Silly scarves,Van Gaal’s future and why Chelsea’s problems run deeper than José MourinhoLouis van Gaal made a point of walking upright and greeting fans as he strode along the touchline before the start of a game billed as deciding his future at Manchester United and also potentially closing a fine career in management. Well, he could end the evening in similar proud fashion as at last his players appeared a tight, and determined unit. It made the lost-in-action stuff that began with the defeat at Wolfsburg and carried through three more defeats to Saturday’s reverse at Stoke City all the more puzzling. It is this yin and yang of the Dutchman that Ed Woodward,the executive vice-chairman, and the owners, or the Glazers,must decipher to settle whether the 64-year-conventional is worth persevering with.
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Source: theguardian.com