Man Utd XVIII: Back to challenge the silverware!
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VAN GAAL WEIGHS UP WOLFSBURG OPTIONS
Louis van Gaal has revealed he must guard against tiredness as Wolfsburg become Manchester United's sixth opponents in 18 days.
Since beating Liverpool on 12 September, the Reds have had midweek fixtures following each weekend match in the Barclays Premier League and van Gaal admits he has concerns over the fitness of Michael Carrick, Ander Herrera and Antonio Valencia for tonight's Champions League encounter.
With a trip to Arsenal also on the horizon before the international break, the manager acknowledges he has some important choices to make.
"I have to consider if I want to use these players," van Gaal told MUTV in his exclusive pre-match interview. "We have to take care of the players because we are playing three matches every week.
"It's the accumulation of tiredness - we have to pay attention to that. I have to consider every week if I can use a player or not. Now Herrera, Carrick and Valencia have minor issues. We have to take a decision and I will take that, more or less, on Wednesday."
Van Gaal included several young players in his first-team training session on Tuesday, including Under-21 quartet Guillermo Varela, Donald Love, James Weir and Josh Harrop, but he suggested there will be no major surprises in his side.
When asked if any youth players will be in the squad, he replied: "In the squad? Of course. I think youngsters are always in the squad because, in my opinion, Anthony Martial is a youngster and Andreas Pereira is a youngster. Willo [James Wilson] and Jesse Lingard are youngsters too. So I believe that Manchester United always have youngsters in the squad but in the line-up? I don't know."
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Louis van Gaal has revealed he must guard against tiredness as Wolfsburg become Manchester United's sixth opponents in 18 days.
Since beating Liverpool on 12 September, the Reds have had midweek fixtures following each weekend match in the Barclays Premier League and van Gaal admits he has concerns over the fitness of Michael Carrick, Ander Herrera and Antonio Valencia for tonight's Champions League encounter.
With a trip to Arsenal also on the horizon before the international break, the manager acknowledges he has some important choices to make.
"I have to consider if I want to use these players," van Gaal told MUTV in his exclusive pre-match interview. "We have to take care of the players because we are playing three matches every week.
"It's the accumulation of tiredness - we have to pay attention to that. I have to consider every week if I can use a player or not. Now Herrera, Carrick and Valencia have minor issues. We have to take a decision and I will take that, more or less, on Wednesday."
Van Gaal included several young players in his first-team training session on Tuesday, including Under-21 quartet Guillermo Varela, Donald Love, James Weir and Josh Harrop, but he suggested there will be no major surprises in his side.
When asked if any youth players will be in the squad, he replied: "In the squad? Of course. I think youngsters are always in the squad because, in my opinion, Anthony Martial is a youngster and Andreas Pereira is a youngster. Willo [James Wilson] and Jesse Lingard are youngsters too. So I believe that Manchester United always have youngsters in the squad but in the line-up? I don't know."
Match Preview
Looks like will have some changes ... got a feeling that Arsenal game will be priority...
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rooney squandered a couple of chances..he was terrible.martial was good as expected and mata for me,was the man of the match.tough game but lucky we escape wt all 3 points.
sunday is another big game.arsenal wanna bounce back frm their CL horrific performance.think MU should be happy to get a point at the emirates.
Should bench Rooney a game or 2 to wakeup his idea! Think Mata played in a new position and he seems to be enjoying it recently creating and scoring goals!
i think andreas pereira should play this sunday and depay on the bench.depay needs to learn how to pass.most of the time he makes wrong decision.and yes, mata is playing like how he used to with chelsea.most creative so far..as for anthony'waste of money'martial,he can keep doing what hes been doing..impressive boy.
coolhirako
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Good defeat to wake them up
coolhirako
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Game over
coolhirako
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1st n 2nd things need to do is bench Depay and sell Rooney
vengels
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Agree.. Depay has been really disappointing.. I think Young will do a better job than him for now.. Depay usually doesn't know what to do with the ball besides dribbling in the final third.. Bench him..
Rooney should also be benched.. No more immunity because he is our captain.. Poor first touch and kept losing the ball yesterday.. He has been poor for months already..
We should give Pereira, Young, Wilson chances to play..
Oh.. Martial should be rested too.. Playing too much football will cause him to be burnt out early..
take a closer look at the game and you'll find that depay and rooney is not the only problem.have anyone wondered why bastian was sold to us cheaply?bayern smashed 5 against dortmund this morning.bastian only holds them back with his slow pace.united midfield was terrible,ran over by younger and hungrier players.carrick and bastian did not cope with the threats coming from midfield.utd was slow to react and their display was shambolic.i think besides benching depay and rooney, utd should do a liverpool and sack van gaal.giggs couldn't do worst than yesterday.darian and smalling woke up after 3-0..way too late.arsenal could easily made it 7 goals to humiliate us.terrible performance and wrong tactics from van gaal.arsenal have never scored 3 against utd in the top flight and this is the first time utd conceded 3 goals within 15 minutes of play.congrats van gaal, u made a couple more infamous records for us..
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