The way he says 'trainer-coach' gives me little tingles. Just me? 
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He's going to be hilarious as the season progresses.
Poor "Jaaaaaamie Jackson fro' the guuuuuuardian"
Twat!
Twat!
Refreshing responses to questions that usually provoke bland ones. "Is it a dream to manage man united?"
"Yes it's a dream they are one of the biggest clubs in the world" bla bla bla. Instead he answers them with intelligence.
"Yes it's a dream they are one of the biggest clubs in the world" bla bla bla. Instead he answers them with intelligence.
It's a class interview. He comes across as someone who thinks through everything he says.
I also loved the answer to the question about Mourinho and his mind games. I can imagine it was a quick answer.
I also loved the answer to the question about Mourinho and his mind games. I can imagine it was a quick answer.
Gary Neville won't like this.
"Its not the united way."
Gary Neville @GNev2 Apr 29
"We need manipulators of the ball/ players that drift / lads that pop up in pockets"! Do we F@@k!
United fans- this is our philosophy ! Scrap that tippy tappy crap!! Fast/ furious / aggressive and real!
Alright Gary.Went back and watched this video of Neville on Sky talking about Moyes and the United Way before the season had started. He goes on and on about it. "They're a crossing club". I actually think he's gonna be a sniping c*nt this season the minute a result or two go awry.
Gary Neville @GNev2 Apr 29
"We need manipulators of the ball/ players that drift / lads that pop up in pockets"! Do we F@@k!
United fans- this is our philosophy ! Scrap that tippy tappy crap!! Fast/ furious / aggressive and real!
Went back and watched this video of Neville on Sky talking about Moyes and the United Way before the season had started. He goes on and on about it. "They're a crossing club". I actually think he's gonna be a sniping c*nt this season the minute a result or two go awry.
You watch....Him and Scholes will be talking down LVG as soon as we lose or get a bad result. They'll then start bigging up Giggs as he knows, the "United way"
Oh how I can't wait till we have Giggs in the dugout, with Butt, Scholes and Neville either side of him, crossing our way to 10th place in the league.
The way he says 'trainer-coach' gives me little tingles. Just me?
You're not the only one my friend
Van Gaal interview with The Times (I don't have subscription)
http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/sport/football/clubs/manchesterunited/article4161047.ece
http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/sport/football/clubs/manchesterunited/article4161047.ece
You can't change that, Manchester United will play with 2 CBs. That won't change (full backs and wingers).
I can't wait to see the first MNF that we're on.
I can't wait to see the first MNF that we're on.
Gary Neville @GNev2 Apr 29
"We need manipulators of the ball/ players that drift / lads that pop up in pockets"! Do we F@@k!
United fans- this is our philosophy ! Scrap that tippy tappy crap!! Fast/ furious / aggressive and real!
Went back and watched this video of Neville on Sky talking about Moyes and the United Way before the season had started. He goes on and on about it. "They're a crossing club". I actually think he's gonna be a sniping c*nt this season the minute a result or two go awry.
He has gone full mental quite some time ago. Better not to listen to a single word he has to say these days. He is just bitter as feck.
Imagine if Moyes had said we'd struggle for his first three months...
LvG is right though, it had been well flagged before he arrived that he often has slow starts as players take time to adjust to his system. This is one of several reasons I was bemused by some people's confidence in our ability to win the league this season. It's not a case of undoing Moyes' damage, it's about building something new. That will take time...
Any idea what he said to the 4th official there? Heard some snippets near the camera
I lost quite a bit of respect for Gary N over the last year.
His defending of Moyes, the 442 and the "united way" he brayed about incessantly were just out of order.
I want him nowhere near the club now.
He said something like "how many times" and "they got off easy"' followed by "this is ridiculous".
He is dead scary when he is mad.
Yeah man, like a raging peanut with his weird shaped head.
Louis Van Gaal is such a top manager. He prepares for every eventuality. The team were doing penalty practice last night in training. Yes, every team should practice penalties before a game that could be decided by them but do they? Half the time the players don't seem to know who will take one. When we played Sunderland in the league cup everyone looked totally lost as to what to do. Fail to prepare, prepare to fail. Tonight they took them on autopilot. Nobody looked like missing. Tonight, again, we saw the value of a real 'trainer-coach' and I loved how he blasted the pathetic match officials.
