Just play him in midfield and he'll boss it.
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He left Real when they were at their peak, in terms of individuals and in teamplay. The team we have right now is being rebuilt, not sure what people expect of him or of us. We're on the way up, have some patience.
Yep, so frustrating that at the start of the season we played him there and he ran the show. He then got shoved onto the wing and his form dipped slightly, then got injured and is now playing upfront.
What's changed since then I am not sure, but I would love to see him dribbling from the middle again. His passing and running is so much more dangerous in that area.
That makes no sense. Was Paul Scholes wasted at United during the (comparatively) lean early 2000s? How about Ruud? Di Maria's job is to take us to the next level - I imagine he is enjoying the challenge.
I did have a short spell where I thought Di Maria must wonder what he was doing here.
I think it was in the Chelsea game where we were still well down the table, barely getting a kick in the game etc.
However, look at us now, 3rd and not exactly the finished article by any means.
I think it was in the Chelsea game where we were still well down the table, barely getting a kick in the game etc.
However, look at us now, 3rd and not exactly the finished article by any means.
Just a gentle little reminder for those of you who seem to have have already forgotten just how good the lad is 
Ok he's quite good.
You mean this Chelsea game:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/29679403
Where we had more possession than Chelsea?
And more than twice the number of shots on goal?
Good video, he's absolutely magic.
We really need to get back to how we were playing, attacking wise, earlier in the season.
He clearly needs to play, but the issue is who do we drop? Because Mata deserves to remain in the side too.
We really need to get back to how we were playing, attacking wise, earlier in the season.
He clearly needs to play, but the issue is who do we drop? Because Mata deserves to remain in the side too.
Either one of the strikers or Mata. Di Maria is simply better.
As I said in another thread, it's one of the strikers that has got to be dropped.
It's like having two guns with only one bullet being loaded into either gun every few minutes. It'd be a much better idea to have one gun having a bullet loaded into it every thirty seconds.
That pass with the outside of his foot to RVP is so good that if that happened in a video game I would of said that the game was broken and returned it.
Why does he keep doing that heart sign gesture after he scores? Any significance?
Just a gentle little reminder for those of you who seem to have have already forgotten just how good the lad is
Man, i love that clip at 1:03-1:12. Grit, determination with a sprinkle of immense skill. Hope he can stay injury free for the rest of the season. The way i see it, he is our only player (except Rooney and maybe RvP) who can turn the tables with some individual brilliance in tough matches
For his little girl, who i think was born with complications and only barely made it thru
That's a nice gesture then. Do you know why Bale does it?
I take it you either weren't at the game, or watching it then!
Once again you can prove anything with stats, my goodness.
we stole a draw with a last min equaliser. I doubt many thought it was deserved.
the Mirror quite incredibly have Mata, Di Maria, Rooney, Falcao and VP all starting
that'd be a fun lineup!
Just a cnut who copied. Di Maria has been doing it since his Benfica days as far as I know.
We were helped with the red card, which I think wasn't, but over 90 minutes, I do think that we deserved the draw.
I can see him dong great things here, what a talent he will be just as good as Ronnie was here maybe better all round player!!! Just hope he plays more central as that's where I think his played his best.
It was well deserved. It was a shame the goal came about after Ivanovic was sent off, but we were well in that game throughout. Hazard was a bit more effective than Di Maria, but we completely marked out Fabregas and Matic didn't control the game like he normally would. The most noticeable player on the pitch was Fellaini and it wasn't even because of his hair.
You just feel seeing him play that he'l absolutely flourish if we have a fast pacy striker that can play with him.
They dominated the first half, we dominated most of the second half. On balance, a draw was absolutely deserved.
Yup. You can already see how he makes Rooney play quicker in the same way he did in previous years, add another quick forward and we'll be flying again.
Just a gentle little reminder for those of you who seem to have have already forgotten just how good the lad is
Blind also needs to get back to the first 11 asap.
It was entirely deserved, what are you on about. They were better in the second half and when they scored we werent really knocking on the door, it was instead just a stop start game as they tried to kill it but we created plenty of chances in the first half and were by far the better team
Just a gentle little reminder for those of you who seem to have have already forgotten just how good the lad is
That chip against Leicester still makes my willy tingle even though the rest of the game was dire.
It's pretty simple if we want to see this Di Maria again we need to play him CM by far his best position I really hope he plays CM from now on and not on the wing.
Watching the video, my thoughts exactly.
Looking at some of the play in those video's we are only 2 or 3 top players away from being back amongst the big boys. Hummels and reus for huge money would make us insane.
Its such an annoying goal. On the one hand its utterly brilliant, and for me our goal of the season so far, but on the other, whenever I see it all I can think of is what is about to come about an hour later in the game. Completely ruins it for me. fecking Leicester
Still can't believe he plays for us.
I remember seeing him Real a few times and being blown away with how fast he was with the ball and how direct he was. In our Champions League game against Real I thought he was the most dangerous player before he went off injured and was also impressed by him at the world cup.
LVG needs to build the team around him and get him on the ball as much as possible. Defenders shit themselves when he runs at them. He can be wasteful at times but it's because he is always looking to make things happen, not pass the buck like some of our players are guilty of.
I remember seeing him Real a few times and being blown away with how fast he was with the ball and how direct he was. In our Champions League game against Real I thought he was the most dangerous player before he went off injured and was also impressed by him at the world cup.
LVG needs to build the team around him and get him on the ball as much as possible. Defenders shit themselves when he runs at them. He can be wasteful at times but it's because he is always looking to make things happen, not pass the buck like some of our players are guilty of.
He's one of my favorite players in the world but he has to start performing again.
He has got to play in midfield, not on the wing, not striker. Play him in LCM and he will be unstoppable. Cant express how important this is. We will see the best out of him then.
just happy he is back, always able to produce some magic.
I can see him linking up well with Nani.. next season Was great to see him back in the goals last game. Hopefully he'll produce more of that tomorrow
Was great to see him back in the goals last game. Hopefully he'll produce more of that tomorrowFeels like he's been gone for ages.Can't wait to watch him tomorrow.
Still depressed about that Leicester result. Not because of the result but more because it's hard to enjoy Di Maria's goal after a loss.
I still like to watch highlights of those first 50-60 minutes or so before closing it down, our attacking football was simply amazing back then.
I agree, I was probably a wee bit over critical of Mata at the start of the season but he's definitely impressed me recently and he's got goals...I just don't know how we are going to look for the run in where do we fit everyone in?
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