some squad members feel like 'robots' under the manager's famously methodical approach and as though they are wearing 'straitjackets' when they go onto the field of play.
Stars are also struggling to adapt to the number of team meetings before and after games and the regimented structure Van Gaal has imposed on the club as a whole.
The disharmony also appears to have spread to members of the club's non-playing staff who are upset after they were told they would no longer be able to eat with players at the club's Carrington training complex and ordered to eat their lunches in a separate room.
After United's opening-day win against Tottenham, when they needed a Kyle Walker own goal to get the three points and managed just one shot on target, Rooney and Carrick went to speak to their manager about his overly rigid methods.
The atmosphere at Carrington training ground is said to be tense, with senior stars thought to be concerned about their side's lack of attacking threat, and believing the manager's training methods are partly to blame.
Rooney and Carrick told Van Gaal that the players felt they had become suppressed, and that many were not enjoying their football.
Things were not helped when players were told that they would not get a single day off for three weeks in the lead-up to the Champions League qualifier against Club Bruges.
However, despite the approach from his captain and senior midfielder, Sportsmailunderstands that Van Gaal has made no attempt to change his methods.
'Nobody is allowed to take a chance,' a source said.
'They feel like they are wearing straitjackets. Everything is in zones. It's a case of "you can only go this far". The feeling is that they are being turned into robots.
'Everything is structured. The manager enjoys a laugh but they rarely see that on the training ground. It's a case of you work here and you have a laugh outside.
'He is set in his ways. Because they have worked before he is unwilling to change them.
SOURCE:sportsmail.
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