and he performs them as if they were a VERY easy thing to do...

Hes a great, but not world class, old fashioned winger who dives too much and should not be starting for argentina. I would start any of pastore, tevez, aguero, lavezzi, messi, etc in front of him for sure. And hes only starting for Real because hes their only good winger after Ronaldo. But personally if I was Mourinho id play a 4312, take out Di Maria, have a Khedira-Alonso-Sahin midfield with Ozil as the trequartista and Ronaldo and Higuian/Benz up front.

"Hes a great, but not world class, old fashioned winger who dives too much and should not be starting for argentina. I would start any of pastore, tevez, aguero, lavezzi, messi, etc in front of him for sure. And hes only starting for Real because hes their only good winger after Ronaldo. But personally if I was Mourinho id play a 4312, take out Di Maria, have a Khedira-Alonso-Sahin midfield with Ozil as the trequartista and Ronaldo and Higuian/Benz up front."

Pretty much agree with all of that except the Lavezzi part. I know he is good but he is frustrating to watch. And those comparing him to Robben, Robben is a MUCH better player in my opinion. I think he will be phased out of the starting lineup for Madrid in the next two years.

The Madrid One wrote:and that... is a beautiful way of playing football.

that would be interesting.. to create a thread where we compare players with similar styles, in movement and ideas...

yes that would be a great idea and we could also make more threads like this one to see what peoples opinions are about players and we can go to a conclusion

dnmac4 wrote:"Hes a great, but not world class, old fashioned winger who dives too much and should not be starting for argentina. I would start any of pastore, tevez, aguero, lavezzi, messi, etc in front of him for sure. And hes only starting for Real because hes their only good winger after Ronaldo. But personally if I was Mourinho id play a 4312, take out Di Maria, have a Khedira-Alonso-Sahin midfield with Ozil as the trequartista and Ronaldo and Higuian/Benz up front."

Pretty much agree with all of that except the Lavezzi part. I know he is good but he is frustrating to watch. And those comparing him to Robben, Robben is a MUCH better player in my opinion. I think he will be phased out of the starting lineup for Madrid in the next two years.

LOL, first of all we are playing 4-3-3.
Second di maria is an amazing player, him being rated high despite his shit decision making should tell you something about his talent.
FFS, he was playing CM for argentina

Giggity5313 wrote:

dnmac4 wrote:"Hes a great, but not world class, old fashioned winger who dives too much and should not be starting for argentina. I would start any of pastore, tevez, aguero, lavezzi, messi, etc in front of him for sure. And hes only starting for Real because hes their only good winger after Ronaldo. But personally if I was Mourinho id play a 4312, take out Di Maria, have a Khedira-Alonso-Sahin midfield with Ozil as the trequartista and Ronaldo and Higuian/Benz up front."

Pretty much agree with all of that except the Lavezzi part. I know he is good but he is frustrating to watch. And those comparing him to Robben, Robben is a MUCH better player in my opinion. I think he will be phased out of the starting lineup for Madrid in the next two years.

LOL, first of all we are playing 4-3-3.
Second di maria is an amazing player, him being rated high despite his shit decision making should tell you something about his talent.
FFS, he was playing CM for argentina

Uh, no he wasn't? He was roaming, but he was still playing on the left wing

Something about his face just makes me angry.

Anyway pedro>affelay>el hadji diouf> di maria

He's a good player. Love his work rate.

Can be a mini-Robben someday, if he works on it.

Forza_Barca wrote:Something about his face just makes me angry.

Anyway pedro>affelay>el hadji diouf> di maria

I knew you got your arrows backwards as soon as I saw Pedro>Afellay...

Great Player who has a great shot and great technical ability and great work rate is a great player!

a very good player with some bulk and better decision making easily WC imo

I rate him very, very highly. I think he is one of the Madrid players that would adapt to the Barcelona game. I think he would be superb for Barca. Very rich man's Pedro.

When will he be back from injury?

Best Winger in the World.

hes not better than ribery imo....

or robben

Can't say I'm his biggest fan.....but I like him.I think he'll adapt....I dunno if he'll be a winger forever, I doubt it actually but he'll always be a great player and he's a great asset.

LM he played in a 3 man midfield......with Mascherano and Maxi............unless they were playing 4-1-5 he was playing central midfield.

Le Samourai wrote:Can't say I'm his biggest fan.....but I like him.I think he'll adapt....I dunno if he'll be a winger forever, I doubt it actually but he'll always be a great player and he's a great asset.

LM he played in a 3 man midfield......with Mascherano and Maxi............unless they were playing 4-1-5 he was playing central midfield.

The only game Di Maria has played CM for us was against Venezuela. Which he played alongisde Mascherano and Sosa in central midfield with Zabaleta and Rojo as right midfield and left midfield respectively in a 3-5-2 formation.

It looks like you're talking about the Germany game, in which we WERE using a 4-1-5 (thanks Maradona), hence the scoreline.

di maria actually played as a CM vs us(according to ESPN)

----------Higuain---Messi------------
---------------Pastore----------------
-Angel---------Masch--------Banega

Nes-T33 wrote:di maria actually played as a CM vs us(according to ESPN)

----------Higuain---Messi------------
---------------Pastore----------------
-Angel---------Masch--------Banega

Oh, I didn't watch that match (if you're talking about the most recent one that wasn't the Copa Roca), sorry

Him and Ribery are the worlds best wingers

World Class

Albiceleste wrote:

Nes-T33 wrote:di maria actually played as a CM vs us(according to ESPN)

----------Higuain---Messi------------
---------------Pastore----------------
-Angel---------Masch--------Banega

Oh, I didn't watch that match (if you're talking about the most recent one that wasn't the Copa Roca), sorry

how did you not watch brazil vs argentina :vagi:

Nes-T33 wrote:

Albiceleste wrote:

Nes-T33 wrote:di maria actually played as a CM vs us(according to ESPN)

----------Higuain---Messi------------
---------------Pastore----------------
-Angel---------Masch--------Banega

Oh, I didn't watch that match (if you're talking about the most recent one that wasn't the Copa Roca), sorry

how did you not watch brazil vs argentina :vagi:

Work deceived me

Those who insisted he was nothing more than the next Quaresma...where art thou?

He's better than Robs in my opinion, more consistent. On par with Ribs

Robben isnt fit enough to wipe one of DiMarias boots

DiMaria beats Ribery in every possible attacking/passing(bar pass success) stats out there, dunno where the over hype has come from

in over 26 game(2092 Mins) this Ribery guy has only managed 10 goals and 6 asisst

in only 17 games(1290 Mins) DiMaria has 5 goals and 14 asissts

/convo

I also dont get why people rate skills higher than physical fitness sometimes. I mean cmon robben may be a bit more technical with the ball and better attacker overall but hes never available for hes mates when they need him the most. For me Di maria>>>Robben.