Juan Mata

[Gilvorak 3,734]

Gonna miss Juan.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UiL0hMLTaxs

[Sir Mikel OBE 4,920]

Do you honestly believe that? Don't you think, if Mata has a big role to play, he would have been given substantial chances over the past few months and trusted more? He has been treated as if he was Benayoun.

He has started plenty. He would still be seeing minutes too if he didnt have a meltdown the last time he was subbed.

[lionsden 4,689]

A promising kid who had a couple of good games for probably the best #10 in the world last season?

I would stop watching football if that happened. I'm not joking at all. I would switch to something else.

That's one of the reasons I have stopped taking the mata thread seriously. people will have you believe he's the Spanish charlie adam with the disrespectful tone they write about him now that he's no longer a starter. And the sad thing is that, there would be some Chelsea fans who would actually support the insane mata for adnan swap.

[The Skipper 20,609]

You guys do know Rooney is 30 next year right? It'd be the typical Chelsea short term move so I wouldn't be surprised tbh.

He's 30 in 21 months lol, closer to 2 years than 1.

[Cech's helmet 220]

It's mind blowing how a player who was our star player for the last 2 years can just be dropped like that out of the blue for ridiculous reasons like "he doesn't track back" he's a fooking number 10 ffs. did Ronaldinho, Riquelme and Kaka "track back" when they were playing as no10's?

Oscar can do all these tackles/pressing because he used to play as a CM in Brazil. Oscar is a good player, wherever you play him, he's going to do the job. Mata is different, he's not complete, but there are only a few players in the world that have similar vision, creativity and passing like him in the world. Oscar obviously scored/assisted more this year and that's because he's playing week in week out. Mata didn't get a fair shot, and that's whats pissing me off the most.

[Azpinator 2,325]

We actually deserve to be called plastic fans by others, I finally get it.

[Cech's helmet 220]

Gonna miss Juan.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UiL0hMLTaxs

Watching this video makes me rage. Willian and Oscar don't even do a quarter of the things he's done in this video.not because they're bad players, it's just some players are naturally gifted. it's instinct, Mata's born with it. the long range passes, the through balls, the curvey finishes, the perfect corner kicks, 1 touch play. now that's someone who I'm going to pay to watch. any hard working player can chase the ball and tackle for 90 minutes, but only few are magical and provide entertainment/magical moments.

Also it's quite ironic when someone on here suggest Oscar should play right wing/CM someone comes and says " why change something when it's perfect?"

Well, Mata was our no10 for 2 years and it worked perfectly... so why is Jose starting Oscar in that role?

19 goals and 35 assists last year and Jose prefers playing Ramires on the right wing ahead of him, fuk me, talk about double standards.

[FabHazard 655]

Please Do not sell him to ManUtd!!!!!

[lionsden 4,689]

We actually deserve to be called plastic fans by others, I finally get it.

It's still amazing how quickly people turned on him and change their opinion from last season. it was so quick, it left the speed of sound for dead and had the speed of light trailing by a couple of thousand miles per second.

[chelsea_4_eva 1,182]

I miss Juan so much... It's been a while since i've seen him on the pitch. Miss watching his magic...

[Shane 2,275]

Needs to get 90 minutes at the weekend. Without a doubt.

Will start to question Jose if he doesn't.

[Pascal Newton 33]

19 goals and 35 assists last year and Jose prefers playing Ramires on the right wing ahead of him, fuk me, talk about double standards.

You know what's funnier. When people are examining this issue they start with an assumption which they then try to justify. The assumption is that Mourinho is right to bench Mata. I love Mourinho, I know he builds unbeatable teams, and have followed his Inter and Madrid teams, but I don't remember him ever making a decision seemingly as bonkers as this one. I think his reputation makes people search for good reasons for his decision rather than the obvious one - namely, that he might have made a mistake.

[The Skipper 20,609]

As I said before, now that we have a proper CM pairing with Matic and whoever, I think that playing Mata at number 10 shouldn't be such a problem anymore for Jose. Jose should utilise Mata's skill sets in the right way, especially against teams that sit deep and pack 11 men behind the ball. Mata would be ideal at number 10 in those situations - especially if he had a solid CM behind him.

Hopefully Jose tries this but I doubt it. The thing is we've actually played pretty well over our last couple of games.

To me, Mata should be sold so he can save his career. He's too good to be a benchwarmer. I wouldn't want to sell him to United though, unless it was a ridiculous offer.

[mannyfreshh 164]

Play mata as #10 and play oscar next to matic/mikel/ramires... Mata needs to play!!!!! Enough already

[Cech's helmet 220]

The thing is, Jose made a bold statement and there is a clip of it on youtube where he said he wants Oscar as the no10. that was was like just 2/3 league games in the season I think. that was the period when everyone has been doubting him (pundits/media/fans) saying that Mata is a better player than Oscar, they're right. but Mourinho wants to prove us all wrong by playing Oscar and sticking to his word/idea. we know how big Jose's ego is, he's never going to play Mata in that role to prove his point. he wants to show hes right. Oscar is not going to disappoint, he's an amazing player and he's going to do a good job, so Jose will have an excuse. but the fact is; Mata is the better player and Oscar should have been a long term replacement for Frank in CM.

it's not because he doesn't like Mata or has a personal problem with him, it's to prove the pundits wrong. the only loser in this case is Mata; and thats why I feel so pissed off/disappointed for him. the fact Schurrle is ahead of him in the picking order now just shows Jose really doesn't give a fuk about the lad. it's just not meant to be for some reason.

I've never enjoyed watching a player like I did with Mata, only Hazard comes close to creating those "out of nothing" magical moments. great guy, a true professional, an insanely talented loyal player who loved this club. when the likes of Real Madrid come knocking I'm sure he would have never left. he really "carried us" when we were playing some of the worst football ever in the last 2 years. top lad.