TheWiz 109 Posted April 26, 2017 Share Posted April 26, 2017 24 minutes ago, manpe said: . I didn't say anything about kicking Matic out, neither did BlueLyon. You didn't answer. If we keep this same squad next year, who replaces Matic when he is out for months? We've been lucky this year, he has always been available, but we have seen what happens when you take away one or two key players from our starting XI. Your right, others did. As fore your Question ... Well, Conte could bring in some good prospects fore that Position ... but in my Opinion the Way Matic provides Security and Vision in Midfield, I can't see anyone who can adequately replace him. In my Opinion Conte shackled him into a much too defensive Role anyway, holding back his Playmaker Potential - As he got both. But then again, who am I to judge .. I am just another Sofa Professional from the Forum. TBS ... There are already Rotational Options in our Squad ... Zouma, Ake, Luiz, Kante, Chalobah ... can all fill in, if necessary in all kinds of Line-Up Variations. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manpe 10,861 Posted April 26, 2017 Share Posted April 26, 2017 Your right, others did. As fore your Question ... Well, Conte could bring in some good prospects fore that Position ... but in my Opinion the Way Matic provides Security in Midfield, I can't see anyone who can adequately replace him. TBS ... There are already Rotational Options in our Squad ... Zouma, Ake, Luiz, Kante, Chalobah ... can all fill in, if necessary in all kinds of Line-Up Variations.I respect your opinion that Matic stays in starting xi. And you also cleared up that you have nothing against Conte bringing in a prospect, okay. But the options from our current squad you mentioned... Not good enough for PL, CL and cups. So we do need a midfielder who can play Nemanja's role, either as backup or starter, that's up to Conte and the players to battle it out among themselves. Sent from my Nexus 5X using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Armour 4,448 Posted April 27, 2017 Share Posted April 27, 2017 Seems to be a bit of 'confidence' player. Yesterday he played far better than how he did in the Spurs game, especially with crowd encouraging him to shoot. You can even see it in the way he tries to pass.. Takes 2-3 extra touches before releasing the ball, mainly because he doesn't seem to have the confidence to release it first time (to attackers like Hazard or Diego). But yesterday's game he seemed to improve a lot better in that aspect. Either that, or he's just more comfortable playing like that when he's in a midfield 3 rather than in a midfield of just him and Kante. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheWiz 109 Posted April 30, 2017 Share Posted April 30, 2017 Another solid Performance by Matic. Marshalled the Midfield and Shielded the Defence as great as we know it from him. Sill don't like him being shackled so defensively ... Would like to see more of his Vision and Creativity upfront, but its Contes Choice. Â Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the wes 7,212 Posted April 30, 2017 Author Share Posted April 30, 2017 Hada  good game today same again against Middlesbrough Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kellzfresh 7,229 Posted April 30, 2017 Share Posted April 30, 2017 1 hour ago, TheWiz said: Another solid Performance by Matic. Marshalled the Midfield and Shielded the Defence as great as we know it from him. Sill don't like him being shackled so defensively ... Would like to see more of his Vision and Creativity upfront, but its Contes Choice.  I think he was just okay. Nothing like a great performance from what I was watching. A good performance is what wayanma did against arsenal today, not giving away easy passes and looking slow on the ball. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Special Juan 28,141 Posted April 30, 2017 Share Posted April 30, 2017 He was shite IMO and highlighted the biggest area of this team that needs improving. marflow, xPetrCechx and Mufassir08 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robsblubot 3,595 Posted April 30, 2017 Share Posted April 30, 2017 Wow although we could certainly improve on him esp in technique, he had a good game today. No not great in possession, only Ok. Though he deserves a lot of credit for the dominance we had in midfield today. comcerning Wanyama, well I spotted him when he was playing in Scotland while we were still insisting with the likes of mikel. Matic still edges him in the physical side, but wanyama is certainly the more technical and more pacey player. