TheWiz

Right ... 4) Passes Completed: 1602 5) Pass Accuracy: 88% 6) Forward Passes: 77%

I don't know .. I mean ... I can only say that we disagree on many Points ... 1) I've seen Matic dribble ... past ... two, threee even four Opponents nonchalantly. Never seen Kante do that. I really don't understand what you base your Opinion on. His passing is not underrated, compared to Matic. It's weak. He also lacks the Vision Matic posesses. 2) Of coure he makes more Runs .. He is positioned more offensively while Matic has more defensive Duties. I agree with you that he is faster than Matic, He is more lively .. I also believe he is equal a Tackler ... maybe even better. But he does not posess Matics Vision and Passing Accuracy. 3) Yeah .. I think I can agree here. As fore hitting the Ball ... Yeah I mean .. hitting a Wonder Goal once is nice and probably Coincidence .. Hitting Wonder Goals Twice ore more is most likely Skill and Talent ...

Insulting me without good Reason, says more about him being a PoS .. than about me being a TW.

And that's the Reason his Passing Accuracy is inferior to Matic's?

Yeah I mean ... You can believe whatever you wanna believe. All I can tell you, that I am not a Double User. If you are hot fore proof .. I can write you some in Viennese Dialect ... And Beigl ore any other Austrian User can prove it to you. But you have to say ... Please, Wiz.

Yep .. I am TW if you like. BTW .. Could you help me out and tell me what TW stands fore exactly. I forgot. Theo Walcott?

1) Kante is the best ... What? DM or Footballer? I agree he's a better DM than Matic .. at least this Season ... and that he is more Athletic ... But Matic is a better Footballer in general .. And much more complete. 2) Exactly. But why is that? Because he is positioned more offensively than Matic ... Still I believe Matic is the better Playmaker. 3) There are younger Players than Bakayoko, I can guarantee you that.

I can't follow really .. You think I'm another User?

What?

Well .. Thank You! That's exactly what I am saying. And I go one Step further with no hesitation ... I believe that Matic is a far better and more natural Playmaker than any other of the above mentioned Players.

Let's do some Comparisons here ... In order to shine a Light fore you ... Matic Stats ... As DM with mainly Defensive Duties 1) Goals Scored: 1 2) Chances created: 27 3) Assists: 9 4) Passes Completed: 1602 5) Pass Accuracy: 88% 6) Forward Passes: 77% 7) Shot Accuracy: 54% 8) League Titles past 3 Years: 2 Kante Stats ... As DM with Offensive/Defensive Duties 1) Goals Scored: 1 2) Chances Created: 22 3) Assists: 1 4) Passes Completed: 1865 5) Pass Accuracy: 89% 6) Forward Passes: 72% 7) Shot Accuracy: 41% 8) League Titles past 3 Years: 2 Radja Nainggolan ... As CM/AM in a weaker League 1) Goals Scored: 11 2) Chances Created: 68 3) Assists: 5 4) Passes Completed: 1204 5) Pass Accuracy: 80% 6) Forward Passes: 73% 7) Shot Accuracy: 38% 8) League Titles past 3 Years: .......... Timoue Bakayoko ... As DM with Duties I have no clue about ... in a weaker League 1) Goals Scored: 2 2) Chances Created: 15 3) Assists: 1 4) Passes Completed: 1158 5) Pass Accuracy: 87% 6) Forward Passes: 75% 7) Shot Accuracy: 47% 8) League Titles past 3 Years: 1 Like, what was the exact Reason, some Forum Members want to Replace Matic with Nainggolan ore Bakayoko? What exactly do they offer, that Matic cannot bring to the Table .. Even if he is underperforming by his Standards? Not even the EPL Player of the Year has performed better than Matic Statistically. I really hope Conte makes no Mistake here.

We disagree on many things obv, but I could not have formulated a better Question than this.

The lack of appreciation for Matic in this Forum is unbelievable on one Hand and is great news for Mourinho or any other Club going fore Matic on the other Hand. Because It's Players like Matic who are quietly winning you trophies during and at the end of the season. That's precisely what Arsenal have been lacking since Patrick Vieira left. And It's precisely why Mourinho snapped him up and why Conte uses him instead of whining and complaining around in Forums. The Guy won us 2 EPL Trophies ... Yet People still call him an Elephant, Stupid, Unintelligent, Slow and what not. Can't believe it really ... I fear the worst ... That Conte might listen to the Fans instead of what he sees in Matches/Training ... and sell him to United in order to bring in a Football playing Lumberjack like Naingollan.

