We play a hideous brand of football and we rarely threaten the opposition if they're sat deep. Majority of our goals come from counter attacks, individual errors and set pieces. I think it's unfair to pin the blame on the team's inability to defend on Mata. Like pretty much every big club out there you want your best player to defend the least so you tinker your system in a way which exposes said player the least. Ronaldo, Messi, Suarez, Ibrahimovic, Van Persie, Gotze, Ribery etc aren't exactly workhorses are they? Of course you want Mata to defend in the big games at the highest level but I don't see the need against the likes of WBA and Swansea. There's no structure, contunity or style to our football and it's tough to watch. I doubt we'll ever see a performance like the 2nd half Man Utd away in the FA Cup this season. I don't get the point of people blaming last season's failure in Europe last season on Mata's posiitoning either. The season before he was a crucial part to our only Champions League triumph.