southern muppet said:Since we're already in a Mata thread, are there people who still believe we should have signed him instead of Le Nas?
Not for me, Mata's more of a forward by definition than both Silva and Nasri, Samir especially. Think many blues (myself included) are hoping that, when required Nasri will play a deeper and more central role than he plays now, dare I say the kind of role Xavi plays, I don't think Mata could do that. Up for debate who's better between Mata and Nasri though, although like I said, quite different players so often difficult to compare.