DanishBlue 426 Posted November 26, 2014 Share Posted November 26, 2014 Matic just won the Serbian footballer of the year.Congrats! RoyalBlues 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whiskey 173 Posted November 26, 2014 Share Posted November 26, 2014 This guy is a fucking beast. EXACLY what we were looking for and lacking in the DM position for so long. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoyalBlues 4,050 Posted November 26, 2014 Share Posted November 26, 2014 give this man a new contract with improved salary he deserved ZOS 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomo 21,751 Posted November 26, 2014 Share Posted November 26, 2014 The best part about his game is if a pass isn't on he just dribbles forward almost effortlessly, although i don't think Mikel is as bad as general opinion suggest's, Matic is just on a complete different level. Blue-in-me-Veins, The Skipper, Kieran. and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the wes 7,212 Posted November 26, 2014 Author Share Posted November 26, 2014 Still cant believe we got him from Benfica in january for 25m...I remember he was rated around 40m and we paid half less in traditionaly more expensive winter market. Unbelievable piece of bussiness.i cant believe we sold matic to benfica we could have saved £21m Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post! NiclasCFC 2,582 Posted November 26, 2014 Popular Post! Share Posted November 26, 2014 i cant believe we sold matic to benfica we could have saved £21mBenfica made him the player he is today. The Chels, RoyalBlues, The Skipper and 3 others 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the wes 7,212 Posted November 26, 2014 Author Share Posted November 26, 2014 Benfica made him the player he is today.fair point mate we should have loan him out till benfica and saved £21m then Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHOULO19 24,332 Posted November 26, 2014 Share Posted November 26, 2014 I wonder what Henrique would say about Matic now. He was one of his biggest critics. Would love to see him come and write how wrong he has been proven Why? The criticism, even if over board, were made last season or a few months ago and have nothing to do with Matic's current form. I'm sorry, but I just don't like this.If I, for example, say that Oscar will not do well at Chelsea (which I have) then yes, I was obviously mistaken at the time and admit that I was wrong. But if I criticize Oscar for a bad game and he comes out and has a MOTM performance the next, that doesn't mean that I was mistaken to criticize him before. That is completely irrelevant.I know you meant it as a joke, and this isn't aimed just at you, Stats, but this is just something that annoys me on forums. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stats 7,147 Posted November 26, 2014 Share Posted November 26, 2014 Why? The criticism, even if over board, were made last season or a few months ago and have nothing to do with Matic's current form. I'm sorry, but I just don't like this.If I, for example, say that Oscar will not do well at Chelsea (which I have) then yes, I was obviously mistaken at the time and admit that I was wrong. But if I criticize Oscar for a bad game and he comes out and has a MOTM performance the next, that doesn't mean that I was mistaken to criticize him before. That is completely irrelevant.I know you meant it as a joke, and this isn't aimed just at you, Stats, but this is just something that annoys me on forums. I see what you mean Choulo however it is not as if I am stating that his opinion was runnish or anything. I just think it is right that when you criticize someone a lot and they come back with exceptional form, I think it is fair to admit where you have been proven wrong etc. For instance what Lionsden done in the Oscar thread. He was a big critic of him but was big enough to accept that Oscar has stepped up a level and improved considerably. I am not sure if Henrique has been on the forum recently tbh but if he is I just would like to see him accept that Matic is a quality DM. However Henrique made a few comments about Matic stating he was not good enough etc however Matic has had several consistent excellent matches for us now and it is not as if when he wrote that I slated his opinion because everyone was entitled to one. However now Matic has improved leaps and bounds, I think it is fair to request his opinion on Matic now. iseah100 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheWiz 109 Posted November 26, 2014 Share Posted November 26, 2014 I knew that he is a great Footballer, watching him at our Reserves back then. I mean it was visible. Visible! Sometimes a Player can even have a Shit-down-the-Pants Game, but still there is some Class sourounding him. Matic is such a Player. Ballack played back then. A Player who had to be put under the Gun before he even thinks about getting into a Dribbling vs 2-3 Players. And Matic was wasted at the Reserves, pulling Jaw-Dropping Passes and Dribbles. And then we sold it. I would really love to know, who made the Decision to loan him out back then.Btw well deserved Player of the Year Award in Serbia Big Man, may you stay here fore many many Years.. I dont know many Players except Brana and Vidic there, but I believe he is already the greatest Serbian Player there ever was. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vybz Kartel 1,613 Posted November 26, 2014 Share Posted November 26, 2014 One injury to him and we are screwed Madmax, TheIceMan and Danny Boyukliev 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueLion. 21,491 Posted November 28, 2014 Share Posted November 28, 2014 One injury to him and we are screwed He's an integral part of the squad but we'd cope if he got injured. That's what a squad is for. Ramires would come in. LDN Blue 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dUMB 189 Posted November 28, 2014 Share Posted November 28, 2014 I knew that he is a great Footballer, watching him at our Reserves back then. I mean it was visible. Visible! Sometimes a Player can even have a Shit-down-the-Pants Game, but still there is some Class sourounding him. Matic is such a Player. Ballack played back then. A Player who had to be put under the Gun before he even thinks about getting into a Dribbling vs 2-3 Players. And Matic was wasted at the Reserves, pulling Jaw-Dropping Passes and Dribbles. And then we sold it. I would really love to know, who made the Decision to loan him out back then.Btw well deserved Player of the Year Award in Serbia Big Man, may you stay here fore many many Years.. I dont know many Players except Brana and Vidic there, but I believe he is already the greatest Serbian Player there ever was.Not even close. Dragan Džajić, Dragan Stojković, Siniša Mihajlović,But, I'm sure he's on his way to be considered for that one day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kellzfresh 7,229 Posted November 28, 2014 Share Posted November 28, 2014 just to think we had a mikel/luiz-ramires pivot at this time last year Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petre.ispirescu 4,928 Posted November 29, 2014 Share Posted November 29, 2014 http://www1.skysports.com/watch/tv-shows/soccer-am/news/9584807/soccer-am-catches-up-with-nemanja-matic-to-discuss-chelseas-superb-start"On my first day at Benfica, when I came into the dressing room, the coach asked to speak with me," said Matic. "He said he thought I was a No 6, which in Portugal is the holding midfielder, that I will play that position and step by step I can become a great player. I asked him if he was sure! It wasn’t easy for me during the first few months but now I feel it’s the right position." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jase 43,479 Posted November 29, 2014 Share Posted November 29, 2014 With that yellow card Matic picked up earlier, it means he's now on 4 already. Get one more and it's one game suspension for him. Eeeek! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xPetrCechx 13,571 Posted November 29, 2014 Share Posted November 29, 2014 With that yellow card Matic picked up earlier, it means he's now on 4 already. Get one more and it's one game suspension for him. Eeeek!MIKEL! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHOULO19 24,332 Posted November 29, 2014 Share Posted November 29, 2014 With that yellow card Matic picked up earlier, it means he's now on 4 already. Get one more and it's one game suspension for him. Eeeek!As long as he and Cesc don't both get the fifth in the same match, we should be okay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jype 6,398 Posted November 29, 2014 Share Posted November 29, 2014 As long as he and Cesc don't both get the fifth in the same match, we should be okay. True, and if they can survive the games against Spurs and Newcastle without picking up yellow cards they're both free to get themselves suspended for the League Cup game in which they would probably not feature either way. I think we could manage Derby with Ramires and Mikel / Ake in the pivot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iseah100 5,612 Posted November 30, 2014 Share Posted November 30, 2014 When does the yellow card thing reset? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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