Good post. He is undeniably one of the most creative players around. Such a shame it didn't work out with us. Was just the kind of player we needed as well although possibility a little lacking in individual leadership or assertiveness. In fact that's his one weakness IMO. Otherwise when settled hes a fantastic creative player.
Angel Di Maria | Performances | Wife: "He only joined United for money. The food was disgusting. The women look like porcelain"
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Yeah, but he also swapped shirts at half time... soooo...
United was just a stepping stone between Madrid and PSG for ADM. Its where he wanted to go after Madrid, he never, ever wanted to be here. Unfortunately for him PSG couldn't get him at the time so he came to us for a year, knowing full well that he would be in Paris the following season, which is exactly why he couldn't be arsed for us. A nice little signing on fee and half a season pretending to be injured suited him fine. Add that to the fact that he's an absolute coward, its no wonder he was absolute shite for us.
Its a shame because he's a fantastic player, but we had no option but to get rid, and its one of the few things that we can't really blame LVG for.
Its a shame because he's a fantastic player, but we had no option but to get rid, and its one of the few things that we can't really blame LVG for.
People can talk all they want about his attitude or whatever but I guarantee if it was Fergie who bought him - we'd never be having this conversation on here.
Excellent summary of the whole balls up
I genuinely don't think Fergie would have bought someone who's heart wasn't completely into coming here.
Either Fergie would have convinced his heart to be in it, or he would have refused the transfer.
How do you decide that Memphis' form has nothing to do with playing against much better opposition in a different country?
Rooney, Falcao and RVP are average at best.
Martial has massively over performed. Nobody expected him to have this impact in his first season.
That's a fair point. He also probably wouldn't have paid £60m for him, either.
I was mostly just saying that LvG is terrible at man management compared to Fergie, though! Although tbf no other manager in the game compares to Fergie. It must be such a fecking bombshell going from Fergie to Moyes and then LvG.
Pretty sure Falcao himself would be delighted with that description
Stupidest thing was to get rid of ADM before we got in Depay/Martial? He finally would have had some pace around him.
Instead we built the team around Rooney and Mata.
Instead we built the team around Rooney and Mata.
Not true, I expected him to be good and knew that he was the real deal.
Ha I felt the same as I was writing it. I assume though that we're all on the same page re Falcao. He's very self explanatory.
Falcao is a different story: severe injury in January 2014.
Since then, he has done nothing.
Since then, he has done nothing.
It's a shame it didn't work out for us. He's still the ideal type of player we need.
Ironically, I think his sloppiness and indiscipline would have been welcome in this bore of a season.
Ironically, I think his sloppiness and indiscipline would have been welcome in this bore of a season.
Are you about to live in Paris?
No, that was a joke at the time he left us.
ADM as already stated has a lot of freedom to roam around and do what he does best: he's a great passer, dribbler, shooter and has great movement on and off the ball, allowing him to use all of his skillset is the best way to catch the opposition off guard. Even his good poaching instincts are better used than when he was in Madrid.
The defensive instructions are consistent with this freedom: Blanc asks the players to start their defensive contribution from where they are, that usually starts with some counterpressing, often winning the ball back immediately, then often swapping assignations with another player to have the less effort to make to make the appropriate defensive run. That's true for the forwards and mids but defenders also have such fluid roles and can swap between CB/FB...
Di Maria's defensive contribution for us is not especially impressive, he just does his share like everyone else and like he did in Madrid, Zlatan being the most lazy (and free) one. I understand that players could be discouraged under LVG system if each time you lose the ball it involves making a 30-50m run down the field to get back in your rigidly set position.
Exactly my point. At Utd, he felt like a major liability for this precise thing.
You can't blame all this stuff on LVG, you're being ignorant.
Memphis still needs time to adapt, even after all he's been through. Explain to us how LVG and his philosophy made Memphis attempt a 25 yard back headed pass to his goalkeeper away to Stoke. Needless to say, that didn't work out too well. It was easily the most stupefying and abysmal thing I have seen in years. It was donkey like.
And if you want to play this game...Why has Hazard gone from being one of the best young talents in Europe to at times looking like an absolute donkey? Must have only been because of Eva, Mourinho and now Hiddink? Have a laugh.
Hazard just lost interest this year under Mourinho.
All I'm saying is all of our attackers bar Martial under LvG have looked like complete donkeys.
