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2015-16 Performances

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5.7 Season Average Rating
Appearances
54
Goals
11
Assists
11
Yellow cards
7
Red cards
1
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Vilev said:
Once again when we need him the most, he has been underwhelming. Basically all our good attacks are going past him, and he does not exactly construct our attacks.

I think it just was not to be for him at United. I like the player, liked him at Chelsea even, and you look at his stats, the goals he scored and assisted and he was not bad. But overall he looks out of place.
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Tbf to him he arrived here at the worst time. Halfway through Moyes doomed reign, just before Van Gaal's doomed reign, then (hopefully) before the arrival of a manager who doesn't particularly rate him.

Comparing him to Berbatov (another silky player who contributed a fair bit without really fitting in) would be fair. Except Mata has the extra excuse of arriving at the worst period in decades.

My favourite of our players but, like you said, it doesn't seem like it was to be for him here, at least in terms if him fulfilling his potential.
 
Yet again he lets us down as one of our senior players. For me this has happened once to many. He should leave this summer.
 
That was horrific, can't even defend that, there's no real in between with his performances but that was inexcusable.
 
sullydnl said:
Tbf to him he arrived here at the worst time. Halfway through Moyes doomed reign, just before Van Gaal's doomed reign, then (hopefully) before the arrival of a manager who doesn't particularly rate him.

Comparing him to Berbatov (another silky player who contributed a fair bit without really fitting in) would be fair. Except Mata has the extra excuse of arriving at the worst period in decades.

My favourite of our players but, like you said, it doesn't seem like it was to be for him here, at least in terms if him fulfilling his potential.
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Yep not like we spent £30+ million on him to try and help us out! Must be someone else's fault as he has a great beard and is so apologetic on social media. Get rid asap
 
Considering he was by far our most experienced attacking player, you'd have expected him to offer a lot more. Or, at the very least, something. I like Mata, and would hang onto him, but he doesn't do himself favours in games like that.
 
I am with Mourinho on Mata.. he is good for youtube videos , for technique.. but football is a lot more than that now.. Pace, Strength are vital.. He would be good for Italian football..
 
sullydnl said:
Tbf to him he arrived here at the worst time. Halfway through Moyes doomed reign, just before Van Gaal's doomed reign, then (hopefully) before the arrival of a manager who doesn't particularly rate him.

Comparing him to Berbatov (another silky player who contributed a fair bit without really fitting in) would be fair. Except Mata has the extra excuse of arriving at the worst period in decades.

My favourite of our players but, like you said, it doesn't seem like it was to be for him here, at least in terms if him fulfilling his potential.
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SAF would have never signed him for Manchester United.. Berbatov was signed in as a striker.. when we had Ronaldo/Rooney are their peak..thinking he was another Cantona...
 
For me, I would be happy if he goes this summer or is benched.

He's a fancy dan that's great when the going is good, but against a team where individual quality is needed he just cannot do it. It's a shame as he always tries but he just hasn't physically got it.

Even tonight his technique let him down badly, missed good chances to score and his passing was pretty awful. I can see why Jose wanted rid of him now, he just isn't reliable when the chips are down.
 
The difference between him and Coutinho was staggering. With the inexperience in attack we needed him to step up but he was the weakest of our attacking four.
 
The White Pele said:
The difference between him and Coutinho was staggering. With the inexperience in attack we needed him to step up but he was the weakest of our attacking four.
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He should've probably been central, but I'm not sure that really made much of a difference. His problems tonight weren't being isolated on the wing...because he had plenty of the ball. He just did absolutely nothing with it, and never showed any signs of actually creating anything dangerous, or making clever little runs in behind defenders to receive the ball. It was just a completely uninspired performance from him.
 
Wednesday at Stoke said:
Beats me why he would be played on the right wing. Absurd tactical decision.
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I think (hope) it wasn't really about him playing on the right wing. Rather it was about playing Lingard in the middle where his dribbling and pace could help push us through the middle of the park. Which actually worked quite well at times, and really showed why we should be looking to get somebody for that position who has that ability.

Of course, if we do decide to play like that then the question is whether Mata should be playing on the right wing or whether we drop him and play somebody else in the attack (Memphis being about the only available person, which would have meant Martial up front and Rashford on the right).
 
Pathetic. No shock. He's slow and is so often very little threat. Get rid.
 
MadDogg said:
I think (hope) it wasn't really about him playing on the right wing. Rather it was about playing Lingard in the middle where his dribbling and pace could help push us through the middle of the park. Which actually worked quite well at times, and really showed why we should be looking to get somebody for that position who has that ability.