Love it! No such thing as friendly games. That attitude can only transmit to the players
Get in Louie !
Any post match stuff from him ?
He thought it was the best performance of pre-season so far, limited Inter to one shot. He likes Keane and Blackett, but remains in the market for a defender. Wants to try out Kagawa in the no.8 or no. 6 role.
http://www.manutd.com/en/Tour-2014/...ilan-as-best-performance-so-far.aspx?pageNo=1
Feck me he actually planned for the eventuality of penalties leaving De Gea for the second half.
Has anyone told him its just a friendly tournament.
Feck me he actually planned for the eventuality of penalties leaving De Gea for the second half.
Has anyone told him its just a friendly tournament.
the fact he's that prepared is music to my ears. you saw fletcher's reaction after the 5th penalty. Taking any step you can to help build player's confidence is a step worth taking. Also think it helps in getting players to go along with your methods.http://www.manutd.com/en/Tour-2014/...ilan-as-best-performance-so-far.aspx?pageNo=1
Feck me he actually planned for the eventuality of penalties leaving De Gea for the second half.
Has anyone told him its just a friendly tournament.
We need a thread that only has quotes from him and context and no comments from members. Or do it like in the match day thread where the quotes are in a different sort of line. That way it won't get lost in the sea of comments and pages.
I'm always seeing comments on player threads where LvG has said this and that with no source or information where and why and in what context he said it. A good idea is to keep it neat so there's no bullshitting or taking things the wrong way.
I'm always seeing comments on player threads where LvG has said this and that with no source or information where and why and in what context he said it. A good idea is to keep it neat so there's no bullshitting or taking things the wrong way.
http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/sport/football/premierleague/article4161233.ece
The interview has just finished and Louis van Gaal gets up to leave. “Interesting, eh? Interesting,” the Manchester United manager says, almost inviting approval. “You’re all coaches now.”
There was a smile and a glint in the eye as Van Gaal delivered his parting refrain, but the underlying message was clear: “Listen to me, I know what I’m talking about.” Over the previous 22 minutes in a ballroom at the Mandarin Oriental hotel, where United are staying in Washington DC on the third leg of their pre-season tour of the United States, Van Gaal had offered a tantalising glimpse of what it must be like to work under such an exacting individual. There were flashes of his dry wit and undoubted charm but also the odd awkward moment when the direct, confrontational character of popular myth revealed itself.
One reporter was shot down for making a statement rather than asking a question about the perceived limitations of British footballers. “That is your opinion — you say it, then you say I have to say it,” Van Gaal countered, deadpan.
Another was accused of trying to put words in his mouth after suggesting that Manchester City were not simply “knocking at the door” — as Van Gaal claimed — but had slammed it shut in United’s face. “If you like to say that, you have to write it down,” Van Gaal told his inquisitor, while nodding knowingly at the rest of the group. “I have learnt the word ‘entice’. I said provoke but Ryan [Giggs, Van Gaal’s assistant] said entice.”
Van Gaal will not be provoked into saying anything. If he wants to say something controversial, he will do so because he wants to — and he has done plenty of that, despite having occupied only for a fortnight the chair that David Moyes, his predecessor, vacated after ten miserable months. Above all else, Van Gaal — his reputation augmented by some tactical wizardry en route to guiding Holland to third place at the World Cup — carries the air of a man convinced about his own brilliance.
He has great respect for what City have done in a short space of time, but for a coach who has always put an emphasis on the promotion of youth — most famously with the Ajax team he led to Champions League glory in 1995 — Van Gaal is not an advocate of the City method of spending lavishly on ready-made talent. That may signal good news for Adnan Januzaj, Phil Jones and the other young players in the squad, but not necessarily supporters hoping that Van Gaal will sign a superstar this summer. “When you use youth players of the club, they know the culture of the club, they want to defend that culture, wear that culture and transfer that culture,” Van Gaal explained. “When you buy a player from outside, you have to wait and see and not every player will fulfil your expectation. It is much more difficult also for the player.
