Juan Mata

[ZOS 580]

I don't have a problem with jose benching Mata (he has backed his decision with a very persuasive argument, IMO) but beside making his point about the decision, why hammer the lad with public criticism? why say Oscar is the number 10 and Mata has to adopt playing the inverted winger role? Why mention the two players in a comparative way?

[CHOULO19 24,332]

I don't have a problem with jose benching Mata (he has backed his decision with a very persuasive argument, IMO) but beside making his point about the decision, why hammer the lad with public criticism? why say Oscar is the number 10 and Mata has to adopt playing the inverted winger role? Why mention the two players in a comparative way?

To motivate Mata to work harder?

[meetdoscar 335]

I don't have a problem with jose benching Mata (he has backed his decision with a very persuasive argument, IMO) but beside making his point about the decision, why hammer the lad with public criticism? why say Oscar is the number 10 and Mata has to adopt playing the inverted winger role? Why mention the two players in a comparative way?

He said oscar has the qualities he wants in his no. 10 good pressing and creativity and he also said mata is a fantasic and clever player. How and when did he compare?

[bushman 2,043]

To motivate Mata to work harder?

Mata works very hard by sitting on the bench.

[ZOS 580]

To motivate Mata to work harder?

how did that work for Casillas and Pepe? ... I'm sure that's the excuse but ... we'll see, I guess

[mediator 2,026]

and creativity

That's the part where i don't agree. In terms of creativity, he is way behind Mata. When Oscar creates, it's for him to take a shoot. But for the rest, he is a harder worker.

[CHOULO19 24,332]

how did that work for Casillas and Pepe? ... I'm sure that's the excuse but ... we'll see, I guess

The situations can't be compared. In Madrid there was huge issues and fighting in the dressing room and you have no idea how much politics there is there, even among players. And, tbf for Jose, neither of the was good enough to be in the Madrid starting XI.

Mata is a professional, there is nothing personal between him and Jose. He will either step-up and prove that he can be a vital part of Jose's system or he will leave, it's that simple.

[Mouri_Matic 560]

The situations can't be compared. In Madrid there was huge issues and fighting in the dressing room and you have no idea how much politics there is there, even among players. And, tbf for Jose, neither of the was good enough to be in the Madrid starting XI.

Mata is a professional, there is nothing personal between him and Jose. He will either step-up and prove that he can be a vital part of Jose's system or he will leave, it's that simple.

Perfectly said. Just that most fans couldn't bare to face that 2nd option you said because Mata was our best player in the last 2 years.

[bushman 2,043]

The situations can't be compared. In Madrid there was huge issues and fighting in the dressing room and you have no idea how much politics there is there, even among players. And, tbf for Jose, neither of the was good enough to be in the Madrid starting XI.

Mata is a professional, there is nothing personal between him and Jose. He will either step-up and prove that he can be a vital part of Jose's system or he will leave, it's that simple.

The fight, discontentment was created by Jose because he benched Casillas.

Now, you want Mata to adapt to a different role or hit the road ?

[edenhazard17 281]

Wait till Mata perform again and all the pointless opinions and discussions become really pointless

[ZOS 580]

The situations can't be compared. In Madrid there was huge issues and fighting in the dressing room and you have no idea how much politics there is there, even among players. And, tbf for Jose, neither of the was good enough to be in the Madrid starting XI.

Mata is a professional, there is nothing personal between him and Jose. He will either step-up and prove that he can be a vital part of Jose's system or he will leave, it's that simple.

I know it is not the same, I didn't claim it was ... but the fact that he went public with the issue didn't help .. I'm glad he talked about high line defense and the need for the number 10 role to press the midfield, that was exactly what I had in mind. But, again, he could have avoided saying "Mata needs to learn playing my way" , "Oscar is my number 10", "Mata had a better stat because Oscar was playing wide and was helping to defend" ... he was better off not saying any of those things, IMHO

PS: especially on the part where he defended Oscar's stat last season against that of Mata, I think Jose fell in to the pundit's trap ... it was rather an emotional statement, totally uncalled for

[bushman 2,043]

Wait till Mata perform again and all the pointless opinions and discussions become really pointless

If all in here is pointless to you, perhaps you should ask the mods to pack it in & close this forum ?

