Well no. Not quite. He recently brought Lingard into the side at the expense of Mata as Lingard offered more pace. Suggesting he's well aware of the issue. Its November however.
He's currently hampered by a mix of injuries and out of form players effecting us. Of the 11 that started today, Rooney, Mata, Darmian, Carrick and Young were awful. It was a similar story midweek and too many times. Darmian aside, that's 4 senior players who we should be able to rely on. We can't, van Gaal can't and the team can't. They're just not performing, either today or all season. Mata has had a few spells but over all he's been disappointing.
Of course van Gaal needs to do something about that. If that means dropping them, then fine. I would be quite happy to see us field a very young side in a game soon. Not sure it would go down well with others mind.
January will be important. We need to buy and I think we will. Someone referred to our need for a cantona type in the window. They're right.
