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1. Script
In the wake of Manchester United’s exit from the F.A cup on the 9th of March discontent is
starting to build around the management of Louis van Gaal. The wheels of dissent are
grinding audibly now and the noise may yet grow louder in the end of March and April when
United’s fixtures get tougher.
It is important that United hold their nerve and show resolve this time in a way they failed
to do when David Moyes was buckling under the pressure of trying to keep the club in the
bright light where Sir Alex Ferguson had camped them for more than 20 years.
Curing Manchester United is going to take time. There is no quick fix, not even if you spend
£150 million on new players in the summer. You need patience and you need a man like Van
Gaal whose self-confidence knows no limits.
The first step towards rehabilitation and the return to greatness that United’s fans crave is
to finish in the top four this season, but they are locked in an increasingly tense struggle
with Southampton, Arsenal, Tottenham and Liverpool for the last two places.
It is possible they won’t make it and if that happens, strident voices will screamabout the
money Van Gaal has spent and the uninspiring football United have played and demand that
he is sacked. We will find out in the remaining games to come.