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Yeah, that was definitely the biggest difference and yesterday showed the type of player he was for Chelsea, actually having an impact in games. For us for the most part, it was scoring a few taps ins, free kicks and just coasting through games doing little simple passes but not really busting a gut to make a real impact ever. Everyone knows he has it in him to be a class player, he just wasn't doing enough to warrant a spot. If he shows the desire he had yesterday to get on the ball, make things happen, then he'll very quickly become a key player and be seen as a world class player again. Very encouraging.
), whether be it right or left. It was just that the players at Chelsea at that time kept on pulling an attacker with them which allowed Mata to show up near the penalty box with the ball and that's where he did his thing and hurt the opposition more. Our problem with the Diamond is that we have Rooney-RvP, both of whom are keen on dropping deep.I still think his best position at Chelsea was through the middle and playing in a floating position. This allowed him to pop up everywhere in the final third (and attack the space
It's amazing that we have an attacking talent consisting of di Maria, Rooney, RvP, Mata but can't accommodate all of them together.
I intentionally left him out as he still hasn't played as many games/settled in the side.
Yeah I'd say probably around the £20-23m ish mark will be about it. As usual we're making it pretty obvious we want to sell.
Chelsea made it fairly obvious too yet look what we paid them. We're just a bit rubbish at this whole selling players thing. If multiple clubs are interested in him we should really be pushing for higher than that.
What we should be doing is playing Di Maria or Herrera behind Rooney, actually. LvG should grow some balls and drop both Mata and RvP.
Chelsea sold him to rivals when he was still coming from the best season of his career that ended just 6 months before. Now he's had 18 average months and we won't be selling to a rival. £37m was a decent price BTW, it's a going rate for top players plus tax for him crossing between one rival to another.
Dunno about that, wouldn't be surprised if we gave him to Arsenal 'out of respect' right as we're in the middle of fighting for fourth place with them.
Yeah in a one horse race for a player who couldn't get a sniff of Chelsea's team we managed to overpay massively. That's what desperation does.
We absoutely didn't need him at the time too and Moyes had no idea where to fit him, just like van Gaal currently. Rooney plays where he wants to play and if that's the space Mata is supposed to occupy then we'll just drop Mata like we dropped Kagawa. Not that I'm impressed with Mata's performances here, he's been effective at best.
Ummm, in the midfield Diamond? I'm not sure whether either of them would fit in there, and Herrera is better used beside Blind/in front of him the way we played during September.
It was a joke Sarni, the Welbeck thing etc.
Herrera mostly played as a #10 for Athletic and he was excellent there. We'd also be far more defensively solid with Blind and Carrick behind him and Di Maria than we were previously when we played the diamond.
You mean like this?
Yeah, but I only saw a little of him last season. Mostly I remember him playing as a CM, and in the diamond that we played, where we actually looked like having our midfield back after an age.
that was my point. grow some balls etc.
Seeing our defense, I would say we need as many strikers on the pitch as possible.
Thought you were serious because Arsenal once wanted him.
How does that make sense? I'd say it's far more important to have a steady midfield to protect them.
