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Nihilist:Should I tell you to recognize a playmaker? The attacking midfielder in the midfield who starts the attack (not create) and partake in the build-up play by receiving his passes from the DM and the defenders. They also makes little movement round the midfield to open up space to exploit. On paper, this player may not be deployed in the deep midfield but on the pitch, he's often seen there either by him dropping deep or drifting in. That's the playmaker. As for Chelsea fans, majority are agbero. |
Nihilist:The answer lies in your post. The team was built around Mata and he was the focal point of that team. Even then, he dictated nada. And you were saying? |
coogar:Nope. You know why Southampton are on the losing end lately? Because Morgan Schnerderlin, their deeplying playmaker is out injured. Check all their losses, includind their defeat against City, you would notice it coincided with the absence of Morgan. Even City were only able to get through them after Morgan was subbed out due to injury. Does Morgan creates many chances per game? Nope. So, why? Because that's Tadic's job. But why is Tadic finding it difficult to create? Because he has no one to knit play behind him and provide him with the incisive passes. You're right that playmakers should be the one with the most touches and passes but it is not always like that due to various reasons. First, the position of the playmaker may be of hindrance. For example, Silva have to drift into the centre to get more touches but when he's unable to do this, he's liable to get few touches. Secondly, inability of the team mates to recognize the actual playmaker and this is the fault of coach. For example, Chelsea players didn't recognize Oscar as the actual playmaker, they probably thought that Mata is the playmaker since the team was built around Mata. However, the player that actually made play happened was Oscar, even with the little touches he had. Same thing happened with Mata and Kagawa in the games against Newcastle, Aston Villa, Westham e.t.c. Everyone defered to Mata in those games but Kagawa was the main playmaker. In a right set up and with an insightful coach, the playmaker gets more touches on the ball. |
coogar:Nope. Playmake is make a play i.e, conduct play, my engrish teacher. |
elampiro:Same as Silva. People talk of Iniesta as the heir to Zidane's throne but that's one fat lie. Silva is the closest to Zidane, a pity City often under utilized him. @elampiro, have you seen how Suarez has been underperforming so far when deployed as an out and out 9 for Barca? |
coogar:Playmaking is not all about being creative. Infact, when a playmaker creates chances, it's seen as a bonus that comes with playmaking. In a lame man's word, Playmakers are often known as the assist of the assists. Don't also forget Mata takes all the free kicks and corner kicks when he was at Chelsea compared to Silva who rarely did. |
coogar:Can you state Yaya defensive stats here? Infact, you're getting it upside down because what Yaya provides nowadays, is energy and attacking play, not much defensive work. He provides his little share of defensive duties but it's not his cup of tea, same thing Di Maria did for Madrid. Yeah, City deploys Silva in a sort of free role on the wing which allows him to drift and drop into the midfield but it's not as convenient as playing in the centre and the difference showed in their game against Barca where Silva was deployed in the centre. In that game, majority of City's players were their usual out of sort, this included Yaya and Fernandinho who were poor in that game but Silva took their game to another level single handedly. They fashioned out better chances than Barca and outclassed Barca's midfield through the help of one man- Silva. City would have won that game if not of the ineptness of their forwards. With the way Silva performed that day, City can beat anyone infront of them. However, City's strength is also its achille heel because they don't utilize the only playmaker they have to the best of his potential. Let me also tell you that Blind is very much a DM. He's a different DM to the likes of Sandro, Vidal, Bender e.t.c. He's a sitting DM (holding midfielder) similar to Busquets, Fernando, De Rossi e.t.c. They carry out their defensive duties not by running around but by sitting back and mopping out the danger at the back of the midfield. They also contribute to the buildup play from the back which provides a platform for the other midfielders to do their work. Teams that employs a roaming DM often deploy a sitting playmaker (deep-lying playmakers). For example, Vidal with Pirlo, Alonso with Khedira e.t.c. I guess different stroke for different team. Like I said earlier, Before his injury, Blind was among the top midfielders with high no tackles and intercept and this is a player, burdened with our playmaking duties. Let me also ask you, how much grit and steel does Madrid have when they won the Cl last year, Bayern, Barca, Holland or Germany? Surrounding Mata with all the DM in the world would even make him look worse. IIRC last season, Mata's performance became better with Kagawa on the pitch. And it was Kagawa who was dropping deep into the midfield from the left side to orchestrate play, similar to how Silva do his thing for City. Our last season match against Newcastle and A. Villa will tell a better story of it. Infact, those matches had Kagawa written all over it. He provided the incisiveness and conducted the play which benefitted Mata in those games. Another way to make Mata play better is to deploy him in a counter attacking set up. That still doesn't change the fact that Mata is a Second Striker. Shalom. |
coogar:Beast indeed yet, Silva made a fool of him everytime they encountered each other. You probably mean beast against pub team like Qpr, Aston Villa and other 2nd fodder pub teams. |
