I am not a fan of the type of football played under Van Gaal. Possession is fine if you can create chances and score lots of goals like Barcelona etc. But, we only keep the ball and rarely go forward. All this side to side and backward passing does nothing and is not entertaining. It isn't in the clubs DNA. If we were scoring goals and winning lots of matches, it wouldn't be so much of an issue but we weren't doing this either.
I do respect Van Gaal as he has had a bit of success in his career and I'm thankful to him for giving some of the youngsters a chance, even in the big matches. I think this is where his strengths do lie, especially.
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