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Skipper 20,609 Posted April 30, 2017 Share Posted April 30, 2017 47 minutes ago, Robguima said: Wow although we could certainly improve on him esp in technique, he had a good game today. No not great in possession, only Ok. Though he deserves a lot of credit for the dominance we had in midfield today. comcerning Wanyama, well I spotted him when he was playing in Scotland while we were still insisting with the likes of mikel. Matic still edges him in the physical side, but wanyama is certainly the more technical and more pacey player. Wanyama has improved a lot technically under Pochettino. Always showed flashes of technical quality but was lacking that edge - seems to have developed that under Mauricio now. Top player. Love massive athletic midfielders with good technical quality tbh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robsblubot 3,595 Posted April 30, 2017 Share Posted April 30, 2017 55 minutes ago, The Skipper said: Wanyama has improved a lot technically under Pochettino. Always showed flashes of technical quality but was lacking that edge - seems to have developed that under Mauricio now. Top player. Love massive athletic midfielders with good technical quality tbh. Perhaps, but the flashes were there. Reckon he improved more the mental aspects than technique really, technique is the hardest attribute to improve on. That's when you acquire good players -- when they need to improve in some areas -- not when they are expensive or unsellable. That's one of the reasons I think we cannot compete in Europe. BTW, I still think that defensively Wanyama isn't that great compared with matic esp physically in tight spaces (as seen in the fa cup match). Matic is a good player. We have a lot of good players on the squad, but not many great players. The Skipper and Clockwork 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LondonsFinest 692 Posted April 30, 2017 Share Posted April 30, 2017 He didn't have that good of a game. He was okay. Again, highlighting the fact, that we have no midfield presence given the massive holes he leaves to be exploited. Â Any decent attacking side would benefit from it. He managed to missplace a lot of simple passes too. Goal has given him some confidence, but he has to be moved/improved on. The Skipper 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Skipper 20,609 Posted May 1, 2017 Share Posted May 1, 2017 If this was a "class" performance, people do really set the boundaries low for him. Despiadado.Maleante, mashimaru161 and kellzfresh 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post! Belgiannutt 3,201 Posted May 1, 2017 Popular Post! Share Posted May 1, 2017 9 hours ago, Robguima said:  No not great in possession, only Ok. Though he deserves a lot of credit for the dominance we had in midfield today.  Disagree, we dominated the midfield because of Koeman's decision to have Gueye man mark Hazard and leave the midfield battle up to players like Barkley and Davies. Despiadado.Maleante, Blue-in-me-Veins, CHOULO19 and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheWiz 109 Posted May 1, 2017 Share Posted May 1, 2017 12 hours ago, kellzfresh said: I think he was just okay. Nothing like a great performance from what I was watching. A good performance is what wayanma did against arsenal today, not giving away easy passes and looking slow on the ball. Wanyama always looks slow on the Ball to me. Comes naturally, when someones a chunky Athlete I believe. Wanyama is a classic Strongman, I like that ... but he lacks the Vision, Technique and Creativity of Matic. Everyone has good and bad games .. But Matic is the DM whos going to lead his Team to EPL Glory this Season. Just as he did in 14/15. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mashimaru161 77 Posted May 1, 2017 Share Posted May 1, 2017 We are not going to "dominate" any team with Matic on the midfield. He looks clueless with the ball most of the time and be easily pushed off the ball or misplaced simple pass. The only completed pass is back pass... kellzfresh and nono 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robsblubot 3,595 Posted May 1, 2017 Share Posted May 1, 2017 1 hour ago, Belgiannutt said: Disagree, we dominated the midfield because of Koeman's decision to have Gueye man mark Hazard and leave the midfield battle up to players like Barkley and Davies. They are not mutually exclusive. (Doesn't our golden boy hate man-marking?) weekend before matic did similar against spurs. A couple of seasons back and he did it for us to win the league - no kante either. I can certainly understand the wish to improve on him, but he's a good Who gets a lot of imo undeserved criticism. TheWiz 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheWiz 109 Posted May 1, 2017 Share Posted May 1, 2017 32 minutes ago, mashimaru161 said: We are not going to "dominate" any team ... It's not necessary. Dominating the League is more than enough fore us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mashimaru161 77 Posted May 1, 2017 Share Posted May 1, 2017 10 minutes ago, TheWiz said: It's not necessary. Dominating the League is more than enough fore us. We have cecsy for small team  Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheWiz 109 Posted May 1, 2017 Share Posted May 1, 2017 1 minute ago, mashimaru161 said: We have cecsy for small team  Yep and a few other Options as well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueLion. 21,491 Posted May 1, 2017 Share Posted May 1, 2017 He was great in the final 15 minutes - when Everton had thrown in the towel. nono, kellzfresh and MefiX19 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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