-Kaplan- 410 Posted January 28, 2014 Share Posted January 28, 2014 Chelsea?, Roquila and yuvala 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HD3D 1,038 Posted January 28, 2014 Share Posted January 28, 2014 how did he do?He was average.But the United fans still seem pissed because the team's overall performance was still not impressive.It's too early to tell but it seems Mata will do little to change that.City will massacre them. Chelsea? and sdrcfc 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post! gary gordon 1,777 Posted January 28, 2014 Popular Post! Share Posted January 28, 2014 If Mata couldn't beat city with us, what makes anybody think he'll beat them at United? City have 11 ball players, United have 2 decent strikers, 1 MF, a half decent keeper and 7 wastes of oxygen. Cunts like cleverly and smalling wouldn't even make our reserves. MAF, Rambo, kellzfresh and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Styles 9,790 Posted January 28, 2014 Share Posted January 28, 2014 Mata got another one of those 'assists' that actually isn't an assist.He passed the ball to Ashley Young who cut inside two players and smashed it in from 30 yards.A fantasy football assist but not one in real life. Thistle 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Mak 4,459 Posted January 28, 2014 Share Posted January 28, 2014 Not a great game from him...looked like he was still trying to cope with the step down! MAF, Barbara and sdrcfc 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jase 43,479 Posted January 28, 2014 Share Posted January 28, 2014 Pardon me for being delusional or sentimental or whatever you want to call it but I would really love to see Mata return to the club in the future. It's just doesn't feel right seeing him in other colors, never mind red. The Mak and sdrcfc 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bababoom 4,478 Posted January 28, 2014 Share Posted January 28, 2014 Dan Lavene (Chelsea Writer for the Fulham Chronicle) wrote this Article today, thought it was pretty good. www.footballscores.com/superblog/no-laughing-mata-for-sellers-chelsea/No Laughing Mata for sellers ChelseaTears were shed as, after six months of speculation, Chelsea finally parted company with Juan Mata. But why did Jose Mourinho oversee the sale of Chelsea's most popular player of the last two years?Mata had served Chelsea very well at a time when the club had quite different aspirations within its grasp – whether or not the ownership will care to admit it. In the two full seasons in which he coasted to the title of Player Of The Year at the club, Blues came 6th and 3rd in the Premier League.Which is not to say cup competitions did not make it one of the most glorious periods in the club’s history – with Mata delivering the two most garlanded assists of that period. But in those two years, Chelsea managed an average of just under 70 league points a season; whereas in Mourinho’s first spell at the club, the average was just under 90. On form so far, Chelsea are heading for 85 this season – almost entirely without Mata.Mata suited very well a series of managers of frankly limited tactical ability: who were able to set up their teams for him, and tell him to go out and do his thing. By giving him freedom, the rewards were sublime to see – even if Chelsea underwent their least consistent spell of the last decade.All of which is why he is the perfect buy right now for United.But we all know Mourinho’s Chelsea is one of greater Premier League aspirations than that of Andre Villas-Boas, Roberto Di Matteo or Rafael Benitez. Or, indeed, the Manchester United of David Moyes. Mourinho expects a far more drilled formation and performance, where no player is allowed the luxury of brilliance over teamwork.And, like it or not, results say Mourinho is right. We can never know for real how Mourinho would have dealt with a player like Gianfranco Zola, the player to whom Mata is most frequently – and, probably, most accurately – compared. But, on the one occasion in which the two Blues legends were forced together into the same match, the Sardinian (by then aged 38) was used as a 63rd minute sub by the Portuguese.It was clear from the off that Mata did not have the attributes Mourinho most desires. He doesn’t have the pace that the very best clubs in Europe expect of a forward player; he doesn’t have the height or bulk Mourinho believes is mandatory for top performers in the Premier League. Just look at the buys he has made to improve the side: the hulking great giant Nemanja Matic; the cheetah-like Mohamed Salah.Mata was never going to be either of those players.Just like Zola, Mata is more than just a footballer.They broke the mould when they made him: a cultured, stylish, intelligent man; who behaved less like the brash, spoilt footballers of now, than like the person most of us would secretly like to be. That, as much as his brilliance on the pitch, is why his departure from Chelsea has caused so much dismay.Mata will do well at United – I’m sure of that. But I’m also sure that, however hard it is to take, Chelsea will do better without him than they managed in the two years he was a mainstay of the team. Barbara, Tomo and Muzchap 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheva. 5,373 Posted January 28, 2014 Share Posted January 28, 2014 Pardon me for being delusional or sentimental or whatever you want to call it but I would really love to see Mata return to the club in the future. It's just doesn't feel right seeing him in other colors, never mind red.He will end up back in Spain next, imo. Barbara, Reddish-Blue and Korea 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reddish-Blue 2,666 Posted January 28, 2014 Share Posted January 28, 2014 Pardon me for being delusional or sentimental or whatever you want to call it but I would really love to see Mata return to the club in the future. It's just doesn't feel right seeing him in other colors, never mind red.I just don't see Mata returning.He'll probably move to Spain next...and Chelsea will probably sign another attacking midfielder in the coming seasons.