Only thing that makes sense is if LvG wanted to test Di Maria as a winger for next season.
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik @Rood and Imran @Annihilate Now! start with the good news by celebrating Manchester United Women's emphatic FA Cup win over Spurs at Wembley and the future of manager Marc Skinner.
Then it's the bad news and the ever worsening form of our Men with losses to Arsenal and Palace.
Finally the main debate - ETH Out now or keep him until the end of the season - if not longer. Are you Team Nik or Team Imran?
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fecking hell the state of some of you lot in here, embarrassing. He's had a shite season but he got injured, it happens.
Some people here are just...What a terrible season regarding ADM
Too many idiots in this thread. Embarrassing
Di Maria has been a bag of piss this season, there's no other way to put it. Hopefully the injury isn't too bad and he turns things around next season, but dearie me...
No. It’s final day of the season and we’re playing friendly game. He doesn’t want to test anything, he just doesn’t trust Di Maria in midfield.
You do get the feeling certain players who had a point to prove would have stayed on.
Yet he has the second most assists (10) in the PL this season. Only played 23 games.
Stats never tell the full story. He's been a big disappointment, I don't think anyone can deny that.
Yes, of course. I'm very disappointed, but saying he's been a bag of piss is harsh. Balotelli would qualify for that tag though.
Mainly because of his fee, which he didn't have anything to do with.
Not necessarily. He came here with a high profile and vast experience being a key man for Real Madrid and his country. On that basis, you'd really expect much better.
Are you kidding me? A large majority of our team has been "piss poor", this entire season. It's hard to excel when you're surrounded with players who aren't playing well, too. Relatively speaking, he hasn't been that bad, at all.
He certainly hasn't played at that level but much of the expectation came from his fee. Same with Bale at Madrid. You can't overpay for a player without the fans expecting a return that corresponds with the fee, which almost always leads to disappointment. Di Maria is basically a 40m player who had an off, injury plagued year in a foreign country. He will be much more influential next year.
Precisely my point. Rooney and RvP had poor seasons by their standards, but we don't hear much about them because neither involved a massive transfer fee last summer.
Jesus, this is just airbrushing of history. He got dropped from the starting lineup after performances where he seemed to have never played the game before in his life so awful was he.
Before that he got played out of position for several games, and lost what little confidence he might've had left at that point.
We didn't pay that kind of money to get a fragile little flower.
No, you couldn't be more wrong if you tried. He was the best player on the pitch against Arsenal, even after his sending off... He wasn't able to regain a starting position as we started to look slightly more cohesive, as a unit during a 5 or 6 week period.
I forget, how much did you contribute towards his fee?
That's our own fault then. If our scouting is at the level it should be we should've known by the time we signed him that he is a fragile little flower.
DOesn't really matter whose idea it was now. Nobody could have expected him to be so weak mentally. All that matters is that the situation is fixed, and if PSG are really interested then we can maybe get in a new player who won't wilt so badly.
So you think we signed a player for £60m without thoroughly looking into his psyche?
I dread to ask, but how do you normally thoroughly look into a persons psyche? Do you use some kind of machine?
Remember when fergie told nani to hobble about with crutches and pretend to be injured? This place sometimes. Why carry on if you feel something go? Risk being out for ages in a game that really didn't matter much.
I get that you're frustrated, but come on really?
I'd think evaluating his performances on the pitch, in training, talking to his former managers, looking at how he has reacted to defeats, his team going down during a match etc. would be a good start.
This season has been a complete disaster for him. Hopefully his second will be better.
Can't catch a break.
Was it anything serious? If so he could miss Copa America.
What a terrible season. Must be his worst season ever.
Frustrating to see him go off so early today. Hopefully he'll get a summer off and be ready to take the league by storm next year.
Lets hope so. The rest + pre season with United would be best for his carreer. Don't think he will miss the Copa though, he's one of their best players.
Today summed up his season. Van Gaal played him on the wing, I guess because that's where he wants to start him next season, but he just doesn't do it for me on the wing.
Copa America is this summer.
Didnt watch the game, he got injured early?
is it sthing serious?
is it sthing serious?
Didnt he start in midfield?
Nope. He played left wing. Young played in centre midfield.
Don't think so. Doesn't look that way anyway.
If there is a club interested in handing out good money for him, I would certainly be open to a move. He had a good few games when he first started but he quickly lost his edge. Even knowing the circumstances (injuries, house robbery, new country, etc.), for 60M you expect a player to maintain a certain standard and he has been poor. IMO you can't even make a case for paying 30 or 40M with the form he's had. The fact that Young has gotten playing time over him says a lot and it's no given that he will turn it around in the PL next season.
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