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Originally Posted by cam_wmh
I salivate at Schwein & Carrick beside each other.
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but seriously, I'm not all that optimistic because van Gaal is again making things a lot harder than necessary. Over the last couple games I always told myself "it's only preseason" and maybe he's experimenting, but hey, if your manager makes the same stupid decisions in every preseason game, then he's probably keen to do the same things in the league.
- Blind as CB? Really? Just because he's left-footed?! Meanwhile, the best CB (Smalling) is sitting on the bench for some reason
- Ander Herrera is back on the bench. Words can't express how infuriating that is to me
- Memphis has always been an attacking winger, yet van Gaal makes him play as some weird striker/no 10 hybrid
Van Gaal is way too stubborn and always thinks he's smarter than everybody else. He stumbled upon the best XI by accident last season and I fully expect it to happen again. How many points will United lose this season before he pulls his head out of his ass?
----------------------Romero
Darmian
-------Smalling
-------Jones
------------Shaw
--------Schweinsteiger
------Schneiderlin
------------------Ander Herrera
-----Mata
-----------------------------Memphis
----------------------Rooney
contrary to van Gaals thinking, this isn't exactly rocket science. United have bought very well this summer so far and under normal circumstances I'd say the squad is good enough to challenge for the title, but a great transfer window means nothing when your manager is stubbornly overthinking everything.
Real positives from the preseason though: Darmian looks class and Shaw has improved his fitness dramatically. Looks like United will finally have a great set of full-backs who can attack but are solid defensively. Also Andreas Pereira impressed, hopefully he'll get some chances this season. Great talent.