I was pretty disappointed with the team selected, but with Wilson and Lingard both starting for the reserves on Monday night, it was obvious that neither would start the game. But for Wilson in particular to not be even on the bench? And then Van Gaal's comments about the pair in his pre match press briefing, he really isn't anything in the man management department is he.
So a strong team it was, Fellaini coming in for Martial and Young encouragingly, for me anyway, starting at left back. Fellaini was Fellaini, which isn't much to my liking, but there you go. Jones came in for his first start and didn't do anything wrong, though to be fair he wasn't really tested. Ipswich weren't up to much, the only time they really threatened was just after half time, when I presume McCarthy told them to not die wondering. But that petered out and United soon resumed control.
To be honest United weren't really up to much themselves as an attacking force, but once Rooney put United in front, it was never much of a contest. Rooney wasn't terrible, but the goal aside he still doesn't convince. On the positive side, Schweinsteiger really looked the part. Alright the opposition weren't up to much, but he bossed things in an encouraging way. The introduction of Memphis Depay and Martial in particular saw United really up their game. Martial took his goal well and once again his all round game looked top class. He certainly might have been bought for the future, but at this moment in time he is for the here and now.
Perreira starting was one to keep us United fans who like to see youth coming through the ranks happy. My problem with Van Gaal is who he brings through. If you look at last season, Blackett, McNair, but Thorpe not given a chance. Now it may well be that Thorpe wasn't good enough for United, my point would be, fine, but he is a better centre half than either of the players he picked. Perreira is a prospect, but is he better than Wilson, definitely not, maybe not better than Lingard and though he is not here at the moment, certainly not better than Januzaj either.
The thought of seeing Wilson and Martial playing together, either as a front two or as two parts of a front three is the most exciting prospect of supporting United for the future. Add in Januzaj to that equation and in becomes even more exciting. It's just that it won't be quite as exciting under this manager or even likely to happen.
So a strong team it was, Fellaini coming in for Martial and Young encouragingly, for me anyway, starting at left back. Fellaini was Fellaini, which isn't much to my liking, but there you go. Jones came in for his first start and didn't do anything wrong, though to be fair he wasn't really tested. Ipswich weren't up to much, the only time they really threatened was just after half time, when I presume McCarthy told them to not die wondering. But that petered out and United soon resumed control.
To be honest United weren't really up to much themselves as an attacking force, but once Rooney put United in front, it was never much of a contest. Rooney wasn't terrible, but the goal aside he still doesn't convince. On the positive side, Schweinsteiger really looked the part. Alright the opposition weren't up to much, but he bossed things in an encouraging way. The introduction of Memphis Depay and Martial in particular saw United really up their game. Martial took his goal well and once again his all round game looked top class. He certainly might have been bought for the future, but at this moment in time he is for the here and now.
Perreira starting was one to keep us United fans who like to see youth coming through the ranks happy. My problem with Van Gaal is who he brings through. If you look at last season, Blackett, McNair, but Thorpe not given a chance. Now it may well be that Thorpe wasn't good enough for United, my point would be, fine, but he is a better centre half than either of the players he picked. Perreira is a prospect, but is he better than Wilson, definitely not, maybe not better than Lingard and though he is not here at the moment, certainly not better than Januzaj either.
The thought of seeing Wilson and Martial playing together, either as a front two or as two parts of a front three is the most exciting prospect of supporting United for the future. Add in Januzaj to that equation and in becomes even more exciting. It's just that it won't be quite as exciting under this manager or even likely to happen.
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