First of all, apologies to regular visitors to this site for the lack of posts since the end of last season.
To be honest, I’m not a big fan of the close-season. The mainstream media go into fantasy overdrive in an attempt to fill the void left by no “proper” football (The World Cup? Meh…) and, as the years have gone by, I’ve found it more and more tedious to read.
I’ve spent much of the summer watching the factual comings and goings at Manchester United without having much of an opinion of them although, in general, I am happy with the transfers both in and out so far.
The biggest thing, of course, is that we now have Van Gaal as our manager and big things are expected from him after the disastrous experiment that was David Moyes.
And it all starts tonight… yes, Manchester United’s pre-season tour kicks off tonight (well, actually, it’s the early hours of tomorrow morning in UK time) as we play LA Galaxy at 4am GMT.
As usual, it will be said that these pre-season matches don’t really matter – that it’s all about the players getting back to fitness and getting their sharpness back for the season “proper” but I wouldn’t be too fooled this time around… last year’s pre-season tour was as bad as the season that was to follow and I think a few of us had tiny alarm bells ringing in our ears as Moyes led our beloved Reds to defeats at the hands of the likes of The Shanghai Miners XI (or whatever they were called).
The match is being screened on MUTV and I’m delighted to see that MUTV is now an HD channel so I’ll be recording that and watching first thing in the morning.
Let’s hope the LVG era gets off to a flyer…