Blind will get ripped to pieces and that will be the end of it. If feel a bit sorry for him having to play a position he's clearly unsuited too. LVG doesn't do himself any favours. His weird experiments would have cost us 4th place last season if Liverpool hadn't been so awful. This one is beyond stupid.
Manchester United vs FC Barcelona (International Champions Cup)
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Why are people getting so dramatic for a friendly lineup?
Yep. Van Gaal's tactical and team selection blunders cost us big time last season, let's hope we don't repeat the same mistakes this year.
How the heck is Barca playing with 4 CMs?! Iniesta left wing?
I wasn't sure if Rojo was available for selection for the last bit of the season, I thought he was but maybe not.
Blackett is no choice at all. So perhaps he did always choose Rojo when he was fit to start.
Looks like LvG has told MUTV that it's to be shown as 4-2-3-1 and not 4-4-2.
If he makes all the changes in the 2nd half quality wise it will be completely lopsided. He should have been changing the teams around in the games.
This. People would even complain if some United player were wearing a colour of boots they dislike.
Pedro to start for Barca.
Sign for United at half time.
Be subbed on for United in second half.
Sign for United at half time.
Be subbed on for United in second half.
I'd rather have Memphis on the left, Mata behind the striker and Young on the right. 
Because LVG said yesterday the team today will probably be the team that starts the season?
Glad I don't pay for MUTV. Its a shambles. 
MUTV is having a shocker
LVG praised him just the other day and said he was his 3rd captain. It looks like he rates him to me, and maybe just not playing him for precautionary reasons.
I will admit MUTV is shit. Interview with my favourites Herrera and Mata and no sodding sound.
A feck it, we're gonna finish 5th and wont win a bloody thing.
Am I doing this right?
Am I doing this right?
Taking out Herrera is ridiculous as well. Just put Memphis on the left instead of Young. Can't see LVG picking this lineup against Spurs
Does Puyol still play for Barca?
It's only a question of whether what he's gone with is better than Mata taking the 10 from Memphis and Herrera replacing Mata on the wing. I think Memphis is probably a stronger 10 and won't get knocked off the ball as much but Mata is more … silky (for want of a better term) and may very well link up better with Herrera.
Way too logical to LVG. I mean, playing 2 out of 3 players in their actual, natural, positions? Are you crazy?I'd rather have Memphis on the left, Mata behind the striker and Young on the right.
IS this on anywhere other than Mutv?
He's started Blind with Jones in all games so clearly isn't a try out. It's just Louis being weird.
No, Southampton and Spurs'll finish above us too.
Well you know what I mean
Huh, didn't you guys tell me De Gea wasn't really injured and just wasn't playing as he's about to move to Madrid?
I don't think he's once put Herrera on the wing.
Do you ever, I mean ever write anything positive?
So you're gonna write off first 6 months cause of a lineup before one preseason game..?
Ffs.
He's just getting them fit, this is not going to be our first 11 in the premier league, god you bunch of drama queens.
Ofcourse he does. I don't doubt that. It's just that he's forced to bench him as he wants blind at CB.
lol @ the poor *insert player name here* posts. It's as if they've been dropped from some match. It's a preseason friendly!
To be fair LvG said that today's team will be more or less the same as the team that will play against Tottenham.
how?just added it and got an introductory offer of £3.50 per month
Hopefully Rojo stays fit the whole season.
Im always a bit skeptical in arguing about what a manager should do, we as football fans have never managed a team let alone make decisions about which players to deploy. Does that mean we can not have an opinion ? Absolutely not, you can be an average football fan and see a flaw in a certain line up, but let us judge a mistake after it's being done and then compare our opinions with the fact on hand. Besides, there is nothing much we can do expect for pointing it out, right?
Yup. that too. No point in watching any of our games cause we know we'll be awful. Stupid LVG and his crazy tactics. Charlatan!
Its like they haven't been watching the matcheslol @ the poor *insert player name here* posts. It's as if they've been dropped from some match. It's a preseason friendly!
Poor Cleverley and Welbecklol @ the poor *insert player name here* posts. It's as if they've been dropped from some match. It's a preseason friendly!
Yeah, I do actually.
Infact, I was pretty fecking positive up until Louis starting with the stupid tactics once again.
Its pretty fecking obvious that this lineup and tactics are what he's planning the season with. He's not just playing it for shits and giggles.
Van Gaal stated last week Blind was in competition with Carrick, Schneiderlin and Schweinsteiger for midfield. If Rojo was available he'd be at CB, Evans too probably if he wasn't so shit. We'll probably sign another CB before the season starts anyway. It's pre-season, it's a friendly, relax.