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Yes, because his transfer fee automatically means he'll play well, some logic that.
No, but playing proven players in a consistent starting XI and they might start playing better, y'know like the rest of them did in our good run?
He is the most creative player in our team, but can we at least get some of that creativity from him in more than just 2 attacks?people are calling for his head and want him sold because he can't get into the team, yet he's still by far our most creative player, with the stats to show it.
Well we would if he played more I'm sure. Kind of common practise, more minutes = more creativity.
You mean playing an inconsistent player signed off one golden season? are we just going to ignore the fact that we used a system in our good run?
What about the other 10+ games he played/started and did feck all?
We also managed to consistently play the same group of players, and that's the main reason we went on the run. Something we haven't managed to do most of the season is fielding the same XI and when we finally did, look what happened? Look what also happened when we lost a few of them. 2 defeats in 2. Di Maria has barely been on the field in this time, it's not because he's a poor player but it's because the line up has been consistent, yet when we lose some games and other players in his positions on the pitch are poor, he still sits on the bench, and supporters still get riled up at him for some unknown reason (the transfer fee?) How can he produce when he isn't playing? All the evidence so far points towards him producing a fair bit when he does play, but in unbalanced teams. Barely had a chance in this system though. Harsh to say the least.
Going by that logic, what about the 8 games Messi's done feck all this season, or the 15 games Rooney and RVP have done feck all? You expect someone to produce magic every single game, well actually the only player in the world that does it is Messi, and he's had some shit games this season too.
Very easy to throw the "how can he produce when he isn't playing?" excuse, when the same supporters getting riled up at him have witnessed him start for us on a consistent basis and waste balls after balls(besides the 1/2 golden moments), we have seen what Di Maria can do, his name used to be the first on the team sheet at some point.... we have gone down that path before, Mata used to be a bench warmer, then he'd come in and play well -he even won us a game from the bench, same with Herrera - cant say the same about Angel though.
I never said anything about a transfer fee meaning a player will automatically play well, did I?
You are basically saying Di Maria should be starting every game regardless of his performances...because of his transfer fee, you could apply the same logic to Falcao, its wrong.
Yup. He cripples our creativity a lot, really shouldn't be a first teamer in most games.
LVG has got it wrong today IMO, should of started with Di Maria and been a bit more adventurous.
But are Young, Mata, Fellaini, Rooney doing well enough for him not to be starting? No chance at all.
You're happy with what you've seen against Chelsea, Everton and now West Brom from everyone else?
Nothing, and I mean nothing, is more frustrating than watching Di Maria play right now.
