He did better today. Which isn't saying much based on his recent cameo performances, but nevertheless it's a step in the right direction.
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Unfortunately accurate.
Stop moaning you whining wankers.
People thought he was poor? Had a good game today. Young's end product was severely lacking, Di Maria has the habit of creating chances out of nothing.
I liked what he did today. He created things.
Great assist, well played
He is sooo much better than Young it's ridiculous. All Young does is cut inside and put in crappy crosses, time and again. He and Valencia are both so predictable. Di Maria is anything but. Needs to be back in the starting 11.
I thought he was very good today. Injected some pace into the game when we needed it and stretched Villa's defense, allowing us to score those two late goals.
I think he will in time, but Young has really deserved his run in the side.
Young had a good game but its time Di Maria starts next week. He was very disruptive and hard to defend today.
Thought he was fantastic when he came on, got the assist and made a definite impact. He won't give you what Young does in terms of defensive contribution, but Young won't ever get the assists that Di Maria does. He's an assist machine.
Di Maria is better, but Young started deservedly IMO, and Young actually had a good game today again.
Young and Valencia are the scapegoats of this board, so even when one of them does well, they're still the first ones people want replaced. Young has had a good season and we've done well with Young on the pitch. He doesn't have di Maria's stats, but if the team is more balanced with Young on the pitch and performs better overall, I'll take Young and I'm not that fond of him in the first place.
At the same time, di Maria was average today, but still better than the last time he was on. If he manages to be subbed in against City and Chelsea, he will have to prove his worth against the true top clubs of the league, something he hasn't done so far save for maybe the FA cup tie against Arsenal.
That's his 10th assist in league. Our record for assist in league is held by Beckham with 15. Speaks volumes about this player when we know he is clearly not at his best yet. Pretty sure he will become better next season.
He has creativity and vision, I'll give him that. I'm not convinced his technique is great, though. The fact he puts the ball into dangerous areas is a massive plus, but his passes are often inaccurate. Rooney probably did more to assist himself than Di Maria did. There's still a lot of room for improvement, imo.
I didn't think Young was that great today tbh. Saw plenty of the ball but barely any end product.
Di Maria only had twenty minutes to be fair, its not a lot of time to be more than average, still he did well and got an assist, I think he is slowly coming back into form if he keeps this up.
Me too. Surprised at the amount of people who thought he was one of our best players. His final ball was diabolical.
His passing is a bit erratic because he can be a little sloppy (lacks concentration) miss places some easy passes.
However his passing in general, especially playing balls over the top into the forwards from deep is incredibly good.
Young was the best player on the pitch according to the co-commentator. He had so much space along with Blind against Hutton and granted, he made some good runs but in the end he had nothing to show for it. Blind has one or two opportunities and creates a goal. Di Maria has been performing at an all time low over the last few months, but still manages to create a goal almost every time he plays.
All this huffing and puffing from Young but Di Maria is just much the better player and from now on has to have the platform to regain his form. An in form Di Maria could propel this already streaking side into top two.
All this huffing and puffing from Young but Di Maria is just much the better player and from now on has to have the platform to regain his form. An in form Di Maria could propel this already streaking side into top two.
Young and Valencia both had appalling end product today.
Di Maria comes on and gets an assist, like he almost always does.
I thought he was very good in those 25 minutes,he got an assist and generally looked very threatening with the ball.He also the only player with real pace to get behind defences.
The team being "balanced" led to us creating little and supplying useless balls into the box all game until Di Maria came on. Young and Valencia must've had about 20+ crosses between them today that were all dealt with easily.
Yeah, but it was played a yard behind Rooney at chest height...
Having said that, Di Maria definitely played well when he came on, a lot of purpose about him. I'd still start Young over him for our next match because I feel he gives us more control.
He was outstanding today. Showed his class.
Young got everything right, until he had to deliver a genuinely dangerous ball. When Fellaini struggles to head the ball coming in, you know it's not well hit.
And let's face it, the guy has only directly contributed to two goals in the league. I like him, he's improved, but Di Maria is the one I want to see playing whilst he's still at United. But, I like that van Gaal isn't playing him purely because of his name and who he is, he needs a kick up the arse.
And let's face it, the guy has only directly contributed to two goals in the league. I like him, he's improved, but Di Maria is the one I want to see playing whilst he's still at United. But, I like that van Gaal isn't playing him purely because of his name and who he is, he needs a kick up the arse.
2 assists in his last 2 substitute appearances. Not bad eh?
The amount of negativity towards di Maria is incredible.
So what exactly did he do wrong today then?I don't think that changing the team set up when we bring him on is especially helpful. Now we brought Rooney to central midfield and Falcao up front and we brought of Fellaini.
The entire team looked a bit erratic and didn't seem to follow the tactical plan very much. I hope in the next game that we don't do the same thing, he's going to have a difficult time finding composure and calmness in that case. Young is definitely the starter for now but I hope we can change that soon as someone said, Di Maria out of form and very erratic still produces goals.
I hope Young can turn his final delivery up a bit because it seems like he'll never find a target with his crosses and his shots are bound to go wide or be well blocked by the opponents.
Young was the MOTM in the first half though with Herrera, in the second it was clear that Blind and Young were asked to play more defensively as they stopped the overlapping runs and Blind stayed further behind.
The entire team looked a bit erratic and didn't seem to follow the tactical plan very much. I hope in the next game that we don't do the same thing, he's going to have a difficult time finding composure and calmness in that case. Young is definitely the starter for now but I hope we can change that soon as someone said, Di Maria out of form and very erratic still produces goals.
I hope Young can turn his final delivery up a bit because it seems like he'll never find a target with his crosses and his shots are bound to go wide or be well blocked by the opponents.
Young was the MOTM in the first half though with Herrera, in the second it was clear that Blind and Young were asked to play more defensively as they stopped the overlapping runs and Blind stayed further behind.
Are you from alternate Universe ?
Was class when he came on, what the feck is wrong with whoever is criticizing him. Generally the one annoying thing with him has been the slack passing and cheap give aways and there was none of that today, looked dangerous, got an assist as always... Hopefully he finishes the season strongly. Leaves Van Gaal with a big decision for the City game, him or Young? Young gives us more defensively but Di Maria guarantees chances.
He is so so good when he does the assists and doesn't give away the ball either.
That'll do
You know whats funny about DiMaria?, i'm sure we would all agree that he was brilliant last season but his stats for us actually compare very favorably with last season. Unless the stats i saw the other day were wrong, he has scored only 1 goal less than last season and has about 8 less assists (in the league last season) while playing much less games and way less minutes.
Weird.
Weird.
Should start as a sub next game and come on around the same time tbh. Young will provide more defensive stability with Blind on the left. Whilst Di Maria can come on after 60 or so minutes to use his pace.
One thing I hate is when hes tackled, he goes down holding his leg instead of getting back up and putting pressure on the defender.
One thing I hate is when hes tackled, he goes down holding his leg instead of getting back up and putting pressure on the defender.
Nice! Hope he starts next week tbh, looked good today.
Wow what a ridiculous stat really, we would be pretty silly to sell DiMaria if he can create to this level while looking a shadow of the player we bought.
Its weird that Beckham holds the record with 15 assists, that team used to walk leagues and bulldoze teams regularly, i thought the record would be higher than 15 assists.
Giggs had 21 one season (in all comps), but I guess the 15 are only league assists.
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