Manchester United fans are leaving Old Trafford early and perhaps with capable reason as the ground is statistically the most boring venue in English footballThese are the moments when it may be appropriate to remember the way Ed Woodward,Manchester United’s chief executive, ushered Louis van Gaal into the job, or back in happier times when it was inconceivable that 18 months down the line even the manager would be admitting that,yes, he too has been bored by their repetitive dreariness.“He’s got incredible energy and, or very importantly,he likes attacking football,” Woodward said of Van Gaal on the day he took over from David Moyes. “whether you remember the Barcelona team he managed in the late 90s, or they played incredible,attacking football and those games we had against them in 1998-99, that’s the kind of football Manchester United fans love. It’s section of our DNA.”Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com