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I'm glad Matic is doing well and became one of the most important players in Chelsea squad. One of the top players I've seen playing weekend after weekend, but this poll can only be possible because Matic came from a small league. His performance in 2013 was tremendous, so much better than 2014 in which he had difficulties in his first months playing for Chelsea and only this season he is truly achieving his potential. Anyway, and this might be because the coach asks him to take more risks, but he used to be more assertive in pass (haven't seen statistics, it's just my impression ), however same beast and same influence in the game as he had in his last season for Benfica.

Let me just get back to the beginning of my first post at talkchelsea! I guess now there are much more people convinced that i wasn't kidding! Matic was really a bargain and he his just proving at a higher level what i always knew, he's top-3 in the world in his position for the last 1,5 years. Anyway, i don't think you've seen the best Matic yet, the game against City was good but not the best for him. Playing side by side with David Luiz doesn't uses his best characteristics, which you'll see when he plays alone in front of the defense and Ramires-Oscar in front of him. Maybe today we can see Chelsea playing like that, which i believe is the best tactic for the team.

This season he played half of the games (something like that) as a box-to-box, with a defensive midfielder behind him. Still a good player, but not even close to what he can do if playing has the reference in front of the defense. That's his position and it's where he can be a top player. In my opinion, and even if it's not so exciting as a box-to-box, he's exactly what you need to make offensive process more fluent and provide you ball possession with quality. To play as a box-to-box you have Ramires. Matic, Ramires, Oscar in the Center Willian, Right Hazard, Left Best midfield in the premier league in my opinion. Only city can be comparable, at this moment. Give them time and it'll be even better!

Hi guys, I'm new around here, and just want to let you know that YOUR TEAM STOLE US! As a Benfica fan i'm felling raped after this deal! xD Matic arrived at Benfica as an offensive midfielder, that could play as a box-to-box or even at the left of the midfield. During almost all the season he was just training, sometimes playing 5/10 minutes to replace Javi Garcia (our defensive midfielder) or add some extra strength to the midfield if needed. He always had nice technical skills, but he was too passive and very weak tactically. One year later when Javi left to city he was the replacement and everybody was skeptical about it, he was not strong enough to command the defensive process alone, "they said!" (and i remember that we also lost Witsel exactly in the same day to Zenit). After a couple of games he was our best player, adding something to our game that we hadn't in the past, great technical skills in the 1st phase of construction which makes your offensive process so much easier for a team that needs to win every game and essentially, a very good pressure over the opponents even on attacking areas. I'd say that his main skill his the tackling, that's why a lot of people call him "the Serbian spider", long legs, strength, and extremely effective when pressing the opponent. He was one of the keys on our campaign last season, considered the best player in the league and in my opinion we need to go back at least 10 years to find someone like him playing in Portugal (maybe until 2003 when Deco was playing in Porto). I used to say last season that i wouldn't change Matic for any defensive midfielder in the world. At least now you know how we feel, losing our best player for 21M£, in January, 2 days after we reach the 1st place in the Portuguese league and without anyone to replace him! Not your fault, you did a great job. Probably not Matic's fault, even if he pushed the situation to a limit. It's our fault, to keep voting on someone as a president who's increasing our huge debt and then needs to do 50% off, at January Sales. All the best guys!