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Is Louis Van Gaal Still A Tactical Genius? by Jaypea98: 4:42pm On Jul 30, 2015 |
Van GAAL's actions and inactions during the past year as coach of my darling tean MANCHESTER UNITED, elicits mixed and feelings from ardent fans ....From player management technique to controversial statements , shear stubbornness, high level of tactical discipline and of late inexcusable deployment of players out of their natural positions.Man united fans seem to be getting impatient with the gaffer with some liking him to David Moyes his predecessor whose time at man united have been tagged 'shambolic' by both fans and pundits alike-hence the creation of this topic ...... Is Van Gaal a tactical genius? . 1. Almost none of Europe's top teams have a left-footed left-centre- back, barring Juventus who have Chiellini. Given that, is it still so important that he plays average centre-backs (Blind, Rojo, Evans), over a Jones-Smalling pairing? 2. Our centre-back pairing of Smalling and Jones, whilst not bad, is not exactly title-class. Given how many times De Gea bailed us out last season and how close he is to leaving, I simply cannot understand why he would not think that centre- back is a priority. 3. This is a guy who was quoted as saying that Darmian is second choice to Valencia. 4. Even last night, Luke Shaw marked Zlatan Ibrahimovic at a corner while Phil Jones was running in freely like he was in a PSG shirt - Are you f**king kidding me? Worse is the fact that Rafael is not preferred since he does not have height and the most common example is that he missed marking Drogba at a corner. How is this absurdity accepted by anyone? A full-back is not necessarily tall and is most certainly not expected to be marking the target men of the opposition. 5. Depay, with all his pace and acceleration, plays #10 and Mata plays on the right flank. 6. Which genius plays two deep lying midfielders in a 4-4-2 formation, particularly against a 4-3-3? 7. We are going with Rooney as our main (and sole established) striker because - hear this carefully - he told Van Gaal that he will score 25 goals this season. What did he expect him to say - "Uh Boss. I dont think I'll score over 15 goals this time. Please sign a better striker"?? Rooney is prone to the occasional dry spell - Who will get the goals then? 8. Which bungling idiot maintains a negative tone in public over transfers for whom you are trying to drive the price up? Every single I don't know if De Gea wants to stay and I don't know where Di Maria is quote increases the power for the other party in the negotiation. This is the guy who designated Phil Jones to take corners, asked Rooney to play [defensive] midfield, played Valencia ahead of Rafael, thought De Gea was not all that good, took off Di Maria in THAT Leicester game, played the dreadful 352, got pi**ed with Valdes for not playing in the reserves, got pi**ed with Van Persie because he wanted to play in the reserves and perhaps even 'sucked the joy' of playing for Di Maria (and much much more.) To his credit though, he did kick out Cleverley and Welbeck. So, perhaps, we can call that evens. F**k it (Still infinitely better than David Moyes) MUFC Blind At CB? So let me get this straight. We're going to start the season with Daley Blind in central defence and Di Maria will be playing for PSG? All those Ed Woodward memes seem a bit premature now. Cc Ogbeche77 Cc Mukina2 Cc lalasticlala |
Re: Is Louis Van Gaal Still A Tactical Genius? by Jaypea98: 5:54pm On Jul 30, 2015 |
Wow! No response yet from our ever able moderators if this kind of topic doesn't make FP then I better change ma stance on nairaland and it moderators in general. Cc Ogbeche77 Cc Mukina2 Cc lalasticlala Cc Seun |
Re: Is Louis Van Gaal Still A Tactical Genius? by Jaypea98: 5:55pm On Jul 30, 2015 |
Wow! No response yet from our ever able moderators if this kind of topic doesn't make FP then I better change ma stance on nairaland and its moderators in general. Cc Ogbeche77 Cc Mukina2 Cc lalasticlala Cc Seun |
Re: Is Louis Van Gaal Still A Tactical Genius? by joeybankz: 1:23pm On May 23, 2016 |
Manchester United To Confirm Louis van Gaal’s Exit Today Lunch Time After haven confirmed his exit from former England and European Champion, Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal has finally confirmed he will be exiting the FA cup winning side. http://www.prestnaija.com/manchester-united-confirm-louis-van-gaals-exit-today-lunch-time/ |
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