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In his latest article for the Daily Telegraph Gary Neville is begging fans to forget about how things were under Sir Alex Ferguson and the way his teams played, imploring them to embrace Louis van Gaal and look to the future.


This might of course be easier said than done as a whole generation grew up admiring the attacking style of football that United always played during Fergies 26-year reign at the club.


Van Gaal and his style of play is worlds away from what the United fans are used to seeing with some even complaining about having to pay to watch dull football.


Under van Gaal there appears to be no urgency in the team with urgency placed more on possession rather than getting forward quickly.


Former United defender Neville thinks that now Ferguson has been gone for over a year and a half its time the fans moved on as well and accept that the Dutchman has won silverware in some of Europe’s top leagues proving that he knows what he is doing.

”The time has come for Manchester United fans – me included – to let go of the Sir Alex Ferguson reign and stop judging this new era by former glories. The style of play and the names have changed, but the one person not confused by the team’s development will be Louis van Gaal.


Personally I would like them to play at a higher tempo. I would also like them to press high against inferior opposition, but I’ve come to the conclusion this isn’t the Van Gaal way. It’s what I believe in, what United have previously believed in and not what is in front of us now. I also think most of the new signings should be performing at a higher level.


But, if you had told me as a fan that we would be third in the league at this point, in the quarter-finals of the FA Cup and on a run of one defeat in 19 games, I would have snapped your hand off.


This idea that United are lucky is wrong. Luck expires in an unbeaten run after three or four games. One defeat in 19 is not luck. Then again some of the big signings of the last 18 months are still well below their peak. They are not performing anywhere near full tilt. That’s a concern. In the next two or three months those star names have to perform or will find themselves under pressure.”

 

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