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Originally Posted by Locke
And starting Varela and Bnjksdfaknj-Jackson was a big middle finger to everyone after he was criticized for starting them in the CL. Its unfortunate that that seems to have backfired on him.
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well to be fair, all the other full-backs are injured. Not a lot he could do about that ... but he at least could have played Young instead of one of the youngsters, no idea what he has done to be stapled to the bench.
In general, I don't think the injury excuse is valid though. Yes, there have been a lot of injuries, but the squad is extra thin in terms of depth because van Gaal wanted it that way. It pisses me off when I see that Chicharito has 17 goals for Leverkusen already this season while van Gaal must throw on Nick Powell if he needs a goal. That is totally on van Gaal himself, so he has no right to moan about injuries.
The real concern is this:
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Originally Posted by M*A*S*H 4077
Bournemouth outplayed/outworked/outdefended/out-everything United.
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and that simply can't happen in addition to the injuries. I think the players have simply given up on van Gaal as well.