The time for Man United to panic buy is now! Louis Van Gaal suffered a 2-1 home defeat to Swansea in his first game as Manchester United manager and Twitter was predictably abuzz:
If it is going to be 3 months for LVG to instill his plans it is going to be a long 12 weeks #mufc
— Stuart Mathieson (@StuMathiesonMEN) August 16, 2014
All the £750m kit deals and 109,000 pre-season crowds are meaningless for MUFC if you allow your squad deterioate this much #MUFC
— Sam Pilger (@sampilger) August 16, 2014
Shocking defending from #mufc. Young caught out. #swans reclaim lead through Sigurdsson and fans singing "we are top of the league"
— Henry Winter (@henrywinter) August 16, 2014
Swansea's 1,900 travelling fans singing "1-0 to the Sheep Shaggers" and "We are top of the league" at Old Trafford.
— Andy Mitten (@AndyMitten) August 16, 2014
Great win for Swansea. Clever, disciplined performance. Early days & injuries for #mufc but defence (& defending throughout team) is so poor
— Oliver Kay (@OliverKayTimes) August 16, 2014
The only cup Louis van Gaal will lift this season #MUFC pic.twitter.com/MPMEfIpKV0
— Ian Hyland (@HylandIan) August 16, 2014
Reality dawns on LVG that he now has to share a bottle of wine and talk shite with Garry Monk.
— Eoin McDevitt (@EoinMcDevitt) August 16, 2014
And that is why pre-season results should never be cited as evidence that any team has turned the corner
— Daniel McDonnell (@McDonnellDan) August 16, 2014
He was looking for a job
And then he found a job
And heaven knows he's miserable now. pic.twitter.com/ZiOgSAFdFH
— Troubled Morrissey (@troubledmozza) August 16, 2014
More from the manager: "We never played as a team. That's our error." #MUFClive
— Manchester United (@ManUtd) August 16, 2014
Meh. The ship is still listing, but at least it now has the right captain. #LVG #mufc
— Musa Okwonga (@Okwonga) August 16, 2014
