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2019-20 Performances

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5.3 Season Average Rating
Appearances
37
Goals
3
Assists
7
Yellow cards
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Instead of contributing his wages to that project he came up with, he should give them to the away fans who made the trip up north.

Such a gutless performance. All he did was receive the ball and then pass it on quickly to the next obvious option. That would've been acceptable if he wasn't supposed to be our playmaker.
 
NinjaZombie said:
Instead of contributing his wages to that project he came up with, he should give them to the away fans who made the trip up north.

Such a gutless performance. All he did was receive the ball and then pass it on quickly to the next obvious option. That would've been acceptable if he wasn't supposed to be our playmaker.
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He's the equivalent of a guy in an office who just goes into work every day and does as little as possible.

Checks his Facebook, organises the tea fund and the birthday club and all that shit and never actually seems to be doing anything constructive. Just coasts through easy as possible.
 
Rewarded for being a nice guy, not a good footballer.

for a club that prides itself on fast flowing football you couldn’t think of somebody worse. I genuinely think my granny could sprint faster than mata.

love the guy off the pitch but this club needs to be cut throat. Jones/Rojo/mata/young/Matic all should have gone a long time ago.
 
I don´t think he was that bad. The whole team was crap, especially first half, but Mata was actually moving around a lot seeking rooms to receive the ball while McTominay was rather static. And Mata´s passing was not the worse among the midfielders.
 
2 years he's got on his contract, judging by the way he was running yesterday he's not fit to start a match.

I don't get the logic of United anymore, he's took us to the cleaners contract wise.
 
Dve said:
I don´t think he was that bad. The whole team was crap, especially first half, but Mata was actually moving around a lot seeking rooms to receive the ball while McTominay was rather static. And Mata´s passing was not the worse among the midfielders.
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This is what the fans would tell us about Jesse as well. Moved around a lot, made great runs etc .

Fact is Mata is a pussy who will only pass to the closest player next to him. Coward and a fraud
 
mewnew11 said:
This is what the fans would tell us about Jesse as well. Moved around a lot, made great runs etc .

Fact is Mata is a pussy who will only pass to the closest player next to him. Coward and a fraud
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Lingard scored double goals with same assists than Mata in Premier League for the last 2 seasons, considering his transfer fee is zero and lower wage. However fans always cristized him more than the lovely guy Mata.
 
It’s crazy he’s still here and starting. He’s never been a United player
 
I love the man, and nothing will change that, but it's time to step aside.
 
sweetmgd said:
Lingard scored double goals with same assists than Mata in Premier League for the last 2 seasons, considering his transfer fee is zero and lower wage. However fans always cristized him more than the lovely guy Mata.
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Sometimes our fans are the worst people. They don't criticise Mata because he is a nice bloke and Jesse because he is home grown talent.

Mata has 3 goals last season. What a disgrace for an attacking player at Manchester United.
 
mewnew11 said:
Sometimes our fans are the worst people. They don't criticise Mata because he is a nice bloke and Jesse because he is home grown talent.

Mata has 3 goals last season. What a disgrace for an attacking player at Manchester United.
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With 2 assists and until now people still label him as "creative player". What a joke it is.
 
mewnew11 said:
This is what the fans would tell us about Jesse as well. Moved around a lot, made great runs etc .

Fact is Mata is a pussy who will only pass to the closest player next to him. Coward and a fraud
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Jesse did not play, but compared to Fred, Pereira and McTominay, he was not the worst midfielder on the pitch. Mata created nothing, but was at least able to pass the ball to a player from his own team, and he was active seeing room to receive the ball, which he did, especially first half. Criticising certain players easily becomes a habit.

A pussy, a coward and a fraud?
Great.
 
That this guy doesn't even stand out as our worst attacker when he plays is a testament only to the quality of the rest of the squad, not to his. I like the guy, I wish him well in everything he does, but I hope we're in a position to replace him ASAP.
 
Dve said:
Jesse did not play, but compared to Fred, Pereira and McTominay, he was not the worst midfielder on the pitch. Mata created nothing, but was at least able to pass the ball to a player from his own team, and he was active seeing room to receive the ball, which he did, especially first half. Criticising certain players easily becomes a habit.

A pussy, a coward and a fraud?
Great.
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Oh so he was able to receive and pass? Wow! Genius! So the benchmark to be a United player now is to pass and receive the ball?

