Roman Bellic
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So who honestly thinks he will still be here when the new season starts?
He is not going anywhere.
So who honestly thinks he will still be here when the new season starts?
So what's the general consensus on here regarding his future? Is he going to push for a move this summer? Surely we hold the cards seen as he still has 4 years on his contract. Personally would love him to settle in with the other new signings and rediscover his form. However, can't seethe point of having a player who doesn't want to be here!
Oh people, he has specifically said that he wants to fight here and make history
Can we assume he won't be here next season then?
Can we assume he won't be here next season then?
You've not read what he said last night?
Blackett coming on for Rojo made zero sense.
Di Maria should have been used today.
No i must've missed it, I've not been paying attention to ADM in recent weeks tbh.
Best "big chance" creator: Angel Di Maria
We've calculated this by looking at the highest proportion of key passes that Opta defines as a "big chance" from players to make 50 or more. It still baffles many that Louis van Gaal can find no place in his current plans for Di Maria, who has registered 10 assists despite starting just 19 league games. His end product has remained of an outstanding standard, with 25.5 percent of the 52 chances he has created deemed as clear-cut.
FAO of the "flop" and "sell him" brigade...
http://www.espnfc.co.uk/blog/tactic...ria-ospina-are-leaders-in-some-key-prem-stats
Put it this way: players generally tend to become worse in their second season. ADM can only get better. He's not going to have another season like the current one. Even in his supposedly worst season he managed to get near the top of the assist charts.
True, but some of the assists had more to do with the goalscorers (against Everton it was a bad shot which Falcao deflected, again Liverpool it was a bad pass, in the back of Mata, but Mata reacted brilliantly, and the same can be said for Rooney's goal against Villa).
The assist against Burnley was good and the whole game he was really good, but there you can see the difference between an assist and an "assist".
And what about the countless chances our forwards have missed that he has put on a plate for them? Hes had a poor season, but in terms of creating chances he has been very effective.
Play him in a proper midfield next season and he will be brilliant again. We need players like him, especially now where we struggle to create chances or open up other teams. We have 60+ % ball possession but cant do much with it. Hence he's the player who could complete the puzzle
How many actually? The beginning of season was good and some games later, but the rest was really bad and he still got some good numbers there (Liverpool and Villa he was awful and still managed 2 assist).
And the number for creating chances never makes any sense to me, as it looks like every cross in the box i a chance created.
I'm more talking about from the games I watch tbh, not stats. As for the highlighted point, that was what I was saying, although he has had a poor season, there is no reason to deny he has been effective in creating chances.
I don't remember all of the top of my head but even in his first game Burnley away 0-0 he created at least 2 excellent chances one for RVP.
Spurs away (again another 0-0) he put one on a plate for RVP and another for I think Falcao. The Arsenal game where he got sent off, he created a very good chance for I think Fellaini.
The point I was making though was that just as you named a couple of assists that he got (where the pass could have been better), there are also chances that he put on a plate for people that they missed.
End of the day, he as a player has been effective in terms of chance creation. Where he has messed up mainly is his loosing the ball too easily in dangerous areas, and going to ground too easily too.
I don't think its fair to critise him for his ability to create chances, or try and discredit him when hes been one of our best players in that particular respect. In other aspects of his game, fair play he needs to do alot better.
Has been a poor-mans Nani this season. Would keep him for one more year to see if he grows some bollocks. If not get rid.
This kind of post makes no sense. Last season he was the definition of big game player at Madrid. This season he started off brilliantly, got injured and then had issues in his personal life. He's come back in and never really been given a real run of games and this will never help a player's confidence. I hope he has a good tournament with Argentina and comes back with some form.
Has been a poor-mans Nani this season. Would keep him for one more year to see if he grows some bollocks. If not get rid.
I don't think Depay would be too happy about that.We should keep him. Next season he could be superb.
Him and Bale either wing would be amazing.
Arsenal?No team in the world would treat Di Maria the way we have this season.
Completely messed around our most talented outfield player.