Mr Noodles - Angel Di Maria

Crimson wrote:

Lionel Messi wrote:Not sure how you guys can hate Di Maria with his incredible work rate and defensive abilities alone. and di maria can't pass? His 2 assists vs Chile were fantastic.

Di Maria on the left =/= Di Maria on the right

True. Isn't CR's original position on the right though? Or did he switch to the left to cut in and score more?

Lionel Messi wrote:

Crimson wrote:

Lionel Messi wrote:Not sure how you guys can hate Di Maria with his incredible work rate and defensive abilities alone. and di maria can't pass? His 2 assists vs Chile were fantastic.

Di Maria on the left =/= Di Maria on the right

True. Isn't CR's original position on the right though? Or did he switch to the left to cut in and score more?

Ronaldo is more effective on the left, draws more defenders and is alot more dangerous

He did start out on the right but in most games he moves all over the place

Di maria on the right is mostly woeful

Omniscient wrote:I feel like Di Maria is being majorly wasted on the right wing. His best performances for club and country have come when he's played on the left, I can guarantee that Di Maria on the left wing is far more effective than on the right.

You can almost say he's a different person on each wing. On the left, he's like an anorexic Gareth Bale, consistently beats his man with speed or trickery, regardless of it being some random right back or Dani Alves, and delivers wonderful floating crosses into the box.

On the right, he tries to dribble inside at every chance he gets. 60% of the time he's dispossessed by the opposing LB before getting anywhere, 30% of the time he's tackled by the center back coming out to meet him, 10% of the time he actually manages to through, only to waste the ball with his atrocious passing skills.

And yet another masterful performance from Di Maria on the left. Mourinho had better been watching.

is it just me or is mou trying to play him as a CM?

He should stay as a sub

He did much better than the last few weeks so kudos. I'd still have him as super sub though.

(His assists were great BTW)

For next game, as we're likely gonna play Higuain up front, starting Di Maria probably a good idea. Chemistry between Higuian-Di Maria is great, we saw it last season and in last game, their chemistry better than chemistry between Higuain-Ozil & Higuain-Kaka. Di Maria tend to pass more when he plays with Higuain, he likes to feed Higuain. And Higuian also almost always made the most of Di Maria's passes .
Chemistry between Higuain-Ozil isn't just that good. I saw when Ozil tried to feed Higuain, Higuain often like didn't expect it and hence ended up too late to make a decent shot (ex: Levante second half) or made a weak attempt (ex: Betis second half, the shot that's blocked by the keeper). Also I saw when at the same time Ozil made a pass & Higuain made a run, the direction of the ball & the run wasn't on the same path (example: Betis second half), it's like they're not on the same page.
Not really sure about chemistry between Higuain-Kaka as Kaka didn't even try to feed Higuain in recent games they played together.

last year before higgys injury, nearly all of his goals came from dimaria asissts iirc their chemistry is great

and i like how pipa expects a pass or a through ball everytime dimaria has got the ball. its nice to see

here is hoping for another hattrick or is it enough now

It's never enough for Higuain to get hattricks

Lionel Messi wrote:Not sure how you guys can hate Di Maria with his incredible work rate and defensive abilities alone. and di maria can't pass? His 2 assists vs Chile were fantastic.

has messi started doing tricks ?

Di maria has been fantastic last match,plus his throw balls are great when Godzalo is on the pitch,im all for him starting.

I think Di Maria is at his best when he is coming of the bench i.e last game.

Him sucking has more to do with benz on the field too ( not his passing lol)

with benz , he is forced to link up with him,but we all know di maria sucks at link up.He is a direct player and with higuain he can release a throw ball any time and from any where,look at argentina and betis matches.

It's unbelievable how much stamina he has.

Seppuku wrote:It's unbelievable how much stamina he has.

This really, he was running on the pitch the whole 90 minutes with pretty fast pace.
Hes footy skills are still sucky tho

The xcx wrote:

Seppuku wrote:It's unbelievable how much stamina he has.

This really, he was running on the pitch the whole 90 minutes with pretty fast pace.
Hes footy skills are still sucky tho

True, he needs to work on his passing, and learn to stop losing the feckin ball all the time.

But his tracking back is awesome though.

work rate was high but did nothing lol

Gotta appreciate his work rate we pressure the other team a lot better when he plays.

if he didnt lose the ball so much maybe he wouldnt have to use his high work rate to track down his own failures.

seriously was there one time where he didnt lose the ball? or roll on the ground?

He played well for us last season.....it's not his fault the better players are in form again.......but i d wish he cut down on diving and play acting.

Di Maria was absolute shit on the ball yesterday. Apart from running he didn't do anything lol.

People talk about players like Kaka as an unnecessary luxury, then we should also discuss Di maria as an unnecessary work-horse, no?

Everybody worked their collective butts off last night, not just him.. and once again he was absolutely rubbish on the ball. The boy is an amazing super-sub, he must be moulded to that role.

I cannot believe that Kaka and Higuain have to sit on the bench so that Di Maria's extra work-rate can be made priority. Feck that!

he put him there for defensive duties, help arbeloa against bastos... thats why

his ball control and technique is teribble, his short passing is terrible, his positioning is terrible.

all he has is his defensive workrate. and few odd good moments.

i think i have given up on him completly, for a 35m player, this is just not what i expected.

cant wait for benz or higuain to take his place. he just doesnt deserve it.