Re: Juan Mata is a must
Dribble said:
Matt the Giant said:
richards30 said:
could we get him instead of nasri? does he do the same sort of role?
There are far better tactical and player analysts here on this forum, but in my opinion they are kind of similar in the way they work in the midfield. Both of them can operate on both flanks as well as from the middle but I would certainly opt for Mata:
- I'd say the Spaniard is more creative and a better assister than Nasri, and in general a better player with a more solid mentality.
- He used to play with David Silva (and David Villa) at Valencia and they did a great job together, displaying a spectacular understanding for each other on the pitch.
- With Aguero coming in, I think the similar cultural background and language shared but the lot Silva, Mata and Aguero would be beneficial for the team. I think the three of them would work better together than with Nasri in Mata's place.
So, Mata for me it is. But I'd be very happy with Nasri as well.
As I've previously said, if we get rid of the 12-13 deadwoods who are still at the club (including the ones who've already gone, Jo, Garrido etc) and sell Tevez & Adebayor, it will leave our squad extremely light considering we'll be fighting on 4 fronts next season. With the revenue that lot'll bring in not to mention the savings on their wages, I'd stick another £60-£70m on top and go for Mata, Aguero, Nasri, Higuain & Sneijder/Modric - or a similar type player as cover/competition for Silva. This is not fanciful thinking and is wholly achievable and we'd be sorted squad-wise for the next 3-4 years with plenty of strength in depth and cover for injuries, suspensions, loss of form and players who need resting.
£60-£70m is just above what The Rags and The Scousers have already spent this pre-season and below what Chelsea spent in January AND would keep us well within our FFPR targets.
:O
If we did that, we'd have 8 players for 4 positions, with 1 less attacking position unavailable when we play top 7 clubs. And NONE of them would be happy to sit on the bench for a chunk of the season. And that's if Tévez leaves/isn't included in the squad.
That's £150 million + worth of players mentioned there, and I'm sure that would affect our FFPR thingy at least a tad?
There's no way we would play:
_____________Hart_______________
Richards__Kompany__Lescott__Clichy
________________________________
_____Yaya Touré___de Jong_______
Silva_______Sneijder_______Aguero
____________Higuain_____________
With a bench of: (Or something like it)
Taylor/New,
Savic,
Zabaleta,
Milner,
Nasri,
Mata,
Balotelli.
I mean ffs!!! Wed have to have Kolo Touré, Kolarov, Barry, A Johnson and Džeko playing for the reserves ffs!! That's £75 million worth, in the reserves!!!
Yes, we can rotate, but only to a certain extent... we can't just play an entirely different team every week, we'll get nowhere! and if we did just buy everyone weve been linked with like you suggest, they'd all want out next summer unless we could guarantee them almost constant 1st team football, and we'd have to sell half of them. At a loss probably.
Those types of players arent squad players, they're the spine of teams. If we did get people like Sneijder/Aguero, they would become our spine and they, allong with our current spine, would play as much as Hart, Kompany, de Jong and Silva did last year (hint hint, whenever they're fit)
In an ideal world it would be perfect and we'd be unstoppable, but players have aspirations, these types of players no how good they are and they realise they can walse into most teams on the planet. It would be great if we could get them all, but it would be completely illogical in the real world outside of fifa.
;)
Oops I've just thought of something, Clarkied?
