Is he allowed to say things like that about the referee, or are his friends at the FA coming out to get him again for this? Anyway it's hilarious, he really does not like to lose.
The future under Van Gaal - lay your chips
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He's a nightmare for these interviewers.
He has "friends in the fa" two minutes into his career in England? Friendly chap this van gaal
a bit cringey those interviews
Looks well and truly pissed in that interview and goes over the top against the interviewer. The good thing is that he hates to lose.
His interviews are really starting to become quite something. I was really excited when he first arrived, a little worried after the first few months but now I'm really confident that he is the man to continue with our winning ways.
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Maybe that's where Mourinho learnt it from?
He was right though, if you ask someone a question have the common courtesy to let them answer it.@4.00 the way he shot that interviewer down for not letting him finish
He's spot on. We went there more or less controlled much of the game. The final score, whilst disappointing, is merely a subtext to a broader narrative that we are improving every week.
I think dropping RVP (injury) and Falcao (terrible form), is what made everything click.
Once we had a striker (Rooney) who could scare defenders, we suddenly started scoring from all areas of the pitch.
If you have Falcao or an out-of-form RVP, defenders get comfortable and put these strikers "in their pocket". Once in pocket, they are effectively out of the game and we are playing with 9 or 10 men.
It is no secret that while Chelsea had a non-scoring striker (Torres) in their team, they didnt win the title and the moment they got rid of him, they win the title.
I think the same will happen with us next season - if we can bring in a 20 goal/season striker, we'll win the title. I dont even think we need to buy players like Depay or Hummels. We just need a striker who can score goals (along with Rooney).
I hear what you are saying and partially agree. But the scoreline is arguably the most important fact of the game.
Wouldn't bet against him
Predictable. Treble first and then trouble next.
I think top 4 this year is a good achievement but I do hope / think, he ought to do better next year, now.
Central defence is still an issue, though defence has done well, overall. (apart from Leics & MK)
GK - we want DDG to stay, obv.
Goalscorer / partner for Rooney
DM to rotate / replace Carrick ?
Central defence is still an issue, though defence has done well, overall. (apart from Leics & MK)
GK - we want DDG to stay, obv.
Goalscorer / partner for Rooney
DM to rotate / replace Carrick ?
Can't see us getting better next season. We are progressing painfully slow. Just when we thought we knew how to play to his philosophy, we once again revert back to sideways and backward passing. We will scrap for forth this season, next season and the season after next. That is after millions and millions of money being invested to the squad
Why so negative? This was always going to be a slow process. We have a fair few square pegs in round holes at the moment - if we sign appropriately then we'll challenge without a doubt. It was only a couple of weeks ago that we beat Spurs, Liverpool and City. Inconsistent, yes but there have been promising signs this season.
I'm excited, if we can add the right players this summer we will be challenging next season. We've seen glimpses of the way LvG wants to play and when it's free flowing it looks great, lets hope we add the right players so that we can look great every week.
We'll win the league next season, but only if one of our forward players hit good goalscoring form. As it stands though, our goal output isn't enough for a title challenge
Well, we can't play any worse than we have at times this season. I still remain unconvinced.
Said many times before even way before our good run of performances,i believe that his tenure will be important for our future on a long run,when someone else takes after him. Ofc the one who comes after him needs to have similar foundation in his philosophy,otherwise we would press soft reset button.
For those saying how we are have slow progress or we reverted to our days before that run,well its clear that we might have only 11 player decent enough to at least try to look good while playing LvG`s way.Carrick goes injured and everything looks worse in our play,hope he has clear vision who gonna stay and who should find another club for next season. Many times we heard managers saying how they adopted their way of playing so it suit to players on their disposal,dont think that would ever happen with LvG,we might have better results this season with that type of thinking but in a long run it would hurt us.
You can play his way and his way only,learn it or suffer. I know that some had complains about him sitting on the bench for 90 minutes,even when things not looking good for us but i like that,he prepares them for days before a game,they need to think for them selfs and if player looks at bench every min,so he could know what to do,then sorry you dont have enough football intelligence to play for him. All in all dont think his possession philosophy will hurt us in a long run,which is important for me.
For those saying how we are have slow progress or we reverted to our days before that run,well its clear that we might have only 11 player decent enough to at least try to look good while playing LvG`s way.Carrick goes injured and everything looks worse in our play,hope he has clear vision who gonna stay and who should find another club for next season. Many times we heard managers saying how they adopted their way of playing so it suit to players on their disposal,dont think that would ever happen with LvG,we might have better results this season with that type of thinking but in a long run it would hurt us.
You can play his way and his way only,learn it or suffer. I know that some had complains about him sitting on the bench for 90 minutes,even when things not looking good for us but i like that,he prepares them for days before a game,they need to think for them selfs and if player looks at bench every min,so he could know what to do,then sorry you dont have enough football intelligence to play for him. All in all dont think his possession philosophy will hurt us in a long run,which is important for me.
With the exception of 5-6 matches, have we really been any better than last season?
We've been absolutely dreadful for the vast majority of this season, but luckily for us both Liverpool and Spurs have been even worse.
LVG has been a massive disappointment.
We've been absolutely dreadful for the vast majority of this season, but luckily for us both Liverpool and Spurs have been even worse.
LVG has been a massive disappointment.
Performances haven't been great at all times, that's for sure, however there is an improvement over last season in some cases.
A major improvement has been our record in big games where, last season, we crumbled like a rich tea biscuit being soaked into a cup of tea. I'd also say winning whilst not playing well is a fantastic trait to have, albeit the preference would be for us to not of been as dire so many times.
