Is he the only guy on our team that actually does something with the ball? I actually laughed my ass off when Rooney tried to get past players today, t'was shocking.
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I would suggest United no longer need to play 2 CF when Di Maria is in the side.
Before his arrival the team was creating zero chances so it was an easy decision to play all the forwards and why not when the alternative was a Fletch/Clev.
It would be interesting to now try to 3 CB's (again) and play 1 CF.
Or when Carrick is fit you could play Blind/Carrick together with Di Maria in front.
What i am trying to say is the team is still very much in the early days of LVG and the balance still needs tweaking.
But he is blooming marvelous!
Before his arrival the team was creating zero chances so it was an easy decision to play all the forwards and why not when the alternative was a Fletch/Clev.
It would be interesting to now try to 3 CB's (again) and play 1 CF.
Or when Carrick is fit you could play Blind/Carrick together with Di Maria in front.
What i am trying to say is the team is still very much in the early days of LVG and the balance still needs tweaking.
But he is blooming marvelous!
Without him, we'd be up shit creek. Which is quite worrying in itself.
The minute he went off we looked done.
The minute he went off we looked done.
He was so good I was surprised Clattenburg didn't try and take him out himself. Unfortunately LvG did it instead.
I was with you on that all the way.
He's pretty much become our teams heartbeat right now.
No Di Maria and last 3 games we almost stop being creative.
No Di Maria and last 3 games we almost stop being creative.
What does this mean? He'll be more tightly marked in the Premier League.
His goal was ridiculous.
We're already at a point where if we're without him, we're f*cked.
We're already at a point where if we're without him, we're f*cked.
It's not about marking. It's about controlling space, something most teams in England are terrible at.
He's brilliant, I honestly would like to see him in the Robben role with Falcao up top but I doubt there is much chance of that happening. Over time I wonder if LvG will move towards him and another wide man flanking a 9 in a front 3.
Yep, as soon as he was subbed there was only one outcome.
I'd say its near impossible to mark this man.
What's up with his fitness? I know he had a long World Cup but he's a suitable amount of time to recover, and we're playing one game a week. He only had one game during the international break yet he's been taken off every game.
I'm just going to sit here and watch his goal over and over for the next 3 hours, pretending that the 70 minutes that followed never happened.
He picked up an injury during the world cup that kept him out for like a month. Didn't have a proper pre season because of that.
If he keeps this up he'll win player of the season.
He's stupidly good. The difference with and without is painfully noticeable.
What a player! What a talent! The way he runs at players, creates space for himself and his teammates is just amazing to watch. With the ball at his feet, there is no predictable outcome. His first intention is to run at players and see if he can do something. We have missed that ever since Ronaldo left.
Its because not everyone here saw all the Madrid games last season. But now that he plays for us, they are getting a first hand look every week at what he can do.
May have been answered already but never had any fitness problems at Real Madrid (some injuries, but never fatigue). He ran more than anyone for them, so probably just working his way back to fitness.
He's the best player we've signed in my lifetime. Rooney, Ronaldo, Rio, Ruud, Cantona etc became top players but Di Maria has been world class from the day we signed him.
Still hard to believe he's a United player.
Still hard to believe he's a United player.
I haven't been this exited about a United player since Ronaldo left he really brings back the joy of watching us play. If he can keep up this early form of his he has to be one of the "player of the season"candidates.
Feel a bit sorry for him. Brilliant display once again.
Thanks for that. Great to hear. It's already abundantly clear that he's very important for us.
The look on his face when on the bench told a story. He looks so far above the other players in the team its unreal, especially as he is playing with the likes of rooney, RVP, Mata and Falcao. I genuinely feel a bit sorry for him at the moment as the team around him collapsed after the penalty
Really? One man team with Mata, Herrera, Rooney, Falcao?
The proof Is there As I said in the 3 games Di Maria has played as soon as he has been brought off we turn to jelly and lack drive and urgency.
I really hope he doesn't catch the shit bug, but he seems too good to.
I'd love to know what he's thinking right now. Prob feels that this English football lark is pretty easy for him but what about his team mates
Glad he has already a CL medal because we really don't look like winning it any time soon, we first have to get into it for a start!
How times have changed. With SAF after a crap result the mood was down because we might have lost out on the league title
Now I couldn't be happier if I knew today we'd finish 3rd/4th.
SAF deserves some more statues, because as bad as we were in his last few years, we were still either winning the league or finishing 2nd by a grand total of 1 point or goal difference!
How times have changed. With SAF after a crap result the mood was down because we might have lost out on the league title
Now I couldn't be happier if I knew today we'd finish 3rd/4th.
SAF deserves some more statues, because as bad as we were in his last few years, we were still either winning the league or finishing 2nd by a grand total of 1 point or goal difference!
3 games- 2 goals & 2 assists.
Just a monster right now and still yet to complete 90 mins.
Just a monster right now and still yet to complete 90 mins.
He's one of my favorite footballers out there, but even I thought he was too expensive when we bought him. So far, the doubt over his price-tag is fading rapidly.
That's just simplifying it. Our problem is the defense and Di Maria doesn't have too much to do with that. "One man teams" don't score 3 to 4 goals a match.
I love him even more. It's painful that we lost and he won't get as much credit because of that but he was brilliant. The goal was just sublime. Hopefully he is still building fitness, otherwise he just works himself into the ground on 70 minutes all the time
I'd like to see this as well. Di Maria and Januzaj flanking one of Falcao/Rooney/RVP would be very interesting to watch. I guess the question would be: who do you play behind them?
He is an absolute gem. Come the end of this season he will be a ballon d'or candidate and considered one of the best players in the world.
It's safe to give him the caf player of the season award now.
I only see him on his own at his level, all the other players are clearly below him (at the moment at least).
That's the problem, you can't play Mata as part of a midfield 3 and Rooney is no CM either, so right now we don't really have the personnel to give that formation a go, which is a shame.
Blind/Herrera and Di Maria as the 3 CMs wouldn't work? Mata on the bench and Rooney on the bench too.
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