Rooney speaks...

Originally Posted by suedeshoes

A good builder would have bought better materials.

Nice edit.....

Originally Posted by Bunker Buster

Nice edit.....

I make the same point just more succinctly.

Originally Posted by suedeshoes

I make the same point just more succinctly.

You tried to call the best centre back in Europe average....

Dress it up as a shit metaphor...

We see. LVG4LYFE

Originally Posted by Bunker Buster

You tried to call the best centre back in Europe average....

Dress it up as a shit metaphor...

We see. LVG4LYFE

OK mate. I can't play with you when you play like this.

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The LVG era was the absolute worst time to go to the match but the best time to come on Fred. Emperor’s New Clothes AOTS. Sensational hot takes hither and yon. Total war.

My main beef with the entire thing is the transition from LVG to Mourinho. It just shows a complete lack of direction in terms of footballing identity. It’s why we had such a drop off under Ole too; although our approach now is simpler than what LVG was trying to implement, it still takes time to adapt and grow confident playing in an unfamiliar system.

I’ll never deny that some of the football in that second season under LVG was painfully boring. What I will contest is this idea that we had no idea where we were going. The big difference for me between the early first season run of awful results, and the mid-second season bore bonanza, was that we looked pretty well drilled in the second season. The mistakes were always made because of our lack of confidence and the bang average players we had all over the pitch. In that first season we just looked like a bunch of headless chickens. I’m not saying that a third season would have produced a miraculous run of results, but I think with a couple of the right signings made (big ask as Woodward was hellbent on the big names coming in at the time), we could have been a top 3 team easily. I also think we should have been looking at a manager more in line with LvGs “philosophy”, instead of jumping from one style of football to the complete opposite style of football. Seriously, the football at the end of Mourinho’s tenure is definitely the worst I’ve seen us play; we looked like we hadn’t actually been coached at all. What was the game where we couldn’t even string a couple of passes together, think there was a vid made of it after with benny hill music. It was embarrassing.

Originally Posted by Knockers

😍😍😍

The LVG era was the absolute worst time to go to the match but the best time to come on Fred. Emperor’s New Clothes AOTS. Sensational hot takes hither and yon. Total war.

Tbh, apart from the ultimate highs like a league win or 2008, this place is at its box office best when the were struggling on the pitch.

I love this place.

Originally Posted by Bunker Buster

You tried to call the best centre back in Europe average....

here fishy fishy!

Originally Posted by MUFCOK

Shows your lack of knowledge for the game. The forum Mike Bassett, have you heard of anything other than the 4-4-2 formation?

A lot of people watch football, unfortunately not a lot of people understand football.

I see Siders has a new log-in. A completely pointless statistic in due course will surely confirm.

Originally Posted by MUFC One Love

The football under Van Gaal was the worst I have seen. Even shit teams must have loved coming to O.T.

https://youtu.be/JrihtVkHMTU

His signings, much like his management tenure, followed a similar pattern in the main: initial excitement, the odd great moment, but ultimately disappointment.

Originally Posted by shenwen

His signings, much like his management tenure, followed a similar pattern in the main: initial excitement, the odd great moment, but ultimately disappointment.

Originally Posted by Bunker Buster

You tried to call the best centre back in Europe average....

Dress it up as a shit metaphor...

We see. LVG4LYFE

Originally Posted by Jack Duckworth

that's what happens when you sack a manager part way through a rebuild. it's a process.

He had a year left; his choice. We were hardly going gangbusters Jack.

I didn't want him sacked, but I didn't care less when he was. Always a short-term appointment, signings were mostly crap, some of the defeats inflicted were embarrassing and the football was utter shite.



I believe every word that's been attributed to him about Ed Woodward though.

90% of the games we played under van Gaal

https://youtu.be/LfduUFF_i1A

Originally Posted by Patty_b

I didn't want him sacked, but I didn't care less when he was. Always a short-term appointment, signings were mostly crap, some of the defeats inflicted were embarrassing and the football was utter shite.



I believe every word that's been attributed to him about Ed Woodward though.

The results in that final season were horrific. Spurs and Arsenal both gave us hidings. The November - January spell alone where we went eight games without a win and lost about 4 on the bounce - including to Stoke, Bournemouth and Norwich - was a sackable offence in itself.

Some good results after that against Liverpool and City but common knowledge his time was up anyway.

Barnet never really took, did it? Shame.

https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/footb...erby-football/

Giiggsy’s having trouble as well it seems.

Be derby manager before end of week

Nobody even dare £#%&!ing say it