Transfer Rumour Juan Mata

[Brendan Janus]

It's seriously funny that Stoke are like, our main rival in the transfer market

I know mate, embarrassing ain't it !!

 

[JLW]

How come?

Because our ambition and quality of potential signings has increased massively

 

[MickA]

Funny thing is mate, he is one of the players that you could wave the medical with practically, never missed a single game with an injury throughtout his career, something that has been overlooked in how good a deal it is to get him, Witsel similarly has a stellar fitness record as well, with i believe only one injury since he started playing and that only for a few games.

Not something i have checked Koemans history out on with transfers but interesting if he does go and target very durable players in the market to build the spine of the team around.

Hearing Koeman is very switched on with fitness and performance analytics. We've been missing that massively over the last few years.

 

[Brendan Janus]

Mata ain't that good to be honest !!

 

[mightymoyes]

Mata ain't that good to be honest !!

he was chelseas best player before jose came back!

 

[FeedTheStraq]

I don't think Barkley is, or ever will be a number 10. Prefer him running up the pitch rather than trying to play the killer pass. We haven't had a good playmaker since Arteta so I really hope this move is a goer.

 

[bluestevon]

Hearing Koeman is very switched on with fitness and performance analytics. We've been missing that massively over the last few years.

Aye Mick, his fitness coach he brought with him is supposedly very highly rated as well, should have a big improvement across the board on the players ability to last more than 45 minutes (or 20 mins in Deulofues case)

Interesting to see how much time the likes of Besic, Mirallas and a few other injury prone players actually miss next year, and if most of it was actually more to do with them not being fit enough and picking injuries up through that

P.S. Strootman for Everton!

 

[bluestevon]

Mata ain't that good to be honest !!

Yes he actually is that good

 

[fandjango]

he was chelseas best player before jose came back!

This is totally true
Mata is a great player but unappreciated by Mourinho and So was Lukaku
He turned out OK for us

 

[faddy the blue]

10 am and still no sign of Mata at Finch Farm.

Koeman out.

 

[evertonfootballclub]

Hearing Koeman is very switched on with fitness and performance analytics. We've been missing that massively over the last few years.

Finger crossed.

And also hope he doesn't do this...

[From the Guardian]
Quite simply, Martínez refuses to compromise when it comes to style and his contempt for those that eschew technical play is palpable. Martínez wishes to outscore the opposition and hopes to do so by “out-footballing” them. He will rarely focus on corners or set pieces in training, believing those elements to be unworthy of his brand of technical, passing football. For him, playing to percentages is tantamount to a lack of control on the trajectory of the match itself.

Let's get our fitness and set pieces sorted out and we'll probably be 15 points better off automatically.

 

[Moomin]

Because our ambition and quality of potential signings has increased massively

So Stoke have no ambition?

 

[fandjango]

10 am and still no sign of Mata at Finch Farm.

Koeman out.

to be fair nothing will happen on the Mata signing until the thread approaches 3000 and the fume temperature smashes. The thermometer

 

[ijjysmith]

Finger crossed.

And also hope he doesn't do this...

lol

Let's get our fitness and set pieces sorted out and we'll probably be 15 points better off automatically.

I remember reading that bit in Osman's book and getting so angry. It's a mental attitude to take towards such an important part of the game.

 

[chazzle_dazzle]

I am expecting a ITKbomb today...

The MoleBomb is being retired, he is AWOL.