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jase 43,479 Posted January 28, 2014 Share Posted January 28, 2014 He will end up back in Spain next, imo.I just don't see Mata returning.He'll probably move to Spain next...and Chelsea will probably sign another attacking midfielder in the coming seasons..You people are just so mean. Can't I even just dream, pray, wish, hope that will happen? NishC300, Sheva. and The Mak 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gary gordon 1,777 Posted January 28, 2014 Share Posted January 28, 2014 Mata returning would mean one of two things. 1. Mourinho would have to admit he was wrong, which he isn't. 2. Mourinho has been sacked. which is highly unlikely. Barbara, Tomo, Reddish-Blue and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LAB 1,030 Posted January 28, 2014 Share Posted January 28, 2014 As much as it kills me, i probably wouldn't want him back and I hope that he won't settle in MU either for many years like a second Rooney or something. That would be a whole new level of heartbreak. The_Flash and TrueChelseaBlue 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueLyon 9,359 Posted January 29, 2014 Share Posted January 29, 2014 Its sickening to see him in that red shirt...departure was sad, but the thought that I will have to watch him smile and score and celebrate in that red shirt is just ...words cant describe that shit...Mata is cool guy, but seriously United of all...the love for him will soon partly blend because he could well become ManU legend too... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post! manpe 10,861 Posted January 29, 2014 Popular Post! Share Posted January 29, 2014 Mata is cool guy, but seriously United of all...the love for him will soon partly blend because he could well become ManU legend too... "Too"? He was never a legend here to begin with, let alone after joining Man Utd. It takes more than 2 seasons to deserve the status unless you do something truly extraordinary. He is a fond memory, nothing more nothing less, at least for me. MAF, The_Flash, Drogzola and 8 others 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Flash 1,144 Posted January 29, 2014 Share Posted January 29, 2014 "Too"? He was never a legend here to begin with, let alone after joining Man Utd. It takes more than 2 seasons to deserve the status unless you do something truly extraordinary. He is a fond memory, nothing more nothing less, at least for me.Agreed at least some people see the reality of the situation Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueLyon 9,359 Posted January 29, 2014 Share Posted January 29, 2014 "Too"? He was never a legend here to begin with, let alone after joining Man Utd. It takes more than 2 seasons to deserve the status unless you do something truly extraordinary. He is a fond memory, nothing more nothing less, at least for me.He may not be typical legend, but he helped us win first CL title. I guess after 50 years, Chelsea fans will tell stories about those 11 'legends' who brought us first ever CL title. Some bigger some smaller, but all heroes and legends Kunter 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1chelsea 864 Posted January 29, 2014 Share Posted January 29, 2014 Look like he is the happy one ATM all smiles, really not Manu type because soon he will be puting up this face Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoubleO 192 Posted January 29, 2014 Share Posted January 29, 2014 Didn't play very well yesterday according to friends who are United fans... But ofc it takes time to settle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrippingStep 336 Posted January 29, 2014 Share Posted January 29, 2014 He was average.But the United fans still seem pissed because the team's overall performance was still not impressive.It's too early to tell but it seems Mata will do little to change that.City will massacre them.It doesn't surprise me. When he played under Di Matteo with Malouda, Anelka as "wingers" he wasn't impressing me. Was often playing sideways pass and was incapable of beating a man or at least drive with the ball wich draw defenders and create space.It was Oscar Hazard coming last year that made him look more impressive than he is. MAF 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ze Mario 638 Posted January 29, 2014 Share Posted January 29, 2014 uglier in red shirt. and that face.. lol Barbara and The_Flash 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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