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2014-15 Performances

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5.7 Season Average Rating
Appearances
32
Goals
4
Assists
13
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A Jekyll & Hyde player, fantastic assist and great ball to Blind for the penalty, but every other touch was loose and his final ball was mostly the wrong one.
 
Orton said:
Like I say, something he needs to work on. Not defending his bad passes at all, but a few of those passes are when he expects players to make runs, which worked at Madrid because they had attackers who always made those runs.
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If we were still in August or September then ok that would make sense. The season is about to end.
 
Lawman said:
If you watch how he seen the space and moved to receive the ball of Mata I think you're being a little unfair. He was wasteful today but is low on confidence. He will be awesome when settled properly a genuine top class player imo.
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Perhaps, but i think Mata should get more of the praise for starting the play with the 1,2 and finishing it off in style, Di Maria did well with the technique , but it was quite an obvious pass to be fair.

Di Maria will come good....i hope, we are on course for a top 4 finish *knocks wood*, WE DID THE DOUBLE OVER LIVERPOOL !
 
Would rather play Januzaj than Di Maria at this point, especially if the rumours of him wanting to leave are true.

He was dreadful but somehow made two positive marks on the game. Football is a weird sport...
 
caisenma said:
Would rather play Januzaj than Di Maria at this point, especially if the rumours of him wanting to leave are true.

He was dreadful but somehow made two positive marks on the game. Football is a weird sport...
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Januzaj has been one of our worst outfield players this season.
 
Frustraing player most of the time. Some flashes of brilliance, then again the sloppiest and laziest player on the pitch. I would sell him to PSG for 50-60m, frustrating. Would be surpried if he could turn it around this season.
 
It's been brought up before but if we take off our tinted specs for a minute - does he actually offer more than what Nani could have given us?
 
Walrus said:
It's been brought up before but if we take off our tinted specs for a minute - does he actually offer more than what Nani could have given us?
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No.

He plays like a Nani and Ashley Young everyone hated last two seasons.
 
Sammyjunn said:
Assist on Mata, pass for the penalty. He was poor but creates 2 brilliant chances.
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This. And he wasn't the worst on the pitch, Rooney trumped anything bad he could do in the first half, and then capped it off by missing the penalty.

His passing was bad, but he should have contributed two goals towards us killing off the game.

This is exactly the way Nani was treated, it's no coincidence that he's actually doing good for Sporting, the attitude here is awful, at times.
 
He's a weird one. That pass behind Rooney which should have made it 3-0 and wrapped the game up was unbelievably poor and then ofcourse the countless times he gave it away.
 
Its not about his individual performances, its about LvG getting him into a role where he can contribute effectively and be the Di Maria we all expected.
 
wr8_utd said:
He's a weird one. That pass behind Rooney which should have made it 3-0 and wrapped the game up was unbelievably poor and then ofcourse the countless times he gave it away.
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Including the pass that gave Rooney a free shot at goal from 12 yards. Swings and roundabouts.
 
Walrus said:
It's been brought up before but if we take off our tinted specs for a minute - does he actually offer more than what Nani could have given us?
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Nani didn't give us anything in his last 2 years here. It was something line 2 assists or a similiar output, so yeah even bad Di Maria is miles ahead. And in his last year's form and in his best position it's not even a debate, Nani has never reached that level.

People who want him to sell after 1 season are ridiculous. Build a proper team with a proper defence and midfield, play him as CM with more pace in front of him and then we will see how it will work next year.
 
I cant help but think he's doing it on purpose. They dont look like genuine mistakes.
 
People here are so fickle. He is a class footballer. Its his first season. Give him time.
 
Captain Hindsight said:
This. And he wasn't the worst on the pitch, Rooney trumped anything bad he could do in the first half, and then capped it off by missing the penalty.

His passing was bad, but he should have contributed two goals towards us killing off the game.