“It does not bother me whether they [City] are ten metres away or 30 kilometres away. It is amazing [what they have done] because they were not a big club and now already [they are] champions.
“They are knocking at the door, but that is good for Manchester United because where there is competition, you can be proud when you are the champion at the end, and maybe we will be the champions.”
Van Gaal knows that the road from seventh to first will not be without its pitfalls, though. Having warned supporters that United may “struggle” for the first three months of the campaign as they adjust to his demands and new 3-4-1-2 formation, the Dutchman made no apologies for claiming that the squad was “broken”.
“I don’t think it is a hard [strong] word, because when you are seventh the selection at that time is not happy, unsatisfied and without confidence and when you are like that you are broken,” he said. “So now they have me — a new manager, so new chances and they want to show themselves unbelievably [very much]. But we have to make a way of playing football that is not the same as before and that is difficult for them. They have to perform under resistance. They have to decide [what to do] within one second and that is not so easy.”
His clarity of thought and communication will help that process. “I speak English my way, but people understand it,” Van Gaal said, acknowledging his staccato delivery. It would have been an easier job, Van Gaal claims, if he had succeeded Sir Alex Ferguson in the 1990s, when the former United manager briefly considered walking away from Old Trafford, by taking over the champions. “I was already asked in the 1990s by Manchester United [if I would join them] because Ferguson wanted to quit at that time,” he said. “That would have been more easy at that time.”
The shadow cast by Ferguson consumed Moyes. The difference is that Van Gaal considers himself Ferguson’s equal. “I don’t say it’s a dream [to manage United] because I am 62 and I know what I can do and I think United know what I can do,” he said. “The club are thinking that I am the man who can wear this legacy, so . . .”
The interview has just finished and Louis van Gaal gets up to leave. “Interesting, eh? Interesting,” the Manchester United manager says, almost inviting approval. “You’re all coaches now.”
There was a smile and a glint in the eye as Van Gaal delivered his parting refrain, but the underlying message was clear: “Listen to me, I know what I’m talking about.” Over the previous 22 minutes in a ballroom at the Mandarin Oriental hotel, where United are staying in Washington DC on the third leg of their pre-season tour of the United States, Van Gaal had offered a tantalising glimpse of what it must be like to work under such an exacting individual. There were flashes of his dry wit and undoubted charm but also the odd awkward moment when the direct, confrontational character of popular myth revealed itself.
One reporter was shot down for making a statement rather than asking a question about the perceived limitations of British footballers. “That is your opinion — you say it, then you say I have to say it,” Van Gaal countered, deadpan.
Another was accused of trying to put words in his mouth after suggesting that Manchester City were not simply “knocking at the door” — as Van Gaal claimed — but had slammed it shut in United’s face. “If you like to say that, you have to write it down,” Van Gaal told his inquisitor, while nodding knowingly at the rest of the group. “I have learnt the word ‘entice’. I said provoke but Ryan [Giggs, Van Gaal’s assistant] said entice.”
Van Gaal will not be provoked into saying anything. If he wants to say something controversial, he will do so because he wants to — and he has done plenty of that, despite having occupied only for a fortnight the chair that David Moyes, his predecessor, vacated after ten miserable months. Above all else, Van Gaal — his reputation augmented by some tactical wizardry en route to guiding Holland to third place at the World Cup — carries the air of a man convinced about his own brilliance.
He has great respect for what City have done in a short space of time, but for a coach who has always put an emphasis on the promotion of youth — most famously with the Ajax team he led to Champions League glory in 1995 — Van Gaal is not an advocate of the City method of spending lavishly on ready-made talent. That may signal good news for Adnan Januzaj, Phil Jones and the other young players in the squad, but not necessarily supporters hoping that Van Gaal will sign a superstar this summer. “When you use youth players of the club, they know the culture of the club, they want to defend that culture, wear that culture and transfer that culture,” Van Gaal explained. “When you buy a player from outside, you have to wait and see and not every player will fulfil your expectation. It is much more difficult also for the player.
“It does not bother me whether they [City] are ten metres away or 30 kilometres away. It is amazing [what they have done] because they were not a big club and now already [they are] champions.
“They are knocking at the door, but that is good for Manchester United because where there is competition, you can be proud when you are the champion at the end, and maybe we will be the champions.”