Nihilist:Just because the team was built around Mata and he was shouldered with the creativity duties doesn't change the fact that Oscar was the playmaker for that team that season. If you rewatch some of Chelsea games when Mata was there, especially the games against Juve and Donetsk, you would notice a deceptively looking frail child dropping deep into the centre of midfield to conduct play, making intelligent movement and incisive passing all over the centre of play. That child was Oscar. Even now that Fabregas has been assigned the duty of a playmaker, Oscar still do that playmaking job as it's a second skin nature to him. Mourinho even attested to it here: http://www.goal.com/en/news/1717/editorial/2014/10/19/5260511/oscars-evolution-crucial-in-chelsea-coping-without-costa |
SIRcumalot:Nope. It was still the same physical players with the same mentality although Carlo made some little adjustment but it was still the same style. Their style of play even became more ugly when Di matteo took over after AVB was sacked and that was Mata's first season. No doubt that Mata thrives best in a counter attacking team where there is enough space for him to operate. But then, his performance still depends on the opponent giving him enough space too. Playing Mata in a possession based team like Van Gaal is doing is suicidal. There's a reason Del Bosque preferred Silva to Mata in the Spanish possesion based style. Mata being Chelsea 2 time player of the year makes no meaning. Infact, the first was undeserved because Drogba and Ramirez were better than Mata and the reason behind Chelsea winning the CL that year but because Mata looks more elegant in style and had better stats than them in the league, he was voted above them. Let me also made it known that those his stats amounted to nothing because Chelsea still sat in 6th position at the end of that season. It was only the 2nd award he deserved because that year, he thrived in Bennitez counter attacking set-up which was built around him. Even then, he was still his useless self against teams like City, Pool, Swansea e.t.c and was poor in the CL. However, he was able to do well against the 2nd fodder teams in the Europa league. Even then, Oscar was the playmaker in that team. Let me reiterate to you and Coogar, creativity is not playmaking. There's more to playmaking than just creativity. A playmaker is someone that conduct and orchestrate play in the midfield e.g Zidane, Xavi, Alonso, Kroos, Verratti, Pjanic, Modric, Schweinsteiger, Sahin, Silva, Pirlo and our retired ginger man, Scholes. These players are rare commodity unlike the SS and AMC we have in abundance. |
Timbuktou:Is that what your perforated brain was able to deduce from that post? Do You also know that your brain box doesn't align with your brain, ape? An intelligent man would have be able to deduce from that comment that not all human behaviour align with nature as opposed to what you were saying but no, you have to be spoonfed due to your zero IQ. I'm asking again how do patriarchy turned to reproduction and call of nature? Yeye. |
Timbuktou:Your stupid self should have thought it before making a statement that human behaviour align with nature. Also, how do patriarchy relates to reproduction and call of nature? What a joke. |
SIRcumalot:No one in particular during Drogba era which was all about grit and physicality but after Drogba exit and Oscar arrival, Oscar became the playmaker until Chelsea signed Fabregas. It's a myth that Mata was unstoppable at Chelsea. He was only unstoppable against teams that afforded him space but against teams that denied him space in midfield, he was gash. We all know the reason he was always good against us which was because of our open and gash midfield which allowed him to waltz through unhindered but against teams like City, Pool, Swansea, Southampton e.t.c, he was found wanting. And apart from his goals against Arsenal, he was always his invisible self against them. His champion league performance were even the poorest. At that time, some Chelsea fans, including my bro said it was because the team had ugly style of play, relying on grit and also, it was his 1st season with them. Fastforwarded to his 2nd season when Oscar and Hazard were signed, his performances in the CL were even more gash. He was so out of sort against Juve and Donetsk, was invisible throughout the game while the newcomers (Oscar and Hazard) were pulling up their weight and doing something useful in the game but no, Mata was his useless self except against Norjalland where he put on his commando hat. And when Bennitez was appointed as Chelsea Coach, the team had a counter attacking playing style which was built around Mata. This allowed him to thrive but even then, he was still his useless self against those aforementioned teams like Swansea which dumped them out of the F.a cup, Man City, Liverpool e.t.c. How do I know this? Because I watches majority of Chelsea games with my bro. The funny thing is people just look at his stats for Chelsea and start to cream their pants, forgetting that he was Chelsea's chief set piece taker (corners and freekicks) which increased his stats and he himself is a natural stat padder. For example in Chelsea game against Donetsk where he was invisible and useless, he was still able to make an assist for Moses' goal through a corner kick. He was a stat padder for Chelsea and even now, for us. It's so sad that Mourinho discovered that earlier before Manutd's coach did. For the umpeteeth time, Mata aint a playmaker! |
alutacontinua:Don't know. SAMBARRY is the most likely person to ask. |
alutacontinua:Nothing unusual happened apart from you becoming a man. Some remained the same, some improved while some became worse e.g Nashville. |
alutacontinua:When did you become a man or have always been one? |
Timbuktou:So, what we're discussing here is reproduction? Mumu. As for your last statement, eating human like some tribe do is also a call of nature? |
