Juan Mata

[termninja 5,290]

That was nemanja's post early this year! Twas like he knew!!!

I have my sources

[Madmax 9,219]

His twitter ---> https://twitter.com/#!/juanmata10

[Rambo 1,729]

For the love of god, that picture of Kalou's ass shouldn't be posted around so casually...have some decency guys.

[warnie_666 1,081]

A very well written analysis or Mata and comparison to Silva by a Valencia Fan taken from another forum. Gives you a good insight on the two players.

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Well, IMHO nowadays they're equally good if you ask me. When they were here, I considered Silva being a bit better than Mata, because Silva made more last passes and his position on the field was more relevant, scoring more goals than Mata and being more popular than him 'cause Silva was Villa's right hand. That made Mata being not so notorious, but when both Villa and Silva left Valencia, Mata was more predominant, more important for our game, totally replacing Silva's game and skills, and being more mature, more clever on his movements, having a better eye for the passes, etc.

To put it simple, when the three of them were here, the specific position of each one was this:

------ X ------

X -- X - X -- X

X - X - X - Mata

----- Silva ----

----- Villa ----

Now, as I said, they're both excellent players, but I prefer Mata over Silva for various reasons:

- Mata can play as a left winger or as a link between midfielders and strikers. Silva can do it too, but tends to do only the second thing. Silva hardly ever played as left winger; on the other hand, Mata has played as that intermediate player from time to time so he has that kind of experience. In a few words, I see Mata being more capable or doing different jobs on the field, thing that Silva can't do because he centered his game on being the last passer and nothing more.

- Mata is more professional in terms that he wants to play always, Silva only played here when he wanted to. When Silva didn't want to run, that was like we had only 10 players on the field. Mata, instead of that, "sweats the T-shirt" like we say in Spain, runs all the match and gives the best of him always. Silva is more like a self-called star, and Mata is kind of humble, if you catch my drift.

- Mata knows that there are more players from his team on the field, Silva lacks that. Silva prefers to rely on his dribbling skills and plays "solo" most of the time, and Mata, however, prefers to pass the ball. Probably Silva is, then, faster and capable of dribble the defenders, but I think Mata's style is more clever and more convenient for the team.

To put it all together, Silva is a superb player being the man who does the last pass, but nothing more. Mata maybe lacks Silva's keen eye for that job, but I see him more regular, more all-around kind of player, capable of doing different things depending of which position has on the field, and personally I prefer a player who is a B on everything than another one who is an A on one thing but a C on the others.

[bababoom 4,478]

I've only got 2010 dude!

Hey can you only do that on pc? like get the stadiums and new kits?

[warnie_666 1,081]

Mata on wings will be as in effective as Torres upfront if we do not sign Modric.

Why have we performed poorly over last season and previous two games in our 4-3-3? Cus Lampard, our previous playmaker was unavailable and when he became available, he was dire and he still is dire. We need a Player in the central midfield who can spray the passes around and dictate the play from the central midfield.

We can sign, Messi, Neymar, or Mata, but if these attackers wont have the balls played to them, they will be ineffective. The Game is won and loss in the central midfield.

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[LDN Blue 7,903]

A very well written analysis or Mata and comparison to Silva by a Valencia Fan taken from another forum. Gives you a good insight on the two players.

Thank you for sharing. Wanted to know about his and Silva's comparisons.

[warnie_666 1,081]

Fear not, The Serbinator is there to save you!

Click the mighty picture bellow!

I want to know the pervert who gave you +1 for showing Kalou's ass.

[manpe 10,857]

I want to know the pervert who gave you +1 for showing Kalou's ass.

[warnie_666 1,081]

Haha...You Cheeky Bastard...

[Guest justin_3d]

5,000 less than Kalou.

Dam.

AVB please sell Kalou now!

[bababoom 4,478]

Haha, I'm still so happy about signing him.

[Guest justin_3d]

Malouda you are now the new Chelsea Giggs!

I hope you enjoy eating bench this whole season a la Giggs!

[Guest justin_3d]

Now wanted to ask. Is Mata today as good as Yury 2 years ago when we signed him?

Yury showed so much promise and got lost after so many injures.....hope there is no repeat with this new guy.

[manpe 10,857]

Yuri was a replacement more than anything for Cole and Malouda... I expect Mata to cement the LWF position straight away and build a good understanding with others, Žirkov never got that chance. Hopefully he stays injury-free.

[chrismada9 1,948]

Now wanted to ask. Is Mata today as good as Yury 2 years ago when we signed him?

Yury showed so much promise and got lost after so many injures.....hope there is no repeat with this new guy.

Hopefully there won't be! Malouda isn't getting any younger, which means Mata can come in and freshen up the left side.. it's just what we need!

Seriously... Mata and Sturridge as wingers is the answer ... the Kalouda combination was so last season!

[YankinBlue42 72]

Great signing for us. I also expect Mata to be our winger on the left side for years to come. If he and Torres can develop an understanding on the field, which shouldn't take long considering that they are teammates for Spain, this will solve one of our glaring problems.

[Hysteria 159]

Cheers i would give you rep but ive reached my top quota .

They're right .

Well, i hope we sign Modric and its a good game.