Nemanja Matic

[dridinho10 1]

the best chelsea player so far

[The Chels 2,502]

I think we now know what Jose will do in the knockout rounds of the CL.

As much as a revelation as Cesc has been, him in a CM 2 in the biggest games would have been a disaster, Mikel, Matic and Cesc strikes a good balance.

Oscar and Willian can fight out for the right hand side in those games

Definitely. It's interesting though that the team we played away to Stoke is the same we'd likely use against the likes of Real and Bayern! We certainly showed them a lot of respect and rightfully so. As for the RW position Willian will always be ahead of Oscar for these games because he has more pace.

[Tomo 21,681]

Definitely. It's interesting though that the team we played away to Stoke is the same we'd likely use against the likes of Real and Bayern! We certainly showed them a lot of respect and rightfully so. As for the RW position Willian will always be ahead of Oscar for these games because he has more pace.

Yeah, Stoke away for me is arguably the hardest away game off the season after Ethiad, Old Trafford and possibly The Emirates. Arsenal never stand a chance there and City have not won there since they came up, ridiculously tough ground to visit.

[edetarod 2,155]

21m for this guy, daylight robbery

[the wes 7,212]

John Terry claims Nemanja Matic is Chelsea's new Claude Makelele

"You look at the exciting days when the manager first came, and Claude Makelele was the master in that position where Matic plays and Matic is very close to that," the skipper was quoted saying by the Sunday Mirror. "We missed him at Newcastle."

[TheOneChan95 225]

John Terry claims Nemanja Matic is Chelsea's new Claude Makelele

Both are excellent at reading the game and breaking up the play. But Matic is far better at playing passes forward.

[Term-X 7,891]

'I reckon when Terry & Cahill sleep at night Matic stands at the door watching guard.' - Gary Neville

[mediator 2,026]

[kellzfresh 7,226]

I knew he was important to us but that's just insane

[Madmax 9,219]

And unhealthy.

[iseah100 5,612]

And unhealthy.

This. I'm uneasy being so reliant on one player.

[CHOULO19 24,332]

As much as Matic is integral to the team, those with and without stats are ALWAYS bullshit. They never have any meaningful indications because they overlook a lot of more important variables.

In this case, the vast majority of the matches that Matic has missed were 1) last season when our team was fairly weaker and 2) in the CL knockout stages that he was cup-tied for and which are obviously much tougher matches to win than PL and domestic cup games.

[BlueLion. 21,491]

And unhealthy.

We need to clone him. Now.

[jeronimo 130]

We need to clone him. Now.

Double Matic in the pivot would be godly.

[stroey 2,525]

Double Matic in the pivot would be godly.

Ok since you're already doing it, make a right footed Matic to partner him.

[Roquila 1,335]

While we are talking about cloning players can we clone Jose and freeze the clones? Everytime the original Jose retires we just thaw a Clone.

[Hkibou 622]

Unfortunately this is not how cloning works. Having the exact same genetics doesn't mean becoming the same person. We see this with twins who can become very different persons over the years, because some genes "activate" or not in reaction to a specific social environment.
To clone Matic or Mourinho in order to have exact same player/manager, it would be extremely difficult because it would mean having to monitor the environment of the clones during their whole lives so that it is the exact same environment in which the original Matic and Mourinho grew up.

It's very possible that a cloned Matic wouldn't be interested in football at all for example.

[CHOULO19 24,332]

Unfortunately this is not how cloning works. Having the exact same genetics doesn't mean becoming the same person. We see this with twins who can become very different persons over the years, because some genes "activate" or not in reaction to a specific social environment.

To clone Matic or Mourinho in order to have exact same player/manager, it would be extremely difficult because it would mean having to monitor the environment of the clones during their whole lives so that it is the exact same environment in which the original Matic and Mourinho grew up.

It's very possible that a cloned Matic wouldn't be interested in football at all for example.

Yes, because THAT is the only realistic issue with cloning Matic!