I don't think he should be sacked, but I'm starting to really not like him. I found him very likeable up until the last 3-4 weeks.
I have no fecking clue what his supposed philosophy is. Seeing Blind suffer in a one-man midfield whilst we had 3 capable midfielders on the bench. Is that the philosophy?
Agreed with this.
His constant comments on other teams playing 'long ball' is starting to grate too, considering the football we're playing.
Tragically, Borys, it's probable that a United team with you in it would beat the one selected by Louis.United team selected by me would beat the team selected by van Gaal.
Van Gaal's currently doing a solid job as Manchester United manager.
If Darren Fletcher was available for the Champions league final against Barcelona - it wouldn't have made any difference to the result.
He's getting the results, credit for that. But I am not impressed with him and he makes a lot of wrong decisions IMO. Hence my previous post.Van Gaal's currently doing a solid job as Manchester United manager.
My team would be strong enough to win it, I wouldn’t like to embarrass him.Tragically, Borys, it's probable that a United team with you in it would beat the one selected by Louis.
I can’t get my head around that. 5 points off 2nd, 5 away from 7th. Crazy.Yeah, agree. We are in third after all. Been decent so far.
He got it purely on the fact he scored two goals. Stupid voting. And Herrera should be starting.Smalling was far from MOTM today and didn't play good. Despite his 2 goals, his horrible defending caused the first goal. And his horrible defending during the clash with Herrera nearly costed the second.
I know that it's not nice, that it's not how we want the club to be run, but Van gaal probably needs to be sacked.
United is in a period of transition, and need a manager who makes real decisions, who doesn't shoehorn players because of their names and who can use his best players effectively (Mata, Rooney, Di Maria). The club can't lose more time or more occasions to fill the gap with Chelsea or City.
I feel that LVG is lacking the energy, the drive, the enthusiasm, the personal ambition, at the moment he looks like a shop manager.
Obviously the sacking is based a lot on what we are witnessing, maybe he has totally different plans for next season.
Not true... we should have beaten them in 2009
But adding Darren Fletcher and 5 other players to our midfield would have made no difference in 2011. Even Moyes wouldn't have started Giggs and Carrick vs Xavi, Inesta and Busquets in their prime
Don't think too many will argue with you here. His command of his area is maybe the area he needs most work on, but he has improved immensely since joining us and certainly isn't bad.De Gea isn't at all convincing at corners. Needs to be more dominant.
Van Gaal's currently doing a solid job as Manchester United manager.
3rd in the table. Its far from perfect, but sacking him now won't help.
Don't think too many will argue with you here. His command of his area is maybe the area he needs most work on, but he has improved immensely since joining us and certainly isn't bad.
Came in here to post this. Other than some bizarre team selections. I think he has been fantastic and happy he's ours. Very confident that we will get top 3.
De Gea isn't at all convincing at corners. Needs to be more dominant.
Not to mention barca had most of their defence out that day, I think 3 out of 4 of them were either injured of suspended. We should have walked the final in 2009.
We never had a chance in 2011, as you said playing giggs and carrick in a midfield 2 against Xavi, iniesta and sergi is lunacy....what was SAF thinking?
Smalling is an accident waiting to happen every game. Lacks aggression and brains. Rojo is our best centre-half by a margin.
Not to mention barca had most of their defence out that day, I think 3 out of 4 of them were either injured of suspended. We should have walked the final in 2009.
We never had a chance in 2011, as you said playing giggs and carrick in a midfield 2 against Xavi, iniesta and sergi is lunacy....what was SAF thinking?
De Gea isn't at all convincing at corners. Needs to be more dominant.
There was a time RvP was in poor form, and we had Falcao sitting on the bench. It was reasonable to give him a chance. Now both of them are in terrible form, so it would be wise to bench at least one of them, because we still have 2 strikers who can take their spot. And he’s still not dropping van Persie.People here seem to think that LVG makes some "bizarre" decisions, but he's done a lot this year that the fans wanted.
1. "Stop bringing of Falcao and give him a full game, he won't dare drop his Dutch friend RVP" - As Falcao starts to play more it is evident he's not up to it at the moment
I think we’re scoring more now but either way the formation isn’t the problem.2. "5-3-2 doesn't work we play so much better with four at the back" - Nothing has chaged
We are one draw from being out of top 4. I am content with our position but it doesn’t tell you the story, we’ve been very fortunate to get points from some games this season. And this guy’s team selection is insane. Do you agree with his decisions just because we sit third?3. "I could pick a better team" - this is the most laughable idea of them all. We're third.
I can’t even imagine how good must be Falcao, van Persie, Rooney in training and how shit must be Herrera to find himself on the bench every week.We have no idea how players do at training or how fit they are. Hell we don't even know the players instructions and how they carry them out. In his first season I'm very happy with third.
People here seem to think that LVG makes some "bizarre" decisions, but he's done a lot this year that the fans wanted.
1. "Stop bringing of Falcao and give him a full game, he won't dare drop his Dutch friend RVP" - As Falcao starts to play more it is evident he's not up to it at the moment
2. "5-3-2 doesn't work we play so much better with four at the back" - Nothing has chaged
3. "I could pick a better team" - this is the most laughable idea of them all. We're third.
We have no idea how players do at training or how fit they are. Hell we don't even know the players instructions and how they carry them out. In his first season I'm very happy with third.
We fumble our way through this season and secure champions league football I'd be happy. What's more I feel with a couple of signings and a summer with the squad and LVG will have us playing the football we want to see.
There was a time RvP was in poor form, and we had Falcao sitting on the bench. It was reasonable to give him a chance. Now both of them are in terrible form, so it would be wise to bench at least one of them, because we still have 2 strikers who can take their spot. And he’s still not dropping van Persie.
I think we’re scoring more now but either way the formation isn’t the problem.
We are one draw from being out of top 4. I am content with our position but it doesn’t tell you the story, we’ve been very fortunate to get points from some games this season. And this guy’s team selection is insane. Do you agree with his decisions just because we sit third?
I can’t even imagine how good must be Falcao, van Persie, Rooney in training and how shit must be Herrera to find himself on the bench every week.
I think he's tied himself up, with the players he has and the players he's chosen to bring in. Come summer we will be playing 1 up top and have the ability to play another midfielder like Herrera. Its hard to argue that our team isn't ridiculously unbalanced right now?Sorry for playing devil's advocate but come on. Any team save maybe Chelsea and City would love to have the sort of options we have. With the money we've spent and more importantly the personnel we do have on hand, and with LVG's track record we should be playing a much better brand of football results notwithstanding.
He has the tools to make it work and isn't showing he has a clue how to do so, or at least isn't willif to. For me, more signings are a bullshit excuse because the true flaw with us is how we choose to play and misuse personnel.
I think he's tied himself up, with the players he has and the players he's chosen to bring in. Come summer we will be playing 1 up top and have the ability to play another midfielder like Herrera. Its hard to argue that our team isn't ridiculously unbalanced right now?
I say it because I can't see Falcao staying and RVP will be told he has a squad role next year.True too. Not sure why you're saying come summer we'll play one top and another midfielder like Herrera though. We have no idea what's going to happen and what his plan is. This is like the whole frikkin' Kagawa situation again. We have the means to play Herrera in the best midfield we've had for a few seasons and make it viable. It's been been proven too that it can work. But no, we shun the one player who would improve us and play a complete a bunch of misfits out of position.
The back four were ah bag of nerves, they are so afraid of making a mistake that the can't focus on anything else.Smalling was quite poor yesterday. Scored two goals which is brilliant, but his defending was shocking at times.
