Is Matic being coy

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Chelsea DNA?

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What does matic offer which our current lot can't?

He's everything in one monster package.

Composure in midfield?

Decent ball control in the middle of the park and the ability to actually pass forward on a regular basis

omment by Nickalopodis (U9257)
posted 6 hours, 7 minutes ago
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What does matic offer which our current lot can't?

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Taken from WAGNH.

Matic has a very similar profile to Yaya, an elite, massive athlete that's developing into a very good decision maker. He's the kind of player that can be used in any number of roles, and can give you a matchup nightmare in the midfield without having to overload numbers in order to achieve that. Like Yaya, Matic is an exceptional athlete, and he can lose a step and still be superior to many central midfielders in that regard. If you've been drooling over the tank Manchester City have had bossing the midfield for the past several years, there aren't many young players that profile him more closely right now than Nemanja Matic.

The player would compliment our current under 30 options very well. With Ramires, he'd provide a pair that cover immense amounts of ground, challenge for every ball in the midfield, and allow the attacking band to worry less about covering for the pivot. With Mikel, he'd give Chelsea a physically imposing pair, capable of easily putting games to bed. Marco van Ginkel is a bit of a wildcard, as many Chelsea fans haven't yet seen enough of him to know what he brings to the table. Matic would seemingly fit with the him as well though, either as a pivot partner or in a three-man midfield.

Yeah but what does he add?

comment by RtM (U1097)
posted 21 minutes ago
Yeah but what does he add?
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A midfield presence than any of our current options and also better passing ability than our current CM's (Ramires who can't seem to pass and Mikel who putting it in a nice way has limited forward passing abilities).

Our biggest problem over the years has been the transitional play from the back to the front. Its so pedestrian and so slow (due to the CM's) that it allows the opposition to reorganize themselves. Luiz and Lampard do it but neither of them are very good it and are not long term solutions.

I was just joking