Just one big massive cluster feck
He was not managed well, even though he was a pussy and a moaner...if I had spent that much money on something you can be damn sure I would have taken better care of it
Didn't seem much effort to keep him in the summer and to cap it off our genius chief exec couldn't negotiate the same fee we paid for him with PSG who spent a higher fee on David Luiz one year earlier
Put it into perspective. We paid 60 mill for a player who was surplus to requirements and made a 15 million loss on said player who we needed to a team also desperate for his services
Woodward
He was not managed well, even though he was a pussy and a moaner...if I had spent that much money on something you can be damn sure I would have taken better care of it
Didn't seem much effort to keep him in the summer and to cap it off our genius chief exec couldn't negotiate the same fee we paid for him with PSG who spent a higher fee on David Luiz one year earlier
Put it into perspective. We paid 60 mill for a player who was surplus to requirements and made a 15 million loss on said player who we needed to a team also desperate for his services
Woodward
Stability in Paris? Did someone really say that? Have they missed what's been happening in the last 15 months. I wouldnt feel safe in Paris. So not sure I buy the burglary excuse.
He was totally amazing last night. And how classy was it to see him walk around in the middle of the pitch even though his position was on the left wing. Messi-like attitude, charisma and posture. Absolutely amazing fitness as well. Just compare the arms now to when he was with us. He's like a 30 year old compared to a 16 year old. He also showed a very broad repertoire with different ways of finishing an attack. Worth about 40m pounds today - easily.
Fergie was great at man-management, but then so is Ranieri. He is a very likeable character who makes his players like him, so that they work hard for him on the pitch.
LVG is bad at man-management compared to most managers. He did this wherever he managed. Many players just did not get along with him.
LVG's strength is his ability to come up with a fantastic possession based system (tactic) and dominate games. Unfortunately, this has not happened for him at MUFC and never will. Perhaps his time has passed?
LVG doesn't know how to manage Galacticos with big egos. You need to praise and encourage these types of players, which he fails to do. He did this at all his previous clubs, preferring to field players with less ego.
Our other Galactico was/is DDG and he also tried to escape last season. Is it a coincidence that these "most valuable" players want to leave the club?
I don't either.
The fact that he was a super sub, I think was the main reason he left.
LVG basically stated that he was not good enough to start a game for us (even though we weren't particularly good).
Stability of the club !
Why did you link the burglary and then write stability in Paris? Just call them PSG.
The heart of Paris.
Most players don't live in Paris itself. They live mostly in Neuilly sur Seine which is one of the most boring and safe towns in France, or St Germain en Laye which is just as boring and safe. Just a few of them actually live in Paris, usually in the 8e arrondissement which is, this might surprise you... safe and boring.
So true.I prefer Saint-Germain-en-laye amongst the 3 places.
I dislike Neuilly
Same, St Germain is actually a nice little town. Neuilly is just awful.
I prefer Saint-Germain-en-laye amongst the 3 places.
I dislike Neuilly
Apparently, Verratti lives in Neuilly, just a couple of buildings away from Sarkozy!
Same, St Germain is actually a nice little town. Neuilly is just awful.
Apparently, Verratti lives in Neuilly, just a couple of buildings away from Sarkozy!
Now, I guess where, a kind of ghetto for billionnaires with access forbidden to the non-residents!
You also have the Bettencourt family, Bernard Arnault (LVMH)...
Ibra was about to live there but declined this opportunity.
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Villa_Montmorency
Crazy, who wouldn't want to be neighbours with Mylène Farmer?!
https://www.redcafe.net/threads/angel-di-maria-2014-15-performances.395692/page-185#post-17384029
He asked for it to be marked.
20 assists and 15 goals for PSG and we had one of our lowest scoring seasons.
So much for experience huh?
He asked for it to be marked.
20 assists and 15 goals for PSG and we had one of our lowest scoring seasons.
So much for experience huh?
He didn't want to be here. It's difficult to have regrets over his sale when that's the case.
From Simon Stone's BBC article on Pogba
For all Van Gaal's faults I'm absolutely certain he has completely made that up hasn't he? I can't ever remember Di Maria playing as a holding midfielder. He barely even played him centrally.
For all Van Gaal's faults I'm absolutely certain he has completely made that up hasn't he? I can't ever remember Di Maria playing as a holding midfielder. He barely even played him centrally.
Yup, Simon Stone just completely made that up.
Reminds me of the United days.