I told you all he's top class 
That second goal was Bergkamp-esque
Dude, they don't even play the same position on LVG's system
That second goal was Bergkamp-esque
Dude, they don't even play the same position on LVG's system
Juan Manuel Mata
- Thread starter Warik
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You have to admit though that it's looking more and more like a mistake. The money probably went to funding the Costa/Fabregas transfers, which benefited you of course, but you have to question his favoritism on Oscar. He's more mobile, which is a trait Mou values, but his end product is lacking. Can you imagine Fabregas and Mata feeding Costa for 90 minutes? 
antonnn
Blue Blooded Aussie
Sorta, but at the same time not really, since like I said, he doesn't flourish in Mourinho's system. That doesn't mean he wouldn't put through some great passes or anything, in terms of direct assists and goals he's better than Oscar. Personally I see Oscar losing his place over the next 2 seasons, he's not consistently creative enough, and the longer this goes on the more I want him to lose his place. Hazard is our best guy in the middle(well, best AM full stop, by a long shot) but Mou doesn't want to use him there. I'd put Hazard there and have somebody else play wide left.
Martindn
New member
What does mourinho's system demand then? Mata's defensive contribution is way understated because hes not the fastest and rarely tracks back, however there was an article i read posted on redcafe that really susprised me - he has made more interceptions than Fabregas, Oscar, Silva and Ozil, while willian has made 0.2 more tackles a game, and dribbled past 0.3 times less, Mata's been involved in twice as many goals in less time. It was undoubtedly a mistake to sell him in my opinion (maybe not if you take the £ into consideration) better than both Oscar and Willian and it would be foolish for us to sell him ourselves.
TotaalVoetbal
Banned
There's no need for Mata with both Fabregas and Hazard in their team. It would be redundant, not to mention the fact they're both comfortably superior players. De Bruyne is the only one Mourinho made a huge mistake on.
Fabregas is not as consistent as mata when it comes to the business end of the season, however he is more versatile. Mata never tracked back enough at Chelsea and initially with LVG but has started to track back more often. Jose doesn't have much patient with players and with a bid like 37m he couldn't say no
Alik
Moderator
Plus, Chelsea is doing fine without them. No matter how good the players might be that Chelse let go, if they keep having good results it doesn't matter. The only place where they screwed up was it getting knocked out of CL. But they are comfortably the strongest team in England.
They are fine without them right now, but this is playing out like a typical trajectory of a Mourinho team. Decent-to-great first year, great second year, cracks start to show in the third year, then he bails out after he ran the team to the ground
Can't agree with this any more. I don't understand what Mou sees in him that he seems to have more patience with him than most of his other players.
Mata is quite possibly the AM most criticized for lack of defense in the history of football. I've honestly never seen anything like it for other players with basically the same style of play.
No it won't be redundant.
Costa
Hazard - Mata - Cuadrado
Fabregas - Matic
De Bruyne is another mistake, but let's not talk about how Mou has lost it in regards to his transfers in Mata's thread.
red dragon2
New member
Mata is an excellent player, a notch beneath Silva for me, but is superbly talented and turns up for the big games. I hope he carries on his form in England.
Blaugrana Bull
HiiiPoWeR
His assist was the highlight moment of all games.
BenRobbins
New member
He loves a big game. Can be accused of being quiet sometimes but when we need a win he steps up big time.
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