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Can see why footballers prefer the relative anonimity of London to Manchester, now Nemanja has to deal with the press chasinig his wife and kid around town with cameras.

 
wallosh said:
Regardless, he is not even close to the top 10 best DM in the world.
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He doesn't need to be for them. They're good enough around him they wont need him to put in 8/10 performances every week. 

ivorycoast said:
I still haven't seen the exact reason why Matic wanted to leave the club. The papers are saying it's because he wanted to get back with Mourinho, but I thought he had more of a connection to the club rather than Mourinho. I'm thinking that he had a falling out with Conte. If that's true that shows poor man management, Conte could've told Matic to keep fighting for his place to keep the squad strong. 

I think he is going to prove to be an invaluable player for United and right now they are favourites for the title. 
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I agree about how important he'll be to them. However I don't think he had a falling out with Conte, rather he just isn't good enough to play in a 2 and his chances would be reduced unless we plan on playing with 3 in central midfield.

The Jose angle I think is partly true, I'm sure he'd love to play for a familiar manager but he doesn't strike me as the kind of guy to agitate for a move. 

 
How was he good? The player he was directly responsible for in Isco completely random the game, he tore utd to pieces and he was Matic's responsibility. There's a narrative being pushed here about matic, he really wasn't good last night, and I say that as someone who didn't want us to sell him.

 
He looked like he enjoyed strolling around in vile red, him and Mata and MickeyT are going to do pretty well

 
Man of the Match for Man Utd and deservedly so.  Stifled west Ham's attacks and launched attacks of his own while allowing Pogba to roam almost freely further up front.  Just like his form in 2014.  The Board deserves a public firing for strengthening Man Utd and I strongly feel this is the key jigsaw piece that Mourinho has acquired to challenge for the title.

 
Zola said:
We are going to look very foolish because of this transfer. 
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Give it time, give it time.

Admittedly, we could have done without him going to Man Ure. I know us supporters didn't want it and don't suppose Conte was over the moon either. But sure, he started well against a pants West Ham side. He should soon revert to form where he is inconsistent and in many games looks bang average and then all the fuss will die down.

 
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Sky sports had a poll after the game asking if he is the best DM in the league. You won't get a level headed assessment on his performance for  while. 

 
Brutos said:
Zola said:
We are going to look very foolish because of this transfer. 
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We already do it's was probably the worst transfer we have ever made even the £50 million on Torres isn't as bad as this will turn out to be
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That's a bit strong. Matic is decent but he's not world class and it's clear we got the best years of him going by his form over the past 3/4 seasons. 

Selling him or anyone to a rival is daft and that's the issue (well that and selling players when we have no cover!). I'd argue and say selling Cech who was world class to Arsenal was worse.

 
Relax everyone. He did nothing special. Wait for a few games before deciding how this is going to work out.

 
Looked impressive but West H*m didn't exactly expose Matic's weaknesse, they failed to expose the space in behind the Pogba/Matic pivot (United played 4-2-3-1, the same formation as us with Mourinho) and failed to press him when in possession. Still think it was a monumental f**k up letting him go but it will be interesting to see how United fans opinion of him change when they see the worst of him.

 
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Brutos said:
It's not about him being world class it's about a team working as a unit and if Jose gets him playing in team as one cohesive unit he will be very impressive
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I agree. Matic doesn't have to be WC. He just has to let Pogba become WC by freeing Pogba's defensive duties

 
enigma said:
vs a piss poor west ham with two of the best offensive players not playing. 
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I watched the game and it was Man Utd being more impressive than West Ham being poor.  Give credit where it's due.  Utd's movement was top class.

 
Nibs said:
Give it time, give it time.

Admittedly, we could have done without him going to Man Ure. I know us supporters didn't want it and don't suppose Conte was over the moon either. But sure, he started well against a pants West Ham side. He should soon revert to form where he is inconsistent and in many games looks bang average and then all the fuss will die down.
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I have the opposite view.  I believe this move has galvanized Matic and he will be a tremendous asset to Mourinho throughout the entire season.  This will hurt us a hell of a lot.

 
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