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For me his form has dropped alot these last games. Today he was just jogging around at a distance from attacking Hull players and slow to distribute the ball. 

 
comtrend said:
For me his form has dropped alot these last games. Today he was just jogging around at a distance from attacking Hull players and slow to distribute the ball. 
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He really frustrates me because we know how good he can be but he just seems lethargic and clumsy on the ball with his wayward passing. Would love an upgrade or at least someone to challenge his place 

 
Yeah he was making me eat my words not long ago, as I was very much in the 'sell' camp in the Summer. He's dropped off again though, not to the level of last season but right now he offers very little.

 
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One of the weaker links in our team for me. Needs to be upgraded in the summer. 

 
Replace him with Niagollan (or however you spell his name) and I think that would be a quality midfield, aside from height.

 
I don't think he will ever get that confidence back that he had when first re-signed for us. The Matic that would out-muscle the likes of Yaya Toure, the Matic that would break opposition attacks and quickly set us up on an attack of our own so easily, that Matic is gone i think. It wasn't long ago that he was being rated as the best DM in the world by some.

He's not as bad as last season, nowhere near it, but he's also nowhere near as good as he used to be for us.

I know that Fabregas isn't brilliant defensively, but i would still rather he played over Matic in most games. It's not like Matic is so great defensively himself these days. At least with Fabregas we would have someone who can pick a pass out without needing to think about it for 5 seconds.

 
Chigzzer said:
Replace him with Niagollan (or however you spell his name) and I think that would be a quality midfield, aside from height.
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Not that height matters in this case since for some reason Matic isn't very good in the air. I cant remember him scoring with his head

 
Desperately need someone to come in when Matic plays like this. Even Hull managed to press us high up the field which forced us to either punt the ball upfield or have Hazard/Pedro drop deep and try to tale om 2-3 men to get the ball into the opposition area. The dippers are going to have a field day if we dont sort it out. Id rather play Fabregas or even Chalobah then Matic when we go to Anfield.

 
Not sure where this is coming from, I thought he was our best player against Leicester.

Even yesterday I was thinking how remarkable it is that he has managed to turn his form around to such a large extent from the shambles of last season.

 
To be honest, I don't agree with some of the opinions on him. He's one of the reasons of our success until now, he had some bad performances, but in most of his games, he was excellent. He wins balls for us, we always can feel him in the central together with Kante, it's difficult to beat him as an attacker in a 1vs1 situation. He has 6 assists and he always puts his best on the pitch. 

I agree, his passing isn't in Fabregas's level, his speed isn't in Kante's level, but let's not forget how strong he is in the central, how important he is against strong teams. 

I love Fabregas, I think he should play as well. A trio midfield Kante-Fabregas-Matic is perfect, but our system is different and nothing we can do about it. I can understand why Conte is starting with Matic because our system always changes with the temp of the game. If we attack strong, then we must have a strong player in the central which will duels, air balls, tackles. And if we're going to play a little bit defensively, then for sure we will need Matic for a better protection, better defensive football. 

I'm happy with him, he does his best and he is important part of our success. 

 
IliyaKrostin said:
I agree, his passing isn't in Fabregas's level, his speed isn't in Kante's level, but let's not forget how strong he is in the central, how important he is against strong teams. 
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Thats like saying Moses finishing isnt quite at Costas Level. Nobody is expecting it to be, but theres a massive gap there and theres plenty of room for improvement. Fact is, when we play teams that press high, Matic and Kantè togethter will always put us under a lot of pressure.

 
You can see in games like yesterday that you don't need two DMs. Matic isn't up to Kantes level so is the weaker one of the two. For me Matic seems really clumsy and takes too long to make a pass which either invites pressure or misplacing his passes. I've been one of his biggest fans and didn't want him dropped last year but his getting more frustrating.

Chelsea only really play with two creative players on the pitch. Costa doesn't create but scores which is his job. Kante does his job. Can Chelsea rely on Willian and Pedro if Hazard has an off day? Fabregas would lose the ball less and give the team an extra dimension (I still think his the best passer in the prem). Im sure Hazard and Costa would enjoy playing with Fabregas more.

 
I would like us to sign Tiémoué Bakayoko from Monaco in the summer, very complete central midfielder, who is technical, fast, strong and good in the air. It gives us the option to play 3-5-2 more frequently as well against the likes of Tottenham and Liverpool. They would struggle alot more with overpowering the midfield against Kante, Bakayoko and Fabregas.

 
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I was actually suprised fabregas didnt get the nod yesterday, it wasnt the game for a matic kante midfield, which is why i felt we had to grind a win out. 

I thought matic was motm against Leicester, but its has to be about horses for courses between fabregas and matic. 

 
Canni win. Folk always f*****g moaning. He didna do this, do that..... We need a change, an upgrade....its no futba manager ffs, you ken.

 
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