This is exactly the way Nani was treated, it's no coincidence that he's actually doing good for Sporting, the attitude here is awful, at times.
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Pretty sure what is said here has no effect on how a player plays.
 
Pyroblazer said:
Nani didn't give us anything in his last 2 years here. It was something line 2 assists or a similiar output, so yeah even bad Di Maria is miles ahead. And in his last year's form and in his best position it's not even a debate, Nani has never reached that level.

People who want him to sell after 1 season are ridiculous. Build a proper team with a proper defence and midfield, play him as CM with more pace in front of him and then we will see how it will work next year.
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Nani didn't give us anything because of different reasons though, it's not like he played every week is it? He's showing this season he can play at the top level when he's starting every week.
 
JustAFan said:
Pretty sure what is said here has no effect on how a player plays.
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I actually think back to the game vs Stoke (I think), last year, where Nani was booed off the pitch, by our own fans. Things like that can contribute towards the downfall of certain players, if not all.
 
Orton said:
Including the pass that gave Rooney a free shot at goal from 12 yards. Swings and roundabouts.
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He gave the ball away a lot of times that gave Liverpool chances to counter and it's not the first game he's doing it. And ofcourse he also refuses to track back. He has moments of magic but he also has far too many moments where he gives it away in stupid positions.
 
The ball catching incident epitomises how he's completely lost the plot. We didn't even need to keep the flow of the game going at that point.

Fortunately we don't really need him at the moment. Everyone was impeccable in their roles in the first half (maybe with the exception of Rooney).
 
Wasteful in the final 3rd, apart from the assist - but then that's a pretty big 'apart from', and he essentially created the goal that won us the game.

Much better than what he's been showing of late, and if his heart is in it - and for me, unfortunately, that's the big question - he'll be a success.
 
wr8_utd said:
He gave the ball away a lot of times that gave Liverpool chances to counter and it's not the first game he's doing it. And ofcourse he also refuses to track back. He has moments of magic but he also has far too many moments where he gives it away in stupid positions.
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Indeed he does give it away in daft positions, which is probably driving LVG mad. I'd keep Mata starting. It's probably between Young and Di Maria for the next game.
 
Get Di Maria watching some Giggs videos playing central. We need to back the lad. A good pre season and we'll see a rejuvenated player. Next season I'd rather Nani outwide for us.
 
It's kinda strange. On the one had he was absolutely atrocious today. Lost the ball on almost any fecking dribbling and got the easiest passes completely wrong. On the other hand the played that excellent one two pass with Mata for Mata's second goal and he played a great outside of the foot pass that led to Blind being fouled in the penalty area.

I mean the lad still got a lot of brilliance in him he just seems way too rushed in most of his actions as if he is too anxious to make something happen with the ball. Oh and he really needs to help out in defense more. After he came on our left side got hammered by Liverpool time and time again because Blind was mostly on his own and didn't exactly have a stellar day either.
 
Orton said:
Indeed he does give it away in daft positions, which is probably driving LVG mad. I'd keep Mata starting. It's probably between Young and Di Maria for the next game.
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I agree. I guess Villa at home we could afford to play ADM in Young's position but I'd have Young and his workrate vs City.
 
What a performance ! Nothing average, ordinary or remotely safe. The number of times he gave the ball away in that situation was unreal. Also some super touches too.
 
Captain Hindsight said:
I actually think back to the game vs Stoke (I think), last year, where Nani was booed off the pitch, by our own fans. Things like that can contribute towards the downfall of certain players, if not all.
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Um by that point Nani was already awful for us and of course has nothing to do with what we say here. Nani was a fan favorite for awhile he lost the fans not the other way around.
 
It depends on what we want from this position. Do we want Di Maria, who is obviously in a slump but still manages to create a fair number of chances per game or do we want Young, who is in top form atm, tracks back but still doesn't really create much. We have enough defensive cover, Di Maria should be starting on the left wing for me.
 
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