Nemanja Matic

[LDN Blue 7,903]

Love the citations you guys give here - Takes me back to harvard referencing days!

[didierforever 7,349]

Well maybe meaningless is harsh but the stats completion you showed of Costa yesterday does not mean anything because I would expect that of our midfielders. Costa could have done better last night. Especially when he had the through ball to him and looked like he beat both Kiev defenders for pace. Just rather frustrated me. I want him to get back to his best and hope he can do it but tbh on his behalf, compared to last season the lack of clear created chance for him is not good enough.

those are meaningless stats.

falling deep and passing the ball back is a successful pass - but for what?

drifting on the wing despite us having proper width for once from azpi and baba- for what?

he won us corners when he could have tried to take a shot on goal, but he was busy trying to do his "fake" thing.

and then comes his positioning which was absolutely horrendous last night.

so meaningless stats pretty much sums it up.

[Pacquiao 1,834]

those are meaningless stats.

falling deep and passing the ball back is a successful pass - but for what?

drifting on the wing despite us having proper width for once from azpi and baba- for what?

he won us corners when he could have tried to take a shot on goal, but he was busy trying to do his "fake" thing.

and then comes his positioning which was absolutely horrendous last night.

so meaningless stats pretty much sums it up.

do you not understand why strikers do that?

serious question have you ever played football before?

[didierforever 7,349]

do you not understand why strikers do that?

serious question have you ever played football before?

did you watch thw first half. We dominated. We put in a lot of balls in the box only for costa to be absent. He did not need to come deep.

Gp to the costa thread and for onve read and try to understand what so many people are saying about hos positioning instead of stayinf in your delusional world

[Jase 43,479]

@didierforever and @Pacquiao, it seems clear that the two of you can't agree on anything, be it about discussion in this thread or another. So, how about you guys agree to disagree? No need to go back and forth and take pot shots at one another.

[manpe 10,861]

After reading that article from WAGNH I can't take stats seriously anymore. Looking at ratings and stats is maybe not the last thing that should be brought up in a debate, but certainly not the first and shouldn't be the main point. This is in reference to Pacquiao and didi4ever argument, you guys like talking about numbers too much imo.

[stroey 2,525]

Matic: We have quality

http://www.chelseafc.com/news/latest-news/2015/11/matic--we-have-quality.html

[Stats 7,053]

Thought he was fantastic again tbh. Looked like the Matic we know. Was a bulldozer. Made it looked easy the way he intercepted the ball at times.

[jmarlow 458]

Thought he was fantastic again tbh. Looked like the Matic we know. Was a bulldozer. Made it looked easy the way he intercepted the ball at times.

he only made 1 interception, i wasnt impressed with him again, still way below his best

[Stats 7,053]

he only made 1 interception, i wasnt impressed with him again, still way below his best

He lost the ball near the corner flag to Affelay once and apart from that I thought he was good. He controlled play, went forward well and don't actually remember him being exploited in the game.

[jmarlow 458]

He lost the ball near the corner flag to Affelay once and apart from that I thought he was good. He controlled play, went forward well and don't actually remember him being exploited in the game.

Stoke sat back for most of the match, i didnt think Matic was bad but didnt think he was very good either

[Last Sicarius 610]

What do u think? Can it bring new light at our case about mole in squad?

http://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/4961/international-football/2015/11/14/17326962/matic-slams-serbia-team-mates-ill-quit-if-things-dont-change?utm_source=facebook.com

[Blue-in-me-Veins 4,067]

Very good today..

But my days, he HAS to put away those chances. He did the same thing vs Dynamo Kiev away, drives through the heart of the defense, and shoots it so poorly.

[robsblubot 3,502]

Much better but still not at his best.

Movement and passing up there to what he can do. Strength (tackling) and finishing - as pointed out above - still lacking.

Many players improved and are improving slowly from the torrid start of the season.

Once again, the evidence points to bad fitness levels as the most likely culprit.

[xPetrCechx 13,563]

[BlueLyon 9,359]

Congrats on winning serbian POTY.

[BlueLion. 21,491]

Wonder if PSG will swap him for Luiz?

He looks so lethargic all the while. Think he's lost his desire to play for this club.

[Special Juan 27,424]

Would love to play against him right now, so predictable in his movement and force him onto his right side and he's basically like a hedgehog on it's back