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2015-16 Performances

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5.7 Season Average Rating
Appearances
54
Goals
11
Assists
11
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Man Utd 3:0 Sunderland
Another assist. His output with goals/assists is top class.
 
Did he mean it?

He was obviously watching Depay while the ball was travelling but I am not sure if he meant to pass it to him or if it was poor shot.

Good run behind the defence though, he is again involved in our goal.
 
There's calls to bench him, which make no sense. He consistently contributes in the final third.
 
Thought that one was a bit lucky really and he didn't have a good half (compared to how he's been this season in general)... But you can't deny that he's being productive. His weight on a few of those lobbed passes has been poor though for a player like him, same with that free kick. Hopefully he'll improve in the second, as when his final ball is on it's game, that's when we'll be scoring loads because he plays such a big part of our attack.

Edit: On the replay was clearly an assist. Good spot. Though I don't know why he wouldn't shoot from there but it worked out!
 
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People genuinely thought he should be dropped for Young or Valencia. People are very stupid sometimes.
 
He's good at making that back post run. We've seen him miss control that ball there recently, but he's scored and assisted many times from there.
 
Typical Mata performance. Gets an assist but "masks" (might be a disservice to overlook his contribution in terms of stats to be fair) ineffectiveness otherwise and general anonymity. I mean he's spent a lot of time drifting centrally into an area where Rooney is already playing and left a big hole on the right which means that whenever the ball comes into that area it just ends up being recycled backwards because there's no one ahead of the ball. His lack of willingness to keep the width there is really helping Sunderland to keep tight and compact and is one of the reasons we continue to be easy to defend against on the whole.
 
Eugenius said:
Typical Mata performance. Gets an assist but "masks" (might be a disservice to overlook his contribution in terms of stats to be fair) ineffectiveness otherwise and general anonymity. I mean he's spent a lot of time drifting centrally into an area where Rooney is already playing and left a big hole on the right which means that whenever the ball comes into that area it just ends up being recycled backwards because there's no one ahead of the ball. His lack of willingness to keep the width there is really helping Sunderland to keep tight and compact and is one of the reasons we continue to be easy to defend against on the whole.
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If we wanted our RW to stay wide then we wouldn't be playing Mata there. Bit weird to hold that up as evidence against him when absolutely nobody thinks he's supposed to be keeping width in this set up.
 
Such a productive player. Needed a piece of skill like that to open things up.
 
sullydnl said:
If we wanted our RW to stay wide then we wouldn't be playing Mata there. Bit weird to hold that up as evidence against him when absolutely nobody thinks he's supposed to be keeping width in this set up.
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He obvious has licence to come inside. However doesn't mean he should leave his FB isolated when the ball is down there. He should make an attempt to come towards the ball and try to create an option or 2 vs 1 situation. It's gotten to the point where Martial and Rooney have spent more time wide than Mata.
 
Luxury player assisted two goals today when we weren't playing well.
 
Fantastic performance today. MOM by far. Don't get why so many United fans don't appreciate him. Our best outfield player.
 
Tough call for man of the match for me between Mata and Martial.
 
It would be much better if he stayed wide on the line for the first and last goal, we would have much more space in the middle for Martial and Rooney.
 
Productive as usual. Goal and an assist. Excellent.

Good overall game too. Some of his touches are absolutely wank worthy.
 
Really really good at football.
Not the biggest, not the quickest. Nothing he can do about either and those are his only weaknesses.

He really should be playing every game. He is almost always involved.
 
prarek said:
It was a combination. Without Mata there would be no goal.
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Yeah but the risk and execution was all from Blind's side. That was much harder and took a lot more skill.

You can't argue with a goal and assist from him today but he sort of reminds me of Berbatov in 2010/11. Yes scoring goals but is he the right fit for the team and really the best fit in our attacking play? Sort of the same way 07/08 Ronaldo scored double the goals of 06/07 Ronaldo but didn't have the same fluency in his game.

If you take out his goal and assist, which is a nonsense to be fair, I can't remember a single thing he did of note. In contrast, take away Martial's assist, I still remember his hold up play, his touches, him stretching the defence, running at players, creating a chance for Memphis on a plate. I hope the point is clear here. Clinical player but not not yet convinced he's the right fit for us.
 
Jev said:
Fantastic performance today. MOM by far. Don't get why so many United fans don't appreciate him. Our best outfield player.
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Steady on! He's been dire at times this season.
 
Actually thought he was poor in the first half, but he has so much quality that a goal or assist (or both) always seems to be just around the corner. That's why he plays every week.
 
Eugenius said:
Yeah but the risk and execution was all from Blind's side. That was much harder and took a lot more skill.

You can't argue with a goal and assist from him today but he sort of reminds me of Berbatov in 2010/11. Yes scoring goals but is he the right fit for the team and really the best fit in our attacking play? Sort of the same way 07/08 Ronaldo scored double the goals of 06/07 Ronaldo but didn't have the same fluency in his game.

If you take out his goal and assist, which is a nonsense to be fair, I can't remember a single thing he did of note. In contrast, take away Martial's assist, I still remember his hold up play, his touches, him stretching the defence, running at players, creating a chance for Memphis on a plate. I hope the point is clear here. Clinical player but not not yet convinced he's the right fit for us.
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On top of my head excellent hold up play and over the top pass for Valencia when he was surrounded by three players in second minute of the game. Also great control and shot from 16m after Pantilimon made excellent save.

You are talking bollocks.
 
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