Tom Hagen
Footballguy
This is overly simplistic but it seems like if your system can't fit Falcao and DiMaria either it's time for a new system or LvG should have realized that before spending £76 million.I may be way off here, but my opinion is that a player succeeding is more a function of the system/position he's playing in than the league he is in, at least among the top 3-4 leagues.I'm not sure I get this "intensity" argument on behalf of PL. From what I've seen of La Liga, those clubs hammer away -- at high speed -- at each other just as much as they do in England.
Having said that, I also can't explain why guys like DiMaria and Falcao have struggled in PL. It doesn't seem to be a universal problem; Luis Suarez certainly had his way with PL defenses. And Diego Costa appears to be relatively uncowed as well.
Perhaps the LVG system just doesn't fit for those two players.