After a poor season Manchester United had, with David Moyes during 2013/14, the fans had many questions. Who would be the new manager? Would he be another David Moyes? David Moyes seemed like a good manager but not the right manager up to Manchester United’s standards.
Louis Van Gaal arrived and changed everything around. The likes of Patrice Evra, Nemanja Vidic and Rio Ferdinand left the club before the manager had the chance to introduce himself. This just showed how hard of a task he had to face already, a broken team with an inexperienced defence. Due to Louis Van Gaal managing Netherlands at the world cup last summer, it meant his work with Manchester United had to be delayed near to the end of July.
The club did spend the most money from all the Premier League teams and brought in Luke Shaw, Ander Herrera, Angel Di Maria, Marcos Rojo, Daley Blind and Radamel Falcao on loan. Any Manchester United fan must have been worried that the club had spent around £60m on Luke Shaw, Marcos Rojo and Daley Blind whose main positions are at LB. Personally any Manchester United fan would have been confused why Louis Van Gaal brought in 3 players who play at LB, but Marcos Rojo 2nd position is at CB and Daley Blind 2nd position is at CB but and also has a little bit of experience as a CDM.
Despite not signing a player whose main position is at CB, the table below does show Manchester United have the 4th best defence joint with Manchester City, which shows the defence wasn’t mainly at fault if they felt that they could have finished 3rd or 2nd. But a lot can be said about how well the season went and in many games our strikers have failed to show up. Tottenham are 6th in the league compared to Manchester United who are 4th have scored 55 goals this campaign only 6 behind Manchester United, shows the strikers at the club haven’t been much of a threat as you would have expected them to be. Many fans would have expected at least 40-50 goals from Radamel Falcao, Wayne Rooney and Robin Van Persie but they shockingly have only 26 goals between themselves.
At the start of the season, Louis Van Gaal brought in the 3-5-2 system which he had used in the World Cup during his time with the Netherlands. He found it difficult at the start and took him four games to win his first Premier League match. 3-5-2 didn't work for many reason first of all Manchester United do not have a world class centre back who can take the ball forward. Second off all 3-5-2 is like a defensive formation and then the wing backs are used on the counter but Manchester United philosophy is about attacking and not defending for most of the game. Another factor is that the players were introduced to the 3-5-2 very late; it meant few players had more than one role during the games and it just wasn't working for the manager and the players.
Manchester United had a pretty decent season after last year. Louis Van Gaal in his first season helped Manchester United finish Top Four despite his team having up to 70 injuries. This meant during the hard times, he had to promote the youth players as he had no other choice left. After a few months down the line Manchester United started finding some form, and did eventually go on a 10 game undefeated streak despite having one or two players injured every week in the first four months of Louis Van Gaal’s management at Manchester United. But Louis Van Gaal did find his correct tactics/formation between the end February to the first week of March. This helped them become victorious for another 5-6 games, until key players became injured again.
Everyone will expect Manchester United to be busy during the summer with many players coming and going out. Many fans would want the club to sign up to 4-5 players, personally the club need to bring in a CB, RB, CDM, CM and a ST so you could assume that the club will spend between £100m-£150m like they did last summer. Also few days ago the club had reached an agreement for Dutch winger Memphis Depay, shows that Louis Van Gaal isn't waiting for the transfer window to start and wants to buy his targets as soon as he can so they can officially join the club when the window starts in the first week of July. Will the Dutchman win the Premier League, in his second year at Manchester United?
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| Manchester United official squad photo for 2014/15 season |
The club did spend the most money from all the Premier League teams and brought in Luke Shaw, Ander Herrera, Angel Di Maria, Marcos Rojo, Daley Blind and Radamel Falcao on loan. Any Manchester United fan must have been worried that the club had spent around £60m on Luke Shaw, Marcos Rojo and Daley Blind whose main positions are at LB. Personally any Manchester United fan would have been confused why Louis Van Gaal brought in 3 players who play at LB, but Marcos Rojo 2nd position is at CB and Daley Blind 2nd position is at CB but and also has a little bit of experience as a CDM.
Despite not signing a player whose main position is at CB, the table below does show Manchester United have the 4th best defence joint with Manchester City, which shows the defence wasn’t mainly at fault if they felt that they could have finished 3rd or 2nd. But a lot can be said about how well the season went and in many games our strikers have failed to show up. Tottenham are 6th in the league compared to Manchester United who are 4th have scored 55 goals this campaign only 6 behind Manchester United, shows the strikers at the club haven’t been much of a threat as you would have expected them to be. Many fans would have expected at least 40-50 goals from Radamel Falcao, Wayne Rooney and Robin Van Persie but they shockingly have only 26 goals between themselves.
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| Here's how the EPL table looks currently |
Manchester United had a pretty decent season after last year. Louis Van Gaal in his first season helped Manchester United finish Top Four despite his team having up to 70 injuries. This meant during the hard times, he had to promote the youth players as he had no other choice left. After a few months down the line Manchester United started finding some form, and did eventually go on a 10 game undefeated streak despite having one or two players injured every week in the first four months of Louis Van Gaal’s management at Manchester United. But Louis Van Gaal did find his correct tactics/formation between the end February to the first week of March. This helped them become victorious for another 5-6 games, until key players became injured again.
Everyone will expect Manchester United to be busy during the summer with many players coming and going out. Many fans would want the club to sign up to 4-5 players, personally the club need to bring in a CB, RB, CDM, CM and a ST so you could assume that the club will spend between £100m-£150m like they did last summer. Also few days ago the club had reached an agreement for Dutch winger Memphis Depay, shows that Louis Van Gaal isn't waiting for the transfer window to start and wants to buy his targets as soon as he can so they can officially join the club when the window starts in the first week of July. Will the Dutchman win the Premier League, in his second year at Manchester United?
Article contributed by: Asif
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