manpe 10,861 Posted March 30, 2013 Share Posted March 30, 2013 Why wasn't he in the squad? Was he ill or tired? I'm not up to date with national teams so I don't know if he played recently or smth? We're too overdependent on him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juko 19 Posted March 30, 2013 Share Posted March 30, 2013 he misses in the squad it's true but it's unbelievable that without Eden and Mata we are so shit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Mak 4,459 Posted March 30, 2013 Share Posted March 30, 2013 When I first came onto these forums, I went into this thread expecting, mostly, to see appreciation of Mata and how much heavily reliant we are on him for creativity, but, honestly, I nearly shit myself when I saw a considerable amount of ‘debate’ about his contribution to the team.Call him ‘weak’ or that he doesn’t defend well or that (this is my favourite) he ‘shoots too much’, fact is, we look limp without him. It’s unbelievable how much we need this little guy. The stuff he does up front outdoes anything he does/doesn’t when defending or whatever else people complain about.Show me a Chelsea without Mata and I’ll show you a Chelsea nowhere near the top 4. manpe and Rubber bullets 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jase 43,479 Posted March 30, 2013 Share Posted March 30, 2013 Chelsea have only won 2 of 11 matches in all competitions this season when Juan Mata hasn't started - P11 W2 D5 L4.Both of those wins came against Wigan in the league and Middlesbrough in the FA Cup. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jase 43,479 Posted March 30, 2013 Share Posted March 30, 2013 According to the interview in the UK's Men Health April edition magazine, Mata has been doing yoga once a week and he does it because it is good to stretch and relax the tension in the body. Also said it helps with injury prevention and good for the mind.Slightly unexpected coming from him but not bad. Another interesting thing he said is that Ivanovic is one of his best friends around. The Mak 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post! Heisenberg 1,824 Posted March 31, 2013 Popular Post! Share Posted March 31, 2013 Beigl, Despiadado.Maleante, Strike and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juko 19 Posted March 31, 2013 Share Posted March 31, 2013 the new generation and what a generation lol hazard and mata the best friends in the world Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leif 6,006 Posted April 1, 2013 Share Posted April 1, 2013 That was his 50th assist for us today. DJames 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post! Strike 7,489 Posted April 2, 2013 Popular Post! Share Posted April 2, 2013 Stan Collymore - "If Mata improves his shooting, he could be a 10-15 goals a season player" It's awkward when he's scored 18 this season Styles, The Mak, NishC300 and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milan 17,956 Posted April 2, 2013 Share Posted April 2, 2013 Mustafa and Strike 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leif 6,006 Posted April 2, 2013 Share Posted April 2, 2013 He deserves to win the Premier League Player Of The Year award. But no, he won't. Van Pussy will probably win it despite being anonymous for the second part of the season or Mr. "I have to take 15 shots before scoring" Suarez will win it, I guess. Or Bale, who was anonymous for the first half of the season.Mata is statistically the best midfielder attacking-wise in the whole of Europe this season. We are far from a 1-man team, but he's been the most vital clog out of all top teams I can think of.He has dominated top teams where-as Van Persie, Suarez, Bale etc. have done little spectacular vs. the likes of us and vs. eachother. He has a goal tally rivalling the top strikers in the world.An assist tally which I believe no one currently matches.If he was at a top club wearing red he'd be the unanimous decision. Kunter, Strike and Bir_CFC 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hkibou 622 Posted April 3, 2013 Share Posted April 3, 2013 He deserves to win the Premier League Player Of The Year award. But no, he won't. Van Pussy will probably win it despite being anonymous for the second part of the season or Mr. "I have to take 15 shots before scoring" Suarez will win it, I guess. Or Bale, who was anonymous for the first half of the season.Mata is statistically the best midfielder attacking-wise in the whole of Europe this season. We are far from a 1-man team, but he's been the most vital clog out of all top teams I can think of.He has dominated top teams where-as Van Persie, Suarez, Bale etc. have done little spectacular vs. the likes of us and vs. eachother. He has a goal tally rivalling the top strikers in the world.An assist tally which I believe no one currently matches.If he was at a top club wearing red he'd be the unanimous decision.I wouldn't understand the likes of Suarez and Bale being more higly rated than Mata. But you can't say that for Van Persie imo, he's performing in a team who's taming the league like it