Nemanja Matic

[Henrique 9,133]

I'm really shocked. Matic is a DM, a very one dimensional one, that can do great things playing in a very specific role, why in the hell is Conte using Matic as a box to box midfield is beyond me, while Fabregas is sitting on the bench game after game. Matic is not good enough to play in that role.

[BlueLyon 9,359]

3 hours ago, Henrique said:

I'm really shocked. Matic is a DM, a very one dimensional one, that can do great things playing in a very specific role, why in the hell is Conte using Matic as a box to box midfield is beyond me, while Fabregas is sitting on the bench game after game. Matic is not good enough to play in that role.

If Matic was still that great DM, we could play him there with Kante as roaming b2b and Cesc the creator. Sadly Matic cant own DM place anymore, meaning we have to play Kante there. And Cesc cant play either in such case because Matic is too slow for the role he is given now. 

[kellzfresh 7,229]

Reminds me of Peter crouch when he turns. So lanky, slow and clumsy on the ball. He's far better just defending. Box to box is not for him. Play him in kantes position or put fabregas in his place imo.

[Jase 43,479]

To quote what Claude once said of Giroud, Matic is a freaking 'lamp post'! He's cumbersome, slow on the ball, poor intelligence and extremely one footed.

[Rekin 835]

I am honestly curious about what his purpose is. I watch Kante and I see a player who is taking shots (terrible shots but still), disrupting play, collecting the ball deep, running everywhere and then I see Matic. Matic sometimes give a half-hearted attempt to win the ball, makes a simple pass but most of the time manages to be missing where the heart of the action is. Is he supposed to be attacking? Is he supposed to be controlling the middle? Whatever his role, he is clearly failing. 

We are losing so so much from having him and Oscar in the middle. Both are slow players lacking any real creativity, dynamism or flair. Their only purpose seem to be to slow down play and make passes to better players. I might think Willian is as best above average, but he is still far ahead. 

[Gilvorak 3,734]

Brilliant performance tonight. Was shocked at how well he played.

[The Skipper 20,593]

Solid. 

[bababoom 4,478]

Great today, finally passing much faster and looks real comfortable on the ball again. 

[Dazzy_Vance 454]

It's definitely a mental thing with Matic. He has never been the same since that match against Burnley at SB. If you watch the video above he's so much more aggressive and physical. He would use his size to dominate other players. Now he has forgotten how to do that. He doesn't hold players off when he is controlling the ball. He doesn't use his long legs to dispossess opposition. He doesn't run up to players and intimidate them when they have the ball. He needs to start doing this again because that's what made him so good.

[mccg 1,528]

I wonder what he might be like at Cb?

[jernej93 565]

20 minutes ago, mccg said:

I wonder what he might be like at Cb?

I was thinking about it yesterday when Cahill was bad af

[Dazzy_Vance 454]

1 hour ago, mccg said:

I wonder what he might be like at Cb?

He's terrible in the air and would be awful at positioning. He's down on confidence. The last thing he needs is to be made into a CB.

[mccg 1,528]

1 hour ago, jernej93 said:

I was thinking about it yesterday when Cahill was bad af

Exactly, he's got the size , better touch, passing ability ,tho for a big guy he is not great in the air , would have more time than in cm in most cases , i'd be looking at that option and every option if i was manager/coach , imagine he took to it well and have Kante and some other worldclass Dm/Cm in front of him?!

[Beigl 1,387]

We really should have sold him when Juve was interested, now he will be stuck in our average squad forever, just like Oscar.

[Fernando 6,502]

21 minutes ago, Beigl said:

We really should have sold him when Juve was interested, now he will be stuck in our average squad forever, just like Oscar.

Well that's the problem with the board. Let go of good players and give contract extensions to average players. 

Oh well. 

[Laugh1ngMan 393]

What's the point of a Matic??

 

He's become horrible in defense, the game just seems to go past him, he doesnt create shit, all he does is dribble the ball towards the players he wants to pass to cause his passing is so bad

[Adnane 1,101]

Doesn't create a lot, not excellent defensively, but gives us balance, our problems are really faar from him ( or Oscar for that matter ). 

He's just an easy scapegoat when people don't have anyone else to blame. 

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

Nainggolan who?