Make no mistake, the Manchester United faithful have lost hope and patience with Louis van Gaal.
Once a manager has no credibility with the vast majority of supporters it is a near impossible task to turn things around.
The 3-2 defeat by Wolfsburg, which saw a premature end to United's Champions League dreams, was the final nail in van Gaal's coffin. Forget that United is a respectable fourth in the Premier League — when a manager has spent £350 million on 13 players and he says "we look better without the ball than with it," the fat lady has sung.
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