Nemanja Matic

[CurlyHairLikeLuiz 1,625]

More like he has no right leg. He literally can't do anything with it

You're right, he was so fucking useless I reckon we should get Mikel to show him how it's done.

[Polo7 3,496]

I thought he was better than we have seen him in a long time.

[Gilvorak 3,734]

He was better defensively but his distribution was beyond shocking today. Not only that but he kept getting caught in possession because he was taking too much time on the ball. He's a great player but he won't ever be elite until he improves his passing.

[LAM09 7,043]

Played better than he has for several weeks. Was solid defensively.

[The Skipper 20,609]

Very good defensively, sloppy going forward though. Getting back to that level of his though.

[kellzfresh 7,229]

You're right, he was so fucking useless I reckon we should get Mikel to show him how it's done.

Lol

[Laugh1ngMan 393]

Defensively one of his better performances really, prob because we were playing compact though and he didn't need to cover half the ground by himself.

But he was one of the main problems why we were so poor in possesion and it hasn't been the first time, def needs to up his game and improve on that

[Thor 2,693]

You can't expect him to be decent in possession when the team wasn't.

One player isn't responsible for 29% possession for a whole team. He is a proactive player, and hence he does like to get the ball moving forward. When the team is asked to sit back, of course he isn't going to have a lot of options to distribute too. He was getting crowded by Man Utd players due to not having options and thus they were able to throw more men onto him.

[MrExcalibur100 7,124]

The fickle nature of this forum is at times shocking.

[Laugh1ngMan 393]

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The fickle nature of this forum is at times shocking.

You are right, it's better to stick with your principles and keep bashing the same players/managers with the same arguments on the same things over and over again instead of trying to read comments and watch a game with an open mind and possibly altering your view of the game/players

Was really hoping Matic stepped up his passing game in the game against United since with Zouma as a partner in the pivot we needed someone to string the passes together deep in midfield but he didn't really delivered. I genuinly tought he was better at it but after paying some real attention to it the last couple of games it's fair to say i'm dissapointed in it.

[Oscar 441]

Matic did have a stamina problem in portugal as well... Would be nice if Jose actually rotated better, rather than rotate because of suspension/injury.

[CHOULO19 24,332]

Matic did have a stamina problem in portugal as well... Would be nice if Jose actually rotated better, rather than rotate because of suspension/injury.

We've played a lot less frequently this second half of the season so while lack of rotation may well be a factor I really doubt it is the only one.

Actually if you remember the first few matches in the season he started inconsistently as well and making more mistakes than usual (the 6-3 against Everton is a prime example). So it's not just tiredness but general inconsistency. Maybe that is only normal since most top DMs only reach their peak at around 29yo.

[iseah100 5,612]

There's not ALWAYS a reason for poor form, sometimes, a guy just has a bad string of games. Seems like he's out of that rut, hopefully he finishes the season as strong as he began it.

[mikeholiday 209]

Matic did have a stamina problem in portugal as well... Would be nice if Jose actually rotated better, rather than rotate because of suspension/injury.

My theory about why Jose didnt rotate much this year is that during the early parts of the campaign, all our rivals were dropping points left and right. And we were in such good form.

At that point (...well up to now) it became a RACE for points rather than a MARATHON. And we see the fruit of it right now... The first to 84 points wins the trophy.

[Tomo 21,751]

My theory about why Jose didnt rotate much this year is that during the early parts of the campaign, all our rivals dropping points left and right. And we were in such good form.

At that point (...well up to now) it became a RACE for points rather than a MARATHON. And we see the fruit of it right now... The first to 84 points wins the trophy.

This, this, this, this and this.

I was saying that for ages, the Schalke, WBA and WHU displays amongst others, no way do we perform as well with constant rotation.