I really hope we don't sell and keep him as a first Teamer. It's Matic's Job to bring his best on the Pitch .. But it's also Conte's job to bring out the best in a Player and to play him in the most productive Position. I don't know what Conte is thinking ... Why shackling a Player to defensive Duties only, if he is capable of scoring such Goals? It just makes no Sense. I really hope Conte manages to see through it, ore he will leave fore United and create a potential Horror Story there fore us, by mauling every opposing Midfield together with Paul Pogba. B/c I don't believe Matic's gonna stay to warm the Bench fore the Bayokos ore Naingollans of this World.

Been utterly useless yesterday. Kantes biggest Assets are his Speed and Natural Athleticism ... But the Mistakes he is able to make, are horrendous at times and cost us dearly. Yesterday was not the first Time I saw him not being able to control the Ball properly, which led to our Opponents score Goals. His Ball Losses are unbearable ... And his Passes into the Dark even more so. The Problem with Kante is, he got no Vision ... Hence he does not provide much going foreward. And his clumsy Misunderstanding with Costa ... when he ran into him like a blind Donkey ... Unbearable .. Simply Unbearable. I hope he manages to get himself together in the Future and work on his Weaknesses.

Once a Diver, always a Diver. Players who don't have the Self-Discipline to go out of themselves solving a Problem ... but rather opt to cheat ... Have no Place in a Team that is still in progression. We should sort him out.

Conte just misused him. Maybe he doesn't want to realize that Matic is a box-to-box Midfielder, rather than a sole DM whose only priority is to shield the Defensive Line. Yesterdays Performance was poor - Maybe he was injured ore something. I don't know. But let's not forget, that the whole Team went into lethargic mode, once Arsenal scored that invalid first Goal ... Everyone (except Pedro) played shite.

Zinedine Zidane is the is the most overrated Footballer in History ... The . Most . Overrated ... There is no special artistrty involved in naming you 20+ Players who I would chose over Zidane ... Including Matic, Toure, Iniesta ... and so on. Everybody can shine .. when they have Lizarazu, Thuram, Henry, Trezeguet, Ronaldo, Figo, (and many other great Footballers) around them. However, some kind of Artistry it is tough, to be surrounded by Great Players but win the Champions League Final just once and bottling it twice. Anyway, this is not the Topic here.

I'm not trolling ... But maybe I missed something .. Didn't we win 2 EPL Titles with Matic marshalling our Midfield in the past 3 Years?

This is nothing special really. Nothing that Matic on his Day couldn't do with ease. It's nice posting Videos of someones good performances ... But he never played in the EPL. Neither did Nainggollan or Bayoko .. While Matic carried us to 2 EPL Titles in 3 Years.

Yeah, I mean .. He looks nice for a Midfielder maybe, I don't know. But more important than what he looks like .. is what he plays like .. In Football Looks is of not much relevance - Look at Ronaldo R9, ugly as fugg .. but one of the greatest Footballers. And I mean watching this Video, I dont see anything special .. which League is this btw ... German? The Problem is this ... We cannot get a more complete Midfielder than Matic right now .. Maybe if we merge Nainggollan and Bayoko or Dier, we would have the full Package.

Well, if we go fore Nainggollan and it turns out a success story, I'd be the first one to admit I was wrong. But on the other Hand, if we sell Matic to United, and he starts tearing apart Opponents Midfields left and right, side by side with Paul Pogba, I will be the first one to say ... I told you so.

But, how can someone be a One-Season Wonder ... You are either a good Footballer ore you are not. Let's not forget that Matic has been voted Player of the Year in Portugal before that.

Well, finally someone asks the right Question. What is his Position? I seems to me not even Conte knows, what Matic's Position ore Duties are. I believe his Position is as lone defensively minded Playmaker right behind Hazard/Pedro ore Willian .. and infront of Kante.

He doesn't need to be superfast ... Look at Kante. He is fast and athletic, but that does not prevent him of losing the Ball or playing passes into the dark ... Matic, on his day, is the most complete Midfielder Offense/Defense in the EPL ... We need to keep him at Chelsea.