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2014-15 Performances

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5.7 Season Average Rating
Appearances
32
Goals
4
Assists
13
Yellow cards
3
Red cards
1
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Very wasteful. Nani would have scored the chip

He spat the dummy out when Rooney delayed his pass too long. Was good to see them link up not long after and Di Maria play Rooney in to score to show it was quickly forgotten about
 
Thought he did okay, should have scored but his pace on the break was a threat. No way was he great or anything though.
 
Anyone could've missed that, but still. Holy fecking hell Angel you almost gave me a heart attack there.

Was far more like it from him though. The ball to Rooney was delicious, he was the only one of ours who kept tearing Arsenal apart. Glad to have him.
 
Hmmm, I didn't like his attitude at times today. Looked like he couldn't be bothered a couple of times.
 
Ran all day, and his skill in tight situations is first class. Much more to come from this guy, i'm sure.
 
Was good apart from the miss. We hardly had the ball but once he got it it always looked dangerous. Defended well as well. Plus we got the Real Madrid and Argentina school at the end, too :D
 
Sammyjunn said:
I thought he was poor, had one good rush in the first half, and played a part end 2nd half with the counters, other than that, he did nothing.
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In that case none of our players did anything. The most someone did was assist (di Maria) or score (Rooney).

Given the team performance, I can't see how ADM didn't do well today. He was bright on the ball, never stopped chasing and pressuring and created a goal.
 
amolbhatia100 said:
In that case none of our players did anything. The most someone did was assist (di Maria) or score (Rooney).

Given the team performance, I can't see how ADM didn't do well today. He was bright on the ball, never stopped chasing and pressuring and created a goal.
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Bright on the ball? Yeah maybe twice in the whole match, we are talking about individuals and he was poor imo.
 
Sammyjunn said:
Bright on the ball? Yeah maybe twice in the whole match, we are talking about individuals and he was poor imo.
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Okay in that case no one in our team deserves any credit (although Rooney and adm definitely do).

Individual performances always have to be viewed in the context of the team.
 
Good assist. Terrible miss. At least it didn't cost us the win. Everyone makes a mistake. He still provided a big spark for us plenty of times today. Let's all move on.
 
Very good performance. He's a nuisance to the opposition. The play acting in the end was a bit over the top.
 
20 - Angel Di Maria has now recorded 20 league assists in 2014, more than any other player in the top five European leagues. Provider.
 
Seems to be lacking confidence to take on and beat players at the moment after a few average to poor games. A few wins is all he'll need to get back to his best.
 
Probably our best attacking player first half, decent in the second but nothing special. Best thing about him is that he's getting goals/assists. Shame he didn't score that goal for 3-0.
 
Sammyjunn said:
Wrong, Fellaini and de Gea have, Smalling too.
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What are Rooney and di Maria supposed to do when our midfield can barely string two passes together? I think those two did well. They had scraps to work with and made a difference.
 
Thought he was pretty bad. Gave the ball away an awful lot.

That run in the first half was sexy though.
 
Raw said:
20 - Angel Di Maria has now recorded 20 league assists in 2014, more than any other player in the top five European leagues. Provider.
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Not enough end product according to Souness though :lol:
 
Thought he had a good game overall. Really worked his ass off.

That miss at the end is annoying. But nonetheless, good performance from him.
 
Surprised so many think he played well. I thought he was very disappointing again.

My problem with him is that he can do one magical thing a game. For the other 89 minutes he can spend the rest of his time making poor passes, badly timed runs (the one when he was forward 2 on 1 with RVP and was offside the whole time jumps to mind), hollywood shots and overambitious runs.

Part of my problem is undoubtedly that I expect so much from him to be fair. He can be a very frustrating player to watch at times though for me.
 
Sam said:
Hmmm, I didn't like his attitude at times today. Looked like he couldn't be bothered a couple of times.
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In between running around like an absolute madman? Thought he put a good shift in today considering he isn't in the best form right now. He did a very good job of being an outlet especially in the first half. Created a few opportunities with a couple of long runs and did his job well on the counter setting up Rooney. Obviously a real shame that he missed the one and one and made us suffer in agony for another 25 minutes or however long that stoppage time was.
 
Thought he was better today. I feel the way we set up (on the counter) helped him a lot as he was able to drive into space from deeper positions. Should have scored, though, after Rooney's great work. Would have made it a lot more comfortable in the closing minutes.
 
Pity about the missed chance. Won't have played many games chasing the ball as much probably but good to see him play the whole game
 
The miss was bad, what else was he suppose to do otherwise though? Had a decent game overall. He being an outlet worked and worked well defensively.
 
I'm not too bothered about the miss at the end, but he was so wasteful and lazy looking at times today. Other than a couple of flashes of brilliance I wasn't impressed at all - certainly didn't see it as the return to form some people are making out.
 
I thought he did well, looked a threat for us, shame about the miss.
 
Worked his arse off. Caused terror in the Arsenal defence, got an assist and should have easily gotten a goal. This is before you mention that he was pivotal to the whole tactical set up today ala Robben for Holland in the world cup. Good game by him.
 
Should have scored, a 3-0 would have been demoralizing for them. Instead we had to concede late and sweat our palms.
 
thank goodness that miss didn't allow them to steal a draw!

Was gutted, he missed, for fantasy footy points as well as a really good scoreline.

Never mind,his work for goal 2 was more important
 
I thought he did okay especially when he received the ball in tight situations something that RvP couldn't do but it relieved a lot of pressure and allowed us some time on the ball.

Granted he was wasteful at times but it was definitely an improvement and if he had scored at the end it would of been classed as a good performance.
 
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