch.
 
Have to say that there is a bit in the interview where he is talking about LvG's ideas that make me wonder if LvG is stifling individual creativity.
 
I am very desperate for him to make it here at United. Excellent player, and he seems like a very nice (and unusually well-spoken) guy.
 
Not a lazy comparison just because they're both spanish but he comes across very similar to Mata. Both very quietly spoken, eloquent, humble and intelligent. Both impossible to dislike. Both should also be playing on the same pitch together but thats a seperate debate.
 
On Falcao he says, "We're going to enjoy him."

I reckon he's already been bought, or we can't back out of it. Bugger.
 
KiD MoYeS said:
I have now made that quote my Twitter bio.
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I had him on a pedestal before but he's definitely gone down in my estimation because of the 'you can change your wife bit'!

On a serious note, I love him. He's such a likeable character. Must say the "side to side" thing is a big concern, and individualism also shouldn't be coached out of players imo.
 
Shane88 said:
Maybe he's promoting something or his PR team think it's a good idea for him to not hide from interviews with all the match fixing stuff going on. Not that I think he's done anything untoward but mud sticks.

Anyway, seems like a nice guy.
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Based on literally nothing...
 
I think he should be the #8 and in charge of our transfers.
 
Gopher Brown said:
On Falcao he says, "We're going to enjoy him."

I reckon he's already been bought, or we can't back out of it. Bugger.
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He could just be using that tense so as not to have to say something like "he hasn't shown all his quality yet" or something else which we would think is fine but Herrera would clearly consider a personal attack.
 
Very interesting interview, definitely goes some way to explain certain things i.e the Poor style of play/Di Maria form/Lack of Herrera involvment

Always comes across well does Ander, hope he goes on to become a legend here.
 
Like Herrera lots. Clearly somebody who really, really wants to play here. The more of them the better.
 
He comes across really rreally well, but doesn't really do Van Gaal any favours by basically confirming that he frowns upon players trying to take on their man or look for a forward pass.

In fact it made me angry.

I especially don't like the bit about Di Maria being forced to change his game so he doesn't try to beat players as often...that's the one thing about him that it was worth paying the money for!!!
 
noodlehair said:
He comes across really rreally well, but doesn't really do Van Gaal any favours by basically confirming that he frowns upon players trying to take on their man or look for a forward pass.

In fact it made me angry.

I especially don't like the bit about Di Maria being forced to change his game so he doesn't try to beat players as often...that's the one thing about him that it was worth paying the money for!!!
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That's not what he says though. He says that you need to wait for the right opportunity to take your man on and not just do it all the time.
 
Maagge said:
That's not what he says though. He says that you need to wait for the right opportunity to take your man on and not just do it all the time.
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There are several shades of grey between take the man all the time and not doing it at all. I just wish our players just do it a lot more often.
 
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Maagge said:
That's not what he says though. He says that you need to wait for the right opportunity to take your man on and not just do it all the time.
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Not quite. Here's the quote:

As is Angel di Maria, who moved to United after winning the Champions League with Real Madrid. “Di Maria was the MVP in the final!’’ smiled Herrera, who acknowledged that the Argentinian has had to tweak his style, dribbling less and passing more. “He is maybe the best in the team one-v-one - and Januzaj as well. Now we have a manager who wants to keep the ball, who wants to play one or two touches.

“Angel is doing very good because sometimes he prioritises to play one or two touches before (ahead of) his quality. He puts the passing first. I think Louis van Gaal wants him side to side, and after that the space is coming and he can make one-v-one.”
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I can see how you'd interpret it that way but it comes across pretty damming.

Basically suggesting Di Maria is so clueless that his manager needs to tell him when the right time to beat a player is...even though he quite clearly was a far better player when he was given the freedom to play to his strengths.

The proof is in which version of Di Maria is a better player. The one Van Gaal didn't manage or the one he does.
 
noodlehair said:
Not quite. Here's the quote:



I can see how you'd interpret it that way but it comes across pretty damming.

Basically suggesting Di Maria is so clueless that his manager needs to tell him when the right time to beat a player is...even though he quite clearly was a far better player when he was given the freedom to play to his strengths.

The proof is in which version of Di Maria is a better player. The one Van Gaal didn't manage or the one he does.
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That's ignoring the many seasons before the last one - when he was lucky enough to be part of an incredibly strong midfield (Modric and Alonso, yes please) - that he produced more or less exactly what we've seen this season.

Anyone who watched Robben under Van Gaal would see that he's never been hindered by some sort of weird brief to go against his instincts, so there's no logical reason to blame Van Gaal for Di Maria's inability to take on the same role as the prematurely aged looking Dutch winger.
 
Kakeru said:
There are several shades of grey between take the man all the time and not doing it at all. I just wish our players do it a lot more often.
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I didn't say anything about not doing it at all. And seeing as he's still regularly going past players I don't really see where you're coming from.
noodlehair said:
Not quite. Here's the quote:



I can see how you'd interpret it that way but it comes across pretty damming.

Basically suggesting Di Maria is so clueless that his manager needs to tell him when the right time to beat a player is...even though he quite clearly was a far better player when he was given the freedom to play to his strengths.

The proof is in which version of Di Maria is a better player. The one Van Gaal didn't manage or the one he does.
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I think you're being way too harsh here. Firstly, I don't think I did a lot of interpretation of that quote. Stretch the game, isolate a player or two, go past him/them. Secondly, the Di Maria not managed by van Gaal you're referring to, the Madrid one of last season, played in a really, really strong Madrid side. And lastly, back when he was playing really well for us we didn't seem to pick up a lot of points.
 
Spend £60 million on a player who's best asset is his dribbling. Tell him to dribble less and pass more.

Van Gaal logic.
 
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