24 Man squad, including 3 GK's, a centre-back with no pre-season and an alleged bust up with Van Gaal, 4 youth players with only a handful of appearances, and Antonio Valencia:
1 GK
Keylor Navas
4 DF
Phil Jones
5 DF
Marcos Rojo
7 FW
Memphis Depay
8 MF
Juan Mata
10 FW
Wayne Rooney (
c)
12 DF
Chris Smalling
16 MF
Michael Carrick (
vc)
17 MF
Daley Blind
18 MF
Ashley Young
19 FW
James Wilson
20 GK
Sergio Romero
21 MF
Ander Herrera
23 DF
Luke Shaw
25 MF
Antonio Valencia
27 MF
Marouane Fellaini
28 MF
Morgan Schneiderlin
31 MF
Bastian Schweinsteiger
33 DF
Paddy McNair
35 MF
Jesse Lingard
36 DF
Matteo Darmian
44 MF
Andreas Pereira
50 GK
Sam Johnstone
(9) FW Anthony Martial
Not good enough I suspect:
First XI:
Navas
Darmian
Smalling
Blind
Shaw
Schneiderlin
Schweinsteiger
Mata
Rooney
Depay
Martial
Second XI
Romero
Valencia
Jones
McNair
Rojo
Carrick
Herrera
Fellaini
Young
Perreira
Wilson
Look at that reserve XI. Hideous. Just hideous. Also worth considering that with Blackett leaving, Rojo is our only reserve leftback, unless we want to shift Darmian or Blind out of position and disrupt a stable back-four. Midfield is ok, but the reserve front line is horrendous for a club of our size.
We I'd go as far as to say that we need a bonafide number 9 still, and a quality right winger. This would mean rotating Mata to the bench and number 10, Rooney playing number 10 or on the bench, and Martial starting from the bench. All things I am ok with.
Minimum two players needed on the final day. fecking shambles.