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Post by Jie on Feb 25, 2015 14:10:47 GMT
I don't think disappointment is the right word to use here, but there's certainly some grounding since the beginning of the season, I think that's what the article was talking about. I was trying to stress more on that part: For the Dutchman things can get better, for the Scot they could only have got worse. |
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Post by Nemanja79 on Feb 25, 2015 19:57:58 GMT
Yeah, fair enough, I took it to a different level but you know what I meant.  That's really good piece and this part "If a top four finish is to be achieved, van Gaal's side will have to do it the hard way. The run of games which ends with Sunderland at home next time out was supposed to allow United to build a points cushion over its rivals to take in to a forbidding looking March and April. Instead, the margin for error is tiny." says a lot. I mean, we've been doing it the hard way under Fergie's last years too and being at the height of the task every time. If it needs to be that way again and we achieve our goals like many times in the past, I'm all for it. At least that'll keep the players on their toes and wont (shouldn't) allow complacency - the dream killer. This part I don't like particularly: "Luke Shaw, signed at great expense last summer, looks promising but a work in progress and Marcos Rojo, committed but limited and slightly erratic". This is jury out on Rojo so prematurely. How on earth is he limited and how you can say something like this about someone who just arrived? As much as erratic, the only one who showed some cojones! When the season ends, they can all freely feck off to Palma de Mallorca, Barbados and places with the happy thoughts in their minds, knowing that they've made very happy a lot of millions poor souls around the globe who were cheering for them while changing the undies 5 times a match! If not, they can feck right off now with the thoughts that they're sissies! I wouldn't want to spend my holiday with the thoughts like that about myself. |
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Post by Dave on Feb 27, 2015 21:09:06 GMT
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Post by Dave on Feb 27, 2015 23:20:13 GMT
When asked if Falcao could play alongside Wilson, van Gaal said: "It is a process between players. When Falcao is used to playing with van Persie then, when he plays with Wilson, he starts another process. That's why I started with Falcao and van Persie. Now maybe is the time to start a process between Falcao and Wilson. They haven't played so much together, I believe once or twice. You can see that Wilson is also left-footed like van Persie and Falcao is right-footed. I have used Rooney as the right-footed striker and Wilson as a left-footed striker, that is why I kept these four players at the start of the season. I expect, in theory, it is like that but, in practice, we have to wait and see."
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Post by howAREya on Feb 27, 2015 23:34:21 GMT
 oh just pick wilson
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Post by Nemanja79 on Feb 28, 2015 0:02:20 GMT
So, it is two strikers then till the end of the season. I feel he'll revert back to 3-5-2 in many matches, especially those big ones.
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Post by Jerry Koh on Feb 28, 2015 14:18:38 GMT
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Post by Jie on Feb 28, 2015 17:04:13 GMT
I would love to quote line by line some of the nonsense in that article but I don't have the time. Truly rivals some of the facebook comments |
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Post by Nemanja79 on Mar 1, 2015 23:47:17 GMT
Louis van Gaal: Manchester United do not have a 20-goal strikerLouis van Gaal admits that, despite having a £100m frontline, Manchester United do not have a striker who can score 20 goals this season. The manager puts the inability of Radamel Falcao or Robin van Persie to do so down to bad luck. Falcao, whose total cost if a permanent deal is done with Monaco would be £50m, has four goals; Van Persie, signed for £24m, has 10 goals; Wayne Rooney (£26m), nine goals; and James Wilson, Van Gaal’s homegrown fourth forward, two. United sit fourth, 13 points behind the leaders, Chelsea, and eight adrift of Manchester City. Asked if the difference between United and the two title favourites is that they boast superior strikers, the manager said: “It is true because I cannot deny it – Robin van Persie cannot deny it, Falcao cannot deny it and Rooney is not playing there much any more. We cannot deny that, at this moment, we don’t have a striker who scores 20 goals in the season. “This does not tell [us] anything about next year. They could be having an unlucky year and I have to decide, with my staff, if it is [this] or other aspects.” Part of Van Gaal’s footballing philosophy is to retrain players to use their brains rather than instinct. Ángel Di María, the British record £59.7m signing, has struggled to find regular form this term and the manager acknowledged that his demands are difficult for the Argentinian and all his players. “I think not only Di María, I think all the players,” the manager added. “My belief, and the belief of the board, is when you do things with your conscience [consciously] then it shall be better. But at the end every player has to do each task with intuition, because that is the process. He needs to go through that process and at the end he shall be much better. I know as a manager that he is a very creative player and you can see this from the statistics. “He needs that space and I give that space, but he needs to do also things with his brain and that is a learning process, not only with Di María but with all the players. It is not always the fault of the manager, when a player is not performing well.” Asked why elite players need to be retrained, Van Gaal said: “Because every team has its own philosophy and then you have to play like that philosophy and that is why a lot of players are not fitting in that philosophy which is why some players are better with one club but not at another. There are a lot of examples of that to give. When you buy players you need to give them time to adapt to the culture of England, to the rhythm of the Premier League, because that is a big difference to somewhere like Spain.” Van Gaal refused to say whether his methods will make Di María a better or poorer player. “Why are you always asking the manager and not the player? You have to ask the player that. You have never an interview with the player?” For Sunderland’s visit to Old Trafford on Saturday Michael Carrick is available again after injury, though Van Persie’s ankle injury will keep him out for at least two weeks. “He is injured, the only injured player that I have. So, we change Carrick for Van Persie. He has an ankle problem so I don’t think it is heavy, but an ankle problem takes a long time. It’s not one or two weeks, but we will have to wait and see,” the Dutchman said. This could allow Falcao to be restored to the XI having not started in the 2-1 loss to Swansea City. “The possibility is higher of course because when a striker is away another has to play,” said Van Gaal. www.theguardian.com/football/2015/feb/27/louis-van-gaal-manchester-united-strikers-shortcomingsNot really a news but whatever...
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Post by Jerry Koh on Mar 2, 2015 11:11:28 GMT
That still doesn't explain why our play so often becomes so lacklustre in the final third....
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Post by Jie on Mar 3, 2015 13:38:09 GMT
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Post by Nemanja79 on Mar 3, 2015 16:57:03 GMT
Bloody 'ell Radamelll!
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Post by Deleted on Mar 3, 2015 17:03:03 GMT
Rooney 12/13 - 16
Rooney 13/14 - 19
Rooney 14/15 - 11
van Persie 13/14 - 18
van Persie 14/15 - 10
Falcao 13/14 - 11
Falcao 14/15 - 6
Sure there are mitigating circumstances in all of those, but the fact of the matter is none of the three have scored or will score 20 goals in the last 2 seasons, 3 for Rooney.
There's been a massive overreaction to van Gaal's comments, he's said nothing wrong. Rooney has been marginally better but they're largely surviving off reputation alone at present. And before anyone says it, I know our shots per game ratio is low, but it is still my opinion that they are a big factor in that problem as well.
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Post by Nemanja79 on Mar 3, 2015 17:10:16 GMT
Yeah, the whole squad are fecking it up. No excuses for anybody. It's true that you'll score much more when you have more chances (captain bloody obvious), but it's true also that many of created chances for them they didn't took. And because of that, hang them onto hook!  |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 5, 2015 16:40:55 GMT
Watching his press conference now. One of the journo's asked about his relationship with Giggs because of the clip last night after the goal showing Giggs to be unhappy(if you actually look properly, the instance after the goal Giggs jumps up and celebrates). He's not happy, responds by telling them he doesn't have a good relationship with Giggs, he has a very bad relationship and then proceeds to tell the Journo's they are irritating him. I love this guy, he's like a cantankerous grandparent.
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