Kojo 4,676 Posted May 21, 2012 Share Posted May 21, 2012 He will definitely stay now, that's what i'm happy about. Azpinator 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jase 43,479 Posted May 21, 2012 Share Posted May 21, 2012 Did you count the assist in CL final? If not, looks like the wikipedia is wrong then. Yes and that is his 20th of the season, 1 more than David Silva this campaign too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lecter 84 Posted May 21, 2012 Share Posted May 21, 2012 A great signing. I feel that they found some true blues in Rami, Luiz and Mata in the recent years. Awesome display of attitude and passion by the three, all through the season.I still think we depend a tad too much on Mata. I want us to sign another CAM as that is the only position we dont seem to have options! Ezio 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kostas 1,468 Posted May 21, 2012 Share Posted May 21, 2012 @KostasMata played a good match. Mourinho's team wasnt build around Drogba, from 04 to 06, when we won 2 PL in a row, Drogba wasnt as important as he was for the team this days.You know I've often said there's a chance we were watching different teams back then.Not as important as this year and in 09/10 ? MaybeBut there's no way in hell you'll convince me that team wasn't built around a direct center-forward like Drogs.Actually Lampard lost a penalty against Portugal in WC, and Drogba was always a flop in African Nations Cup.Again null points since Saturday's match was the one that mattered. It was by far the most important game of their careers.. and they did not fail to stand to the occasion.Didier was an a avarage striker in his first years here, but he learned how to be a winner. He carried Marseille to the final of a European competition, he wasn't just a talented part of a greater team.Mata is alerady a winner, and AVB team wasnt built around Mata, since he never knew where to play the guy. Of course it was. He gave the guy license to roam and our left wing was unoccupied most of the time, our whole fricking team was unbalanced so that Mata would have the "freedom" to do his thing.I'm not sure this was actually a point of if you were disagreeing for the sake of disagreeing. And your comment was 100% uncalled for one day after our victory, and after the season Mata had with us.It wasn't meant to be a critique against Mata, but more of comment on the good-old revolution/evolution BS, a debate which was naturally formed to the wishes of transfer muppets.I don't need anyone telling me what a season my Player of the Season had.Much like I would gladly admit any day of the season that while extremely talented and intelligent in terms of football Mata is nowhere near the league of Lampard and Drogba when it comes to mental strength. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Santiago. 1,500 Posted May 21, 2012 Share Posted May 21, 2012 Does anybody know when he'll be joining the Spanish team for the Euros? Spain will be here in Austria just a few kilometres from my hometown practicing and preparing for the big tournament and I'll be going to the first trainings session tomorrow so I just wanted to know if there's a chance to meet Juan and Torres.Yup, both Torres and Mata made it which i am excited for as i will be rooting for them. Torres really deserves it as these past months he worked his ass off Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jase 43,479 Posted May 21, 2012 Share Posted May 21, 2012 Yup, both Torres and Mata made it which i am excited for as i will be rooting for them. Torres really deserves it as these past months he worked his ass offReally hope Mata doesnt go to the Olympics. We can't let him suffer a burnt out with so many games coming up for us next season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Santiago. 1,500 Posted May 21, 2012 Share Posted May 21, 2012 Really hope Mata doesnt go to the Olympics. We can't let him suffer a burnt out with so many games coming up for us next season.Both got selected for the European Championships. And with the quality of the Spanish midfield i will doubt Mata will suffer and kind of fatigue Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amblève. 4,995 Posted May 21, 2012 Share Posted May 21, 2012 Yup, both Torres and Mata made it which i am excited for as i will be rooting for them. Torres really deserves it as these past months he worked his ass offBut do you know WHEN they will join the team? Will they get a few days to go on holidays or will they arrive the same the rest of Spain does? