Europa League 2015-2016

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Carrick on for Rashford. Looks like we've switched to 3 at the back.

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United looking MUCH better after that tactical switch.

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2-0 now

If we don't get at least one back before fulltime that's the tie over I think

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Herrera on for Mata, Schweinsteiger on for Schneiderlin.

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Well that was embarrassing. Liverpool the better side by far, would have been 5 or 6-0 if it wasn't for De Gea. We didn't even get a bloomin corner lol

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Didn't watch it... but apparently United were absolute tosh (as per).. one goal for Liverpool at Old Trafford and its goodnight Vienna 

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Team news for United:

De Gea

Varela Smalling Blind Rojo

Fellaini Carrick

Mata

Lingard Martial

Rashford

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Martial puts us 1-0 up with a penalty.

Fellaini seems set on giving the ball away every 5 minutes.

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Bollocks. 1-1 now. Need to score another 3 goals to go through. Tie over I think. De Gea should have saved that too

We've been the better side so far too

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Darmian and Schweinsteiger on for Rojo and Carrick since I last posted.

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1-1 final score. That's us out and needing 4th place for Champions League football next season

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Almost like you thought United had a chance a the Europa League 

LVG couldn't manage a bank account.. neither mind a football team.. sooner you realise this.. the easier it will be when Jose takes over come July.

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Just like any other United fan with any sense I hope he never comes anywhere near the club...unless he has a clause in his contract forcing him to embrace yoof development.

I don't want to see United losing Rashford, Borthwick-Jackson, Fosu-Mensah, Weir, both Pereiras, McNair, Love, Williams, Riley etc etc etc because Maureen doesn't have faith in introducing new yoof talent into his sides.

If Van Gaal was to go I want Giggsy there.

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Is this Rashford.. who is the new Macheda/Januzaj ? lol.   Quite clearly none of those players are good enough for a top 4 competing team at the moment.. if given the experience they might be in a few seasons..

And prehaps in the old days you could win the league with kids... unfortunately the PL has got way too competitive for that to be the case anymore - if you think the infamous United "kids" team of 95/96 would beat the Chelsea team of 04/05 which broke all kinds of PL records (with mainly expensive players bought in that season and the season before) - then personally I think you're even more deluded than you already are.

Also let's not forget LVG has spent shit loads of money on players.. his "philosophy" has never been about bringing through youngsters.. its been about buying the league with your superior wealth... the only reason he started playing the youngsters was because of injuries.. and the only reason why some of them are still playing is because they have played better than his "flops".  Old players, young players.. what difference does it make how old a player is to how many trophies a club wins?  I hope you bring Giggsy in too.. a manager with little experience and one whose been learning from Looney Fat head lol... be spectacular when your club have to fire the club legend too!

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His 'philosophy' all the way through his entire career has been about bringing young talent through. Yes, injuries have meant that we've relied on these kids playing...but, again, this is the what the contingency plan has been. There were plenty of people surprised that we didn't sign more players, people concerned that our squad was too small. But this has been his plan right from the beginning.

And injuries haven't been the sole reason why some of these players have had a chance. Lingard, for example, would have been a key part of United's season last season if his knee hadn't exploded against the Swans during the first game of the season.

All of those players I've listed are quality players. They won't ALL make it at the highest level at United but Rashford, Fosu-Mensah, Borthwick-Jackson, both Pereiras and McNair most certainly will do.