He's been hanging out with Shinji a lot?
Juan Mata | 2013/14 Performances
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Mata is clearly such a smart dude. Ridiculously eloquent considering it's his second language. It's great he's going to be defined as a Manchester United player at the end of his career, considering we've got 10 years of it to look forward to!
"Jiro Dreams of Sushi" is a great documentary!
Further proof (if any were needed) that we would be best friends.
Further proof (if any were needed) that we would be best friends.
We should have a new thread dedicated to his blogs.
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During a normal season we can play 2 or 3 matches in a week. Makes sense to me to rotate the squad for freshness which would give Moyes the wonderful combination options of VP/Mata, Rooney/Mata or VP/Rooney. Two games out of three each so they would be getting enough games, enough rest inbetween and all playing where they flourish the most.
Really don't know why we haven't been playing him there. Utterly futile to keep shoving Mata out on to the wing.... the wings are there for wingers.
During a normal season we can play 2 or 3 matches in a week. Makes sense to me to rotate the squad for freshness which would give Moyes the wonderful combination options of VP/Mata, Rooney/Mata or VP/Rooney. Two games out of three each so they would be getting enough games, enough rest inbetween and all playing where they flourish the most.
i second this
That will never happen. How many other teams deliberately drop one of their three best players in every game they play?
So long as the three of them are all on our books the onus is on Moyes to find a way to play them all in the same XI.
Yeah, this. Up to Moyes to make it work, and the only way that seems viable to me is Rooney on the left, Mata behind RVP. Obviously Rooney doesn't like playing in midfield or like a classic winger but get him to be an attacking inside forward from that side and it could work well I think.
He's such a great guy. Man crush.
true but let's assume he starts winning games with 2 out of the 3. what then?
His confidence must be so fecking low it's infuriating. Last season he would have scored from that chance. His crosses have been wank too
We need to out on kagawa to help him out, not enough players who have actual talent like him so he's out of place there. Lacking in confidence too, he needs a goal.
I was right. Again. So far, a nothing player for us.
It is a mountainous plight to be right sometimes. I wish I would make mistakes.
It is a mountainous plight to be right sometimes. I wish I would make mistakes.
Worst player on the pitch today.
Mata is basically a City player today. All his passes are finding a blue shirt
Bad today, he's turned pretty bang average since we've signed him. Kagawa syndrome, or a victim of tactics?
Wait.. what were you right about prof?
Awful today sadly.
What was the point in signing him if we can't get the best out of him? Surely he should play behind a striker, but the "problem" is we got Rooney and RvP.
We could end up Torres-ing him. Only with though the whole winning the European Cup thing.
Poor today, playing mostly in his preferred position so no excuses either.
That's exactly where he's played for the vast majority of the game today.
I forgot he was playingfor a while
We've even managed to make Mata shit.
Proof that giving good players to a crap manager won't solve anything.
Terrible performance. Really awful.
Absolutely fecking dreadful, not the only one but the only one meant to be World Class. Hasn't shown anything at all since joining that we didn't already have in the squad.
He's trying desperately to convince us that Mata has been a nothing player for us.
Ok ,when does he start playing.
Players like Mata and Kagawa play well when the others around them are doing well. They're not game changers, they're team players. We lack movement, ideas, shape and sharpness.
Another ghastly performance.
He was really poor, but I feel more sorry about him than to blame him for some reason.
He was gash today.
At the very very least you'd expect and want him to hit quality set pieces but even on them he's been shit.
Slowly but surely has been infected by the rest of our teams lack of confidence.
Exactly.
Everybody's talking like he was on fire before we bought him. Nobody else suspect Maurine has sold us a pup?
Completely void of confidence. Really poor today but Moyes really has killed his confidence like he has for everyone else. Hope he gets a goal vs Villa because he needs one badly.
Eh? He was winning matches for Chelsea single-handedly. Here, he has no idea what he is supposed to do.
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