Don't listen to the BS that is the English media! Hazard may not be the best defensively when tracking back but he has improved a lot on that recently than most people are giving him credit for. The English media like to turn a blind eye and conveniently exaggerate things about us especially when we are in a bad moment!
Was driving through Tooting, London the other night and who else but the Juan and Only Mata in a bmw x6 drove up along side me. I literally froze and stuck my thumb up like a little kid . Was kinda embarassing but i was having such a shit day and just seeing this little genius in the flesh made me happy again. Not only was he being chauffeured in a bmw x6 but it was a gun metal grey colour too. He's cooler than Penguin Piss!
When we slate Torres lack of goals our other forwards have hardly been lighting up the world since he arrived either, since El Nino's arrival Anelka has only scored 3 goals and Drogba has only got 2 (mabye 3) so its obviously runs deeper than Torres just being "finished".
A very well written analysis or Mata and comparison to Silva by a Valencia Fan taken from another forum. Gives you a good insight on the two players. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Well, IMHO nowadays they're equally good if you ask me. When they were here, I considered Silva being a bit better than Mata, because Silva made more last passes and his position on the field was more relevant, scoring more goals than Mata and being more popular than him 'cause Silva was Villa's right hand. That made Mata being not so notorious, but when both Villa and Silva left Valencia, Mata was more predominant, more important for our game, totally replacing Silva's game and skills, and being more mature, more clever on his movements, having a better eye for the passes, etc. To put it simple, when the three of them were here, the specific position of each one was this: ------ X ------ X -- X - X -- X X - X - X - Mata ----- Silva ---- ----- Villa ---- Now, as I said, they're both excellent players, but I prefer Mata over Silva for various reasons: - Mata can play as a left winger or as a link between midfielders and strikers. Silva can do it too, but tends to do only the second thing. Silva hardly ever played as left winger; on the other hand, Mata has played as that intermediate player from time to time so he has that kind of experience. In a few words, I see Mata being more capable or doing different jobs on the field, thing that Silva can't do because he centered his game on being the last passer and nothing more. - Mata is more professional in terms that he wants to play always, Silva only played here when he wanted to. When Silva didn't want to run, that was like we had only 10 players on the field. Mata, instead of that, "sweats the T-shirt" like we say in Spain, runs all the match and gives the best of him always. Silva is more like a self-called star, and Mata is kind of humble, if you catch my drift. - Mata knows that there are more players from his team on the field, Silva lacks that. Silva prefers to rely on his dribbling skills and plays "solo" most of the time, and Mata, however, prefers to pass the ball. Probably Silva is, then, faster and capable of dribble the defenders, but I think Mata's style is more clever and more convenient for the team. To put it all together, Silva is a superb player being the man who does the last pass, but nothing more. Mata maybe lacks Silva's keen eye for that job, but I see him more regular, more all-around kind of player, capable of doing different things depending of which position has on the field, and personally I prefer a player who is a B on everything than another one who is an A on one thing but a C on the others.
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