Van Gaal Confirmed as United Boss

After weeks of speculation, Manchester United finally confirmed Louis Van Gaal as their new manager earlier this afternoon.

The Dutchman has signed a three-year contract at Old Trafford and has named Ryan Giggs as his assistant manager, with Frans Hoek and Marcel Bout coming on board as assistant coaches.

Van Gaal will take over the helm once the Netherlands’ participation in this summer’s World Cup comes to an end and is expected to be handed a considerable budget as the Red Devils attempt to put last year’s miserable seventh place finish behind them. Speaking to the club’s official website, the 62-year-old went on to say:

“It was always a wish for me to work in the Premier League. To work as a manager for Manchester United, the biggest club in the world, makes me very proud. I have managed in games at Old Trafford before and know what an incredible arena Old Trafford is and how passionate and knowledgeable the fans are. This club has big ambitions; I too have big ambitions. Together I’m sure we will make history.”

We’ll have a Moving Target piece on Van Gaal’s installation later in the week as we look at the potential knock-on effect, both from a tactical and personnel perspective, his appointment is expected to have.

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Carrick Doesn't Deserv…
9 years, 11 months ago
http://s19.postimg.org/wjjcbypmb/AR16_Sixteen_Goal_Breakdown_20140508.jpg

breakdown of ramsey's goals this season
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1. Darth
  9 years, 11 months ago
  He needs to start getting a few more on target next season!
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Funkyav
9 years, 11 months ago
Seeing as it is so damn quiet, lets find out who we have on here... 3 football related questions and 3 non football ones followed by a Bonus classic question. I will add my answers below, just having a think...

FOOTBALL
1. Favourite players you have ever watched live/on tv?
2. Best game you have ever been to?
3. Best goal you have ever seen live/on tv?

NON FOOTBALL
1. Where is the best place you have travelled to?
2. Favourite Cuisine?
3. Best gig/favourite band?

BONUS
Imaginary Dinner Party - you can choose any 3 people to attend your own imaginary dinner party who would you choose? Dead or Alive?
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1. Doosra - ☭DeclanMyGenius�…
  9 years, 11 months ago
  Trevor Brooking
  FA Cup Final, 1980
  Gazza's against Scotland/Platt vs Belgium 1990
  
  Italy
  Italian/Souther French
  Ten Years After, for their Albums
  
  E. M. Forster
  G. F. Handel
  Bertrand Russell
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  1. Bøwstring The Carp
    9 years, 11 months ago
    Aul Russell 🙂 good choice
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2. JK - Cønt ⭐
  9 years, 11 months ago
  1) Both Ronaldo's
  2) Man Utd 2-1 Man City (my first ever Derby)
  3) Rooney's overhead from the same game
  
  1) New York
  2) Spag Bol
  3) Stereophonics
  
  Fergie, Freddie Mercury and Winston Churchill
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  1. Funkyav
    9 years, 11 months ago
    watched doc on freddie mercury last night. What a legend! Best frontman of a band ever imo.
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3. Parm
  9 years, 11 months ago
  Bendtner
  Stoke 0-0 West Brom
  Rise OG vs Chelsea
  
  Hull
  Hagis
  1D
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  1. Parm
    9 years, 11 months ago
    Hitler, Mussolini & Josep Fritzel.
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4. Funkyav
  9 years, 11 months ago
  Here's mine
  
  FOOTBALL
  1 Zola (live) / Ronaldo - brazil (tv)
  2. Chelsea 4 - 2 Barcelona 2005
  3. Ronaldinho (live) in game above / Zidane champs league final 2002
  
  NON FOOTBALL
  1. Ishigaki (Japan)
  2. Indian
  3. Band of Horses in Sheps Bush Empire 2008 or Chemical Brothers @ Sonar 2004
  
  Dinner Party - Elvis, Jose Mourinho and Margot Robbie
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  1. Big_Andy_GAWA
    9 years, 11 months ago
    The Chems are immense live !!! 🙂
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5. Bøwstring The Carp
  9 years, 11 months ago
  1. Messi
  2. Pats V Rovers last year (4-0 in Tallaght stadium, Byrne quadric)
  3. Greg Bolger v Sligo/ Anto Flood v Derry (live) .... on TV probably City v QPR
  
  1. Dominican Republic 🙂
  2. Italian
  3. Hmmm probably a toss up between The Doors, Rage Against the Machine and Pink Floyd, although I am a sucker for RHCP. (Also in total contrast, James Blunt LOL)
  
  Bonus: Jim Morrison, Hendrix and Rachel Riler (for company ;))
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  1. Bøwstring The Carp
    9 years, 11 months ago
    Actually I'll swap Hendrix for Nietzsche
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    1. Funkyav
      9 years, 11 months ago
      Wonder if thats ever been said before 😉
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6. Leaf
  9 years, 11 months ago
  Thierry Henry
  
  Spurs 1 - 2 Arsenal littlewards cup semi final replay87 (I think)
  2 late Arsenal goal ...scenes
  
  Maradona in World Cup v England (TV) or Zlatan early career dribble v braga (again I think)
  
  Borneo
  
  Mexican
  
  Ray Charles
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  1. Leaf
    9 years, 11 months ago
    Las Vegas gets a mention too 😉
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7. Gimli son of Gloin
  9 years, 11 months ago
  Christiano Ronaldo (live)
  Totteham 3-1 Inter Milan
  Tevez vs Newcastle
  
  Amsterdam / New York
  Italian.. prawns with tagliatelle and white sauce
  Best gig - Bruce in Kilkenny last year with Glen Hansard... Sigur Ros. Chili Peppers.
  Favourite artist - Alice in Chains.
  
