And the Cup Winners.
The ******* absolute irony being Chelsea, a club with jack **** history in relation, find a Russian saviour and become the first British side to win all three. Bastards.
And it's still on for Utd. One thing we can no longer do as the Cup Winners Cup is no more.
Scraping the UEFA Cup was the dumbest thing UEFA ever did. Seriously.
I am ****** that he shows no passion in a win or die scenario. I personally don't like it as i like a bit of passion in my managers, but I do get that others may not agree on that.
I don't think anyone has a problem with managers showing passion. Its just that people seem to convinced that manager being passionate on the sideline actually impacts results. It doesn't. Going apeshit on the sideline is just posturing for the fans and the media. The reality is, players can't even hear whatever the **** manager is shouting, and they don't have time to look at what he is signaling, either.
I dunno if i saw Keane doing it i'd improve my desire and ability quite a bit.
Yeah must be why Keane had such a success.
Why ship out Wilson, Welbeck, Chicharito and Januzaj though? This is one of my bug bears with LVG, the decision of players he has let go looks rather bad when tonight they would of all offered something.
Same could be said about Rafael, losing him and we've ended up playing total youngster.
Them four are attacking players mate.
The reality is, players can't even hear whatever the **** manager is shouting, and they don't have time to look at what he is signaling, either.
Why ship out Wilson, Welbeck, Chicharito and Januzaj though? This is one of my bug bears with LVG, the decision of players he has let go looks rather bad when tonight they would of all offered something.
Same could be said about Rafael, losing him and we've ended up playing total youngster.
You don't need to do monkey dance at the touchline to make a FULL BACK hear you, mate.
Pretty sure you did nothing but cry about Welbeck when he was here. Same with Chicharito. Wilson? Where, over Martial? No. Januzaj did nothing last season and has done nothing for Dortmund thus far. IIRC he also asked to go on loan.
Who else has he let go?
Rafael - Didn't get it, but replaced with Darmian.
Evans - Anyone gonna argue this was a bad decision?
Evra - Had something to offer, but wouldn't be missed if not for the Shaw injury. Was also clearly on the wane in his final seasons.
Nani - Pretty sure me and Sunil were the only ones here who wanted him to stay.
Kagawa - Never came off for him here.
RVP - Was **** in his final year.
Chicharito - Offered nothing but goals and never showed his finishing ability last year. Can see why he was shipped.
You don't need to do monkey dance at the touchline to make a FULL BACK hear you, mate.
Why ship out Wilson, Welbeck, Chicharito and Januzaj though? This is one of my bug bears with LVG, the decision of players he has let go looks rather bad when tonight they would of all offered something.
Same could be said about Rafael, losing him and we've ended up playing total youngster.
This is totally revisionist. You've not said a word in two months, either
Yeah must be why Keane had such a success.
I personally think that history will look fondly on LVG. He's been given 3 years to build the foundations of a team for the next decade (Martial, Depay, Herrera, Shaw, Darmian etc.) have the potential to be mainstays in the side for years to come. He's playing the football he feels is necessary to maintain our league position while doing it. Dislike it all you want, but right now, it's effective in the only measure that really matters - points. People act like he's inherently a defensive manager, when he's historically built many attacking sides. He's just pragmatic, and does what he feels is necessary according to his squad's strengths/weaknesses.
He has his methods/philosophy and admirably sticks by them no matter what. At almost every club he's managed at he's attracted the ire of fans/media in one way or another, but he almost always leaves them in a better way than he left them, while winning trophies.
Finally, we've been spoilt by the unprecedented consistent levels of success that Fergie achieved. We're in transition - stop expecting everything while we are. Every big club goes through peaks and troughs - for years at a time. Barcelona, Bayern, Madrid (who last had a GREAT team, when?) etc. all have spent years at a time in the wilderness. Put his performance into the context of what he's been asked to do, rather the unrealistic expectations he's being held to, and judge him then.