Not sure I agree it was the biggest factor, but I think Herrera should have stayed on too. Should have been Fletcher off for Fellaini. I do hold a few concerns over the whole #10 discussion though. Maybe he is a #10 trying to play as a deeper CM.
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Not sure I agree it was the biggest factor, but I think Herrera should have stayed on too. Should have been Fletcher off for Fellaini. I do hold a few concerns over the whole #10 discussion though. Maybe he is a #10 trying to play as a deeper CM.
How so? Fella beautifully headed a ball back to Januzaj for an almost sitter in the dying moments. A far better chance than Herrera created during his time on the pitch. It ws exactly what he was brought into to do and what was expected of him.
It should've been neither. Fellaini played so high up the pitch, trying to get knock downs, that Swansea had it easy when they got the second ball. They were streaming forward at will towards the end. With only Fletcher in front of the defence it was easy for them.
We lost all our balance when Herrera went off. If Van Gaal wanted to bring Fellaini on to win knock downs he should've subbed Mata. We lost our balance in midfield after Herrera went off and that is really why Swansea came back into it. At the hour, after we scored, it seemed inevitable that we'd go on and win. We were all over them. After the tactical change we collapsed. It had less to do with the personnel and more to do with the shape. Although I think Herrera was coming into it when he was subbed.
That was the problem, Fletcher wasn't giving him any protection for Herrera to go forward. Fellaini is just a lump who will just get sent off for fouling and elbowing people. Thank god the option has gone as he is injured. They need another CM to get the best out of Herrera.
Actually I agree with this.
If Januzaj had capitalized on that fantastic chance everyone would have Fellaini's yarbles in their mouth.
I agree with this. The sub didn't make much sense to me either.
It was a standard knock-down at the back post for Januzaj! It was hardly an amazing piece of skill.Van Gaal has just said in his MUTV interview that Ander is injured??
LvG just confirmed that he is injured 
Time to panic
Time to panicHerrera is fecking injured
Absolute nightmare. We're going to have Fletcher and Cleverly in midfield.
What type of injury did he say? if Herrera is out for long we are in big trouble.
Maybe that's why he was subbed off against Swansea
So injury was why he was taken off in the last game? Because VG was taking a lot of shit on here for that.
What a fecking joke. It's actually a fecking disgrace we are at this stage with just over a week left of the window. Fletcher and cleverley midfield. The stuff of nightmares.
There's Andow as well!
We're fecked. Easy start my arse, we'll be beat on Sunday again.
Herrera injured?
Didn't Herrera never get injured at Bilbao? Ridiculous.
you just have to laugh really.Indeed. If he's out for long, we are fecked.
you are fecking kidding...
Yup.
someone is taking the piss!Unbelievable the amount of luck we have with injuries.
Our midfield situation is an absolute joke.
Giggsy might need to get his boots out of storage.
Luckly Anderson has just started training with others.
feck my life
feck my life
We've got Shaw out for a month, Smalling out for 3 (?), Carrick out for half the bloody season, Herrera out for god knows how long, no work permit for Rojo and no decent back up for any of the positions the players that I just mentioned play in.
Not to mention it looks like Welbeck's leaving and we're no closer to signing anyone decent.
Absolute shambles at the moment. What's going on?
Not to mention it looks like Welbeck's leaving and we're no closer to signing anyone decent.
Absolute shambles at the moment. What's going on?
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Smalling is out for 3 months???
Smailling is out aswell? Wow... We must practice mma session during our training.
I don't think that's a coincidence. We've obviously realised we are in the sh*t and have no other choice.
It really is a shambles. When can we start the thread to discuss how fecked we are? We're going down the fecking toilet, fast.
We're fecked. Down to the bare bones. Our easy start mught be where we lose out on top 4.
MMA? Must be bloody fight club at Carrington. There's probably less people getting taken out in the Expendables 3!
This is unreal.
Yep.
Indeed, 9 days left to pretty much stop a steep decline I think. Other teams are simply not going to wait for us to catch them.
Explains a lot.
I'm not 100% sure if it's been confirmed. I just saw it somewhere, and when I searched 'Smalling 3 months' on twitter everyone was whinging about it!
Feckinell.
Are Evans and Valencia fit at least?
Are Evans and Valencia fit at least?
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