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Published 12:13 26 Dec 2015 GMT
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But bang in the middle of a season, when your team is nine points off the top of the league, and only being edged out of the top four via the metric of goal difference, it is very odd indeed.
Alas, that was exactly the case for a surprising number of Manchester United fans ahead of their away game with Stoke City. The logic is that it would be a necessary hit for the greater good.
These fans are so desperate for Louis van Gaal to be removed as the manager of their club, that they want him to face failure in a make-or-break game that could ultimately seal his fate.
A completely reasonable point of view, or spiteful nose-cutting to the extreme? Here are just a few expressing this unusual sentiment...
https://twitter.com/Celtic67G/status/680693028030410752
https://twitter.com/MarcoMorgan1/status/680708381322178561
https://twitter.com/Eddy_Happyguy/status/680708322803249154
https://twitter.com/NikolasBianchi/status/680690730285854721
https://twitter.com/JoshFabio/status/680704752217387009
https://twitter.com/ladoyin_/status/679364225207267328
https://twitter.com/SameOldAnt/status/680705275561676800
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