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[–]PX44 19ポイント20ポイント  (8子コメント)

I've been banging this "Mata is not that good" drum for a season and a bit now, you really do need to build a team around the guy to get the best out of him.

[–]RedDevilAndy 13ポイント14ポイント  (5子コメント)

Mata is bang average if u compare him to other players in the same position. People love Mata because he's the nice guy therefore 'cant critizise' him. No pace, not athletic/dynamic, no contribution defensively at all, cant go past a man. What he has got is a 10yard killer ball or the odd freekick goal. Feels like he's slowing us down, thats why Mou let him go.

[–]PX44 7ポイント8ポイント  (0子コメント)

Preaching to the converted mate. Preaching to the converted.

You've summed him up very well there. Pace is fairly important but it's the technical footwork I care about more for this position - against two banks of four, pace isn't going to crack that open, you're going to need either good footwork or quick passing. Both are attributes we need to target for our next 10, I think.

[–]mink_manBellion -2ポイント-1ポイント  (2子コメント)

Mata needs to play in a fast team where he can play balls in behind the defence to a pacey striker.

[–]LDN2016[S] -1ポイント0ポイント  (1子コメント)

He's played plenty with DiMa, Martial, Rashford, Wilson and Lingard making runs and done fuck all play making.

[–]mink_manBellion 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

Fast team - we are not and never have been under LVG.

[–]LDN2016[S] 3ポイント4ポイント  (1子コメント)

Even then, the team's attack was awful when built around him. He padded his stats but they didn't score many and struggled to 6th.

[–]PX44 4ポイント5ポイント  (0子コメント)

Yeah I thought about editing to add that, but it seemed overkill lol.

I'd like to see him sold, us get in a genuinely capable 10, and rotate with Pereira for COC/earlier FA games next season to get the lad experience.

[–]baby_bomb_squad 5ポイント6ポイント  (6子コメント)

Yet he still scored in both legs against United

2-3

And they freaking won 1-0 off a late Mata deflection shot

[–]LDN2016[S] 0ポイント1ポイント  (5子コメント)

Yep, he always pads his individual stats and his team ends up losing.

Which is fine because he'll promise to do better next week.

hugs

x

[–]baby_bomb_squad 4ポイント5ポイント  (3子コメント)

Did you just downvote me for not circlejerking with you?

[–]CalimariaeSolskjaer 1ポイント2ポイント  (2子コメント)

It's "Shit on Mata week". Didn't you get the memo?

[–]GingerwigMataaaaaa! 0ポイント1ポイント  (1子コメント)

It always is when we lose.

[–]tamasuperstarDe Gea 2ポイント3ポイント  (0子コメント)

Not to mention downvote opinions I don't like week (every week here I guess).

I actually think OP's points is a pertinent one, I just don't know why people can't take a nuanced view.

It's always:

Mata is a shite, weak minded player, fuck him and his blogs, anyone who disagrees with me will be downvoted, when really the truth is more nuanced than that, even though OP makes some good points, they're just ruined by opinion downvoting and a lack of considering other viewpoints.

[–]Worst_smurf_NAFergie's hairdryer 5ポイント6ポイント  (1子コメント)

Mata is quite a curious case. When he plays centrally and is given space, he can pick some exquisite passes and find space for himself in the box too. When he's on the wing, he affects the entire game in a whole different sense--he makes our play far more narrow because he constantly cuts inside and provides no threat of pace to beat a fullback down the touchline.

Watching him at No. 10 for Chelsea was impressive, as those sides had the quality to give him the time and space he needed. At United, he has very rarely played in the 10 role, and even when he has, his performances have been quite inconsistent, due to our "philosophy" of possession for possession sake (i.e. not as many through passes and shots), our lack of quality, and to the way that teams attack Mata, similar to what SAF was saying above.

I really like Mata as a person, and it's clear he gives his all on the pitch (there are very few people I can say that about this season), but he's just been overmatched this year, and playing on the wing just doesn't help him nor the club. He would be far better suited in any of the other big leagues (Bundesliga, La Liga, Ligue 1, Serie A) and would probably even thrive there, but he just isn't that effective in the way he's been positioned here since his arrival

Most people think Mourinho would spell the end for Mata, and I have to say, that would probably be best for both parties

[–]craigybachaManchester United 2ポイント3ポイント  (0子コメント)

But he's played no. 10 now for the past 3+ months and not impressed at all. He's had his chance now in his prefered position and not done well.

[–]KeKaRoNiJanuzaj 3ポイント4ポイント  (0子コメント)

Don't give them any ideas, please.

[–]iSubyPereira -1ポイント0ポイント  (0子コメント)

I'd like to see mata play cf with memphis/martial/lingard/rashford either side