He considered jumping off the ice so a fresher player could join the play, but time was running out.
I think that's normal in the football world, you have [to] improve every year the selection and also keep them fresh and a new player can give a great stimulus," said Van Gaal.
"What Wales need to do is consolidate, bring in a couple of fresh players, have a plan B because it doesn't appear like we have got one, and keep persevering".
I think it's important to bring one fresh player to give us stability in midfield.
Just 30 days into 2015, there have been four fresh player arrests, including two for domestic violence and one for rape.
As is the custom in Belgium, they fired head coach Marc Grosjean and brought in a busload of fresh players during winter.
Until then, Fifa dates are used to bed in new coaches and have a look at fresh players - and also to make money with lucrative friendlies.
2016 will bring a new album from Ed Banger associate Breakbot, and on that label's recent Essential Mix, it was revealed that there's a fresh long-player from French house geniuses Cassius on the way, too.
An ageing squad a year older, the younger generation a year further from fruition, it has been a wasted season, the club less attractive for both a new manager and fresh players, £70m spent with little to show for it, that monstrous debt still in place.
"We are starting a new cycle with a new coach and some fresh players, so we are happy," he told the Observer.
