That will never happen.Hope the new manager drops him for perreria or Fred, he's not been playing that badly lately but he still needs to be dropped regardless
That will never happen.Hope the new manager drops him for perreria or Fred, he's not been playing that badly lately but he still needs to be dropped regardless
That will never happen.
Jose completely run him into the ground.
I just don't think he compliments Pogba and it's Pogba who should be complimented, not Matic. Matic isn't great at what he does even when he's at his best.I'm not giving up on him. He's not world best, but a very good player, imho. I expect him to be back to his best, and take a major role under new manager.
I just don't think he compliments Pogba and it's Pogba who should be complimented, not Matic. Matic isn't great at what he does even when he's at his best.
When he started with us, people lavishing praise on his skill and passing, and couldn't believe how stupid Chelsea was on selling him to us. It's with Mou tactic, expecting him as Makelele, was he suffer. I see Matic similar to Carrick in a way: positioning, good tackler, and good passer.
Carrick played with 300 y.o. Scholes and they were fine in a way. Pogba is obviously physically better than Scholes, so I don't see why a midfield three of Pogba - Matic - Herrera wouldn't work. I think that combo is our best.
To be honest, Matic's passing is not as good as Carrick, even Herrera and Fred seems to be better at passing than Matic. That's why he can't play as DLP.
Even though Carrick did allow Scholes to be the more dominant one, Carrick still moved the ball around much better than Matic is capable of. Matic isn't able to do much more than just recycle the ball around. He'll slip in some nice balls out to the wide players to run onto, but that's about it. Carrick and Scholes worked together to control us around (and we also had Rooney and Giggs who were both better in that regard than anyone else we currently have), whereas Pogba has basically had to do it all himself since he got here (with a little help from Mata when he plays).That's true. Few player have Carrick passing range. I'd argue though, that when with Scholes, Carrick role was a lot more passive than his later years. Carrick was more into recycling the ball, and let Scholes took the main seat on playmaking.
To be honest, Matic's passing is not as good as Carrick, even Herrera and Fred seems to be better at passing than Matic. That's why he can't play as DLP.
That's the thing, he's not all that mobile. He's a poor fit next to Pogba.It is his lack of defending that is the issue. Not about his passing. I think his passing is decent. It is the covering of the two CBs that is his huge minus point. A good interview by Stam who mentioned that in defending we are just jogging back and not sprinting. To me Matic is the leading culprit in this. He always jogs.