  Hmm.. George RR Martin - Quentin Tarantino - Jimi Hendrix (?)
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  1. Bøwstring The Carp
    9 years, 11 months ago
    Tarentino rules 🙂
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    1. Gimli son of Gloin
      9 years, 11 months ago
      Ridiculously interesting man... I'd love to tell him Jackie Brown was my favourite film of his and watch him rage for a moment before he notices I'm joking.
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      1. Funkyav
        9 years, 11 months ago
        Tarantino is an absolute legend and my fav director, but he is soooo weird, not sure I would want him at my dinner party!!
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8. Dr Dream
  9 years, 11 months ago
  Gazza
  Blackburn Rovers 5 Plymouth Argyle 2 (1974/75)...and Liverpool 2 Blackburn 1 (1994/95)
  Carlos Alberto..WC final 1970
  
  Anfield 1994/95
  Meat and potato pie
  AC/DC King George's Hall Blackburn 1970's (yes they really did play small venues)
  
  Picasso Max Jacob Modigliani
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  1. Dr Dream
    9 years, 11 months ago
    Oh and missed fave band...Rolling Stones.
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9. Rasping Drive
  9 years, 11 months ago
  1. Cruyff, Zidane, Maradona.
  2. El Clasico 1987. Barcelona 3-2 Real Madrid (Lineker hatrick)
  3. Robin Friday's goal against Tranmere 1976.
  
  Non Football
  1. Istanbul
  2.Japanese
  3. Pixies, Brixton Academy, 1991
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  1. Gimli son of Gloin
    9 years, 11 months ago
    Heading to see Pixies next month with Arcade Fire.. excitement.
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    1. Rasping Drive
      9 years, 11 months ago
      Good man yourself. Saw them 7 times between 1988-91. Staggeringly good. They're playing here next month and I have a ticket 🙂 Have avoided them on their comeback tours simply because I wanted to remember them as they were. Temptation and curiosity got the better of me though!
      
      Love Arcade Fire as well, I am sure you'll have a great night!
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10. Chris_White
  9 years, 11 months ago
  Del Piero
  Chelsea - United (2008)
  Drogba away vs Everton
  
  Belize
  Chicken Tandoori
  Arctic Monkeys
  
  RonH, Forca and Unreal
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  1. Funkyav
    9 years, 11 months ago
    your'e dinner party would be interesting 😉
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    1. Chris_White
      9 years, 11 months ago
      Cat fights > Intelligent discussions
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      1. Bøwstring The Carp
        9 years, 11 months ago
        They'd be throwing food and punching the head off each other 😀
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11. The Enlightener
  9 years, 11 months ago
  Football
  1. (could go on and on, but here are some of the chaps I enjoyed watching play). Zidane, Hasselbaink, Ronaldo (part 1), Stoichkov, Iván Zamorano, Romario, Ronald Koeman, Laudrup, and from my days as a wee lad growing up going to Cleveland Force games: Keith Furphy http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keith_Furphy)
  2. - Guayaquil, Ecuador: game between Barcelona Sporting Club and Club Sport Emelec - 1997. Rumors swirled around the city that Maradona was going to play, though he didn't. Either way, it was a packed stadium and a pulsating environment.
  Or
  - Seville, Spain: Spain vs. Sweden friendly. 1995. First time seeing such big time teams play a game in such a stadium. Some great goals from Spain. And, there were some Spanish guys in the stands with boda bags full of wine and a large platter of cheese, ham, etc. that they were more than happy to share with me and my friend.
  3. Best goal....hmmmmm. Perhaps during an Atletico Madrid match that I attended when studying in Spain in 1999-2000. My two friends headed to the concession stalls early to beat the halftime crowd, and a wonderful goal off a throw-in was scored. The guy tossed it in, a teammate chested it, then thighed it, then turned and crossed. A teammate got on the end of it and put it in the onion bag. Ball never touched the ground and the goal was simply a delight to behold.
  
  Non Football
  1. Once again, multiple answers could suffice here, but I'll go with my trip across Peru (included a stop in Machu Picchu).
  2. Favorite cuisine. Tough again. Probably would have to say French. Never ate a bad thing there. Not that I can recall, anyways. Everything was delicious.
  3. Gig/band. This is a tough one, as I have so many interests in music and have been to quite a few great shows. Maybe my favorite gig was a reggae show in Benbow, California (Humboldt County). Toots and the Maytals played and were followed by Ziggy Marley and other Bob Marley sons who mostly covered Marley songs. The herb was in good supply, as were other things, and the surrounding scenery spectacular.
  
