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Mata/Rooney
How many goals has Mata scored when Rooney hasn't been on the pitch?
I honestly thought Mata would do well stepping up in his absence but he looks as bad as he has ever done in a red shirt. Does Rooney's presence afford him a bit more space in his preferred positions? I like Mata but he really does need to start performing when given a chance. |
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Mata gets a lot of space but unfortunately he seems to have lead boots on....ive always been a fan but id rather have kept Kagawa .....i wont miss Mata when he goes |
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It takes him so long to get anywhere on the pitch, so that when he does get to the ball and passes it, he's out of the game because he doesn't have the mobility to catch up with play off the ball. Also, when he has had the ball, his passing has not been anything above ordinary - his creativity & technique is meant to compensate for the above weaknesses but he hasn't even shown that. He's a nice guy but is looking like an extremely expensive mistake. His lack of contribution either defensively or offensively effectively makes him a passenger in the team. We have too many of those at the moment, given that some of our other attacking players are lazy and slow too. It's not like United at all to have so many of these types of players in the team. I would rather see Janujaz there, or rather we hadn't sold Kagawa nor sent Nani on loan. Even Anderson would probably see more of the ball there |
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Playing off a mobile forward who can stretch the play his best position? |
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Kagawa also scored a hattrick from that position - the last person to do that was Scholes 11 years ago (I think). |
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Agree on that the quick interplay and Kagawa, ultimately I think that's where Januzaj will probably end up. I really do like Mata but he is a type of player we have never really had before at OT. When things are clicking he will invariably look good, he has the skill to create a chance or goal out of nothing but can look like a complete passenger. Would like to see how he plays off Falcao and Rooney. Suspect his time will be up in order to bring another proper midfielder in and with Di Maria taking on that role. |
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I nailed this the other week: United don't need a #10 at the best of times but especially [nominally] behind 2 strikers
The tempo of the United side has for a long time now been set by a play-maker in a deeper position, be that Scholes, Carrick or before that the pair of them. Seems obvious this'll be some combination of Carrick, Blind and Herrera for LVG. LVG has come closer and closer to United's way of doing things since he's been here rather than the other way around, so it's only a matter of time before we're back playing with split strikers long. They may work okay together, but it's unlikely to be Rooney and Mata. |
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I think a rotating front three of Mata, Rooney and Falcao will work well. It would probably work just as well with RvP in there for someone too but something seems amiss with him at the minute.
What we need to do is £#%&! off this wing back situation until we get two decent wingbacks and stick to a 4-4(1-2-1, 2-2, 3-1 wotevs) - 2 formation. For the Chelsea games I'd go with a rigid as a formation as possible to try and negate the midfield and hope that the talent we have going forward is enough to break them on the counter. My perfect line up would be: De Gea Rafael - Evans - Rojo - Shaw () Herrera - Blind - di Maria Mata - Rooney - RvP (or Falcao) With the front three constantly rotating to assist the midfield. |
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