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Louis van Gaal has accused Manchester United of hanging him out to dry with his controversial sacking after he had led the club to FA Cup glory.

Van Gaal always held a dignified silence over the sacking, but, that was until now. Speaking to the Mirror he’s let rip over his dismissal claiming that United hung him out to dry:

“United put my head in a noose and I was publicly placed on the gallows. The pressure was enormous with my head in the noose and they went right behind my back.

“I think it was all orchestrated like a film and it was done very much behind my back right from January. My wife, Truus, told me that the attitude of the board had changed. Women have this intuition. They smell it.

“I denied it, even to my wife, because between me as a manager and the chief executive Ed Woodward, everything was running as normal.

“Suddenly former players started to yap in the media that we were playing boring football and Mourinho's sacking made it very attractive for everyone to keep bashing me.

“Suddenly, Mourinho was out after one-and-a-half years of my contract and I knew United wanted him one day. They told me only after it was leaked out and it was the biggest disappointment of my life.

“United did not discuss this with me. If they had come to me with the Mourinho plan then I could have said ‘okay, let’s give it everything for the last six months, complete commitment to each other and the team and then Jose Mourinho can take over.’

“They could have saved the last year of my salary by doing that but after what happened I made them pay every penny.”

[Source: Mirror]

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chrisley024:
Verratti tackles reminds me of Scholes' especially in his old age.


@elampiro, hope you saw the Isco free kick?

Let me see the video. I didn't watch the match. What about it?

Wenger will not give us Sanchez after he appeared to make mistake with Van Persie.

Mkhitaryan with 5 Assist is good for club player of the month, but again there were periods he disappeared from matches. Overall, Pogba might just win it.

Let’s hope no one returns from international break with injuries.

chrisley024:
Mehn Everton performance today is an eyesore continued from 2nd half against City

After that City match, I concluded they are bound for relegation. But now I remember three or four senior players are injured. Plus Schneiderlin, that is 5.

Coleman
Bolasie
Barkley
Mckarthy

I hope we play them before their players return.

sinizia:
In the first-half, Martial delivered a quality cross which Pogba met and couldn't convert. He's right.

Look for our match highlights on YouTube, one that's a bit long, say 10mins, and you'd find that scene in it.

Ok, I have seen it. It looks like the Leicester defender (no 28) got a head on it slightly before dropping behind. If that was the case, the opta stat tech would not record it as a successful cross. It would come in as a deflection. Just like they record Assists.

Leyqute:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZoYI6fDXr4
1:22

I can't view video. Content blocked for violating copy right

I was scared Lukaku would miss the penalty, then I saw from the TV he had missed two from his previous 5. Then he actually missed. So he has now missed 3/6

He has to hand over that duty to Mata.

Leyqute:
What about the one Pogba connected with? Who made that cross?

I can't remember that

Oasis007:

Then whatever cooked up the Stat must be stupid!

Whoscored. They use opta as feed

Odunharry:
It was Jones.. The first person bfre He did same to blind few minutes later.

Ok, I didn’t see all his posts.

Odunharry:
It was Jones.. The first person bfre He did same to blind few minutes later.

He didn’t beat (minus) Jones. Jones dispossessed Mahrez and lost the ball when he mis-step. But Mahrez minus Blind completely the only time he faced him in the box.

The one Nihilist was asking about, I guess for sure it was when Mahrez minus Blind completely.

Leyqute:
About Jones, see what I said ^^.

About Valencia, he was lacking going forward. Most times, he had no clue what to do and kept passing backward.

You said Martial had less crosses than Valencia, yes, but his crosses were far more Dangerous. Pogba connected well with one in the first half but it didn't end in the back of the net. Most of Valencia's crosses were aimed at the leg of the man in front of him. We've been complaining about this for ages. It's the same today.

Even if you have a leftie in front of you, there's enough space to play a quick 1-2 pass with Pogba who was always available in midfield

I tell you, if the game had ended goalless guys would be demanding for his head on a plate at the moment.

Thank God we capped a very good performance with two goals.

Martial actually had 0/6 accurate crosses according to stat. But I thought he had a very very good game.

Leyqute:
Elamps, we know you have favorites, but let's be open-minded.

I'd Jones did okay but he was caught out of position on several occasions. If Mahrez had gotten that pass a split second earlier he could've punished us severely. However, he covered up quickly and saved the team.

Also, Valencia is not unduly criticized. He was sub par. Failed to drive forward on many occasions when he had the chance to and couldn't deliver his crosses well. I'd say Blind's crosses were far more dangerous than his.

Jones was excellent. I think may be some people begin watching a match with the intention of finding fault to criticize some players. Jones made last man aerial clearances that if he had not read the game properly, we would have conceded from a header. He also was magnificent with his tackles.

It was Blind who always went out of position, which meant which means Jones had to cover for him, thereby making Jones to come one vs one with Mahrez. A central defender should not be allowed to face a forward one vs one without anyone behind to cover up any eventuality. Particularly when it is a good dribbler like Mahrez.

Look at how Valencia always on hand to form a twin with Bailly on the other end making it hard for any one to get past both. That was why Leicester resorted to crossing from that wing, which Jones headed all away.

Valencia went forward many times. I dont understand what you meant he should have been going forward. All the early threats in the match was because Valencia left his marker, which the commentor mentioned.

Martial put in 6 crosses and non connected, and he was the one gifted the most space to utilize for a perfect cross.

Remember Valencia is a full back, not a winger. And he was playing with a left footer ahead of him. Marta had to cut back all the time.

Odunharry:
Jones.

That was not Jones na. It was Blind

chrisley024:
@elampiro, Gk fault for Alonso's goal?

No. He took it with his left foot. That is less predictable than using a right foot from there.

joeace2020:
Never take the canopy analysts serious.

Lol, he will tell you Pogba bribed the the voters. Remember when Herrera won the MOTM in Europa final, he said Eufa were just doing eye service. Something like that, I can't remember the excuse he gave exactly, but he blamed Eufa for awarding MOTM to Herrera.

He is always on the the wrong side; under the canopy where matches are watched on 1941 black and white TV with poor signals. You have to hit in the TV every 10 minutes to regain steady image.

Nihilist:
So none of you reprobates is going to apologise to elampiro now that paulinho has found his way to Barca?

AdisaOwala I'm looking at you.

Dayokanu and Dademola/Dadehmola

afrodoc2:
I do not think i was for or against Paulinho however you have to remember that when it comes to buying players especially non-superstars Barca has a history of gbaing penalty lo si throw in.So let us see how he does at Barca first before judging.

They bought Andre Gomes, Hleb, Santi Ezquerro, Chygrynski, Paco Alcacer, Mathieu, Alex Vidal, Thomas Vermaelen, Keirrision, Gerard Lopez, Milito, Cristanval, Geovanni et al so they are not infallible.

I am already vindicated. Where on earth do a player goes to Chinese league and returns to a top team with €40M sign on fee? That's a midfielder o

PietroRico:
Elampiro, vindicated yet again

Ayagayagayagayo hei, Ayagayagayagayo

Lukaku should have passed to Rashford there.
Abeg make our players dey pass na until we score 3 or 4

eph12:
You're looking for who to collect red cards abi?

May be Herrera failed in his task. But we can take it as a one off failure. And Pogba has to be more responsible.

SailorXY:
these old men never change chai

You first go kirikiri or dem post you go Sambisa forest?