hadn't been since Chelsea 2004-2005. It's unthinkable not to choose a Red as best player of the season. And throughout the season who's been their best player ? RVP.Think of it that way : On the pitch and statistically (european golden shoe), 2004/2005 best PL player was Thierry Henry. But if Lampard hadn't won the award would've seemed unfair to you and outrageous right ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ainsley Harriott 2,732 Posted April 3, 2013 Share Posted April 3, 2013 I wouldn't understand the likes of Suarez and Bale being more higly rated than Mata. But you can't say that for Van Persie imo, he's performing in a team who's taming the league like it hadn't been since Chelsea 2004-2005. It's unthinkable not to choose a Red as best player of the season. And throughout the season who's been their best player ? RVP.Think of it that way : On the pitch and statistically (european golden shoe), 2004/2005 best PL player was Thierry Henry. But if Lampard hadn't won the award would've seemed unfair to you and outrageous right ?To be honest, RVP hasn't been that good lately Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rmpr 8,977 Posted April 4, 2013 Share Posted April 4, 2013 Juanito at his best! Strike, DJames and Despiadado.Maleante 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mustafa 885 Posted April 4, 2013 Share Posted April 4, 2013 Bir_CFC 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bushman 2,043 Posted April 4, 2013 Share Posted April 4, 2013 J. Mata came, we saw him & fell in love with him, instantly.The best Chelsea player this year by far. I hope, he stays at Chelsea for many years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Styles 9,790 Posted April 4, 2013 Share Posted April 4, 2013 Great ball for Demba's goal. It was a strange game for Mata though, he kind of fluffed his lines a few times but still made a match-winning contribution.I know I've criticised him in the past for disappearing in big games but he did very well in the draw at Old Trafford. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TorontoChelsea 4,064 Posted April 4, 2013 Share Posted April 4, 2013 He deserves to win the Premier League Player Of The Year award. But no, he won't. Van Pussy will probably win it despite being anonymous for the second part of the season or Mr. "I have to take 15 shots before scoring" Suarez will win it, I guess. Or Bale, who was anonymous for the first half of the season.Mata is statistically the best midfielder attacking-wise in the whole of Europe this season. We are far from a 1-man team, but he's been the most vital clog out of all top teams I can think of.He has dominated top teams where-as Van Persie, Suarez, Bale etc. have done little spectacular vs. the likes of us and vs. eachother. He has a goal tally rivalling the top strikers in the world.An assist tally which I believe no one currently matches.If he was at a top club wearing red he'd be the unanimous decision.He doesn't really deserve it. He's been excellent, but not the best player. He has 10 goals and 13 assists for a team fighting for a Champions League spot. Van Persie has 19 goals and 13 assists for the club that's actually going to win the league. Suarez has 22 goals and 9 assists. He also hasn't dominated the top teams any more than Van Persie, Suarez, or Bale. All have scored against some big teams but have worse scoring records against them then they do against smaller sides. Mata's overall numbers (in all competitions) are fantastic but a lot of that is because he plays in games that other top players don't. For example, Mata has played in 10 Cup games including 9 starts. Van Persie has 0 starts and 4 subs in those games. Bale had 3 starts. Suarez had 2 starts and 1 sub. The difference in statistics is largely Mata's games against poor opposition. Mata has 8 goals and 9 assists against teams that are not really Premier League calibre. Van Persie has 3 goals, 0 assists against the same sorts of clubs.(Which enforces the idea of how horribly Mata's playing time has been managed this season. Mata has not started in 7 Premier League games, but has started against Nordsjalland twice, Leeds, Brentford, Wolves, Monterrey, and three of our four Europa League games. In those Premier League games where Mata didn't start, we lost to QPR and West Brom by one goal and drew with Fulham and Swansea. It seems very likely that had Mata started, we'd have been able to get more points from at least a game or two.). Peace., Bir_CFC, Styles and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kellzfresh 7,229 Posted April 5, 2013 Share Posted April 5, 2013 How many assists does mata have this season because its getting ridiculous.#Assistking Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
didierforever 7,349 Posted April 5, 2013 Share Posted April 5, 2013 what a player... if he continues playing like this and getting better match after match, i dont know where he ll stop and how great he ll end up being. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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