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Originally Posted by S/Side.Red
The stories he was being binned for Mourinho came as soon as we hit a little blip. We'd been top of the league and in a great position in Europe. Three weeks later everyone wanted the change. Felt to me like a collective headsgone moment, tbh.
Obviously the manager always carries the can, especially these days when frenzies are far easier for the media to whip up. But for me the club could have done more to calm it before it even started last Autumn by getting people to show a united front.
I think Mou would be better at that. He's obsessed with perception and is more media savvy than LvG. He'd also be far more aggressive in his media dealings. Imagine playing great football for 25 years and letting club legends say you're only interested in possession
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van gaal dismissed scholes but said he couldn't really win an argument with him... very dignified, but he should have had a pop back.
imo just like i've said all along, van gaal's main problem personally has been communication. he speaks ok english but has a strange way of expressing himself which doesn't really translate and tends to get key words muddled up in tense or context. this must be very frustrating for him, and it led the media to revel in quoting him verbatim to take the piss.
the best one was when he said it's not always the club sacking him, he might quit himself first. to me that was a joke that no-one wanted to get. i thought it was funny.
making no comment at all publicly was the best way united could back him.