I didn't say about today, but from before his injury, he didn't play well then either.
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Why was he taking a shot [and very weak ones at that] at every slightest opportunity? It's the sort of thing most United fans would kill Nani for.
Doesn't really stop him from having the most assist in our squad though, even when we've thrown him on the wing where he looks a lot worse.
I'd much rather that than pointlessly passing the ball around.
He played really well against Arsenal, got an assist and should have scored but that doesn't take away that he was our most threatening player on the night. Was poor by his standards against City, Chelsea and Palace I think but it's not like he was awful. Came when he was put out on the wing against the 2 best teams in the league who are both very good defensively and then just a quiet game vs Palace. Wouldn't be worried. Once he gets back into midfield he'll be back to his brilliant best.
You will, because it's Di Maria. You get the point hehe..It will suddenly become "stupid and selfish" if it's Nani.
And it's the thing people praise Ronaldo for. Personally I never criticized Nani for it, or very rarely did. I would much rather that players have a go from range then do whatever Mata tried today, always play it safe and then the attack just dies out.
I'm a big Nani fan so...
Hope you are correct. My worry at the moment though is that LvG for some reason will keep him on the wing. I can't understand why he changed him from central midfield when he was that good in his first games for us. Poor from LvG.
Not sure why but I'm finding it very difficult to warm to him. Just can't put my finge on why. Maybe I expect too much from him
It isn't being ridiculous, he hasn't been a good winger for us at all. In fact even at Madrid he had consistency issues on the wing, until Ancelotti utilised and reinvented him in that central attacking midfield role. I doubt we can even switch to a 4-3-3 with Di Maria on the wing if he continues performing like this
For goodness sake...we actually sign a top world class player and people are complaining..I mean it is his first season in a brand new league and he's been injured...get a bloody grip. Sure he might fall on his arse here and hate it...but give him a chance at least...certainly more than just one season...
Not you, just the general perception of United fans to certain players is what am trying to point out really
You're reacting as if people asked for him to be benched. Chill out.
Think he just wanted more defensive shape with wingers actually as we were too open before hand, and our winger options are shite so he had to go out wide. It makes sense as we were playing against Chelsea and City. Hopefully long term he stays in midfield, though as a winger he does have it in him to be class, just is a bit out of form. He's much better as a winger when the team is counter attacking anyways as he was against Arsenal.
A bit greedy when he came on today. I admire him trying to go for goal - but sometimes it was just ridiculous.
Di Maria dominated in midfield yet LVG plays him as a winger and then, after he was able to at least cause some problems from the right, LVG moves him to the left where he was useless. A player who costs his money should play well anywhere, but van Gaal definitely hasn't used him well either. Nonetheless di Maria has to pick it up. Right now, Sanchez, Fabregas and Costa look like the much better transfers.
He's more like a second striker in that Arsenal's game, which is where i think his best position.
Actually I am chilled out....just a little tired of the negativity, from knee jerk reactions, of a player who...lets be honest...hasn't really played for us much yet.
Needs to play in the middle as his COMPLETELY wasted on the wing, his in a new league and a new country we needs to lay off him a bit. Everyone has different time scales when getting used to these changes it's just frustrating when you look at Sanchez at Arsenal and how quick his made a difference.
When he gets settled in his gonna be fantastic for us, I'm just dreaming of him assisting Falcao next season when we are destroying the PL
When he gets settled in his gonna be fantastic for us, I'm just dreaming of him assisting Falcao next season when we are destroying the PL
With Falcao just looking for a chance and Di Maria continuing making the wrong decisions almost everytime there won't be much destroying. Based on about the last 7 matches, Di Maria doesn't deserve to start.I'm just dreaming of him assisting Falcao next season when we are destroying the PL
I don't really see any agenda against him generally, I'd hazard a guess that many of our fans view him as our best player, maybe by some distance (I do)
edit: along with de Gea
I saw a lot of him at Real Madrid prior to last season - which, admittedly, was said to have been his best - and he was nowhere near a £60m player. Real must have been pleasantly surprised we offered so much money.
