He was brilliant again yesterday and is already our most important player, when he is involved in our play we look a completely different team, the only problem for me is we are asking him to work so hard he seems to run out of steam. Maybe he is still a bit short of match fitness but with the front 3 contributing so little between them you have to wonder if we would be better sacrificing one of them to give him more freedom and let him concentrate more on attacking because he has the pace and ability to really hurt teams at the end when the game opens up
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bit of an issue with overworking di maria in the diamond, particularly with falcao, rvp and mata not being the most defensively effective forwards. ADM is also away now to the far east to play 2 matches for argentina and then it's wba at hawthorns. He'll be knackered.
he is playing for manchester united, that's about enough, don't you think?
He's used to playing 2 games a week, I wouldn't be worried about any player being over worked and needing a rest this season because of us having no extra games from champions league or capital one cup.
Two different discussions going on in that post(which you quoted). On one side you are right, there is no excuse for LVG if Di Maria ends up "overtrained" considering we have a lot less matches to play.
Then there is the one of Di Maria's role in the team being too straining - meaning he will tire and lose effectiveness over the course of a game. Which I think is true and one of our major issues right now. Di Maria and Herrera seems to have the most straining roles in the team and they are the only two players we have no "equal quality" substitution and rotation for.
Our tendencies to start good and end dreadful point towards that direction as well. Our front three win the ball back less than any top team and they all average the ball wins of Cristiano Ronaldo. It is possibly the reason our defense hasn't looked as solid as we wish for and probably the reason that the rest of the team has looked tired at the end of the matches.
yep- spared me the need to reply
Yeah that's true. He does tend to have great stamina but pushing him further up at the tip of the diamond would probably bring the best out of him and conserve him long term in games, and I think we might just do that in the big games and add more defensive cover in the team with carrick. Probably what we'll see long term as well if/when we get strootman.
They were clearly shots to be fair. In fact all three of his assists so far were miss-hit shots.The potential of this guy is scary. In a settled, organised side that has adapted to The LvG Way, he could be phenomenal.
Looking like our best player already, and if he continues in the vein that he's started, he'll be the best in the league or not far off it.
Looking like our best player already, and if he continues in the vein that he's started, he'll be the best in the league or not far off it.
I think that will be our solution as well if we can't get the forwards to pitch in as well. It will be really interesting to see how much this will be flaunted against some of the top teams.
I'm a big fan of Juan but I'm wondering how it would be with Adnan in the Diamond along with Di Maria. For some reason I feel like their chemistry will be insane.
Sometimes you feel that certain players deserve to play in highest level/competition. Seeing what diMaria is capable of, can't shake this feeling that IF ONLY we added player in his class years ago when United were pretty good (and under Ferguson), when we competed and actually quite successful in CL, we could add one or two CL trophy. Then adding those years when we missed out the PL title on few points/goals.
That's my thought as well. Our front three is (almost) fecking useless when it comes to pressing, so our BEST player has to make up for their 'laziness'. That's why I want diMaria as one of the front two as in Robben's role with Holland at last WC.
When watching the Arsenal match, you could see them sticking to their "pass, pass, pass" approach to the game for the full 90mins. There was no increase in urgency, no attempt to try something different. That's what I'm loving about di Maria - he's willing to try it all. Whip in crosses, make runs, tries 1-2s, shots from distance - anything to cause havoc and put defenders on the back foot. The rest of the team benefits from how unpredictable he is, like we saw with Falcao's goal, and everyone looks eager to step their game up in response. He is the #7 we've been waiting for.
What a joy to see this player in a United jersey. We haven't seen anything like this since 2009, yes we won trophies when Ronaldo left but it was more about teamwork than sheer individual brilliance. Not only brilliant but always puts in a shift, brilliant signing.
I was just checking his stats on the Fantasy Football Scout website and apparantly he's created a chance every 26.3 minutes. That's incredible. When you think about how many times you hear a player needs time to adjust to a new league, new teammates and new country, it just sounds quite absurd that he's been so good and so fast.
This is the greatest part of his game in my opinion. He just has this urgency and ability about him which makes the entire team feel it is worth it to lose your marker and make a run in to space.
His success rate will differ from match to match, but even in poor matches he'll affect the game massively this way for us.
Just seen this on the United official Facebook page
They deleted it after 5 minutes
They deleted it after 5 minutes
It's still there.
Maybe we can just use Tevez song with Di Maria's name.
You are right, it is. I would be suprised if that chant caught on thoughIt's still there.
Maybe we can just use Tevez song with Di Maria's name.
It being an ABBA tune is the only drawback for me, it'd be darn fecking catchy though.
We were singing a song for him yesterday. Something like:
Do do do
Angel Di Maria
Do do do
It was shite.
You are right, it is. I would be suprised if that chant caught on though
I think it's quite catchy
That ABBA song for Di Maria is very good haha
Not sure if it was posted but Manchester United facebook page just posted this:
We’ve seen a great suggestion for a new chant to the tune of ABBA’s ‘Mamma Mia’. Do you think it will catch on?
♪ Di Maria
Here he goes again
Angel, how can he assist you? ♫ ♩
(Credit: Seán O'Sullivan)
We’ve seen a great suggestion for a new chant to the tune of ABBA’s ‘Mamma Mia’. Do you think it will catch on?
♪ Di Maria
Here he goes again
Angel, how can he assist you? ♫ ♩
(Credit: Seán O'Sullivan)
It was posted few posts above.
Cecilia by S&G. Di Mariaaaaa.. you're.. something something..
A song to the tune of Ave Maria is obvious.
Would love a lyrics because i don't know a word or two if anybody have time. Tnx
Take him out ad we would struggle again. Too many of our players in the final third are too slow, we need another player who can take players on and beat them one on one with pace. It creates space for the others and disorganises the opponents defence. The way we are set up it is to keep us in front of the defence. Add to that RVP's regressed level at the moment and we are struggling. I feel like we really need to make a choice between RVP and Falcao (Falcao for me at the moment) and play another midfielder so we can control the game midfield better and be less susceptible to counter attacks.
His touch whilst at full speed is ridiculous. Dare I say it, but better even than Ronaldo when he was here.
C'mon let's name it the Di Maria Driven pass shall we
If he does it again in the next few games, surely we can put them down as an 'intended' assist.
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