If they're not back in the top 4 come the end of the season then he'll unlikely to be retained, unless they finish extremely strongly and the signs are incredibly encouraging.
Thought you were an Everton fan? Seriously though I'm not throwing stones I'm interested in what fans think of that timescale.
UIR reckons they're about there already doesn't he? It's going to be a procession back into the top 4 now according to him ;/
I don't think "getting it right" is top four though Tobes. We're not Arsenal. I think if you expand on what he says he's alluding to winning CL's and such like. I would imagine it'll be at least next season and maybe even the one after before we seriously challenge for the league so his three year assessment is right enough in that by then he'd expect us to have elbowed City back out of the way and be challenging for the very top prizes.
Do you think that is possible? Will the kinds of funds that you've had be available again and again? Within 3 years you're looking at replacing RVP and if signed Falcao being 32, how old will Rooney be?
This. I would have thought he's implying top four this year, potential title challenge next year (albeit probably not a serious or successful one), genuine title challengers the following year. It's essentially the same three year plan City had in 2009 - 5th in 09/10, 3rd on GD in 10/11, title in 11/12. So very much achievable imo, if the money is spent and spent right.
I did not think the turn around would be taking much less than 3 years TBH. I was labelled as too pessimistic. Fergie leaving hit every part of the club really hard. Like many here I expect 5-9 this year although a European place of any kind would be a bonus, title challengers next season and top 2 or title the season after that. (I was willing to give Moyes that too but it was not to be )
Not happy mate. To be fair what Chief says about competing for league titles and CL title being 3 years IS what LVG meant. And I also agree he wasn't talking about achieving top 4, as this is his immediate goal. BUT here's the problem with anyone that talks about "a (fill in number here) year plan" When you're buying the likes of Di Maria (age 26), Falcao (age 28), and you have Mata (age 26), Rooney (age 29), RVP (age 31) how the hell can you talk about what you're planning for them in 3 years time. There is every chance the situation will be completely different then. With those players I've mentioned above we need them making a significant difference now. He's the manager, and I have to say I have complete faith in him, I think he's got us playing well (going forward ppl forget how ****e we've been for years), and I rate the guy. But the problem is our defence. There is absolutely no reason why we shouldn't be competing next season after buying a decent defence including a holding/box to box mf.
Think he means to get us right back at the top. If you count it as transfer windows he will want to revamp the whole squad and then go back through the age groups so that the whole club, from the kids teams to the first team have the same philosophy, mindset and technical understanding.
Ive always said two. Next season i thought would be when we are title challengers. Top 4 this season.
He just asked what mancs think. I think it was a 'translation' issue, translation from English to manc, vG meant 3 years not 3 months
Yep. Much like liverpool are fixing the damage dalglish, souness, evans, evanshoulier, houlier, rafa, hodgeson, dalglish and rodgers have done.
Definite translation problem (from English to Scouse). The three months was the average time he takes to get teams to understand the way he wants/expects them to play, nobody normal expected us to become the best team in the league in three months after last year. When Van Gaal gave his first interview he said "I have been given a three year contract, by the end of that time the aim is to get the team back to the top where they were". Nothing new in this thread
