The trouble is that Matic was consistently our worst player for his first 18 months. He was consistently outperformed by Mikel; a player with perhaps more skill and finesse than most players at the club, but nonetheless some geniuses online consider surplus to requirements.
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This is half correct. The idea that he was ever good enough for a club like Chelsea is a falsehood. He made his name in a Micky Mouse league, at a club that would struggle to compete in League 1. Mikel on the other hand has won us cup final after cup final on his own (see 2012), but is slated by the fans because he doesn't score fancy goals or do flippy tricks.
just ignore him/her mate, they'll get bored eventually and return to their mothers basement to eat Cheetos & abuse people on WoW message boards.Mikel is responsible for our success
What a clown.
When Matic returned, for a while he played like an absolute beast and he was bossing games and one game in particular against City where he owned Toure. Now I'm beginning to wonder if he just had a purple patch players sometimes get and what we have seen for the past season or so is the actual Matic - decent enough but not top level. Certainly not another Essien.
I think this is spot on. Expecting him to play at the Level he showed when he got here might be the reason people are moaning, we might have to temper ourselves and just come to terms With the fact that he is an average player and the performances he is putting in now is the norm for him. Which is not to say he is a bad player, he is in fact quite useful to have, but not someone who has a very Limited skillset that should be starting week in week out if we want to consistently challenge the top teams in the world. In the same bracket as Mikel for me
Surely with great coaching and belief from the player himself, he should be able to reach that high level consistently again? If he is unable to maintain that level, which is what we bought him back for, then questions have to be asked about his commitment