I agree in regards to LVG's tenure so far has been a disappointment. I'm actually disappointed at finishing fourth. Whilst I'd of taken it at the start of the season, top 2-3 was in our hands and we screwed it up. Arsenal have stormed above us and could well finish second when, if I'm not mistaken, they were sixth at one stage whilst we were in the top four. Also fourth place doesn't quite guarantee Champions League football (due to the qualifier) and I believe the seedings from next season will see us go into Pot 4.
I'm 50/50 on whether his tenure here will be a success. His stubbornness is definitely something I fear, especially after this season.
This said there has been improvement over last season in my eyes. Performances may not of been anything to wax lyrical over, we've gotten results despite injuries, poor performances and upheaval.
Some of you look like Liverpool fans, were going to win the league? When was the last time we won a match comfortably and dominated for 900 min? We have so many poor players and have played very bad for so large chunks of the season, how are you so confident were gonna win the league. We arent the only ones with money, Chelsea, City, Arsenal will all improve their team. Looks delusional.
Why? I think we're the 6th ranked of the non-champions - should put us in Pot 2 (If we get through the qualifier.).
A setting I look forward to on next years FIFA.
Games against Tottenham, Pool or City are just a few weeks ago
And it's not like we miles away, before the 3 loses in a row we were on title winning form for 30 games, especially the beginning of the season was unnecessary bad. If we do the right things in the summer, we will be upthere, no doubt.
And no, it's not given that other teams will improve too, they can improve, but they can also get worse. City spend money and is worse than last year, people keep saying every year that Arsenal is just 1,2 signings away from something really special and it's still pretty much the same every year. Chelsea's second half was not really good either, they also need to find their level again,
Oh, I'm probably then. I thought you went into the same pot number as your number in the league, but thinking about I'm totally wrong as not every nation has four entrants. Haven't read what the rules will be since the original idea came to light last August I think it was.
Some of you lot really don't realize how lucky we are to have a manager of his quality here.
Yeah we are in Pot 2 (old and new system) if we qualify. Nothing can change that.
Just read the new seeding rules, I was totally wrong. Ignore the tales from my ass.
Edit: Fourth doesn't feel half as bad now I actually know the new seeding rules.
Checking back I misread a post on here from back in August. Been thinking we'll be in Pot 4, if we were to finish fourth, for months.
Edit: Fourth doesn't feel half as bad now I actually know the new seeding rules.
Checking back I misread a post on here from back in August. Been thinking we'll be in Pot 4, if we were to finish fourth, for months.
Yes we have. And what do you mean with the exception of 5-6 matches? If you compare 85% of this season to 100% of last season it's obviously going to be closer. But we have been much better anyway. Better home record, harder to beat, much much better in the big games. Less humiliations. Higher league position.
I'd say the better home record has been somewhat cancelled out by our poor away form. Whereas with Moyes it was the other way around.
That's bleak.
I have the confidence in United that things will be 10x better next season. I could list a hundred reasons why, but most should hopefully be obvious.
Our squad this year was weak. I'll agree with you if we don't strengthen the correct positions again. But if we do (we should!) then we will be much better.
I'm looking at you, you useless bunch of defenders!
Yes, considerably better. We play with a set style and set ideas that are being worked upon on the training field. The players attest to that. Last season they were being comprehensively uncoached. The fanzines were rife with reports that the training was both confusing and laborious.
If people can't see the difference then they should re-watch some of our games last season and remind themselves just how utterly vacuous the football was. We were throwing shit at the wall hoping it would stick.
The gaps between defence, midfield and attack were laughably large. We couldn't keep the ball for more than ten seconds. We were playing the percentages as opposed to playing with any semblance of creativity. We were also one of the most predictable teams in the division; huge percentages of our attacks would come via the wings, placing unnecessary pressure on those players to create.
That we've been dreadful this season is unfair. A few silly matches in recent games aside, we've been in title-winning form since November, losing few matches in the process. Our possession game has noticeably improved since the turn of the year and we've scored some quality team goals over the past few months.
This season has been frustrating and sometimes actually quite annoying, but anybody that expected any different had their head in the clouds.
Well if you cant win the games vs the smaller clubs, you'll never become champion. We cant unlock teams who park the bus and that's a huge problem that will hunt us. Who says we wont have another start like that with new players coming in, and not even results wise, but for a part of the season, some were questioning if we play the worst brand of football in the league, the football weve showed for the biggest part of the season, doesnt give hope for a title winning side imo, just not good enough for that.Games against Tottenham, Pool or City are just a few weeks ago
And it's not like we miles away, before the 3 loses in a row we were on title winning form for 30 games, especially the beginning of the season was unnecessary bad. If we do the right things in the summer, we will be upthere, no doubt.
And no, it's not given that other teams will improve too, they can improve, but they can also get worse. City spend money and is worse than last year, people keep saying every year that Arsenal is just 1,2 signings away from something really special and it's still pretty much the same every year. Chelsea's second half was not really good either, they also need to find their level again,
We'll never win the league under LVG, we might win other trophies though.
Our bad start was largely down to the number of injuries we had and our formation. We started the season with Lingard and Blackett in defence
We won't get 13 points out of a possible 30 at the start of next season. I'm no psychic but I'm quite certain of that. Our start was genuinely appalling, something that will not be repeated.
We do struggle to break down compact sides but that can be rectified. We've already bought a goalscoring forward in Depay that can help us change that. We won't stop there either.
We weren't brilliant away under Moyes, we were just not worse than the other teams. But it was not like we had an away record comparable to last year home records of City, Pool or Chelsea. That's why we were so far behind. Our away form needs to improve, but that record overall looks much more like that of a top team, which are more often than not great at home.