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Your Airbag wrote: »

The Van Gaal dossier

Great article here on LVG and his different spells at different clubs.

It talks about his formational evolutions and his sometimes frosty relationship with executives and players. Some nice graphs showing his various formations like his 3-1-2-1-3 at Ajax. Some personal stuff is covered too, the death of his first wife for example I wasn't aware of and how his strict upbringing is reflected in his management style.

Its got a good sense of humor





http://s.telegraph.co.uk/graphics/projects/the-van-gaal-dossier/index.html

I assume its the same article that was making the rounds last summer/start of season?

Very good read for anyone who hasn't yet.

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Last night was meh, Preston performed as expected, the pace we play at for the majority of games is so pedestrian, its not going to work, defenders have all the time in the world to get ready and make themselves solid, there is no runs from the midfielders supporting or making space for the strikers so they are living off scraps and dying a death out there while having to drop too deep to just get a touch of the ball now and then

Falcao is not playing well, but the service he gets is criminal, it is such a waste to have someone like him in the team and not be able to make the most of his talent, or at least play to his strengths a little if he is supposed to be the focal point of the attack! He needs to have support, to make space for him to work.

As usual we looked at our best when playing a system that was more orthodox and moved the ball quicker, not obsessed with keeping possession, Valencia must be the greatest trainer out there to be continually getting picked, can only assume Rafael is turning up to training pissed. The safety first approach is the only reason he is in the team but it is killing attacks 98% of the time when the ball goes near him.

Shaw needs to do more both offensively and defensively, some Evra like attempts to block balls in to the box and not enough attacking impetus at the other end, but he is still finding his feet I feel and doing an ok job.

Hererra needs to play, he may not be the best central midfielder in the world, but he is certainly imo the best at the club to make things tick and will link the play quickly and make the runs to give people options or to take defenders attention off the strikers who are too easy to mark when nobody else is threatening.

Di Maria is a mixed bag, as are most players of his ilk, I have no doubts about him though and his talent is there for all to see, his final ball has let him down recently but no doubt he will hit a purple patch again soon.

Blind didn't have a great game but he kept things ticking over and I don't have any major criticism of him really. Fellaini was the difference when he was put into a more destructive position, the stigma attached to him is amusing, he is good with his feet and much more then just a lump, he creates problems for defenders and is a fantastic plan B to have, plan A is clearly not going well right now.

Apologies for the length of the post, didn't mean to go on.

kryogen wrote: »

Its more the daily dose of "FELLAINI,HAS IT COME TO THIS??!?!?!?" and "LVG IS THE WRONG MAN FOR THE JOB OBV" soapboxing from bangkok and more worryingly the thanks the opinions get that drew my question

You knows who fault it all is right?

#welldonefellaini

Not unusual considering where the game was, amusing though of course.