charlenefan
Far less insightful than the other Charley
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Who needs Sancho
It was mentioned when he signed his contract that we were looking for him to take up a role at the club once his career was over, which sounded similar to the "director of institutional relations" role Emilio Butragueño had at Madrid. Which makes sense because frankly who wouldn't want Juan Mata representing them?We should never sell him... but also rarely play him... just keep him on in a quasi meet and greet mascot capacity, like a boxer at a Vegas Casino... Every new player instantly gets on with him, and he usually manages to convince them that we’re a much better footballing side than we actually are in the early stages, before they inevitably realise aren’t playing League Cup level sides every week ...
He’d probably take a pay cut just to stay on as the worlds first player-cum-ambassador-cum-blogger role? Worth a shot at any rate
Annoying thing is the first tweet is still so on the money, we never saw the same player Chelsea had
We’ve never played him in the same way Chelsea did.Annoying thing is the first tweet is still so on the money, we never saw the same player Chelsea had
Mata is rarely in this kind of form though. But on current form he should absolutely be on the bench.One of Oles failings (sorry, don't want to turn this into an Ole bashing thread) is not properly utilising his squad. Mata is a good option to bring on when we're struggling against tightly packed defenses! He just never does it though!
His movement in the final third is arguably the best in our squad. When he’s on his day he will bring out the best in clever passers like Bruno and VdB. I’d like to see him get more minutes in league games where we’re struggling to break teams down.
And yet we are moving Perrera on and Mata is starting ahead of Lingard?Pass and move, such a simple rule but not all players do. Players like Kagawa and Herrera got good understanding and played really well with Mata before and now there is VDB.
Ole likes run all day players and chose Perrera and Lingard over Mata. Yes, he has his obvious weaknesses but his quality is never in doubt. When so called hardwork without brain players offer nothing but frustration, Ole needs to trust more to players who have technical abilities and allmost every time he plays, the team seems to play better.
Yep, a make up the numbers guy with the right attitude and he can still have an impact refreshing bodies this season.Still has a place in the squad.