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After keeping 1 clean sheet in 10 games, we have now kept 4 clean sheets in last 5 games

Run run run. He could have had another assist if torres scored.

Either derbys pressing is very good or our passing has been shit.

Y didn't any of KDB, Schurrle or mata start??

If bertrand is not injured, he should run for his life this transfer window.

That's how he is. Even if he is not having a great game, he doesn't just disappear from the match. You feel his presence massively.

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Honestly, it never felt that way when I saw him play. When oscar or willian has a terrible match, I still see them running, tackling, and it looks like their giving their best. But when KDB had bad games, he just disappeared completely. This happens to people who don't have workrate, like ibrahimovic, berbatov or coutinho. Either he gave up already and made up his mind to leave since, or he just isn't that type of player.

You may be right. At times he played like he just gave up and stopped trying. But its Still shocking how he covered the most distance in bundesliga. That stat must have been fake. He is not a high work rate type of player, he is more of the juan mata mould from what he has shown here.

You may be right. At times he played like he just gave up and stopped trying. But its Still shocking how he covered the most distance in bundesliga. That stat must have been fake. He is not a high work rate type of player, he is more of the juan mata mould from what he has shown here.

To be fair to him, mourinho didn't play him enough. But, I thought KDB had the highest work rate in Germany last season, I expected at least to see a him being a hard worker during the matches he played to support that stat but even willian is more hard working than him which is a shocker. How KDB managed to cover the most distance in germany is a flat out mystery to me. Totally different player from what I thought in terms of workrate.

We can't sell mata. One injury and he can find himself a constant starter. The season is still long and as debruyne is leaving then mata must stay for our teams sake.

Straight swap for javi martinez or they can forget it

Yea his size is needed. He will replace lampard comfortably in the pivot. And has more mobility than him.

I hope he doesn't fade out like kakuta. Let him play a lot of games for 2 consecutive seasons. He'll be 21, then he can come to us. I really like that he's a good finisher. We need more of that here.

Especially as Lampard is injured for a month and essein seems to be leaving, we must buy a CM at all cost

Dortmund concede way too much goals. We can't afford that since we are not as clinical as them in attack. We would be like bayern last season or madrid 2012

Our wingers don't know how to cross.

Exactly. I said this earlier I don't get why people expect mata to walk into any team in europe. Unless they play with mata in the center in a 4-2-3-1 and mata stays like the 2nd striker, its not looking as easy as people are saying to me.

Don't like manzukic, just like dzeko, too slow for me but better than what we got

With lampard out, and essien probably going this jan, we have mikel and ramires for the pivot. We must buy now. Matuidi, matic, witsel, anyone of them will do.

Yea that might be the best solution for everyone. Mata could play behind villa and athletico would still be great in attack too. That should also prevent us from using courtois as a bargaining chip for Diego Costa.

If we win the rest of our home games, and beat a few teams away, we win the title. 82-85points is enough

I don't think mata will find it as easy as people think to walk into any team in europe and starting matches behind the striker. PSG play 4-3-3 or 4-4-2 With ibrahimovic or cavani on form and playing in the center he has no chance of playing centrally. He will end up playing in the wings, and if he couldn't adapt here, its not looking good because he has lucas moura and lavezzi to challenge At Bayern and Barca he'll be on the bench. Madrid sold ozil because of workrate, mata doesn't stand a chance. Dortmund don't have money, manutd have rooney playing there and even kagawa (another player that is only good in one position) can't get there ahead of rooney. Tottenham don't look like getting into champs league, liverpool have to get into champs lge to get him, and if suarez and sturridge are both fit he may still have to play in the wings. His options to get matches for world cup don't look good unless dortmund break their bank or another team changes their system to 4-2-3-1 just for mata. And on top of this we are still not sure if del bosque will start him for spain if he still wasn't a starter after his best ever year last season.

We have traore