Subbed off Mata for a half fit Powell
Subbed off a striker cos he wanted runs in behind the spurs defence and put young up front
My captain must play
Had fellaini up front and Rooney and rvp in midfield
Phil Jones on corners
Punishing Herrera for moving out of position on our corner which he scored Vs Everton
Asked for a winger like di Maria then never used him on the wing
Stumbled upon a 433 through injuries and suspensions which was so obvious and all fans wanted (which saw the best football) but then he for some reason went for 4231 season after
There was more awful stuff as a fan than good
Mata (apart from the Liverpool goal) and Herrera were awful most of the times, especially Herrera. In fact, Fellaini was fantastic than these two. I could recall how the inclusion of Herrera in the absence of Fellaini in the Westham United match due to Fellaini's yellow card in the previous Leicester match, cost us the top four. Herrera was just too awful and cost us the game with the lots of fouls he made, from which Westham scored. We had no one to deal with their aerial threats coupled with Herrera's awful display. It was in the same match where Noble carried him off the pitch. It was like Herrera didn't care at all despite the fact that we were fighting for the top four. It's quite funny how some people claims he loves Manutd now.
Di Maria played as a central midfielder for Madrid and that was the role that saved his season at Madrid because prior to that, he was awful on the wing for Madrid that season. Besides, Di Maria didn't want to come here in the first place. There was no way we could have pleased someone whose mind wasn't here and the burglary theft encounter was the final straw for him.
And how did you know Van Gaal put Jones on corner kicks? Jones going for our corner kicks doesnt make it a fact that Van Gaal gave him the defacto corner kicking role.
Funny how you said he stumbled upon 433 setup? You mean a top manager like Van Gaal who knew of such midfield possession style at Ajax and won the CL with such style has no Idea of 433 setup? Same way some people keep on saying Van Gaal stumbled on the idea of playing kids. Same manager that promoted the likes of Muller, Alaba, Badstuber, kroos, Iniesta and his Ajax kids that won the CL stumbled on the idea of playing kids? What about the likes of McNair, Blackett, James Reece that he utilised several times until they proved to be not good enough? Some said he was forced to play the kids due to the injuries he had and I asked, who forced him? Was a gun put on him to use Rashford? I could recall Mourinho deploying Hazard as his false 9 striker when he had some injuries rather than bother himself with Chelsea's academy kids. Van Gaal could have done same but he chose to promote Rashford out of his own will and he should be given the credit for such boldness and his trust in kids because he's done same in every clubs he has managed.
It's very hard for some people to give Van Gaal's the credit he deserves here.