TBF I thought he was pretty decent in the second half. He was one of the players driving us forward.
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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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Because big games are more than individual brilliance, and we had a clear system that went out the window with individual errors.
He didn't. Yes, his last season was his best but he had plenty of great games on the wing.So why did he started to be great for Madrid when he was moved to the centre and before that he was just Argentinian Nani, only worse??
Sounds like the excuses for Ozil
This. Can't believe people are arguing this point. We can't have our best player out wide and not getting involved in the game
A few examples spring to mind, like the one where he missed the target by a mile from the free-kick, when he should have played a simple cross in to the box.
Exactly like Nani. But Nani wasn't ever the best Champions League player...
Rooney and Van Persie both managed something out of nothing in the second half that we were unlucky not to profit from. Di Maria wasted almost everything
Took some great free kicks, except the for his attempt on goal. Corners were a bit poor. I like that he is willing to run at players with the ball with pace. Haven't had a player like that since Ronaldo who was good enough. Lost his man for the goal but his quick passing and flick ons are really good.
It's a bit concerning at how poor he's been recently.
Really needs to be playing centrally.
Really needs to be playing centrally.
Diabolical performance. Also needs to stop taking corners.
He needs to be playing in midfield. I honestly wouldn't mind him in behind Rooney or Falcao away from home. Just give him the freedom to roam.
Find it strange that his free kicks are fantastic yet his delivery's from corners are very inconsistent.
Imo the switch from a diamond is not suiting him at all.
Even if he is played out of position, that doesnt mean that he shouldnt be able to beat a defender of give a half decent pass? That doesnt mean that he should lose the ball so often? There is a basic level you have to reach, no matter which positions he plays in midfield/attack, he hasnt reached that basic level for the 2nd time in the row, no excuses.
Difficult to judge his second half performance, but I thought it was decent in the circumstances.
His first half performance was very disappointing though. Hope he doesn't have many more of these quiet games.
His first half performance was very disappointing though. Hope he doesn't have many more of these quiet games.
We need to buy Charlie Adams to take our corners :P
Don't think he should be taken off corners. Didn't he play the one that led to the equaliser last week?
Just needs to cut out that first man bollocks.
It was frustrating though.
Just needs to cut out that first man bollocks.
It was frustrating though.
If we manage to turn even him into average player then we should just give up on football, but I hope it's just a bad form(it should be, it's just two games after all so I am probably panicking too much).
Fecking annoying considering he was excellent for Madrid in that department.
His corners are shite.
Is the excuse for every player playing poorly 'they aren't in the right position'? Is football really so simple that moving a player a few yards one way or another would suddenly make everything better?
Maybe Wenger should also play his players in their right position. These players don't need to prove themselves else where. You spend a lot of money, you play them where they are at their best.
It's the same with Ronaldo. You don't play him up top as a striker even though he scores 50+ goals. You play him as a wide forward with freedom to go wherever he pleases.
I thought he was awful. We really rely on moments of brilliance from him and all he managed was a couple of decent wide freekicks that no-one managed to get a touch to and his right foot shot that Hart saved. He's a liability defensively so he needs to deliver going forward. Those corners towards the end of the game were just terrible.
For the love of God don't have him taking the corners. Poor performance again today but I expect it is being highlighted due to the horrendous corners. Rooney whips in a decent corner, have him on them full time. Would much rather have Di Maria in the middle. We got so much success just from him driving through the middle with the ball when playing the diamond.
He is/was basically Nani V2 when hugging the touchline. Before last season where he played as an ACM in Ancelottis system, there was no way that you could ever look at him and define him as a world class player when he was fixed on the wing. Yes he had good games there for Madrid, but he was inconsistent. I hope we go back to the diamond and play him in the centre
If you are unable to tell the difference between playing in a central position and playing as a winger, then that says more about yourself... Of course it may be a coincidence that Di Maria's worst performances have come when playing as a winger but I have a feeling that's not the case.
Corners were poor and we should get someone else to take them.
Other than that he had a decent match and ran his socks off. Would like to see him on the left flank more because he puts in those great deliveries that lead to goals.
Other than that he had a decent match and ran his socks off. Would like to see him on the left flank more because he puts in those great deliveries that lead to goals.
I watched the champions league final again right after we signed him, to get a feel for how he'll be in CM for us.
He was a defensive passenger just like he has been for us
Getting to the point where we have to ask ourselves are we overrating him? He seems to only show up in the smaller games and goes into hiding in the bigger games..
And we splash a tonne of money on him and he can't deliver a decent corner consistently?!
During his times at Real Madrid he was fantastic but he was surrounded by the Ronaldos and bales
And we splash a tonne of money on him and he can't deliver a decent corner consistently?!
During his times at Real Madrid he was fantastic but he was surrounded by the Ronaldos and bales
You've been on the caf for years, shouldnt you know that caftards tend to make a lot of excuses for our players/manager etc.?
Remember when we had RVP taking our corners from the right and Rooney from the left? We looked much better.
Was ok, but not what you expect from a player who you'd look at to be the game changer for us. Also, his corners need to be a lot better than they were. When you're down to 10 men, and in tight games like this, set pieces can prove to be so vital, as we saw from the Fellaiini chance, which is why it needs to be better. Too many times his corners weren't even getting past the first man. Same thing happened last week too, until he put a decent ball into the box and we scored from it.
Not certain players or certain managers they dont.
There is a significant difference between LCM (the position where he excelled at RM) and the wing. It's not just a matter of moving a 'few yards'. Di Maria needs space to move and drive into. Any decent fullback can cut off the space for him to do that from the wing - and in the last few weeks he's played Ivanovic and Zabaleta.
The 35 million Arsenal spent for Alexis is certainly starting to look like the much better deal. Don't get why we didn't get involved in that one.
But no, Angel di Maria is a top-class player who has had a dip in form after a great start for us. He'll be good.
van Persie should take the corners. simple.
As a winger he was usually excellent for Madrid defensively, gave his everything almost every time he step up the pitch. I rememeber some of the classico's when he wasn't even great attacking wise, but still I was admiringi for his defensive work, but looks like that part of his game is gone.
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I thought he was better as the game went on but the drop in his contribution since he was moved from AM to the wing is pretty fecking obvious.
It's funny, when we signed him most people on here were wondering why we were signing a winger instead of a CM. When a few of us suggested he could play in CM for us, it was laughed off. Now, after two poor games, 90 per cent of the CAF has decided that he is a CM and only a CM who is completely wasted on the wing, despite having a skill-set better suited for the wing than the central midfield. Complete knee-jerk. He's perfectly fine in both roles.
I think we'll see the workhorse Angel di Maria, the engine of Real Madrid's CL winning campaign, back in action as soon as United is able to perform better as a team. It's a major difference from psychological point of view, whether you exhaust yourself for the benefit of a working team or putting in all that effort and things still don't work out.
I was personally much more annoyed by his pisspoor cornerkicks.
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