CHOULO19 24,332 Posted February 24, 2014 Share Posted February 24, 2014 Which two poor performances? He hasn't played a poor game since he joined us. If you're thinking about Man City FA cup, the team as a whole looked tired and he was one of the best of a bad bunch. He's been nothing short of brilliant in almost every game thus far.I'm excited about having Matic back here as much as the next Chelsea fan, I think he's exactly what we needed, but there is no point in denying that his performances against WBA, especially in the second half where he went missing, and against City where he left many gaps and was often ball watching, were below par.I'm not criticzing him for them. He's just arrived here and inconsistency till he settles in with the team is only normal. I'm just saying that he was back with a great performance after a week rest so maybe we do need to work on his stamina and not over play him. The Chels and TorontoChelsea 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dee25 1,044 Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2t3VFYR2y04This was such an excellent game by him, especially in the 2nd half when Ramires came on. Wish we would have our attacking players be more dynamic and imaginative with their runs especially since Matic is quite good at playing passes between the lines, but Hazard and Willian are just so static in their movement. They rarely make any attempts to get in behind defenders a la Lampard. kellzfresh, MrExcalibur100, The Chels and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Special Juan 28,141 Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 Absolute love how this lad has come in and fitted in. xPetrCechx 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duo11bluecl 207 Posted February 26, 2014 Share Posted February 26, 2014 Best professional player for us atm along with Cech, Terry, Cahill, Hazard, Dave, Ivan. The rests are off form or just not bothered. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Chels 2,502 Posted February 26, 2014 Share Posted February 26, 2014 Yes we missed opportunities to kill the game - and potentially the tie - in the first 30 minutes, but it's really simple: the more opportunities you create the more likely you are to score. And I feel we really missed Matic (and Luiz in midfield) because they'd have been much better at playing passes through the ridiculously large gaps between and beyond the Galatasaray defence than the woeful Ramires-Lampard pivot even if it's not their speciality. MrExcalibur100 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barbara 15,149 Posted March 5, 2014 Share Posted March 5, 2014 https://twitter.com/BabiLira_/status/441206740797763584and after he does all that, he can pick a pass, he can start a counter, he can make a smooth transition and he can have a screamer out of the box. Because what's the point of recovering possession if we give it away with a pass, if we kill a counter or if we do nothing from that?Seriously, this guys is invaluable for us. One of our best signings in the last five years.edit: FIXED kellzfresh and mediator 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Special Juan 28,141 Posted March 5, 2014 Share Posted March 5, 2014 and after he does all that, he can pick a pass, he can start a counter, he can make a smooth transition and he can have a screamer out of the box. Because what's the point of recovering possession if we give it away with a pass, if we kill a counter or if we do nothing from that?Seriously, this guys is invaluable for us. One of our best signings in the last five years.That says Vidic. We Hate Scouse and Kieran. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barbara 15,149 Posted March 5, 2014 Share Posted March 5, 2014 That says Vidic.ahuhuahuahuahuahuahuahuahuahuaI just woke up!but here you go:http://www.whoscored.com/Players/38128he has an average of 10,2 defensive actions per match between clearances, tackles, interceptions and shots blocked. Still a legend defending and making profit from it. And those numbers include two matches as a sub, not full matches like all those defenders normally have, otherwise he'd have more. I'll back in a few minutes with the average of only matches he's played 90 minutes, to make it fair.It's still more JT actions in a match - which is insane, because I'd expect a defender to have more defensive actions, especially because there are matches they have 12390432094 clearances in the box.edit:Just did the calculations, here's the breakdown of themtackles - total: 17; average 3,4clearances - total: 23; average 4,6interceptions - total: 20; average 4.blocks: I couldn't find His total average is 12 actions (without counting blocks, as the others have) when he plays 90 minutes like those guys. So he recovers possessions for us a lot, more than all those defenders except Vidic , and he does something useful from it instead of wasting it or killing our counter-attacks. kellzfresh and Mufassir08 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barbara 15,149 Posted March 5, 2014 Share Posted March 5, 2014 That says Vidic.now read that post again but thanks, I really had just woke up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Special Juan 28,141 Posted March 5, 2014 Share Posted March 5, 2014 now read that post again but thanks, I really had just woke up I don't do stats, I leave that to the people who care about them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jase 43,479 Posted March 5, 2014 Share Posted March 5, 2014 now read that post again but thanks, I really had just woke up Clearly you are in need of a cat massage. Barbara 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrExcalibur100 7,124 Posted March 6, 2014 Share Posted March 6, 2014 Apparently just played fantastically for Serbia. Too bad he played the full 90 though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kellzfresh 7,229 Posted March 6, 2014 Share Posted March 6, 2014 Fantastic player. I can't believe he was this good. He just needs a more technical partner by his side to see his full qualities. yuvala 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kellzfresh 7,229 Posted March 6, 2014 Share Posted March 6, 2014 Fantastic player. I can't believe he was this good. He just needs a more technical and mobile partner by his side to see his full qualities. Barbara 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pizy 18,903 Posted March 6, 2014 Share Posted March 6, 2014 Fantastic player. I can't believe he was this good. He just needs a more technical and mobile partner by his side to see his full qualities.Just imagine how utterly dominant a side we'd be with just two additions to the squad. A Kroos/Modric/Gündogan type next to Matic and a top class striker. We'd be right there with Bayern, Madrid, and Barca then. kellzfresh, The only place to be and Barbara 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Mak 4,459 Posted March 6, 2014 Share Posted March 6, 2014 Apparently just played fantastically for Serbia. Too bad he played the full 90 though.Not that hard against us to be honest! Especially when he has the likes of the midfield maestro Glen Whelan to contend with!Trust me when I say, he didn't have to work very hard...especially when we put the ball in our own net! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eligius 121 Posted March 8, 2014 Share Posted March 8, 2014 Fantastic game by Matic today....Did everything today.. MOTM for me. The Chels and Barbara 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrExcalibur100 7,124 Posted March 8, 2014 Share Posted March 8, 2014 Yeah, Matic was beastly. Consistently putting in world class performances. Benfica fans said he was one of the best CM/DM's in the world. I completely agree. Barbara 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHOULO19 24,332 Posted March 8, 2014 Share Posted March 8, 2014 My MOTM. Ran the midfield brilliantly. Barbara 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mufassir08 2,400 Posted March 8, 2014 Share Posted March 8, 2014 But I wanted to bump this thread first The Chels and Barbara 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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