Of course, if we do decide to play like that then the question is whether Mata should be playing on the right wing or whether we drop him and play somebody else in the attack (Memphis being about the only available person, which would have meant Martial up front and Rashford on the right).
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Lingard isn't even that tricky to push them back, would have made a lot more sense to play Memphis through the middle if that was the plan. He's atleast strong and capable of riding tackles from the likes of Sakho. Lingard is way too weak.
 
Even when he came more central he offered nothing, he just gets brushed off so easily and he turns like he's wearing legwarmers from Flashdance laced with led. People said he'd be great with pace around him but he's not done much with Martial and Rashford offering him jet engines ahead of him.
 
The White Pele said:
The difference between him and Coutinho was staggering. With the inexperience in attack we needed him to step up but he was the weakest of our attacking four.
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Coutinho is like what we thought we were getting when we bought Mata. Unfortunately he's anything but. Just a slower, weaker, far less goal threatening version.
 
Pathetic performance again, I don't know whether to blame him for being rubbish or LVG for playing him on the right.
 
As the senior member of the attacking trio (or foursome if you include Lingard) he really should have done more. He was just anonymous and offered nothing. Probably should not have been played on the right but he still failed to impact the game. He doesn't offer anything even when he is having a bad game, unlike say Martial who can still run at defenders, should probably be dropped and maybe sold.
 
Hasn't been influential enough, shouldn't be playing on the right but not consistent in the middle either. Should be looking for a replacement sadly.
 
Cant wait till he scores a free kick winner against City and everyone loves him again.
 
Snowjoe said:
Cant wait till he scores a free kick winner against City and everyone loves him again.
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I like him a lot, but the raw numbers aren't great, think he's only had about 3 assists (in the league) this season. That's not enough from a 10 in a team fighting for the top 4. He's hardly the worst we have but he hasn't done enough.
 
Parry Gallister said:
I like him a lot, but the raw numbers aren't great, think he's only had about 3 assists (in the league) this season. That's not enough from a 10 in a team fighting for the top 4. He's hardly the worst we have but he hasn't done enough.
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4 league assists. Villa A, Liverpool H, Southampton A then Sunderland H.

That's right. His last league assist was on the 26th of September. Since then he scored 2 goals, a free kick v Watford and a penalty v West Brom.
 
Raw said:
4 league assists. Villa A, Liverpool H, Southampton A then Sunderland H.

That's right. His last league assist was on the 26th of September.
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Nice one. Bloody hell, stats only tell part a story but... that was almost half a year ago.
 
The free kick against Watford and a few pretty meaningless goals (results wise) at the start of the season have masked how terrible he's actually been.
 
Another nothing player. We have quite a few.

This guy cost £37m. He was one of the best players in the league and Europe before Mourinho rejoined Chelsea.

His United career has been nothing short of dissappointing - and he's been one of the better players since Ferguson retired!

We signed him to be a creative spark. To lift the players around him.

No doubt he has wonderful technique but I am bored of seeing the same shit from him. Get the ball, inside, too many touches, defer. He's not physically quick or strong but where's the speed of thought? A half arsed Ozil creates more.

We signed him six months into the Moyes era. In other words six months into the post Ferguson era. He's been a problem so don't dress it up. A truly top class player may have got us out of the shit before it even prolonged. Mata is as culpable as the others.
 
Annihilate Now! said:
Why was he on the wing? And I need more then just " Van Gaals is a moron "...
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Without saying those exact words...
If there's one thing I've noticed with LVG it's that if something works for him once (usually through luck) he'll desperately try to repeat it thinking it was his good judgement.

Mata has had some of his (few and far between) better games against Liverpool on the right wing so LVG was probably looking for a repeat.
 
Ish said:
I'd gladly sell if an upgrade was available. Heck, considering the performances he's put in, we'd be no worse off giving Pereira/Januzaj some minutes.
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if we finally give chance to Pereira than he could easily fill his shoes and be his faster stronger version...
 
A lot of knee jerk reactions here but I never rated Mata.
He has great technique but is incredibly slow and with the ball.. slow dribbler, shows too much of the ball, loses it often, no strength, pace and goes missing in games. Basically the epitome of a player not suited for this league or fast flowing football.
 
I used to be a big fan and once upon a time when a debate about him, Ozil and Silva was valid. The Mata I saw at Chelsea and hoped to see here knitted the play beautifully and made the killer pass and scored.

He has become truly shit now.
 
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