Agree, LVG just didn't get the right players in at the time, commercial has he said, we got Falcao, Dimaria, both turned out to be not right. I liked LVGs style of football he kept possession and the managers since have not.
LVG chose not to get the right players. He is the one responsible for most of the deadwood Mourinho had to deal with.
More importantly, people act like United is the only club/country he has had his problems at.
This was the man that created the chaos and tactical failures that led to one of the strongest dutch teams we have seen not making the world cup in 2002.
He was responsible for Barca's poor 2003 season, playing Luis Enrique on the left wing and forcing players into formations that didn't suit the team.
He was the manager that allowed Dortmund's rise to occur despite Bayern having far more resources than them. His Bayern team did not play great football.
The dutch team he then had in 2014 also did not play great football and were like England in 2018, getting to the semi's due to not having to face any real competition.
He then joined United and decided to completely tear apart the squad. Sold players like Nani, then cried for parts of the season about needing a winger. He spent half a season failing with the 352, something which no other top team would have allowed him to do. He tried brushing his own ego by bringing through the likes of Paddy Mcnair, Tyler Blackett etc to suit that 352, players who had no business playing for United. He then had a brief period in the spring of 2015 when he had us playing decently, despite us never actually have a route to goal in his tenure at the club.
The 15-16 season then occurs, where he again brings in players who would turn out to be terrible for the club. He alienated our best players with his antics and ego, leading us to sell Di Maria earlier than expected. Where a successful manager would seek to find a role for their superstar, LVG was willing to waste resources for a project that clearly had no plan. He scrapped the 433 which had brought relative success for a very rigid 4231 that saw us completely struggle to do anything useful in the opposition's area of the pitch. We struggled immensely, and any other club would have sacked LVG in December that year. Instead we allowed him to stick around, having a failed season similar to what we are experiencing here, where the football was joyless and a squad which was the worst we have ever had despite the level of investment we had put in. Remember, this was before the Pogba and Neymar transfer, so the market was not as inflated at the time. Woodward's only mistake under LVG was to keep him long enough to create tension upon his departure. Absolutely terrible manager for us, who deluded many of our fans.
He had brilliant ideas and has had brilliant ideas about football throughout his career. He has on the occasion had success, particular when he is asked to do very little recruitment. However, he has very little regard for the club and countries he coaches and it shows in how he treats players, the clubs and in the way he operates in the transfer market. Brilliant coach, stupid man.
