Nemanja Matic

[Pizy 18,323]

The narrative changes everyday. He and Conte must know each other inside-out by now since they have "meetings" everyday it seems like. Yesterday he had a meeting and decided he wanted a new challenge. Today he had a meeting in which Conte convinced him to stay. Two days ago he wanted to go.

Wonder what tomorrow will bring...

[Unionjack 7,531]

Just now, Pizy said:

The narrative changes everyday. He and Conte must know each other inside-out by now since they have "meetings" everyday it seems like. Yesterday he had a meeting and decided he wanted a new challenge. Today he had a meeting in which Conte convinced him to stay. Two days ago he wanted to go.

Wonder what tomorrow will bring...

Tomorrow will bring us buying Matuidi and selling Matic in Italy

[Jype 6,398]

20 minutes ago, Pizy said:

The narrative changes everyday. He and Conte must know each other inside-out by now since they have "meetings" everyday it seems like. Yesterday he had a meeting and decided he wanted a new challenge. Today he had a meeting in which Conte convinced him to stay. Two days ago he wanted to go.

Wonder what tomorrow will bring...

They media got tired of doing the same about Costa and have now turned to Matic.

Reading the Costa news was hilarious. One day he was "100% staying and committed to Conte" and the next day he was "alienated, not in speaking terms with Conte, close to Atletico" and that went on and on for a couple of weeks. Guess they needed a new topic to sell newspapers with so now it's Matic they're talking about.

Of course there's truth in the reports that Juve are very much interested but the media know fuck all about what's going on in Matic's head and what him and Conte have discussed privately.

[xPetrCechx 13,563]

Antonio Conte has managed to convince Nemanja Matic to stay at #Chelsea and reject the chance to go to Italy. [Di Marzio|

[LDN Blue 7,903]

Bloody hope he's staying. Need all the personnel we can utilise right now. Wonder if he'll ever capture that 2014 form.. Sigh.

[nono 791]

If he plays well this season maybe we can get a better price for him though I doubt that's the club's motivation for keeping him.

[CHOULO19 24,332]

12 hours ago, Robguima said:

Yes, it would indeed be somewhere in the middle if one values the options here and facts, equally.

I for one would gladly revise my opinions of certain players in the squad had they received a 20m+ offer from a club like juventus, but that's just me.

Yeah, sure, treat markets as some infallible omniscient god and let them dictate your life then act surprised when half the world is in debt and everyone is unemployed...  

[xPetrCechx 13,563]

Conte: "It’s important to go into the head of the players to solve the problem. Nemanja is an important player for me and he knows it."

Conte: "Nemanja Matic was and IS a #Chelsea player."

[Eidur the Spider 4,515]

Thought he had an excellent second half, seemed confident with the ball at his feet and enjoyed his interaction with Hazard and Azpi. Well played after a shaky start, kick on now and you'll be back!

[Blue Armour 4,252]

Have a feeling...no, actually, am pretty sure that working alongside Kante is making it easier for him. Now he can rush into tackles and interceptions, knowing he has Kante behind him to clean up in case he fails.

Him and Kante together is like having a CB partnership in front of our actual CBs

[blu35_army 551]

we need "The Best Nemanja In town" coming back,,and you 70% prove it tonight. now,,get full of your confidence and skill like the winning season dude....

[MefiX19 1,092]

he deserves alot of credit for second goal, find Michy with Fabregas-esque long ball.

[LDN Blue 7,903]

Played as expected, new manager syndrome is still quite fresh. But I guess when referees are booking Kante 3 minutes into the opening PL game, the Serbian offers much more protection. 

If we're going into the season with Ivanovic, Cahill and Terry as 3/4 default defenders then Kante and Matic will have to start, we become far too exposed. 

What I did like about our shape on the ball was how much more of a licence our fullbacks had with being allowed to go forward. Ivanovic is still a credible threat from the side, in the sense he can take defenders away from the real danger men (Willian for example). Kante's will to feed the ball wide played well into those tactics. 

If we are back to getting additional width from our fullbacks then Matic becomes more important in making sure our centre backs who remain back are protected.

[Unionjack 7,531]

Sorry but I did'nt get enough out of him to not want to try Chalobah instead. Preferably with N'Golo with Cescy behind in a 4-3-3

[MrExcalibur100 7,124]

I hope he'll shut a lot of mouths this season. I can't believe the amount of criticism he's gotten from Chelsea fans in a season were most of our players underperformed. You'll think a player like Matic will at least get the benefit of the doubt from some of his past performances. It wasn't that long ago he was arguably our 2nd best player behind Hazard. 

[Gilvorak 3,734]

He's fucking tragic. Should've been shipped to Juve while he still has any value.

[Ryan Fong 2,776]

Didn't Juve want him? Sell him before it's too late. Ship out Cuadrado and Matic to get some nice fund. No brainer.

[kellzfresh 7,228]

He's so clumsy on the ball, no right leg, no ball control, so slow, awful when asked to attack. You could see the difference between him and kante when kante was allowed to get forward. Matic should be the one sitting back, he has no ball control in tight spaces.