Luckily your not our manager then, did you see RVP's form up until recently, I'm sure you was saying the same thing but luckily for us we have a experienced manager in charge who knows how to man manage his players, other wise we would be starting with 3 players, De Gea in Goal Carrick in midfield and Rooney up top!!!
I'm just not 100% convinced by him.
Not as this megastar talent, a notch below Ronaldo and Messi. Which is where the hype (and the fee) would put him. Not from what I've seen at United anyway.
Quick, direct, decent left foot and an eye for a pass but he seems quite easy to defend against. Not seen anything we didn't get from Nani on a good day and his good days don't look like they're any more frequent than Nani's good days.
Probably being overly negative and it was only a cameo today. Hopefully onwards and upwards from here.
Not as this megastar talent, a notch below Ronaldo and Messi. Which is where the hype (and the fee) would put him. Not from what I've seen at United anyway.
Quick, direct, decent left foot and an eye for a pass but he seems quite easy to defend against. Not seen anything we didn't get from Nani on a good day and his good days don't look like they're any more frequent than Nani's good days.
Probably being overly negative and it was only a cameo today. Hopefully onwards and upwards from here.
To be honest I'm not even sure any fans can say that. He's not our best player at the moment with what he has done in the team. On paper yes...but certainly not in actions. I just think the expectations of a supposedly world class player can exceed what they can actually do in a team that has hardly any world class players to mix with.... well...perhaps unless you are Ronaldo!
'Quite easy to defend' he's fecking rapid, when he's on he's impossible to defend. He's pretty much a younger version of the latter era Giggs I reckon, very direct and perhaps too much at times, I think there's a lot more to come from him.
Personally..and only my opinion, I really believe he will not adapt to the Premier league, but more importantly...the whole culture of Manchester, England and all it entails...if you get my drift. There is something..and I can't put my finger on it, a bit incongruous about him...
Nothing wrong with being selfish.
We needed a goal.
Nobody else in the team was shooting at goal (on target), so Di Maria was taking it in his own hands.
He's a risk taker and a match winner, it was great to see someone actually trying to be direct and score.
I hope he doesn't change.
I hope he doesn't change.
That's why I don't wanna splash a lot of money on Falcao either.
If better options were on, then yeah there is a bit of wrong to it. We were around their box, with a couple of players potentially free for a pass/better place to shoot.
Doing it once was fine, but doing the exact same again with the same result is just annoying.
I'm convinced he'll prove to be a top player for us if played through the middle. But I must say I'm very surprised at how average he is out wide. Thought his dribbling was much better than what he's shown so far, particularly in tight areas. He never seems to have complete control of the ball and I don't think I've seen him beat a fullback.
Is it just me or does he have some really lazy technique at times? Like with his shooting right after he came on. We're lucky his efforts reached the goal
Worth every penny through the middle, but he's nowhere near a 60M winger, imo.
Greedy? He was watching the match too and saw nothing was being created and he knows he capable of winning matches so you cannot blame him from coming on and trying it. Only complaint I have with him is the corners but if that's all he's bad at we're laughing.
Exactly. He is a match winner and was just trying something special, as you say wasn't like we were creating chance after chance.
Only thing I will say, he doesn't seem to have bought into us / prem just yet, that does worry me a little.
Since Fergie left we've become a kind of 'buyer of last resort' in world football.
'For that awkward player, with a big reputation, you just can't shift. Phone Ed.
The number is.....Anything You Want!'
Some of the fans here. 
He just came back from injury and some of you are on about not being convinced by him,that he wont adapt to the PL, Manchester and cold weather, he wont succeed. And not only that, he hasnt bought into us to... Based on what?
How quickly some fans turn against their own players and to make it worse after he just came back..
Lets sell this useless greedy bastard in the summer.
He just came back from injury and some of you are on about not being convinced by him,that he wont adapt to the PL, Manchester and cold weather, he wont succeed. And not only that, he hasnt bought into us to...
Based on what? How quickly some fans turn against their own players and to make it worse after he just came back..
Lets sell this useless greedy bastard in the summer.
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