Rojo, Shaw, Carrick and Herrera have yet to play, plus De Jong might be on his way and there's Blind too. That's 4 midfielders that put Di Maria in a better position to cause havoc. Hopefully Van Persie and Falcao have 3 healthy legs between them.
De Jong is imperative IMO and if we can get him vacation time might be over for everyone. Nobody but GHH can tell me Shaw, Herrera, Rojo, Di Maria, Blind, Falcao and De Jong aren't a major upgrade. Not sure about Di Maria being "icing" either he walks into every first 11 in the BPL.