coogar:It's a myth that Toure provides steel. He's reformed his game into attacking play long time ago. The only player sanctioned with defensive duties are Fernando and Fernandinho and even then, only one out of them plays coupled with the fact that Fernadinho is a box to box CM, turned into a makeshift DM by City. Fernadinho is at his best in a box to box role and that was where he made his name at Donetsk. So, that leave Fernando as the only true DM City have. We also have our own DM which is Blind and let me made it known to you that before his injury, he was ranked among top 3 players with the highest no of tackles and interception in the league. He's also not just a DM for us, he's been a player who knit up our play and contributes to our build-up play. I'm sure when he's relieved of such burden, he would even contribute much more in the defensive aspect. Also, with all the defensive gadgets City have, they are still poor in europe. You know why? Because they failed to deploy Silva the right way. Instead of the centre, he's forced on the wing to accommodate two strikers. City's best game against top teams in europe still remains the Barca game where they had Silva in the centre. In that game, Silva was the best player on the pitch and this he archived while playing with an out of sort Yaya and a deflated Fernandinho in midfield yet, he was still able to outclass Xavi, Iniesta, Messi and co. Unfortunately, City lost the game because their forwards went on holiday despite the chances Silva fashioned out for them. That said, I still don't get how Mata being invisible in games relate to not having DM in midfield. It's more like him not having a playmaker to knit play behind him, like Kagawa did for him when he was here. Have you also noticed that Iniesta drop in form coincided with Xavi's decline. Iniesta find it difficult to get his mojo back because he lacks penetration and incisiveness from the midfield. And this is a player who's 10 times better than Mata and not a second striker! What Manutd need is a playmaker, not Mata nor Strootman! |
coogar:Mata is not a playmaker. Do you see how Silva conduct play? Now, that's a playmaker and I bet Silva is burdened with defensive duties as much as Mata. Mata is not even an AMC like Ozil, James, Gotze, he's basically a second striker. What you're failing to grasp is the playmaking aspect, not creativity. Both are two different things. For example, Xavi do the playmaking for Barca, Iniesta and the forwards do the creativity. However the platform for their creativity is Xavi's playmaking. Without it, Barca lose their penetration and incisiveness. Same with Madrid whenever they had Alonso out, they were out of sort, although they have Kroos in his place now. What Manutd need is a playmaker. |
elampiro:See my response to @Coogar. |
coogar:We already have Herrera for that. Infact, what we should be talking is how similar both Herrera and Strootman are. Both are box to box midfielders. And from what we've seen from Di Maria so far, he's more comfortable in midfield than on the wings. That's another box to box CM we have on our hand. What we actually need is a playmaker that can knit play together in the centre of play and that player isn't Strootman, I would rather have his team mate, Pjanic or a player like Verratti. These are the players the team need, Carrick and Blind have tried their best to knit play together but there's little they can do as they aint playmakers, they are holding midfielders. Infact, they are being burdened with two works and once either of them is marked out, the team is a goner just like the team did against Leicester when Blind was marked out. |
coogar:You said we need 3 defenders and then, proceeded to mention Hummel, Godin and Strootman. So, what was I supposed to think? As a matter of fact, we don't even need Strootman in midfield nor 'defence'. |
coogar:Strootman is a defender now? Shior. |
Odunharry:What? He's what we call stat padder, much more worse than Rooney. |
coogar:You didn't answer the question? So the men bossing FTSE100 are Bill's clasmmates and all the men in his class? Shior. |
Another lucky day. De gea to the rescue and Sterling forgetting his shooting boot at home. Only God knows when the luck will run out, probably when Carrick and Blind are out injured. |
coogar:You should have thought of it before saying 'the whites'. It's not really a suprise 'cos for a start, you have no brain to engage but to regurgitate. Let see just how foolish you are by asking you this, How many women were in Bills' class? Did all the men in Bills' class turn out to be great men? How about naming those that turned out to be CEO and great men? Lastly, what have you invented? I'm sure you can't even answer the questions. Such a stup!d person with stup!d reasoning. |
Leave the house for weeks and tell her it would continue like this if she doesn't change her temperament. |
coogar:Getting personal? Don't have time for that. I'm just finding you funny. Coogar the same yesterday, today and forever. No ounce of improvement. What have you invented that makes you better than the female out there is the question? I believe there are geniuses out there that are better than anyone, including you but using them as yardsticks to belittle female just shows how foolish you are. |
coogar:Same with the women. Why the question on Steve and Bill being turkish? Weren't you the one that said the conversation should be centred on the whites? Or are the turkish black? Shior. Anyway, the question of the day still remains, 'what have you invented?' |
coogar:Same with the women. Stop asking me if Bill and Steve are turkish, were you not the one who said the conversation should be centred on the white? Arrant Nonsense! I will ask you again, what have you invented? |
coogar:But I'm in Nigeria. And are you saying all those things I listed only happens in africa? How about those turkish people who discriminate against females? Whatever. And I'm asking you again what happened to the rest of the men in Bill Gate's class? Let me also ask you, what have you invented or done that a woman can't? Lets start from here. Stop leeching on other people archivement. |


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