i really think it does not so much depend on who plays in the 3 behind him.
in general we have a very poor passive play ... i guess even a mediocre bundesliga team would be better fitted to diego, because i really do not know any team rignt now, that does have worse running than ours.
if you just look at certain names in our squad you will associate many attributes to our players, but not that they make intelligent runs...
melo, sissoko, poulsen, marchisio and camo are not necessarily players you would call intelligent (in the way the position themselves to receive passes).
they run a lot but more to cover the defense and not to spread the opponents defense or shift play.
marchisio might be becoming better in that department, because he shows certain signs of that