We played against Real Madrid already and he was our best midfielder. There's no team in the EPL who's harder than Madrid in terms of attacking.
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We played against Real Madrid already and he was our best midfielder. There's no team in the EPL who's harder than Madrid in terms of attacking.
I`m well aware of that but nobody can be in a perfect position all the time.
And when there'll be need, you'll see him do that. You cannot ask something of him that he hasn't needed to do so far.
I love his little dribbles towards the opposition's deep-set midfield in a bid to provoke them into leaving their positions. He commits the player then passes to a teammate. Carrick, all too often, just passes sideways in those scenarios, and opposition midfields just slide across as a unit. They don't seem like much, but those little penetrative Matic runs make a world of difference. I love how composed he is on the ball. Excellent midfield player.
can't believe Chelsea sold him to us
Looks right at home already. Hasnt put a foot wrong yet, but tougher challenges to come
He had Okazaki pressing him all the time especially in the first half, couldn't get near him.
Chelsea are idiots letting him go and replacing him with B-joko.. Top shelf quality from Serbia..
He's fantastic. He's everything I'd imagined Schweinsteiger would be for us. Absolute steal.
Was very very good in his role today but I'm repeating myself here, Mourinho needs to rotate or rather introduce another midfielder sooner into games.
He's done A LOT of ground work our past 3 games and in the 2nd half, it showed the limitations of playing a two with one of them being Pogba and essentially a front 4 ahead of them.
He's done A LOT of ground work our past 3 games and in the 2nd half, it showed the limitations of playing a two with one of them being Pogba and essentially a front 4 ahead of them.
He's been fantastic so far this season. Doesn't do a thing wrong. Early days though.
In my opinion, his biggest challenge will come against teams that press. Liverpool game would be his first real test. But majority of the games we play, he will dominate if he continues playing like he's done so far.
In my opinion, his biggest challenge will come against teams that press. Liverpool game would be his first real test. But majority of the games we play, he will dominate if he continues playing like he's done so far.
Agree, we need to use Herrera\Fellaini and Carrick for all our cup matches and easier league matches, I fear we'll run him into the ground, which admittedly you could accuse Jose of doing in his second season with Chelsea in his last stint there.
In big matches his role will be more reserved though since he will be mostly asked to sit, while Herrera does the hustling.
There were so many reservations about us buying this guy. And look at him now, he slotted in the team like he's been there for ages. Another brilliant display.
Made Okazaki look like a fool twice
Our group looks easy on the paper, so yeah you could be right.
The last time we had Benfica and Basel in the same group we were knocked out in 11/12. The last time we were actually in the CL we were knocked out of the group stage by Wolfsburg. We shouldn't take anything for granted.
I guess Chelsea didnt think that he'll find his best form again
He reminds me of a irobot roomba vacuum cleaner. Cleans up everything and return to base.
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In a window where Oxlade Chamberlain goes for 40m with a year left on his contract Matic is looking a bargain
Nice interview doing the rounds about his opinion on Roy Keane.
http://www.skysports.com/football/n...ration-for-manchester-united-legend-roy-keane
Nothing major, just comes across as very well spoken and respectful. He fits in to the club perfectly.
http://www.skysports.com/football/n...ration-for-manchester-united-legend-roy-keane
Nothing major, just comes across as very well spoken and respectful. He fits in to the club perfectly.
Have a horrible feeling McLean will injure him in tonight's game the dirty cnut.
He's missed only 14 games in 5 years. Matic isn't the type to suffer from fatigue.
He's playing like he's been with us for years. Beautiful.
Too bad he's so old.
Too bad he's so old.
Solid performance tonight against Republic of Ireland.
His injury record is fantastic but that doesn't mean you can't keep your players more fresh than others. The amount of defensive ground he covers AND the forward runs is not sustainable. Pretty much the whole Chelsea squad suffered this at Mourinho's first two seasons at Chelsea iirc. Of course on his second season he won the title but it was a case of burn bright and fast.
Anyways it's just a minor concern for now. At Utd, he's got a far better squad with plenty of good depth so he has all the opportunities to rotate.
Stoke 2:2 Man Utd
Kind of hoping for a jinx with this, but gotta say both him and Pogba are very poor today, especially Matic who I thought didn't bring much today at all. His worst game so far for us.
I like him but he was poor.
Yeah he was really bad today, didn't really do much defensively, and made some of stupid passes going forward, and somehow he keep getting beaten in the air by Shaqiri
I thought he did fine defensively but didn't have much of an impact in possession like he has in the other 3 games.
He wasn't terrible but definitely not as good as the previous games.
Did his job which is his defensive duties mainly. I don't expect him to brilliant in all aspects every match.
not going to lie if he was playing exactly like this for Chelsea i can see why they sold him.
Didn't see first 52 minutes of the game because I had to go to the airport but after that, I can't remember him making any contribution to the team. He rather gave away the ball cheaply a couple of times in the final third and was not effective in tracking back either. I guess he was trying to go in advance positions to force a positive result.
But give the guy a break, let him play for half a season at least (especially group stage matches of Champions League) and then we can criticize him.
But give the guy a break, let him play for half a season at least (especially group stage matches of Champions League) and then we can criticize him.
Wind changing direction already
Wasn't as bad as some of you are making out.
He's a defensive midfielder. He's rarely ever gonna directly make goals for us.
I thought everyone accepted and appreciated that?
I thought everyone accepted and appreciated that?
He started on fire and contributed offensively. He had an average game offensively yesterday, so obviously some are disappointed, even if his main job isnt to shine offensively too
His passing like Hererra's contribute nothing to our team offensively which is a shame cause we need to improve in that aspect.
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