Mata

[Bender]

Everyone said the same about Silva.

Mata is genuine class and in the fullness of time will do as well as Silva is doing now.

you mean it is hoped he will do well ain't no guarantees
schevchenko and torres were also class

[McDermotX]

He might just be the player they needed to replace the gaping hole left by J.Cole

Yeah......whatever happened to him ?











Oh.

[Craig_H]

Everyone said the same about Silva.

Mata is genuine class and in the fullness of time will do as well as Silva is doing now.

[Red_Polo]

Wonder where he's gonna fit in. May have to tinker with their formation?

Just as with near enough every big Chelsea signing then

[Shaggy]

you mean it is hoped he will do well ain't no guarantees
schevchenko and torres were also class

Obviously no guarantees.

Torres & Sheva have nothing to do with this.

Point is that "too lightweight", "too small" platitude gets trotted out all the time (no offence wavydavy ) and it's rubbish IMO. If you're good enough it doesn't matter how little you are.

They said the same about Silva, Modric, Luis Garcia, Benayoun etc. The ones who don't succeed fail because they're not good enough. Also, although it's quicker over here, much of the defending in Spain, Argentina etc is brutal. The PL cheerleaders like to think it's only us who tackle hard, which is rubbish.

[Daniel 7]

Yeah, imagine little Messi trying to get to grips with Stoke on a cold Wednesday night in November...

[Bender]

Obviously no guarantees.

Torres & Sheva have nothing to do with this.

Point is that "too lightweight", "too small" platitude gets trotted out all the time (no offence wavydavy ) and it's rubbish IMO. If you're good enough it doesn't matter how little you are.

They said the same about Silva, Modric, Luis Garcia, Benayoun etc. The ones who don't succeed fail because they're not good enough. Also, although it's quicker over here, much of the defending in Spain, Argentina etc is brutal. The PL cheerleaders like to think it's only us who tackle hard, which is rubbish.

yes it does they were success at their previous clubs and ended up at little russia for big money and have been flops.....as you say Obviously no guarantees but already he's seems deemd to have been a success before even having signed ...let's not compare him to other midfielders as each player is different.

[dom9]

Modric stays at Spurs then I guess.

[Craig_H]

yes it does they were success at their previous clubs and ended up at little russia for big money and have been flops.

let's not compare him to other midfielders as each player is different.

So you compare him to strikers instead?

[Craig_H]

Modric stays at Spurs then I guess.

I'd be amazed if he didnt also end up at Chelsea.

[Bender]

So you compare him to strikers instead?

put your glasses on and read it again..........two previous expensive signings who were successful at their previous clubs and have been flops for big money at chelsea

[Fosterbloke]

I'd rather have Hazard. Mata moves inside too much.

[Shaggy]

put your glasses on and read it again..........two previous expensive signings who were successful at their previous clubs and have been flops for big money at chelsea

Everybody knows there have been big money flops but I'm not on about that - I'm specifically talking about small, "lightweight" footballers in the mould of Mata, Silva, Modric etc.

[Bender]

as you said Obviously no guarantees.......

[Craig_H]

put your glasses on and read it again..........two previous expensive signings who were successful at their previous clubs and have been flops for big money at chelsea

Yeah, and both of them were strikers - so you were comparing him to strikers, when saying we shouldnt compare him to other midfielders