Yep he defo has a touch of class about him. I thought hes a bit on the slow side though.
Nemanja Matic
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Regarding the above post, apparently in the CL this season he has covered more ground in the 5 games than anybody else.
I have not watched much of him, but he clearly has a real engine.
He has according to "give me sport" covered 66.390 metres, which works out about 13.2km on average every game.
If we are after a true box to box, he is certainly within a shout I think.
I have not watched much of him, but he clearly has a real engine.
He has according to "give me sport" covered 66.390 metres, which works out about 13.2km on average every game.
If we are after a true box to box, he is certainly within a shout I think.
Him is the only midfielder i would like us to sign... (of the "affordable" ones obviously)
head and shoulders a better fit for us than the herreras and banegas out there. (even Rakitic)
Matic-Jones (carrick)
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i doubt it will happen this winter... we just bought Fellaini so im expecting just a left fullback. but feck it would be awesome if we get him.
head and shoulders a better fit for us than the herreras and banegas out there. (even Rakitic)
Matic-Jones (carrick)
--Kagawa (wayne)--
i doubt it will happen this winter... we just bought Fellaini so im expecting just a left fullback. but feck it would be awesome if we get him.
Him is the only midfielder i would like us to sign... (of the "affordable" ones obviously)
head and shoulders a better fit for us than the herreras and banegas out there. (even Rakitic)
Matic-Jones (carrick)
--Kagawa (wayne)--
i doubt it will happen this winter... we just bought Fellaini so im expecting just a left fullback. but feck it would be awesome if we get him.
Will never happen while we have Fellaini here I'd imagine. We got the wrong big fecker. That said, not sure he's a 'better fit' than those you mentioned per se. There is certainly room for a Paul Scholes.
What's wrong with having two big feckers? Especially as one comes with excellent technique and workrate? And I dont mean fellaini.
I think we all gathered that!
Not seen much of him, but Chelsea let him go right?
Yes.
Thought he was younger than 25. Judging by the posts in this thread, would be a good signing for us then.
From what I've seen of him he's too slow for my liking.
He's not fast, he's not slow. He has a long stride which makes him better than slow. That make sense?
Better than Fellaini in any case.
Better than Fellaini in any case.
Yeah but you would say that.
Explain?
You do have a bit of a reputation for liking any player with a name ending in "ic".
Yeah it's a shock to like your countries players.. regardless, haven't said anything wrong there.
I think its fair to say he hardly got a chance.
They bought him at a time when he was still fairly rough/inexperienced, and challenged him to break into the Lampard/Essien/Ballack midfield.
Obviously he was not ready at that point, but he seem's more than good enough now.
He was reasonably well thought off but Benfica wanted him as part of the David Luiz deal. I think he would have had many more games for us if they didn't want him.
My only real memory of him for us was that he looked a little clumsy and slow. That's based on about 20 minutes of football though.
Fair enough. I would take any decent midfielder right now that can pass and move with the ball.
do the right thing Moyes... for once.
Anderson was great in Portugal... Ship him to benfica + 20M and we might get lucky.
Matic is more capable at doing everything better than Fellaini (except chesting the ball). He's faster, more mobile, better awareness, better technique, better at tackling.
Having said that he's not a world beater. Still he's slow (as common notice in the thread) but due to height covers the ground well.
I don't think however we should spunk another 30 mil at someone who is better than Fellaini (which isn't hard to find).
Having said that he's not a world beater. Still he's slow (as common notice in the thread) but due to height covers the ground well.
I don't think however we should spunk another 30 mil at someone who is better than Fellaini (which isn't hard to find).
I think we'll end up going for him if we can't persuade any Spaniards. I don't really want another beanpole, although this one is better than the one we got mugged for in the summer.
I'll admit, i haven't seen much at all of him but the little i have seen suggests that he's not going to be a top club player which is what we should be looking for.
I do not think we'll go for him at all since we already signed Fellaini who looks to me like a similar player in that he's rather slow, big and strong.
I do not think we'll go for him at all since we already signed Fellaini who looks to me like a similar player in that he's rather slow, big and strong.
just by watching youtube and match compilations, I have come to the conclusion that out of all the midfielders available to us, he is the one we should be going for. Unfortunately he hasnt been linked to us by the media but maybe thats a positive. He just looks so graceful on the ball and is very physical. He'd be the perfect player in our fragile midfield. He would be our answer to Yaya Toure for me.
Apparently Portuguese paper O Jogo are saying that Benfica have said Matic is available.
I've only seen him a couple of times but he looked absolutely class. Is he that good? I remember his performance against Chelsea where he basically looked like Yaya Toure. Dribbling, tackling, interceptions, good passing range. He seemed to have everything.
I've only seen him a couple of times but he looked absolutely class. Is he that good? I remember his performance against Chelsea where he basically looked like Yaya Toure. Dribbling, tackling, interceptions, good passing range. He seemed to have everything.
He's excellent. Considerable improvement.
This nonsense the club is peddling about players not being available is infuriating - Matic, Gaitain, Garay, Coentrao, Matuidi, Carvalho, Fernando, M'Vila (despite his troubles) are all available and would instantly improve our team.
This might be the one I'm most interested in, on the basis of our need and the slightly better chance of maybe actually being able to get him if we tried.
No new links to him though, are there?
No new links to him though, are there?
SkySports spoke with 'world football expert' Jonathan Wilson on Balkan players. Here's what he said on Matic:
I'd approve of this.
I'd approve of this.
Sign him!Or anyone. Please. Anyone.
Seriously, how many players were "very close to moving to Manchester United in the summer"?
But yeah, I'd approve too.
But yeah, I'd approve too.
He's good, no doubt about it. I know we're all bandying names about, but Matic would satisfy most supporters expectations.
Loads but Moyes decided he didn't want any of them and wanted Marianne instead
Moyes not interested in Matic but was in Fellaini? That says it all really
Pfft..the terrace songs would be too easy. Get someone else.
From the moment the summer window opened I was adamant that Fellaini would be one of only a few signings we'd make. The lateness of the deal certainly suggests this anyway.
Any regular watchers of the Portuguese league made any posts on him?
It complies with the usual "Premier League proven" guff. Probably why he didn't want Thiago either.
He'd be perfect for us. He'd give what Jones does in midfield plus a Hell of a lot more.
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