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2014/15 Premier League
- Thread starter Chase
- Start date
If it wasn't Young it would have.
Listening to this ManU game while I work from home. I only have 1 monitor at home and it is amazing how much harder "multi tasking" (ie Utopia/game/working) is without multiple monitors.
hayvis
Will-Gnome Member
Fuck knows. Is Angel Di Maria any better/different than Theo Walcott?
DeadMan
aka spiker or DeadMong
Wat
Snorky's Shame
Well-Known Member
Beckham. He wore long sleeves in 90 degree heat.
Chase
Well-Known Member
Biggest reach evar.
I think if they sign Di Maria it means that LVG is going to his natural preferred 4-3-3.
WingedHelmet
Well-Known Member
If Di Maria and Balotelli are both flops, and Costa won't score more than 10 goals, was there a good EPL signing this year other than Alexis Sanchez (who looked pretty shitty yesterday)?
hayvis
Will-Gnome Member
Di Maria has an excellent record of assists, and an average amount of goals for a top tier winger. Everybody knows that at Real Madrid, assists are inflated because of the talent of the team. You just need to look at Ozil as a perfect example; he was a good buy at the price, but his stats were somewhat inflated. Di Maria is the same. Man United will be getting a very good winger who is perhaps world class, but they won't be getting someone who can change the team in the manner of Bale, Ronaldo, or Suarez. To that degree, he will be an absolute flop. He will improve Man United, but everyone will be talking about how his stats have nosedived, and how he is no longer the player that he was at Real.
hayvis
Will-Gnome Member
I don't think Alexis Sanchez is playing particularly well. I've also always claimed that Costa is actually a good fit for Mourinho. Di Maria and Balotelli will be flops.
hayvis
Will-Gnome Member
And you never try to be too clever for your own small head.
goblue96
Disney and Curling Expert
Orangebird
Premier League Champs
He played better as a CM last year than he ever did as a winger, IMO, and I had to watch a bunch of Real Madrid games because my wife. He also played a CM for Argentina. DiMaria is a bit of a twink, which I obviously hate, but he has great burst and acceleration and would likely score very high in the F3Cone drill. His athleticism, in that regard, causes defenders a ton of problems.
Yankee151
Hot Girl Summer
Yankee151
Hot Girl Summer
Also Di Maria was originally a center mid before hayvis ever knew he existed, at Benfica. It's the same formation I masturbate to at least once a day, the coveted 4-1-3-2 that the Czechs originally ran and the Greeks cheated their way against in Euro 2004. Di Maria was/is one of the best midfield runners in the game.
Orangebird
Premier League Champs
hayvis
Will-Gnome Member
There is no way that he plays in the centre in the Premier League. He's too lightweight, and will get crushed. I expect that most of the time he was moved out for this reason.
You're really just ranting on about nothing. It's like saying Thierry Henry was a winger, or that Gareth Bale is a left back. You're just trying to sound clever.
You're really just ranting on about nothing. It's like saying Thierry Henry was a winger, or that Gareth Bale is a left back. You're just trying to sound clever.
chibob
Well-Known Member
Stop it
hayvis
Will-Gnome Member
Next you'll be telling me to stop proving that Di Maria is a winger, which will completely derail the thread.
Snorky's Shame
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Replicas cost $90 anywhere now. Don't know why Disney would be selling them though.
goblue96
Disney and Curling Expert
UK Pavilion sells popular club replicas which is both Manchester clubs, Chelsea and Celtic
You English people and your desire to fit everyone into a nice square box. DiMaria is like the Darren Sproles of Soccer and you Engerlish don't like him because of that. Sproles doesn't fit as a typical RB or a typical WR like DiMaria doesn't fit as a typical winger or a typical midfielder. Instead of recognizing his versatility and productivity from multiple positions as an asset, it breaks your feeble/rigid English minds; just like Sproles breaks the minds of NASHNUL FOOTBAW trogs. I don't give a fuck what "position" you want to call Sproles/DiMaria, they are great/productive players, and that's what should really matter.
Don't get me wrong, he's certainly capable of playing as a winger, I just think he's better in an attacking/creative central midfield role. His best performances (for Argentina or RM last year) came from a more central midfield spot where he served as a playmaker/runner. I just think he creates more matchup problems as a central midfielder than he does playing on the wing. I still see his versatility as a bonus. You put him on the field wherever you have room and he'll be a dangerous attacking and play making option for you in that spot.