[CHOULO19 24,332]

The fight, discontentment was created by Jose because he benched Casillas.

Now, you want Mata to adapt to a different role or hit the road ?

The fight was way before Lopez was bought and Cassillas benched, in fact that is why Lopez was bought, because Jose had issues with Iker. The issues started with Ramos the year before.

Being beneficial to the team or "hitting the road" is kind of how all player-club relations work.

I know it is not the same, I didn't claim it was ... but the fact that he went public with the issue didn't help .. I'm glad he talked about high line defense and the need for the number 10 role to press the midfield, that was exactly what I had in mind. But, again, he could have avoided saying "Mata needs to learn playing my way" , "Oscar is my number 10", "Mata had a better stat because Oscar was playing wide and was helping to defend" ... he was better off not saying any of those things, IMHO

Yeah, of course you can make a case of why he should not have said that, but Jose is the ultimate motivator, half his "game" is the psychological war. It has worked miracles in the past so I trust his judgement here. Sometimes the war has it's causalities, but it is for the good of the team in the long run.

[bushman 2,043]

The fight was way before Lopez was bought and Cassillas benched, in fact that is why Lopez was bought, because Jose had issues with Iker. The issues started with Ramos the year before.

Being beneficial to the team or "hitting the road" is kind of how all player-club relations work.

Yeah, of course you can make a case of why he should not have said that, but Jose is the ultimate motivator, half his "game" is the psychological war. It has worked miracles in the past so I trust his judgement here. Sometimes the war has it's causalities, but it is for the good of the team in the long run.

Ok then. Mata is not beneficial to the team if I read it well,

Today, I read:

New Chelsea style doesn´t suit Torres. Is he going to be benched too ?

[ZOS 580]

on the bright side of things, we now once more have a manager with balls and he understands the need for change ... I'm enjoying Jose talking about high blocking (as he calls it ), repossessing the ball quickly in the opposition half, the need for keeping the ball on the ground for we don't have DD any more and that we will never try to get back to the old ways of doing things ... its really great listening all these from Jose cause some of us were expecting the opposite

[CHOULO19 24,332]

Ok then. Mata is not beneficial to the team if I read it well,

Today, I read:

New Chelsea style doesn´t suit Torres. Is he going to be benched too ?

But is there someone in Torres' position playing much better than him?

Torres, on any account, has been just as "benched" as Mata and has gotten almost the same amount of minutes. It comes down to who is playing best in the current system and, atm, Mata is not. You can't keep starting a player for what he has done in the past.

[edenhazard17 281]

If all in here is pointless to you, perhaps you should ask the mods to pack it in & close this forum ?

I did

Close this thread. I'm getting sick of this shit.

I mean what we're arguing and discussing right now will be pointless, if Mata perform again. As simple as that. We all know it is just a matter of time.

[didierforever 7,349]

The fight, discontentment was created by Jose because he benched Casillas.

Now, you want Mata to adapt to a different role or hit the road ?

he benched casillas because casillas was starting to suck. even carlo has taken the same decision and any1 who has watched RM continously would say that it was the right decision. the benching had nothing to do with the fight/discontenment. they were fighting way before casillas was benched.

[xPetrCechx 13,570]

Mata axe baffles ex-Blues boss Grant

Former Chelsea manager Avram Grant has expressed his confusion at Juan Mata's exile under Jose Mourinho but said he expected the forward to remain at Stamford Bridge.

http://www.espn.co.uk/football/sport/story/240697.html

[bushman 2,043]

But is there someone in Torres' position playing much better than him?

Torres, on any account, has been just as "benched" as Mata and has gotten almost the same amount of minutes. It comes down to who is playing best in the current system and, atm, Mata is not. You can't keep starting a player for what he has done in the past.

May I ask who exactly is better than Torres, currently ?

If I remember correctly, Chelsea´s strikers scored ONE GOAL so far.

Certainly, I do not want to start a player based on his past. All I am asking, if Jose didn´t want to use Mata, why not sell him then ?

Luiz benched, KDB not playing, Mata´s benched, the strikers are useless...but Jose has got a new project ?