Mata deserves all the criticism he gets because he is one of the fundamental reasons for why United don't click as an attack.
He just plays stupid sideward and backward passes and keeps taking the easiest pass and that why he is a pussy and a coward. Never does he dribble past a player of try a through ball. Have you seen his stats in the last two seasons?

He is a fraud because he covers his limitations by writing blogs and telling the world how United need to improve blah blah blah. He may be a nice guy but to play for united you need to be much more than a nice guy.
Roy Keane was not a nice guy by any stretch of imagination but I will pick him in my team any day over mata because the man had balls, courage and passion.
 
badkins said:
This season 10 apps, not a single goal or assist, it's unbelieveable.
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I am not surprised.

What's disheartening to see is fans can see this for years now and yet management is blind to everything that is so obvious.

Ole dug his own grave by putting faith in the wrong people.
 
Dve said:
Jesse did not play, but compared to Fred, Pereira and McTominay, he was not the worst midfielder on the pitch. Mata created nothing, but was at least able to pass the ball to a player from his own team, and he was active seeing room to receive the ball, which he did, especially first half. Criticising certain players easily becomes a habit.

A pussy, a coward and a fraud?
Great.
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Oh look how the mighty standards have fallen. Being able to pass and receive is a talking point.
 
sweetmgd said:
Lingard scored double goals with same assists than Mata in Premier League for the last 2 seasons, considering his transfer fee is zero and lower wage. However fans always cristized him more than the lovely guy Mata.
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Neither Lingard, nor Mata should be starting for United. They shouldn't even be in the squad. Nothing much from either for about a year now. Even when 'delivering' goals and assists they were puny.
 
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Statistically the worst player in the league to play the AM position more than 2 times this season - other than Lingard who is dead last. Not a surprise to me
 
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God he is so useless. Just passes the ball sideways and backwards mainly shirking all responsibility.
 
Plays like if he’s playing the walking football that OAPs play.
 
Awful just awful. Him and lingard playing as attackers screws up the game. Hey but he is nice guy hugs! Farts! Whatever.

Are you guys telling me Gomes will do worse than this fraud?
 
No idea why he is playing, contributes nothing. Give the game time to someone else, Gomes can’t be any worse.
 
It’s almost as if Lingard and Mata are having their own personal battle to be footballs worst attacker

We can’t continue to pick Mata. I don’t care if we pick a 12yo at #10 or Lee Grant.... they genuinely couldn’t be any worse
 
That was the worst performance I have ever seen from a Manchester United player; absolutely cowardly, no ambition, no vision, no effort, error strewn. When did he become such a responsibility-shirking liability? I pray he never gets picked again, but know that the masterminds that “coach” the team will keep selecting him based on his entirely imaginary creativity.
In a totally frustrating game lacking any quality, Mata’s walking pace and continuous passing backwards, without even once looking to move the ball forwards or beat a defender, was at another level of irritating.
 
How Ole kept him on for 90 mins is absolutely beyond me. He has absolutely no legs at the best of times. Shouldve been taken off far earlier for Pereira or Greenwood.
 
2 year contract, as much as I like Mata personally, the thought of 2 more years of that crap makes me wonder what they were thinking.
 
Had like 2 constructive passes and 1 good cross for McTominay. Other than that the same old invisible mascot performance.
 
One super free-kick for McTominay's header and that was about it; which isn't great. Not sure what happened with Dan James' cross late on, seemed to go between Mata's legs.
 
Once again, our "creative player" playing at his best position no.10 create nothing. His game time should be given to A. Gomes.
 
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At some point you have to question the football intellect of a manager who still thinks starting Mata at this level will bring anything positive other than filling up the eleven. It's just a confirmation that the manager is clearly out of his depth if he can't make a judgement call on Mata and draw the line on his United career.
 
Surprises me how he can look more finished then he did before. It's quite impressive. He's the epitome of United at the moment - weak, clueless and a whole lot of nothing.
 
VeevaVee said:
Surprises me how he can look more finished then he did before. It's quite impressive. He's the epitome of United at the moment - weak, clueless and a whole lot of nothing.
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He's been finished for so long I find it hard to remember when it first started. Anfield aside, has he ever done anything worthwhile in a United shirt?
 
AneRu said:
At some point you have to question the football intellect of a manager who still thinks starting Mata at this level will bring anything positive other than filling up the eleven. It's just a confirmation that the manager is clearly out of his depth if he can't make a judgement call on Mata and draw the line on his United career.
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we’re also supposed to believe Ole and Ed know what they’re doing yet this guy got a 2 year deal in the summer.
 
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