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Let's be honest your club doesn't become rotten because of a few dud signings like Darmian, Schneiderlin etc. Especially when you previously had Evans, Cleverley... Basti was exactly the type of personality we needed. When he wasn't at the Tennis etc. |
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I’d have taken Evans over Rojo and Rafael over Darmian all day long tbf (still would). I don’t think most of the decisions were made by Van Gaal though tbh, we knew he’d only be here for three years so the board went for what they thought would be a quick fix (throw money at the problem). Trouble is that’s made us needing another rebuild a few years after the last one |
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He was retiring after three years so I’m not sure he looked at the long term when signing/selling players.
We’d already lost Rio, Evra and Vidic that window so I didn’t really see the need to lose Evans too, especially if it meant replacing him with Rojo. It all felt a bit rushed and the board leading the club that window imo. Herrera, Shaw, Falcao and Di Maria were more club signings nqat. Wasn’t the Rojo one done pretty early into the off season too but it took a while to get over the line because of third party ownership? Van Gaal made plenty of mistakes but I do think the board probably let him down in the transfer market. |
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I think he can’t help but take the long-term view. It’s just his approach. When he was close to being cooked at Barca in 2002 he still played 18yo Iniesta ahead of Mendieta. He does what he thinks is right. Remember he signed Martial and said he was bought for his successor. Some truth to that outlook tbh. Rojo I reckon was a short-sighted one simply as he’d studied Argentina as opponents at the World Cup. Suspect that was his shout after Hunmels didn’t happen. |
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For some reason I thought he was sold after playing like a shitter Phill Jones against MK Dons Probably should have been the more I think about it |
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