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jase 43,479 Posted May 21, 2012 Share Posted May 21, 2012 Both got selected for the European Championships. And with the quality of the Spanish midfield i will doubt Mata will suffer and kind of fatigueTrue but I would prefer to see Mata getting a nice & deserved rest before next season for us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomCFC 357 Posted May 21, 2012 Share Posted May 21, 2012 Really hope Mata doesnt go to the Olympics. We can't let him suffer a burnt out with so many games coming up for us next season.He won't if he's in the Euros, and I doubt he'll play a major role in that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Santiago. 1,500 Posted May 21, 2012 Share Posted May 21, 2012 But do you know WHEN they will join the team? Will they get a few days to go on holidays or will they arrive the same the rest of Spain does?Unfortunately not much of a holiday. They join the squad May 25th Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amblève. 4,995 Posted May 21, 2012 Share Posted May 21, 2012 Unfortunately not much of a holiday. They join the squad May 25thNOOOOOOOOOOOOO, I won't see them. Fucking shit! That can't be fair. It just can't be. I'll be off to Berlin that day, why can't they arrive ealier? Thanks for the info, anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jase 43,479 Posted May 22, 2012 Share Posted May 22, 2012 http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2148085/Juan-Mata-park-opens-Oviedo.html?ITO=1490&utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=twitterfeedA park in his home town Oviedo has been named after him and he got another thing too... TacticalBlues, RamiCFC9 and Sheva. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KonohasOrangeFlash 2,607 Posted May 22, 2012 Share Posted May 22, 2012 A bit off-topic but Mata's penalty miss had me thinking.I remember a topic around the middle of the season in which the topic starter expressed his fears of how we may be turning into the Arsenal of 06-10, playing the entertaining "proper" football that both the owner and the fans have been craving for. The thing that the topic starter was concerned about is how we bottled games and threw away results in the very same manner that Arsenal team did. We set new records for goals conceded in the last 10-15 minutes of the game and gave away the cheapest of goals in games that we were by far the better footballing side.Yesterday Drogba and Lampard scored their penalties while Mata failed to. AVB's Chelsea was built around Mata. Mourinho's Chelsea (and all our successful sides since he left, including Ancelotti's) was built around Drogba and Lampard. Players that had at the time, and yesterday proved once again they still do, the strength of character needed in football, the winner's strength. A strength the serial bottlers of Arsenal lacked, a strength that Mata lacked last night.Apart from the footballing side of things (tactics, footballing style, substitutions, transfers, individual performances, rotten luck) and what the media forced us to consider pivotal (manager-players relations) the thing that IMO caused the downfall of AVB's Chelsea was coming to a successful club and trying to start from almost zero with players that were largely untested and unproven at this level and under this kind of pressure.Winning sides are built around winners.WOW, Talk about reading way too much into a Penalty miss......... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheva. 5,373 Posted May 22, 2012 Share Posted May 22, 2012 Congrats Juan, what a year for him Fulham Broadway 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fulham Broadway 17,311 Posted May 23, 2012 Share Posted May 23, 2012 how about this stat...Mata ran more than 16,000 metres in the game (over 10 miles)!Having played most games this season, you would forgive him for tiringPlayer of the Season indeed CHOULO19, Kez and Sheva. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHOULO19 24,332 Posted May 23, 2012 Share Posted May 23, 2012 Mata ran more than 16,000 metres in the game (over 10 miles)! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RamiCFC9 258 Posted May 23, 2012 Share Posted May 23, 2012 1 Season and already a legend JUAN MATA !! BlueLion. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bir_CFC 3,455 Posted May 23, 2012 Share Posted May 23, 2012 how about this stat...Mata ran more than 16,000 metres in the game (over 10 miles)!Having played most games this season, you would forgive him for tiringPlayer of the Season indeed I think he runs the most every game. Even more than Ramires. Pretty amazing. Now, if we could move the ball even quicker and be a more attacking force then his influence could get DOUBLED. Fulham Broadway 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post! Term-X 7,891 Posted May 23, 2012 Popular Post! Share Posted May 23, 2012 Fair play to David luiz for being with him in his hour of need. After what he's done for us this season, Mata didn't deserve to be the villain. Sheva., BlueLion., Jype and 17 others 20 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.