In every corner of Britain and for that matter the world the main topic of discussion around the start of the new Premier League season has been Manchester United. The status of the club as one of the most supported and followed clubs in world football reminds us why so many articles and discussions rage about the start of the Louis Van Gaal era at Manchester United. It is true every Manchester United fan was disappointed and many left early and to be honest who would complain about their actions I for one would not. When the starting eleven was announced I feared the worse thinking this is a disaster waiting to happen. To say that was the worse United starting line-up in 20 years would not be an exaggeration, to the point that I cannot bring myself to write the starting 11 again.
The crowd was ringing out their appreciation for Louis Van Gaal as he walked towards the Manchester United bench before kick-off, it seemed like the dark clouds of last season had been lifted and a new fresh vibrant era was about to unfold over the next 90 minutes. As the game progressed it quickly started to dawn on us the Utd faithful that this was worse than anything we saw last season and the conclusion reached very quickly by the fans was simple, we have not got the quality of personnel for the job at hand. I am sure Louis Van Gaal and Ryan Giggs must have been scribbling notes for the attention of Ed Woodward and which in bold red must have had the words Deja Vu all across them. The lack of serious transfer activity by Ed Woodward has a feeling of been there, seen it, never stopped to buy the t-shirt feel.
Louis Van Gaal has done a fantastic job in raising the confidence and moral of both players and supporters around the club but now is the time for the Glazers to show that Manchester United means more than just a commodity for their portfolio and for Ed Woodward to show that he is capable of being able to get the best players for United like his predecessors David Gill and Peter Kenyon. When Manchester United was flying we had the best combination, a manager who was a footballing genius and a chief executive who was a master recruiter. Last season we had neither this season we have the footballing genius as a manager, let’s hope and pray the master recruiter gets it right second time of asking. Failure to do any meaningful business during the last few weeks of the transfer window will impact on Manchester United for years to come and much like the economies of the world there will be much pain before we see the fruits of an upturn in the fortunes of a world footballing institution. Manchester United
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The crowd was ringing out their appreciation for Louis Van Gaal as he walked towards the Manchester United bench before kick-off, it seemed like the dark clouds of last season had been lifted and a new fresh vibrant era was about to unfold over the next 90 minutes. As the game progressed it quickly started to dawn on us the Utd faithful that this was worse than anything we saw last season and the conclusion reached very quickly by the fans was simple, we have not got the quality of personnel for the job at hand. I am sure Louis Van Gaal and Ryan Giggs must have been scribbling notes for the attention of Ed Woodward and which in bold red must have had the words Deja Vu all across them. The lack of serious transfer activity by Ed Woodward has a feeling of been there, seen it, never stopped to buy the t-shirt feel.
Louis Van Gaal has done a fantastic job in raising the confidence and moral of both players and supporters around the club but now is the time for the Glazers to show that Manchester United means more than just a commodity for their portfolio and for Ed Woodward to show that he is capable of being able to get the best players for United like his predecessors David Gill and Peter Kenyon. When Manchester United was flying we had the best combination, a manager who was a footballing genius and a chief executive who was a master recruiter. Last season we had neither this season we have the footballing genius as a manager, let’s hope and pray the master recruiter gets it right second time of asking. Failure to do any meaningful business during the last few weeks of the transfer window will impact on Manchester United for years to come and much like the economies of the world there will be much pain before we see the fruits of an upturn in the fortunes of a world footballing institution. Manchester United
@RAFALI_BB1