Manchester United's Wayne Rooney (R) and Juan Mata discuss before taking a freekick during their English Premier League soccer match against Swansea City at Old Trafford in Manchester, northern England August 16, 2014. REUTERS/Darren Staples
(Reuters) - In Louis van Gaal Manchester United have the big name manager, but 90 minutes of struggle against Swansea City proved that the 20-times English champions are still without the players required to bury the memory of last season's horror show.
Dutchman van Gaal was drafted into Old Trafford in a bid to halt last term's alarming slide, when the 2012-13 champions finished in seventh place after a series of insipid performances under David Moyes, who lasted 10 months as Alex Ferguson's replacement.
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