I'd forgot about the meaningless 3rd place play off, but next week a new chapter begins as Van Gaal takes the reigns at Manchester United, apparently he's not going to do a Moyes, he's taking charge straight away, no holidays.
A fair few reds seemed to get giddy at how far he took the Dutch during this world cup. I'm not really sure it's told us much about how he will approach the job at Old trafford or to what we can expect next season. As last night showed he was working with a very limited Dutch squad. Getting that team to the world cup semi finals with equal dashes of tactical brilliance and a touch of luck, doesn't really tell us anything about what we can expect from a Van Gaal led Manchester United next season.
I'm not sure Van Persie was fit, but he along with with Robben and to a lesser degree Sneijder they were the only real quality in the squad, so you could understand why he played him. The alternative of course could have been that Van Persie's body was creaking. If that were to be the case, I'm not sure where that would leave the supposed Van Gaal/Van Persie led United we have been led to expect.
At least we can be sure that there will be no repeats of the two home performances against Liverpool and City and that's no small mercy. I'm not sure what he's going to bring tactically or if we have the players in the positions he'll want to cope with his tactical switches. What I'm hoping for, is what we were promised last season under Moyes, wrongly as it turned out, for a manager unafraid to blood youngsters and put faith in them. I really want to see Michale Keane given a go this season, at centre half or right back, this is the season to see whether he can make the step up. If he can we'll one hell of a centre half for the next ten years. Jesse Lingard deserves a go, it's about time some dead wood was let go to enable the youngsters to get a crack of the whip. As usual every summer, the cry is for signings in almost every position, but to me, left back and central midfield were the priorities, one more central midfield signing and I could live with that. Without knowing what formation he's going to concentrate on, it's hard to know where else we need make signings. But whatever formation he goes with central midfield had to be strengthened and at least we've made a start.
It can't and I'm pretty sure it won't be worse than last season. I may being wildly unrealistic, but I expect us to be back challenging for the title, and at the very least to comfortably make the top four anc champions league qualification. I can't wait for the season to begin.
Music
Danny Brown -Old: A decent piece of left field hip hop, it took a few listens to get into it, but it was worth it.
Jimi Goodwin - Odulek: I wasn't that overstruck on this on the first couple of listens, regarding it as sub standard Doves. But i gave it time and it's grown on me, still don't think it's as good as the Doves at their best, but it definitely has its moments.
Linda Perhacs - The soul of all natural things: The comeback album is whilst still pretty left field, still a more conventional piece of music than the lost classic that was her debut. A convincing comeback, though not maybe as singular a work as that debut.
Lorelle meets the Obsolete - Chambers: An excellent album of indie/psych from this Mexican, who i will have to listen to more of.
Patten - Estiole Naiant: First album I've heard from this Warp records artist, he doesn't let the album down, pretty good slice of experimental electronica.
Reboot - Deep V: Chilled out dance music for the late hours, and it does the job.
A fair few reds seemed to get giddy at how far he took the Dutch during this world cup. I'm not really sure it's told us much about how he will approach the job at Old trafford or to what we can expect next season. As last night showed he was working with a very limited Dutch squad. Getting that team to the world cup semi finals with equal dashes of tactical brilliance and a touch of luck, doesn't really tell us anything about what we can expect from a Van Gaal led Manchester United next season.
I'm not sure Van Persie was fit, but he along with with Robben and to a lesser degree Sneijder they were the only real quality in the squad, so you could understand why he played him. The alternative of course could have been that Van Persie's body was creaking. If that were to be the case, I'm not sure where that would leave the supposed Van Gaal/Van Persie led United we have been led to expect.
At least we can be sure that there will be no repeats of the two home performances against Liverpool and City and that's no small mercy. I'm not sure what he's going to bring tactically or if we have the players in the positions he'll want to cope with his tactical switches. What I'm hoping for, is what we were promised last season under Moyes, wrongly as it turned out, for a manager unafraid to blood youngsters and put faith in them. I really want to see Michale Keane given a go this season, at centre half or right back, this is the season to see whether he can make the step up. If he can we'll one hell of a centre half for the next ten years. Jesse Lingard deserves a go, it's about time some dead wood was let go to enable the youngsters to get a crack of the whip. As usual every summer, the cry is for signings in almost every position, but to me, left back and central midfield were the priorities, one more central midfield signing and I could live with that. Without knowing what formation he's going to concentrate on, it's hard to know where else we need make signings. But whatever formation he goes with central midfield had to be strengthened and at least we've made a start.
It can't and I'm pretty sure it won't be worse than last season. I may being wildly unrealistic, but I expect us to be back challenging for the title, and at the very least to comfortably make the top four anc champions league qualification. I can't wait for the season to begin.
Music
Danny Brown -Old: A decent piece of left field hip hop, it took a few listens to get into it, but it was worth it.
Jimi Goodwin - Odulek: I wasn't that overstruck on this on the first couple of listens, regarding it as sub standard Doves. But i gave it time and it's grown on me, still don't think it's as good as the Doves at their best, but it definitely has its moments.
Linda Perhacs - The soul of all natural things: The comeback album is whilst still pretty left field, still a more conventional piece of music than the lost classic that was her debut. A convincing comeback, though not maybe as singular a work as that debut.
Lorelle meets the Obsolete - Chambers: An excellent album of indie/psych from this Mexican, who i will have to listen to more of.
Patten - Estiole Naiant: First album I've heard from this Warp records artist, he doesn't let the album down, pretty good slice of experimental electronica.
Reboot - Deep V: Chilled out dance music for the late hours, and it does the job.
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