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Originally Posted by Sparky***
Why do they have to be mutually exclusive? When you intentionally leave everything up to the player's interpretation on the pitch (as van gaal says he does) and they continually £#%&! it up, wouldn't you think maybe its time to use a different approach?
You can explain away players doing things like a bad backpass that leads to a goal - or a freak own goal as bad decisions. But when your defensive line looks like a graphic equaliser on a 1980s stereo then it's time to £#%&!ing have a word
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basically that's spot on, but...
the issue is that smalling doesn't open his mouth (nor does de gea as it goes but that's a separate problem)...
for example, on the equaliser if smalling tells rashford, who is right next to him, to step up then blind steps up as well because he is the back man. as it was smalling didn't even do his own job never mind organise the novice next to him, and so when noble shoves rashford out at the last split second then blind is stranded - remember blind has zero chance of being heard on the other side of the box by rashford.
van gaal cannot teach that communication though, because first smalling has to be able to see it and understand it in real time. he's nowhere near there tbh.
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Originally Posted by Billy Redface
Seeing what you want to see again.
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i'm commenting on a factual matter that is uncontested by the player or his club.