Man United vs Leicester City- 31/1/2015

He gets muscled off the ball at times, so Fellaini has the advantage against the more physical sides. I presume he'll be doing gym work and bulking up. It's a learning curve for all the new signings, I think Blind has adapted quickest so far and sometimes he looks a little lightweight. It'll come next season, we'll be a different proposition even if we don't sign anyone in the Summer (which we will of course).

I hope that's the case Ed but there must be more to it, van Gaal just doesn't fancy him for some reason.
Lightweight doesn't wash when you also have Januzaj, Mata, Blind, Di Maria to an extent and how's he going to get used to league when he can't get on the pitch. He can also be careless in possession but then how many times does Rooney give the ball away in each game.

If he doesn't start against Cambridge when he's been one of a few players to look up for those games, making things happen then his future here looks bleak and you wonder whether the club has pushed him onto LVG rather than him wanting Herrera.

Yeah, Di Maria, Blind and Rojo all waltz straight back in but not Herrera.

It's an horrendous juggling act with that squad as it is, it's not balanced in the slightest and certainly not for LVG who's said as much.  

Janazai is fucking huge now if you look at him, he's no matchstick kid now, he's going for his heros physique, Ronaldo. He was quite happy yesterday fending two players off and getting stuck in and taking a whack.  

Mata has the BPL experience and knows how to deal with the physicality without necessarily getting booked.

Blind is a little broader in the  build width ways than Herrera, more stout,  and plays deeper usually, so less affected by whooping CBs and DMs who like dishing it out. 

Di Maria looks uncomfortable at the moment and he hasn't quite got used to being bowled over yet.

I think* and who the fuck knows with LVG, that we'll see a pretty big squad revamp in the Summer not just at the back but in the middle and up front, with Mata, RVP, Falcao (possibly Fellaini too)  out the door freeing up wages for new incoming.  I think Herrera will stay in place of Mata.  Just a hunch.

LVG is really hard to read and I'm not sure he's 100% certain on the direction yet himself.

Herrera was giving away the ball too easily, but that's hardly a good enough reason. All the new signings are slowly adapting, maybe Herrera is a bit behind the others and he has tough competition to face for a spot on the first team. Just a guess anyway, I'd love it if Van Gaal actually says something on the matter

If Fellaini is the answer what the feck was the question? :-/ I'm not buying into that as the reason Herrera keeps starring from the bench. Fellaini at the very best is a little above average as a CM. He should be a destroyer in the middle given his size but he's just as lightweight in a tackle as Herrera and gives the ball away as much as anyone except maybe Rooney. Nope (conspiration starts here ) something is very afoot between VG and Herrera.
I really want to like VG as manager but so far I haven't felt the slightest stirring in my loins. I'm reading that our defence has improved. It's true we're conceding less goals but that is only due to the fact that we don't attack as a force any more. I really can't believe this dull, unimaginative football I'm watching at the moment. Getting into the top 4 at any cost really does apply here. If VG wants us to play like Barça then I'm afraid dull and unimaginative will become our trade mark because quite simply we don't have the players to play like that unless there's a mass exodus come summer.
On paper we have one of the best strike forces in the league, if not Europe so why the feck are we witnessing anti football game after game? Yes VG is under pressure to get us a CL spot but please, don't tell me with the players he has at his disposal this is the best he can do.
Reading Blinds post match interview was pretty scary when he said about each week we are getting closer to the way VG wants us to play, that we are on the right track and that we're happy

The Herrera situation baffles me somewhat, I can't think of a game where I thought he played a shocker, in fact, most times he's played I thought he was one of the better players on the pitch.
When given a start he's bought goals, assists and overall general creativity and greater fluidity in the midfield, I feel some of you are over emphasising his wayward passing, this to me is not an issue, as it doesn't happen too often, certainly not more than average.
His real problem is competition for places, he has Rooney, Mata, Blind, Carrick, Fellaini and possibly Di Maria to contend with, and I guess LVG rightly or wrongly thinks that those aforementioned bring more to the team than Herrera.
I hope Herrera gets his time, I certainly am incouraged by what I've seen of him so far, and feel he could develop into a very decent player for us.