  Bonus:
  Dinner party guests - why not, let's go with these 3: Einstein, B. Marley, and Abraham Lincoln.
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  1. The Enlightener
    9 years, 11 months ago
    Sorry. I think I went a bit long with this. Anyhoots, 'tis what 'tis.
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    1. The Enlightener
      9 years, 11 months ago
      I obviously have too much time on my hands right now. Maybe I'll go mow the lawn or something. 🙂
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  2. Funkyav
    9 years, 11 months ago
    great answers! you have really given it some thought! One of my fav gigs ever was Damian Marley at Brixton in 2007ish. When he sang Bobs - Could you be loved, I turned to a random guy and said that is the closest we will ever get to seeing Bob. Awesome.
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    1. The Enlightener
      9 years, 11 months ago
      Yeah. I've seen Damian a handful of times. He was at the Benbow show as well. Dude can perform and get the crowd jumping for sure.
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12. Wilshere Knowledge
  9 years, 11 months ago
  Messi
  Arsenal Newcastle 7-3
  Wilshere v Norwich
  
  Thailand
  Carbanara
  Dead Prez
  
  Karl Pilkington, Ricky Gervais, Stephen Merchant
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13. J0E
  9 years, 11 months ago
  1. In real life - Matt Le Tiss. On TV - Maradona.
  2. Brighton v Cardiff in the 90s. Crazy score 5-3 or something. Kurt Nogan goal as was the way then.
  3. Maradona 's against England on TV.
  
  1. Flores, Indonesia
  2. Indian - various
  3. Best gig - tie between Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Fugazi and Nick Cave at Glastonbury last year.
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  1. The Enlightener
    9 years, 11 months ago
    Jon Spencer Blues Explosion! Yes! Saw them a couple of times in the 90s, and the shows were spectacular.
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    1. J0E
      9 years, 11 months ago
      Incredible live band. A friend saw them last week in London - they've still got it. 🙂
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      1. The Enlightener
        9 years, 11 months ago
        Awesome. I'm going to look into them right now in hopes that maybe they are coming to my neck of the woods sometime soon. Truly a sensational live act.
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14. Colonel Shoe 肝池
  9 years, 11 months ago
  footy
  1. macca
  2. pool v utd 200, won 3-1 origin of Riises goal song https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIlpYLIiZLE
  3. prob suarez hattrick v norwich this season........ or Zolas backheel v norwich https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Z4DAaQe7Q4
  
  non footy
  1. Berlin or Amsterdam
  2. Mexican
  3. Radiohead, manchester nynex 97, Beck
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Leaf
9 years, 11 months ago
Whilst were on the united chat

Be interesting how LVG solves the problem of getting RVP , Mata , Rooney ...and to lesser extent Januzaj on the same pitch

Mata played left of the 3 ? Or left on the bench ?
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1. JK - Cønt ⭐
  9 years, 11 months ago
  sell Rooney
  
  problem solved
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  1. Funkyav
    9 years, 11 months ago
    De Gea
    RWB CB SW CB LWB
    DCM DCM
    Mata Rooney
    RVP
    
    Apparently LVG is going for 5 at the back in the world cup.
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    1. JK - Cønt ⭐
      9 years, 11 months ago
      sell Rooney replace with Kagawa
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  2. Parm
    9 years, 11 months ago
    This
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  3. Chris_White
    9 years, 11 months ago
    Who would want him as things stand?
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    1. JK - Cønt ⭐
      9 years, 11 months ago
      Jose, though that doesn't sit well either
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      1. Chris_White
        9 years, 11 months ago
        A season too late I'm afraid. I'd still take him though.
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        Polaris - The Mortal Coil
        9 years, 11 months ago
        😆 Jose would still want him, even a year later. I can assure you.
        
        He's always been a huge fan.
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    2. Polaris - The Mortal Coil
      9 years, 11 months ago
      Maureenho.
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      1. Colonel Shoe 肝池
        9 years, 11 months ago
        got your number
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        Polaris - The Mortal Coil
        9 years, 11 months ago
        .
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        Polaris - The Mortal Coil
        9 years, 11 months ago
        Text me then.x
        
        😉
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        Colonel Shoe 肝池
        9 years, 11 months ago
        an obsucure 118 type ad
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2. asquishypotato
  9 years, 11 months ago
  RVP is pencilled in for next season. And maybe Robben (wink)
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Blue Lion
9 years, 11 months ago
Hey Ghostville wassup?
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asquishypotato
9 years, 11 months ago
Holy mother I had an article published and United have a manager? You know it's a slow day when these are the best things that have happened today thus far... 8)
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Darth
9 years, 11 months ago
For those missing football already, wales under 21 vs England under 21 starts in a few minutes on sky. Kick off 7:30
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1. Chris_White
  9 years, 11 months ago
  Lineups?
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2. Colonel Shoe 肝池
  9 years, 11 months ago
  put it back, put it back!!
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FACUPARSE
9 years, 11 months ago
New post bitches
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