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After all the song & dance start Fab routine on here I was relieved when the team-sheet came out & saw Matic. The right choice by Conte & he had an excellent game against Le Arse. True it is that the Coquelin/Oxlade-Chamb. partnership was an awkward pairing for them & so it proved but Matic I feel had some of his old swagger back & for me was important as Kante on the day.

 
He was fantastic yesterday again and we need to appreciate him more. Gets far too much stick for my liking.

 
We still need a top class box to box. We miss goals from central midfield. Kante does the defensive side, but matic is not strong in offence or defence. If we had a goal scorer who is also competent defensively, we would be in a great situation. He and Kante did well yesterday because they had little to battlr against in the centre of the park. Against Spurs it showed how fragile we can be with matic in there. Kante does a hell of a lot of work defensively,  but matic hardly makes an impact. Its no wonder Kante is always being heralded, while matic does nothing of apparent imapctfullness. 

 
Ivanov87 said:
He was fantastic yesterday again and we need to appreciate him more. Gets far too much stick for my liking.
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Kante was fantastic, Matic did ok. For Matic to be fantastic, then I expect him to play to his strength and shield the ball against cocquelin at the end of first half (big Ozil chance) and follow Mustaffi on his free header in 77min.

 
He had a better game than he did against Liverpool that's for sure. He needs to keep it going though because too often he is having really poor games.

 
He played well, physically he was much stronger than his counterparts, and he didn't have the usual issue of being pressed too hard.

I think he will start unless he's injured or has 2-3 shockers, as much as I don't agree Conte is more likely to be right than me.

 
I can see why Pogba was so expensive when you look at those stats. Kanté is a master of the tackling and retaining possession, Fàbregas is a master of creativity, but how many guys out there can do both at such a level. Past Pogba, Verratti and perhaps Vidal i cant think of any. That sort of calibre of player is the player we need to improve, yes we can use Matic or Fàbregas to pair Kanté, but i feel that either one leaves us lacking in one area, whether that be creativity or solidarity. 

 
Matic played very well agasint Le Arse. I do think that Chalouba would be a perfect fit there though

 
He has been very rated for football fans around the world. 

Interesting that we as fans of the club don't really rate him, but we all know that he's one of our keys to success this season. I asked a lot of friends and read forums of different clubs, most of them are really dreaming about Kante and Matic in their central. 

When he puts a bad performance we all know how to speak negatively about him, but when he puts a good performance only a few of us giving him some credit. Unfair towards him. We all know that his passing ability isn't best, his reaction with the ball isn't that fast, but let's not forget how many important things he offers us. 

If we're going to win the title this season, then he won 2 titles in 4 years. 

 
Boss! It is crazy how unappreciated he is on this forum. Arsenal, United and Liverpool would kill for a player like him in their team and it would strengthen them to another level. He is not excellent every week but he is one of our most important players. While Kante is the better one at making tackles, Matic is the more reliable one at keeping hold of the ball and keeping possession. He treated Arsenal like a ragged doll. They complement each other really well and his use of the ball is really underrated too.

 
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Jackbuchanan said:
I can see why Pogba was so expensive when you look at those stats. Kanté is a master of the tackling and retaining possession, Fàbregas is a master of creativity, but how many guys out there can do both at such a level. Past Pogba, Verratti and perhaps Vidal i cant think of any. That sort of calibre of player is the player we need to improve, yes we can use Matic or Fàbregas to pair Kanté, but i feel that either one leaves us lacking in one area, whether that be creativity or solidarity. 
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That was why Conte wanted Nainggolan
 
Matic did play really well but against a midfield of Ox and Coquelin it's not really much competition. Any team that presses and Matic does struggle because he wants to much time on the ball.

Saying Matic is more reliable at keeping hold of the ball is just as much his weakness because he loses the ball a lot when pressed.

 
IliyaKrostin said:
He has been very rated for football fans around the world. 
Interesting that we as fans of the club don't really rate him, but we all know that he's one of our keys to success this season. I asked a lot of friends and read forums of different clubs, most of them are really dreaming about Kante and Matic in their central. 
When he puts a bad performance we all know how to speak negatively about him, but when he puts a good performance only a few of us giving him some credit. Unfair towards him. We all know that his passing ability isn't best, his reaction with the ball isn't that fast, but let's not forget how many important things he offers us. 
If we're going to win the title this season, then he won 2 titles in 4 years. 
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If any team dreams of Matic, let them give us 40m for him so they can have their dream signing. Chalobah or Fabregas won't play bad in that position. We will add about 20m to it and we already have a good chance of signing Sanchez or Griezmann.
 
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