Man Utd have taken one point from the outings against Swansea City and Sunderland, while they suffered a 4-0 defeat at the hands of MK Dons in the Capital One Cup on Tuesday night.
United are boosted by the arrival of Argentina winger Angel di Maria from Real Madrid for a British transfer record of £59.7million, but Van Gaal is aware that there is no quick fix for the Old Trafford club.
"We have to look at the future and we are doing that now by restoring and rebuilding a new team and that costs time," he said. "I'm sorry to say that for the fans because the fans are amazing in my opinion. I think it's fantastic that we have such fans. I hope we fulfil their expectations but I said already that it is not done in one month.
"We have to win, to get results, and hopefully we shall start it on Saturday at Burnley."
Newly-promoted Burnley, meanwhile, were beaten 3-1 by Chelsea in their opening fixture before an improved display could not prevent a 1-0 defeat at Swansea City last weekend.
Saturday's game will evoke memories among home fans of Robbie Blake's thumping volleyed winner in the corresponding fixture five years ago as Burnley stunned the then-champions 1-0 in the first Premier League clash at Turf Moor.
Despite United's troubles, Dyche is fully aware of the threat posed by the 13-time Barclays Premier League winners.
"There's a bit of 'hoo-ha' about Manchester United at the moment," he said. "I don't look at that, I look at the players they've got, the manager they've got, the club they are.
"I don't think you start looking at them for any other reason other than they're a fantastic club, a very good group of players and a renowned manager. We're not naive enough to think that there's any other reason, they'll come here to play hard and try to get a result, and of course we'll do that as well."
Di Maria could make his United debut, although fellow new signing Marcos Rojo is still awaiting a valid work permit and is unlikely to feature. Already without Luke Shaw and Michael Carrick, Van Gaal revealed that Ander Herrera - another new arrival - has picked up an injury, while Chris Smalling (groin) remains a doubt, as do Marouane Fellaini (ankle) and Jesse Lingard (knee).
By contrast, Burnley have no new injury problems, with long-term absentee Sam Vokes recovering from knee ligament damage.
Burnley (from): Cisak, Gilks, Heaton; Duff, Lafferty, Long, Mee, Shackell, Trippier, Ward; Arfield, Howieson, Jones, Kightly, Marney, Reid, Taylor, Wallace; Barnes, Ings, Jutkiewicz, Sordell.
Manchester United (from): Amos, De Gea, Johnstone, Lindegaard, Evans, Jones, M Keane, Rafael, Smalling, Varela, Vermijl, Anderson, Cleverley, Di Maria, Fellaini, Fletcher, Herrera, Januzaj, Kagawa, Lawrence, Mata, Nani, Powell, Valencia, Young, Hernandez, W Keane, Lingard, Rooney, Van Persie, Welbeck, Wilson, Zaha.
Match Appointments
Referee: Chris Foy Assistants: M Mullarkey, M McDonough Fourth Official: M Clattenburg
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