It quite clearly is. He's had a handful of above average performances this season.
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- Goals
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- Assists
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- Yellow cards
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- Red cards
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Tbh, one of those two could come on and the same comment will eventually be applied to them/
There's a resemblance there for sure!
I actually happen to rate him higher than the board does with my 5,8 in average compared to 5,7. That's freaking awful for a player costing 46m POUND. Even if he had doubled his contribution to the team I'm not sure I'd be very happy with the stats. It's just unrealistic how fecking bad he is. Slow with the ball. Can't come up with any ideas. Don't take any dangerous shots. FFS, this guy used to run right through defenders and finish the ball in the back of the net. Where's that now? We need to sell him at any price because this is not going to be of any use no matter how you turn it. An honest price and level of play for him would be 12m euro and a club like Portsmouth!!!
Its almost like that criticism could be directed at so many players in the team it suggests that the problem might not be the players but the instructions.
Yep not Mata! He has a great blog.....
Been miles better this second half at least.
Mata is very poor.
Extremely annoyed how crap he's been this season.
Well more to the point not anyone (bar Fellaini, he's shite) we all know who the problem is, so throwing every single player under the bus is pointless.
This thread is going the exact same way as the Di Maria one last season, all we need now is the sale in the summer and then the confused posters, like yourself who's had the knives out for him since day one, wondering how when he tears it up for another team.
Yep the confused posters like me! Wake up he has been utter pathetic for us since signing!
Been shite this season. As have a lot of other players. As has the team in general.
Wonder if these things might be linked in some way?
Wonder if these things might be linked in some way?
Hugging, blogging, bottling, paella eating shit bastard.
He'll be back off to Valencia when we sign Jose up anyway.
I couldn't understand why Chelsea didn't want him at the time we signed him - it was probably clear to see how shite he had become, yet every football fan bar Chelsea supporters thought he was still as good as his first two seasons at the Bridge.
I couldn't understand why Chelsea didn't want him at the time we signed him - it was probably clear to see how shite he had become, yet every football fan bar Chelsea supporters thought he was still as good as his first two seasons at the Bridge.
Yep he's shite, just like every single other attacking player under LVG.
Not the managers fault though, definitely all the players.
If only LVG didn't have to work with such clowns, all things considered he's doing a great job. It's a wonder we've even scored a goal this season...
He's been decent in the second half, far far better then his shit first half... suppose that doesn't fit the thread narrative though, so I'll bow out.
What a fecking useless cnut.
Mata gon' Mata.
Like I said, crap first half (like pretty much everyone bar Martial) ... but he clearly improved in the second half, was involved in pretty much every single attacking move/chance we had (granted his final ball was letting him down at times, but he was finding space really well)... but because that didn't fit the thread/caf narrative, it's just easier to come in here and rag on him.
Same with Lingard too in his thread, he's been miles better in the second half then in the first too.
Same with Lingard too in his thread, he's been miles better in the second half then in the first too.
And then he scores a goal... 
Great finish but you've got to question Murphy when he says he thought Mata has played well.
Vintage Mata. An easy goal to mask a mediocre performance.
Should get on the Rogaine.
That bald patch is really coming through in the rain.
That bald patch is really coming through in the rain.
Plays utter shite all night then scores a tap in. That'll keep his rep intact for another 6 months then.
Took his goal fantastically, general play has been OK, but his final ball has been really poor today. Had a few opportunities to put players in 1 on 1 but kept hitting defenders.
Had a decent second half.
That's still a 6/10 performance for me, even with the goal. He's been very poor in that central role, each time he's played there this season.
I agree. This forum was drooling in September '14 when Van Gaal had Mata, Di Maria, Herrera, Rooney, Van Persie and Falcao to pick from.
Form in the last three games has improved marginally but I expect more from him. Hopefully he continues to improve.
he didnt, he was poor, it was well taken goal but he has been poor for a long time now and should be sidelined for a while just to start doing something, he looks lost everytime hes on the pitch
Balls to that, he was good in the second half. Kept finding himself pockets of space to play in, was linking up nicely with Martial, and was involved in pretty much every second half attacking move - including both our two goals.
Mata's been crap for a while now, and he was really crap in the first half... but he was obviously miles better in the second half.
dont think he was much better in the second half, the opinions are clouded because of the goals, so many underhit/overhit passes and failed to make better decisions as well but yeah he was at the two goals so his selection was somehow justified for this game..
Feck me you think lvg is to blame for everything? A serious lack of balls on Matas part!
Feck off with this. He was very good in the second half. Great turn to release Lingard in for Blind's goal and a great finish. Got involved in the second half, which is what we want him to do.
just your op, nothing else.-)
He was poor but got a goal, Rooney did the same. When you look at Mata in the role then watch players like Dybala, Griezmann, De Bruyne and Muller in the same SS/AM role you see how ordinary he is.
Yeah, I must be seeing things. He obviously wasn't involved in either goals.
No, but when you can aim the same criticisms at Mata that you can at virtually every single attacking player thats put on a United shit under LVG it more than suggests what the real problem is.
AN was saying he had improved before he scored though.
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