Louis Van Gaal says telling people to judge him on first three months at Manchester United was 'stupid'

Manchester United football team manager Louis van Gaal has said that asking people to judge him on his first three months in charge of the club was stupid.

When the Dutchman took charge of the club in July, he had said that his methods usually bore fruit after three months. With that initial period up, United are sixth in the league after two losses.

Van Gaal said that it was very stupid to say three months because then the media is only talking about three months, The BBC reported.

United have won three competitive games since Van Gaal took over in the summer and victory against West Bromwich Albion on Monday would see them win three consecutive Premier League games for the first time in 2014. But the former Netherlands coach does not believe his team has performed at their best, even during victories over West Ham United and Everton.

Van Gaal said that it is always the performance that counts, but added that the performance always goes up and down. He said that against Everton they could not say it was very good, adding that the first 60 minutes, maybe, but a game lasts 90 minutes.

Van Gaal said that he does not think points are very important in the process. He added that it's the game, the style, the formation, the philosophy that they have to judge and not the points. The Dutchman said that the points are coming when United is playing good, and not only good for 60 minutes, but 90 minutes.

United could have a number of players back from injury for the trip to West Brom, with Ander Herrera, Chris Smalling, Ashley Young, Phil Jones and Michael Carrick all having recently returned to training, the report added.