Still Following the Trawler

If it wasn't obvious already prior to yesterday’s game against Chelsea - United’s ninth goalless draw of 2015 and our eighth winless game in a row - something is not quite right at United, and it hasn't been for a while. Van Gaal watches on as United fail to win for the eighth consecutive game against Chelsea. Image via Mail Online . Louis van Gaal has epitomised everything that has gone wrong since Sir Alex left in 2013 - the anti-United, if you will. During his first season in charge we saw glimpses of brilliance while the fans (and board of directors) were content with the fourth-place finish that saw us re-enter the Champions League. We were also fooled into a sense of giddiness as the likes of Angel di Maria, Falcao and a host of World Cup stars were brought into the club, with spending exceeding £250million+ and rivaling the buying patterns that so many United fans have ridiculed Chelsea and Manchester City about. However this approach hasn't worked at all

GOAL  | David de Gea DEFENSE  | Matteo Darmian, Chris Smalling, Paddy McNair, Daley Blind As we were for last Saturday's draw away to Leicester I presume... Rojo is out with a dislocated shoulder, so Blind will continue at LB. Jones is also still out so McNair will carry on in the centre partnering big Mike Smalling . Darmian , of course, will play on the right in defence. MIDFIELD  | Jesse Lingard,  Morgan Schneiderlin,   Juan Mata, Bastian Schweinsteiger, Ashley Young Now recovered from his brief injury, Lingard has to start again on the left for me. Every time he picks up the ball in midfield he looks bright, energetic and fills us with hope that something decent is about to happen. He's definitely been United's most adventurous player during this rather dreary spell we're currently in the midst of. Now onto the rest of the midfield... Reader's of my blog will know my thoughts on the one-dimensional, oppressive system that is current