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Yeah, almost certainly.He will be gone in the summer.
Yeah, almost certainly.He will be gone in the summer.
Certain players make good squad players, and I don't think Mata's one of them.Just a squad player, they're good to have.
Should be: we should stop signing players that can play in Rooney's position.It's quite depressing that Kagawa and now Mata look to have completely failed here. We should just stop signing those type of players now.
Chelsea rarely (if ever) played like this while Mata was there...This is the type of game Mata at Chelsea would kill in.
What? Against a stubborn team defending? He was there to break those teams down all the time.Chelsea rarely (if ever) played like this while Mata was there...
Chelsea rarely had such emphasis on ball retention. Neither did they rack up these sort of possession statistics, while playing so slowly, against opposition this deep. Maybe I'm wrong, but that's not how I remember it.What? Against a stubborn team defending? He was there to break those teams down all the time.
Was not hard though.He's done more in 20 minutes than all of our attacking players put together did in fecking 70 today.
Nah, Januzaj did.I think he played himself back in the starting eleven today.
Against minnows like this they definitely had the possession and had to break teams down. He was instrumental in them winning these types of games. I saw it with my own two eyes enough.Chelsea rarely had such emphasis on ball retention. Neither did they rack up these sort of possession statistics, while playing so slowly, against opposition this deep. Maybe I'm wrong, but that's not how I remember it.
Again - he had his uses at Chelsea. He scored goals and assisted goals (a good number being set pieces), but he didn't consistently demonstrate that he could do a great job in this type of game.
Mata today may have played a nice ball, but certainly would have dropped deep, played safe, and struggled to hold the ball in the key areas under pressure.
I shared your dissapointment, I thought Van Gaal was going to try and give us more bodies in the middle so there'd be angles for triangles and one-two's (one of which led to Mata's goal). Shame it didn't happen.I thought we will revert back to the diamond once i saw he's coming on but when i realized he is playing on the left i died inside a little. Still a well taken goal and hopefully he plays against Arsenal and LvG ends this 4-3-3/Fellaini experiment.
I was critical of Moyes for signing and then playing him there but now I'm in agreement he should be allowed to roam from wide especially in this set up because of our dominance in possession against sides that will park the bus we won't have many counter attacking opportunities therefore his creativity could be valuable, also by dominating the ball it's not like he will have to do a lot of work defending.I did make a post some time back saying he should be playing wide right
He was played deeper, I think he needs to be much further up.Shame he didn't play more like that while Rooney was suspended.
He was being played wider today right? Coming on to replace Januzaj. It didn't work last season, but if he could get into some form wide of a forward 3 alongside Rooney, that would be...He was played deeper, I think he needs to be much further up.
I thought so as well.Hint of frustration with his celebration?
He was wide right and so much higher up, I don't have a clue how to use him though other than almost like a second striker but that's Louis van Gaal's problem, I'm sure he will experiment.He was being played wider today right? Coming on to replace Januzaj. It didn't work last season, but if he could get into some form wide of a forward 3 alongside Rooney, that would be...