Manchester United boss Louis van Gaal reaches boiling point after losing it with fans

<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggHpUw7ZlA1vTQHu3tDXRbeF4QpXbKLJKBJy5L0uD9Mw4sSrl4lApVj4dA8JdpFKmhC4tn7aClVij4MilGIvhv_k2Z7eSPvNUjfwMpF_7nV1L9xd4AX0MKe4OB4L3CCHAKWmL-O_gkFYJU/s1600/Manchester+United+boss+Louis+van+Gaal+reaches+boiling+point+after+losing+it+with+fans.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Manchester United boss Louis van Gaal reaches boiling point after losing it with fans" border="0" height="379" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggHpUw7ZlA1vTQHu3tDXRbeF4QpXbKLJKBJy5L0uD9Mw4sSrl4lApVj4dA8JdpFKmhC4tn7aClVij4MilGIvhv_k2Z7eSPvNUjfwMpF_7nV1L9xd4AX0MKe4OB4L3CCHAKWmL-O_gkFYJU/s640/Manchester+United+boss+Louis+van+Gaal+reaches+boiling+point+after+losing+it+with+fans.jpg" title="Manchester United boss Louis van Gaal reaches boiling point after losing it with fans" width="640" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Man United boss Louis van Gaal lost it with fans and former players for bringing up the past</td></tr> </tbody></table> <div style="text-align: justify;"> LOUIS VAN GAAL has told Manchester United fans to get real and stop living in the past.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div class="storycopy" style="text-align: justify;"> The <a href="http://www.newsnewsblog.blogspot.com/search/label/Louis%20Van%20Gaal" target="_blank">outspoken Dutchman</a> admits he is struggling to manage expectation levels at Old Trafford.</div> <div class="storycopy" style="text-align: justify;"> Van Gaal insists it is unrealistic to expect 25 years of virtually unbroken success under <a href="http://www.newsnewsblog.blogspot.com/search/label/Sir%20Alex%20Ferguson" target="_blank">Sir Alex Ferguson</a> to continue while the club is in transition and at a time when the competition at home and abroad has intensified.</div> <div class="storycopy" style="text-align: justify;"> After facing a fans’ backlash following United’s exit from the <a href="http://www.newsnewsblog.blogspot.com/search/label/UEFA%20Champions%20League" target="_blank">Champions League</a>, he said: “The problem is that we have to meet the expectations. And the expectations at a club like this are very high. </div> <div class="storycopy" style="text-align: justify;">  </div> <div class="storycopy" style="text-align: justify;"> “But you have to analyse the club now. You cannot compare it with five or 10 years ago, because there is an evolution in European football. They say Manchester United has to win [titles] but that is the past."</div> <div class="storycopy" style="text-align: justify;"> Fans, media and a lengthy list of former <a href="http://www.newsnewsblog.blogspot.com/search/label/Manchester%20United" target="_parent">Manchester United</a> stars keep telling him how good it was and how it should be.</div> <div class="storycopy" style="text-align: justify;"> Well, the outspoken Dutchman snapped yesterday and basically told everyone to take a reality check on today's football landscape.</div> <div class="storycopy" style="text-align: justify;"> Despite spending £250million on new players in his 18 months in charge, <a href="http://newsnewsblog.blogspot.com/2015/12/my-self-belief-has-not-wavered-despite.html" rel="tag" target="_blank">Van Gaal says he is still in a re-building process and that there were "positives" from the midweek defeat by Wolfsburg</a> when United crashed out of the Champions League at the group stage.</div> <div class="storycopy" style="text-align: justify;">  </div><object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=9,0,47,0" height="378" id="flashObj" width="640"><param name="movie" value="http://c.brightcove.com/services/viewer/federated_f9?isVid=1&isUI=1" /><param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF" /><param name="flashVars" value="videoId=4653052676001&playerID=2538956444001&playerKey=AQ~~,AAACT2hWexE~,QV-ElXQT89XEkLQHlpWPz_5DAA2-uG70&domain=embed&dynamicStreaming=true" /><param name="base" value="http://admin.brightcove.com" /><param name="seamlesstabbing" value="false" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><param name="swLiveConnect" value="true" /><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /><embed src="http://c.brightcove.com/services/viewer/federated_f9?isVid=1&isUI=1" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" flashVars="videoId=4653052676001&playerID=2538956444001&playerKey=AQ~~,AAACT2hWexE~,QV-ElXQT89XEkLQHlpWPz_5DAA2-uG70&domain=embed&dynamicStreaming=true" base="http://admin.brightcove.com" name="flashObj" width="640" height="378" seamlesstabbing="false" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowFullScreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always" swLiveConnect="true" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash"></embed></object> <div class="storycopy" style="text-align: justify;"> “There were a lot of positives but when people don’t want to see them it’s not my problem," he said. "I didn't hear anything positive said of [youngsters] Guillermo Varela or Campbell Borthwick-Jackson.