The good news is that Bournemouth nearly have as many problems as United on the injury front.
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“We have to work hard to win that”.
Unfortunately van Gaal doesn’t seem to understand what a counter-attack is, never mind quite how effective they can be when adopted as a strategy, so the Cherries defence will doubtless be given plenty of time to reorganise before being attacked.
Joe Betts, 21, a Bournemouth University student and club ambassador for AFCB, said: “I think it will be Bournemouth 1-United 1, to heap more misery on United after their Champions League exit”.
‘When Van Gaal arrived I could see I wasn’t in the plan.
“I have read already in the media that I am 64 and I am too old”. When we went out at the group stage with Barcelona, they wrote the same thing – that my touch has gone.
Louis van Gaal wants to “manage expectations” at Manchester United and stressed there is no guarantee he will win silverware this season.
Asked if he would be happy if he just lifted the Europa League this season, he replied: “Just?”
Criticism has come from the likes of Paul Scholes, Rio Ferdinand, Roy Keane and probably most of your Manchester United-supporting friends with the talk of a change in coach being pushed around each week this tactical problem continues. I’m not thinking like that. “They are really starting to find their feet in the Premier League”. “For me, it is a big competition”.
Another draw on the weekend followed by a surprise Champions League exit has United on the ropes.
To fail to come out of a Champions League group which was a gimme was a catastrophic failure. Now we have much more clubs who have the money.
“It is the same in the Premier League”. “The difference in level between the top clubs and the clubs who are normally fighting for the position in the Premier League is not so much anymore”. Any customers taking advantage of this offer will also be able to claim a £10 matched bet every week for the rest of the season. The difference between Manchester United and the other clubs is not so big any more. There is no other league where that happens as often as it does in the Premier League. Van Gaal was hired, after all, on the basis of returning United to their former glories.
United have failed to win any of their last four games following their defeat in Wolfsburg but remain fourth in the Premier League, three points behind leaders Leicester City ahead of their trip to Bournemouth on Saturday evening.
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Arsenal also reached the Champions League last 16 in midweek thanks to Olivier Giroud’s hat-trick in a 3-0 win at Olympiakos.
