Aguero - Can't link up with anyone even if his life depended on it, and injury prone
Higuain - Can link up with others, but also manages to choke whenever it matters
Tevez - The player of the people. Yet always underachieved and got a disastrous record with the NT
Di Maria - Such a World Class player that his entire career has been marred with inconsistency and a display of pathetic decision making
Lavezzi - He can run and he can run a lot which is useful sometimes, but that's where it ends
Pastore - I've personally always rated and liked him since his Palermo, but he's too selfish a lot of times. Would rather go on his solo raids like he's the reincarnation of Maradona and Pele in one rather than play a simple pass. Also suspect decision making
Banega - Got so much talent, but is as dumb as a brick. His career is an example of that
Aguero - If you ever had reservations about Messi for Barca v Messi for Arg, then this guy takes it to a whole new level. Aguero for Man City v Aguero for Arg is a scarily different prospect. His link-up play is poor, and rarely does he demonstrate the 1v1 ability he has. Injury prone and inconsistent. However, taking him off for Higuain the other day was tactical suicide.
Higuain - Just a horrible footballer IMO. Don't care about his background or how many goals he scored this season, his footballing awareness and IQ is shocking. I remember when Mourinho kept picking Benzema over him at Real and many wondered about Mourinho's decision, but now it's blindingly obvious why he chose Karim. Playing against a Chile side who are trying to press higher and higher, you bring this guy on for Aguero, taking mobility away from your forward line completely, further allowing Chile to squeeze Argentina into a corner. His penalty miss was a disgrace as-well, it was almost a guarantee, he is mentally weak.
Di Maria - For me, was more important to Real Madrid in the KEY moments of 2013 than Cristiano. He changed the CL final on his own. Then gets sold to BPL, turns into a brainless runner who cuts in and shoots all the time, like an Argentinian Bale. At the WC, he was the only other forward with Leo that looked somewhat dangerous, and he was probably the 'best of the rest' at this Copa, but he's still a million miles away from the old Di Maria. Real's selling of him seems to have fucked his head up.
Lavezzi - Don't even want to talk about him. He and Cavani must have been con artists in their past lives, because they both managed to convince the world a few years ago that they were 2 world class talents that needed to be signed by mega clubs. Lavezzi runs, and that's about it.
Pastore - For me, their brightest talent, who HAS game intelligence. However, his decision making is still rock bottom, and his urge to go on solo runs even tho he's not got the speed to do so is frustrating, often leading him down blind alleys.
Other than Mascherano/Romero, the rest are dross IMO.
