I know this formation is disliked by the majority of United fans but I feel like we actually have a squad that would play better in a 3-5-2 rather than the 4231/433/451 variations we use currently.

Shaw and Valencia would make great wing backs, with Blind, Darmian and even Lingard filling it. Jones, Rojo and Bailly all can play the ball out of the back, Smalling can't but that's okay until we get a new CB.Pogba and Herrera as two all action box-to-box midfielders would have added cover of our wing backs on the sides and an extra defender in the back. We would have width which we don't have know as we don't have any natural wingers. Rash/Martial could play up with Ibra with Mata/Mkhi running the show behind them in their natural positions. Ibra would be able to drop back like he does but we'd still have another striker up with him so he could do that.

I just feel right now we are trying to fit square pegs into round holes, using strikers and central attacking midfielders as wingers when we have full backs who with the added protection of an extra CB would be able bomb forward more and have less defensive responsibility.

What do you think? Maybe LVG had the right idea, albeit a terrible execution with wrong players.