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Silva does and he plays on the wings most of his time at City.... Ozil does and has played a lot of games for Arsenal on the wings....... Santi does, but fails.... Coutinho doesnt, but like Mata, has physical limitations and is always injured... ISCO a beast... Selling Mata to raise funds so Mourinho can bring in one of his own players that fit his gameplay is the way it should be....

Balotelli is prob the most talented CF outside of Zlatan right now... He's technique and physical attributes are on par with each other, but his head is the questionable area....

Suspend them and you lose a ton of money... No one would do that... Its one thing to fine players so they lose their money, but its another thing to suspend them and the league/sponsors lose their own money.

NBA style.... Fine them money... But Lebron and Chris Paul still flops..

I agree. Hazard doesnt dive.... He baits for fouls though and if he keeps doing that, his career will be shortened. I think yesterday game he dived once though, but besides that I dont remember a single time this season. (I guess some of his falls in the box could be considered "dives.")

Yep... Lewda was realistic for Chelsea.... LOL... This was already done a while back and Lewda already said it numerous times...Rumors, yep!

Well, if he does leave. he will play second fiddle to any big team he potentially joins... However, if he goes to an emerging squad, than maybe not...

after they won UCL, everything and everyone was forgiven and forgotten... except by Roman...

Having Reus, hazard, oscar, schurrle and willian will not bode well in the future. 1-2 will be unhappy playing random games and we will have the same situation again as right now.... Its best just to keep OScar, hazard, schurrle and willian and bring back Moses. We should be buying 2 cms, lb, CF and the future successor to JT.

Juan Mata was never in Jose plan.... Mata was always going to get sacrificed eventually.... Whether it was Willian, Schurrle or whoever, he was going to bring someone else in... And what club is this? What big club is going to maximize Mata skillset and hide his weaknesses?

dont think Mata would go to a russian club. Because that would truly be the end for him in Spain NT... I dont know any big team that would break the bank for Mata except PSG (not because they need him, just because they can), unless you consider Monaco..... Everton might be a possibility in the long run with Martinez.....

its pretty simple. Three names. Ronaldo. ROnaldinho. Zidane. In current times... Excluding static players.... Messi. Zlatan. RVP. Balotelli. Some others as well...

Its not really that ridiculous, because if he had gotten the pk and the red card, it would be 10 v 11 with their second choice keeper.....

I have a question? I wasnt on these boards in 2012, during the Champs league run, however were the people on this board as critical to Drogba and his diving as well???

Not that bad.... However, MLS is the vacation spot for players.... Last paycheck and less stress! Also, no team would command a high transfer fee in the MLS, so, it doesnt really benefit Chelsea...

Mata was never part of Mourinho plan.... Mourinho plan was to slowly fade out Mata so he wouldnt get the supporters disapproval for the direct sale of Mata..... In addition, Rooney didnt want to be at United or for Moyes... Had we swap and added cash, we might of had a chance at him. rooney fits the team better than Torres, eto, ba or lukaku.

It has nothing to do with form...... Its the fact that he is playing on the wings and in the center, rather than staying mainly in the center role. In addition, he is required to use a lot of energy pressing.. Mata still is the same player he was last season, its just his role and current tactics arent beneficial for him to have incredible stats....

Should of swap him for Rooney in the summer... But than again, people on this board actually think Mata is better than Rooney...

Man united shows just how much RVP is to Man United.... I have no clue how Bale won poty over RVP....

They lost out on a few big name players already. Lucas Hazard Thiago Cesc After Shinji stint with United, not sure how positive he will be with his time at United.... United might become what Liverpool was the past few years.....

Exactly.... Oscar should not play in the pivot, unless teams are parking the bus. However, even if he does, I would bet Mourinho give Lampard the role as 10 rather than Mata..

nah.. Hazard doesnt really dive... BUt he baits for fouls.... (dont know how he expects to have a long career with each random kick he gets).. Oscar on the otherhand, dives quite a bit (However, this generation of players dive a lot as well)... Its not a big deal, but it is what it is... I didnt really have a problem with what he did this game because if you can get a penalty, play vs 10 men, and have their 2nd choice keeper.. In the long run, it would be better for the rest of the game, rather than just the one goal...

eh, Mata situation is turning to the same situation as Torres.... Style of play doesnt fit highly regarded player and suffers (Stats wise)..... And people thought all that stuff in the summer about Mata and Mourinho was just a bunch of baloney.

LOL.... Oscar is a diver.... I said this before as well. If you watch him play, he dives and falls quite a bit... If the brazilian league is truly like that, than their all divers as well... He's been carded before for simulated dives as well.... So........

Cristiano/Bale have physical attributes Hazard will never have.... AS mentioned above, Ribery is the ideal....... However, I still think he can be what Cassano failed to be.....