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2015-16 Performances

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5.8 Season Average Rating
Appearances
39
Clean sheets
20
Goals
1
Assists
1
Yellow cards
10
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I honestly was very impressed with him, he has a great engine. Needs to get stronger, tho.
 
488 posts in this thread and I bet about only three of us have actually ever seen him play.
 
When i was watching the pre season game i mentioned in the thread i actually saw a lot of nev's game in Darmian. very impressed and very balanced.
 
Liked the way he played. No nonsense. Not an attack enthusiast so maybe he will get some stick but his anticipation is first class
 
Raptori said:
According to the Guardian he hates tattoos. Guess he'll fit right in then. :nervous:
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nice article actually. I just hope he's as cool on the pitch as he talks.

http://www.theguardian.com/football...tteo-darmian-view-from-italy?CMP=share_btn_tw

As Darmian tells it, his footballing role models shifted in line with these positional changes – from Clarence Seedorf, to Alessandro Nesta to Paolo Maldini. After being promoted to the first-team squad in 2007, he had the chance to train with all three.

“To say that I tried to steal something from them would be pretentious,” he told Gazzetta dello Sport in January. “Let’s say that Clarence taught me what personality is, Sandro elegance and Paolo professionalism.”

Darmian possesses all three attributes in abundance, though the latter might be his defining characteristic. In discussing life after football, Darmian has said he would be interested in becoming an interior designer, noting that: “A designer is good if he understands what people want from him, he does not impose what he wants.”

These are words to make a coach go weak at the knees, although we should note he has had other career ambitions. At the end of his first trial at Milan, the 10-year-old Darmian was asked what he would like to do if he was not to become a footballer. “I replied ‘a pizzaiolo’ for no real reason. Maybe just because I really like pizza.”

Stories such as that one led Gazzetta’s Andrea Elefante to remark on Darmian’s “profound normality”. During their interview, the journalist presented the defender with a set of cards representing different topics of conversation and invited him to discard the three he did not want to talk about. “I’ll get rid of fear, politics and vices,” replied Darmian, “because I don’t have any.”

From another man such words might have sounded insincere, but from Darmian they are credible. Off the pitch, he is strait-laced to the point of almost seeming a little rigid. He keeps a tidy house, abhors tattoos and cites bad drivers and his long-term partner Francesca’s habit of smoking indoors as the things that stress him out the most.
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He's hardly going to say that he is first choice ahead of Valencia because the latter had a shit season. LvG want to push them both to improve, and normally Darmian won't have any problem displacing Valencia. Darmian comes from another league and will probably need a couple of months to bed in where he'll be in and out of the team.
 
Uzz said:
LvG said he is 2nd choice RB behind Tony V.

Face meet palm.
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He has to say that. Darmian has just joined us and the message to him has to be that he needs to earn the spot and make it his own.
 
I think we will see something similiar to what we saw with Herrera last season. Didn't play many games in the first half as he was understanding his ''philosphy'' and probably bulking up a bit in the gym. But will probably play a key role in the 2nd half of the season and take over from Valencia as the number one right back.
 
Hellboy said:
He's hardly going to say that he is first choice ahead of Valencia because the latter had a shit season. LvG want to push them both to improve, and normally Darmian won't have any problem displacing Valencia. Darmian comes from another league and will probably need a couple of months to bed in where he'll be in and out of the team.
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Varun said:
He has to say that. Darmian has just joined us and the message to him has to be that he needs to earn the spot and make it his own.
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It was clear as day that Tony V was the weak link in our back 4 last season. I thought LvG would go down the, 'even established players will have to prove themselves again' route. To give Tony that promise of being 1st choice is something I don't agree with.
 
I didn't even read it as second choice. LvG said he needs two players for every position, because McNair was playing RB when Valencia was out. Now, he has Darmian, he has two in that position, the 'second' right back. That directly translates to back-up? I don't think so.
 
DWelbz19 said:
I didn't even read it as second choice. LvG said he needs two players for every position, because McNair was playing RB when Valencia was out. Now, he has Darmian, he has two in that position, the 'second' right back. That directly translates to back-up? I don't think so.
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"We have brought Darmian for the second position behind Valencia," he told reporters. "Now already because of that injury [Paddy] McNair has to play there."

-LvG
 
no fecking way does valencia stay first choice right back. jeez. i'm fully on board the darmian band-wagon and i want him to take that position for himself. the sooner valencia is on the bench the better everyone will be, especially our forwards' shins, assuming his disastrous crosses get past the defenders in the first place.
 
Chill, guys. He'll have made the RB position his own by November.
 
I don't even know what to say to this. Just when you thought we'd finally be able to play an actual proper right back.
 
Van Gaal's comments in the press are generally fairly innocuous. Darmian and Valencia are our right backs. Valencia was first choice last season, is an experienced squad member, speaks the language and already understands how to play in this team.

Darmian, however, struggles with the language, will be getting to grips with a new league and is a brand new face. Valencia starting the season at right back wouldn't be at all surprising. Infact, it's probably the sensible thing to do.

Darmian hasn't arrived here to be second choice. People shouldn't play dumb.
 
Dont be such drama queens ffs! Darmian has to earn his place first, get adjusted to the EPL and get to know his philosophy. LvG is not gonna put him as a starter just now but if he does well, he will be rather soon
 
i hope Van Gaal realises that ive brought Darmian into my fantasy footy team, so won't be best pleased if he's on the bench.

come on, this is serious!
 
Nah Gaz...

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Wouldn't surprise me if Valencia starts the season and Darmian was eased into the side.
 
Not worried about Darmian. He will surely will No.1 for us at RB. Guy is very level headed and professional and has talent. Don't see him kicking up a fuss - just getting on with it and learning as quickly as possible. He'll have this nailed imo.
 
Uzz said:
LvG said he is 2nd choice RB behind Tony V.

Face meet palm.
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He said we bought Darmian for the second position at right-back and in this context he was talking about his "philosophy" that every position needs two players for squad depth and his beloved balance. Pretty much straightforward. So what he meant was that Darmian is the second player for the right-back spot, because he won't use Rafael there and he didn't mean his order of preference.
 
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