</div> <div class="storycopy" style="text-align: justify;"> "We had Memphis, 21, Lingard, 22, Martial, 19, in attack and still we could hurt the No 2 club in Germany. We could have won the game.”</div> <div class="storycopy" style="text-align: justify;"> That exit followed a run of less than inspiring performances with United booed off in some recent games at Old Trafford where they have slugged out five goal-less draws this season.</div> <div class="storycopy" style="text-align: justify;"> But after a week of mounting criticism, Van Gaal went on the attack. He insisted he is still the right man for the job, his players are behind him and his methods, and progress is being made - if people are prepared to analyse the games properly.</div> <div class="storycopy" style="text-align: justify;"> He said: "It is more of a problem in the outside world than inside the club. No, I don't have any doubts about my ability. I have read that I am 64 and I am too old. But only last year I was good enough to get Holland to third place at the World Cup.</div> <div class="storycopy" style="text-align: justify;">  </div> <div class="storycopy" style="text-align: justify;"> "I read the same things - that my touch had gone - 20 years ago when I was at Barcelona and we went out at the group stage but we went on to win La Liga. It is always like that. I cannot change that. I cannot change what is in people's mind. I can only say the facts.</div> <div class="storycopy" style="text-align: justify;"> "The facts are this - we are out of the group stage and, yes, I am very sorry. But I have done everything I could. My players have done everything they could. My board, I think, have also done everything.</div> <div class="storycopy" style="text-align: justify;"> "We are all working very hard but the problem is that we have to meet the expectations. And the expectations at a club like this are very high. But you have to analyse the club now. You cannot compare it with five or 10 years ago, because there is an evolution in football and in European football. They say Manchester United has to win [titles] but that is the past.</div> <div class="storycopy" style="text-align: justify;"> "I had the task when I came here to improve the club and win the title, when it is possible. We are in that process, but when I say that, I know I will face criticism that 'football is not a process' and things like that."</div> <div class="p402_hide htmlappend" style="text-align: justify;">  </div> <!--By use of this code snippet, I agree to the Brightcove Publisher T and C found at https://accounts.brightcove.com/en/terms-and-conditions/. --><script language="JavaScript" src="http://admin.brightcove.com/js/BrightcoveExperiences.js" type="text/javascript"></script><section class="text-description"><object class="BrightcoveExperience" id="myExperience4653105726001"> <param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF" /> <param name="width" value="648" /> <param name="height" value="365" /> <param name="playerID" value="4581640862001" /> <param name="playerKey" value="AQ~~,AAACT2hWexE~,QV-ElXQT89U_VDxSv3YHBd4nA3r5ipc3" /> <param name="isVid" value="true" /> <param name="isUI" value="true" /> <param name="dynamicStreaming" value="true" /> <param name="@videoPlayer" value="4653105726001" /></object></section><!-- This script tag will cause the Brightcove Players defined above it to be created as soonas the line is read by the browser. 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The difference between the clubs is not so different anymore. You see confirmation of that every week. The bottom clubs can beat the top.</div> </section><section class="text-description"><div class="storycopy"> "When you say that I am hired to make the difference, you are right. I can make the difference, in tactics and everything. But I cannot score goals and the 0-0 draw for PSV Eindhoven was the match that cost us in our group."</div> </section><section class="text-description"><div class="storycopy"> Van Gaal’s hopes of an immediate improvement for United’s first ever League meeting with Bournemouth today have been hit by nine absentees – Chris Smalling, Matteo Darmian and Bastian Schweinsteiger (suspended) joining a list that already included Wayne Rooney, Ander Herrera, Marcos Rojo, Phil Jones, Antonio Valencia and Luke Shaw. </div> </section><section class="text-description"><div class="storycopy"> He is set to field a defence including three youngsters, Guillermo Varela, Paddy McNair and Campbell Borthwick-Jackson.</div> </section>

Manchester United boss Louis van Gaal reaches boiling point after losing it with fans

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