Manchester United Team Talk/Gossip/Rumours Thread - Read Mod Warning in OP 7/1/15

I wasn't the happiest with LVG's managerial performance in the Southampton game and was quite frustrated at him losing that game for us. That feeling was riling up again today by halftime versus QPR but to be fair, he demonstrated in the 2nd half that he isn't just as stubborn as I was beginning to think he was.

Although it was he who put us in a spot of bother initially by fielding 3-5-2 with top players out of position, it was LVG's tactical change that changed the game for us. That cannot be said too much as of late unfortunately. Both substitutes scored and the 4-4-2 switch proved what everyone knows.

However his non-use of Ander Herrera is not really excusable for me, especially not with the way the MF is performing in his absence. And throwing Herrera on in injury time? Disgraceful. To me, Ander Herrera sitting on the bench watching two number 10s predominantly failing in CM is in the ball park of Paul Pogba sitting watching Rafael get shoehorned into CM and Paul Scholes come out of retirement to play there. We won't have the talent of Herrera for too long at the club if this continues.

I was delighted to see Wilson put in a great performance and get his goal in the end. He previously hadn't done enough with the minutes afforded to him this season but hopefully that goal will do wonders for his confidence. Would like to see he and Falcao get a start together vs Cambridge next week, with Rooney used from the bench if needs be.

Moving on, it is clear from the post match interview that LVG knows the benefits of 4-4-2, but doersn't think the team is currently defensively strong enough to play it. I do not think it is the end of 3-5-2 (5-3-2) but I would be far more forgiving of LVG trying utilise the next run of games to implement the 4-4-2, and maybe concede more goals in the meantime, than play absolute drivel and struggle using the 3-5-2 in upcoming games against teams like Leicester and Burnley.

Angel Di Maria, Ander Herrera, Daley Blind, Michael Carrick, Marouane Fellaini - guys of varying degrees of quality who can currently play better than adequately in CM for us. Wayne Rooney and Juan Mata have absolutely no business next nor near that list.