TAZ wrote:winston wrote:Mata...must wake up and smell the coffee...If jose could bench Ashley cole for games on end and yet cole is one of the stalwarts of the first mourinho's chelsea, why wouldnt he haul Mata off when his game was definately below par.
Both mata and shurrle were given their 53 minutes and neither did anything spectacular. That says much about the coach's confidence to start them. It was up to them to up their game and justify their continued starts.
But both were disappointing. At least shurrle...had the civility not to show his disappointment unlike mata. I would really love Mata to show again the difference he can be in the team...unfortunately the differences in chelsea so far have been Hazard, Oscar and Willian. Mata must find a way to dislodge one of them...failing which pray for an injury to one of them.
I think you are being too hard on Mata, this season he's been more of a bench warmer than a first team player. There's no doubt that Mata is an exceptional player but i believe his confidence has been affected because he doesn't feature regularly for the team kama akina Oscar, Willian and Hazard. Mourinho's style of play simply doesn't suit Mata, i think he should leave the club ama atakuwa kama Torres.
Mata is on £90,000 a week. Unless he moves to Man City or Man Utd, he'd have to look for a club outside England to earn that much. Being only 25 and with the playing skills that he possesses he really needs to move or he'll rot warming the bench.
BTW, Hazard in only 22 and earns £185,000 a week. Crazy!
Set out to correct the world's wrongs and you will most certainly wind up adding to them.