He was the ultimate big game player for Madrid so it isn't nerves or lack of guts.
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He's a proper Utd player in the way he's turned into shit.
Unlike Januzaj he isn't a 19 year old improving player though.
He is a player in his peak whose been bought for 60 million.
He hasnt passed Zabaleta/Kolarov once, and his corners, just terrible.
Second game in a row, very poor. Can't make a cross to save his life...
Dogshite corners
You wont see the best of him when hes stuck out on the wing, we all know that
Put this guy off corner duty. Unacceptable.
Third, was very poor/average vs West Brom too.
Hopeless against Chelsea and City. But he'll probably get an assist next week against Palace and everyone on here will be calling him the best player in the league.
That's nonsense.
It's not. He's far better when played in a more central role.
For the last game and a half he's looked a very average player. If Nani or Zaha put in performances like that they'd certainly be getting slated.
He also has absolutely no capacity to defend
He also has absolutely no capacity to defend
It's true. Absolutely wasted stuck out wide.
He's had plenty of great games at the wing. The guy is a natural winger. Equally good at both positions.
Are you trying to say he isn't a big game player? He's been great against the likes of us (in the CL), Bayern, Atletico, Barca and countless more. He wasn't good in these two big games but it does nothing to his status as an amazing footballer.
Why do so many players' corners turn to shit once they've joined us? Nani's corners used to be brilliant when he first came too for instance
Move him back to where he was so brilliant for us to start the season.
He seems limited whenever he plays on the wing here. I think he'd be much better in a more inverted winger role, but it's not working for him at the moment.
He didn't really have any great games on the wing for us though. So far he's looked ten times the player when in dimond for us.
62m. Our two biggest games of the season and he absolutely and totally disappears. Still won't be harsh on him because he's been fantastic before that but he needs to be taken off set pieces. He's far worse than Nani ever was. Every single corner doesn't go past the first man.
Ashley Young used to get lots of assists from them too. I believe Carrick took them for Spurs
My guess is that we dont practice them as often as smaller teams.
I thought he was quite good. It was just his corners that got to me and his misplaced passes which he was doing in the diamond anyway.
If one of those free kicks had been headed in we'd be talking about a bargain at £60m or something.
If one of those free kicks had been headed in we'd be talking about a bargain at £60m or something.
Not really. He was like Nani on a bad day today, to be honest. Messed up for the goal, gave the ball away endlessly and his corners are appalling.
This guy cost £60 million and that performance was simply unacceptable. The player we bought from Madrid was one of the most unique attacking midfielders in the world, not your standard winger.
Was just a question of time when we manage to suck the quality out of him. Didn't need much.
He's being played out of position. He's better in a deeper position on the left side.
Play him centrally.
Sure, and his best season for Madrid was in central midfield, although he was basically a half-winger. But to say he's wasted on the wing is really silly. What do you want from a winger? Pace? Dribbling ability? Crosses? I'd say Di Maria fits the bill.
Good first half then regressed, hopefully just a case of fatigue, in the second with each passing minute.
Still far from any blame of today's performance. The wasteful and sloppy first half cost us this game. The goal in the 2nd was an inevitability.
Still far from any blame of today's performance. The wasteful and sloppy first half cost us this game. The goal in the 2nd was an inevitability.
It took awhile, but it seems he has contracted the United syndrome of not playing to his natural potential. The last few games, he looks like a shadow of his former self. Not saying he is shite to the level of young, nani, valencia, etc., but he has not been as impactful as I would have wanted in the past few games. Maybe it is due to playing as a lm? Whatever the scenario is, I believe his bad patch ended with this last game.
I agree, that's where he should be playing.
Why van Gaal insist on playing him on the wing when he's clearly much better in the centre?
Wasted is a wrong word, sure, but he's just not as effective. Infield for us and Madrid he was doing those crazy runs, Messi-esque ones when he's basically skipping past players and does something. When he's on the wing, he's often limiting himself to crossing which doesn't work against teams who can position themselves. We've seen that his crossing is useless even against teams of WBA ilk.
He is ten times better in the middle than on the wing. I hope the diamond formation is back for the next game.
His 2nd awful performance for us in a row.
Nani-esque corner kicks, poor delivery from free-kicks, couldn't string a decent pass together all day and should of intercepted the pass before the goal.
Nani-esque corner kicks, poor delivery from free-kicks, couldn't string a decent pass together all day and should of intercepted the pass before the goal.
I want to see him back in midfield, his level drops a few notches on the wing.
How can he be so bad at corners?
Strangely it's exactly what Nani used to do with them. Some underlying reason that genius talent also comes with an inability to get a corner more than two feet off the ground?
Strangely it's exactly what Nani used to do with them. Some underlying reason that genius talent also comes with an inability to get a corner more than two feet off the ground?
So why did he started to be great for Madrid when he was moved to the centre and before that he was just Argentinian Nani, only worse??
what free kicks were you watching?
As I said in the match thread, I don't care what he's done at Real.
He needs to show up for United in the big games.
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