Manchester United have to bounce back with all three points tomorrow against West Ham to avoid further disaster.
For that Louis van Gaal needs to focus on both attack and specially on defense. The idea of attack outscoring the opponents with that horrific defending was never going to work as Leicester battered them away from home.
The manager will have to bench one or more key stars to make a balanced formation vs the hammers and for the games to come.
The Dutch coach should not be playing with three strikers, Rooney may as well be able to play number 10 well but he is not really required there in the presence of someone like Juan Mata who does that job better than him.
If Rooney cannot be dropped being the captain, then one of Falcao or RvP has to sit on the bench and Van Gaal has to be brave here and drop his compatriot Robin van Persie for now.
The Netherlands captain is on the wrong side of his 30s and by all means Falcao is better with phenomenal stats as far as goal scoring is concerned.
Expensive signing Shaw has to come on, LvG cannot rate him before he has been given a fair chance and must start. He made it into PFA team of the year last season for a reason and might be the best player to play LB. He will also help the much shaky defense
Here is Man United’s balanced starting formation vs West Ham.
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Man United's Balanced Starting Formation vs West Ham
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UTD X1 VS WESTHAM=4-2-3-1- @ DEA GEA~VALENCIA~ROJO~BLIND~SHAW~~FELLAINI~HERRERA~~DI MARIA~ROONEY~JANUZAJ~~FALCAO.. .NO VACANCY FOR RVP-MATA~FLETCHER~THE TRIO LACK PHYSICAL PRESENCE IN UTD TEAM..JAN.EXIT IDEAL FOR UTD ALONG WT ANDERSON/SMALLING/EVANS/CARRICK/YOUNG/ALL MEDIOCRES OF DEADWOOD
since smalling is injured then blind shud come to central defense and fletcher shud fill d space of holding mildfielder
This is how they should line up.De gea,Rafeal,Blind,Rojo,Shaw,Valencia,Flecther,Hererra,De maria,Rooney,Falcao