Revisionism of his reign has already begun I see, the usual 'foundations' garbage and Barca/Bayern comparison shite being brought up, I thought only one peculiar WUM would ever try and propose such nonsense but it'll fly under the radar with all that's happened this weekend but it simply has to be laughed at. Have a nice retirement Louis and tell yourself you were a success here but this belated sacking and imminent Jose announcement at least says that the club isn't totally oblivious to another failed managerial regime. The fact it didn't happen 6 months ago is still a stain and has cost us CL next season, but the club only has itself to blame for that. Winning the cup was fantastic and it was great to see how strong the team responded to going behind and the red card, great Brentan styled character in fact, but LVG's failure was already assured well before that anyway so it was a nice finish to a dreary season.
I've no doubt that if we have any success under Mourinho in the next 2/3 years that there will be some trying to shamelessly credit Van Gaal, absolutely no doubt it will happen at some point, some United fans are just so enamored with him for whatever reason which I find bizarre. We had constant mention of Moyes being 'honest' and a 'nice guy' and now we'll get head wrecking comments about LVG being a 'character' and being the paragon of youth players. Whatever, he's gone, he has his pay off and FA cup, but his reign was a failure in almost every category and his comments and deluded nonsense about fans expectations really exposed that not only was he a failure here, but an arrogant one at that.
That 'Thank you Van Gaal' and that car crash 'we have lost our class' threads really show how many United fans' priorities are really out of sync IMO. Some honestly like to believe we are some type of special, precious and kind hearted club with 'class'™. Yes, that multi-million pound sporting corporation owned but American business tycoons that makes more money off advertising and selling products than any other in the world is really quaint and humble and prioritizes how nice it acts to underperforming employees. Is Jose a self centered twat? Probably, is he one of the most successful managers in the modern era? Yes, which is more important? Go figure. I wouldn't have cared a shite how arrogant or stubborn Vangle was if he didn't produce such shite, but he did so it only pronounced the need to replace him.