Van Gaal knows that the road from seventh to first will not be without its pitfalls, though. Having warned supporters that United may “struggle” for the first three months of the campaign as they adjust to his demands and new 3-4-1-2 formation, the Dutchman made no apologies for claiming that the squad was “broken”.
“I don’t think it is a hard [strong] word, because when you are seventh the selection at that time is not happy, unsatisfied and without confidence and when you are like that you are broken,” he said. “So now they have me — a new manager, so new chances and they want to show themselves unbelievably [very much]. But we have to make a way of playing football that is not the same as before and that is difficult for them. They have to perform under resistance. They have to decide [what to do] within one second and that is not so easy.”
His clarity of thought and communication will help that process. “I speak English my way, but people understand it,” Van Gaal said, acknowledging his staccato delivery. It would have been an easier job, Van Gaal claims, if he had succeeded Sir Alex Ferguson in the 1990s, when the former United manager briefly considered walking away from Old Trafford, by taking over the champions. “I was already asked in the 1990s by Manchester United [if I would join them] because Ferguson wanted to quit at that time,” he said. “That would have been more easy at that time.”
The shadow cast by Ferguson consumed Moyes. The difference is that Van Gaal considers himself Ferguson’s equal. “I don’t say it’s a dream [to manage United] because I am 62 and I know what I can do and I think United know what I can do,” he said. “The club are thinking that I am the man who can wear this legacy, so . . .”
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Gary Neville @GNev2 Apr 29
"We need manipulators of the ball/ players that drift / lads that pop up in pockets"! Do we F@@k!
United fans- this is our philosophy ! Scrap that tippy tappy crap!! Fast/ furious / aggressive and real!
Went back and watched this video of Neville on Sky talking about Moyes and the United Way before the season had started. He goes on and on about it. "They're a crossing club". I actually think he's gonna be a sniping c*nt this season the minute a result or two go awry.
I don't think Gary Neville will like the Barça/Ajax playing style Van Gaal may end up bringing to united. It'll be alien to him that's for sure. As for the sniping, well, his way back to United could come with Giggs potentially taking over.
Gary Neville @GNev2 Apr 29
"We need manipulators of the ball/ players that drift / lads that pop up in pockets"! Do we F@@k!
United fans- this is our philosophy ! Scrap that tippy tappy crap!! Fast/ furious / aggressive and real!
Went back and watched this video of Neville on Sky talking about Moyes and the United Way before the season had started. He goes on and on about it. "They're a crossing club". I actually think he's gonna be a sniping c*nt this season the minute a result or two go awry.
His worst moment on Sky so far. He had a 'mare here, and I said as much at the time. He needs to open his eyes a little this season and forget about the romance from a time gone by.
Huge difference with LVG saying it compared with Moyes and we all know why.
Moyes would have said it to mask his lack of ambition, the fact he was completely over-awed and generally to save face considering he was well out of his depth. Ironically Moyes didn't really take this route around the same time last year aside from the dumb bitching about the fixtures.
LVG is assertively changing our formation, strategies and ethos. That takes time. I have no doubt he will get victories from the vast majority of our first 5-8 games but he's right to prepare us for a bit of teething problems.
Also make no mistake, despite LVG saying this, he will be fuming about any draw or defeat during the opening three months. Unlike Moyes who just grinned, shrugged and said he would 'try again.'
People should judge Gary Neville when he actually does bring it up. Until then there is no point. As for LVG, he is brutally honest and says it like it is. Don't expect miracles but a gradual progression to something good.
Some people are really obsessed with Moyes. We could lose a game 5-0 and they would be along saying we'd have lost 7-0 with Moyes. Get a fecking grip.
That's a load of nonsense, if you really think Moyes as incompetent as he was just "grinned" and beared the losses. No coach except he has some job security clause written into his contract would ever, especially not one that was under as much pressure and out of his depth as Moyes. Bizarre
Everything against us! Everything!
Yeah, imagine comparing our current manager with our previous one. Deplorable stuff.
It is getting a little tedious.
I tried to start one of those with SAF and it didn't catch on. The press conference thread was the best place to find quotes.
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