Chelsea Banter Archive January 12 2014

 

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12 Jan 2014 20:21:14
I really hope this rumour about Matic is wrong he is an average international footballer worth close to £10m than £30m.
Spending that much on a player when we have Mikel to play DM is ludicrous.
But if Jose wants him I guess that's deal done.
KTBFFH

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Matic is CM playmaker type. Have you watched him?

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Looking very likely now, was waving a farewell to the Benfica fans after the game. Reports in Serbia claiming he's joining and now ssn running with the story.
Good player, very very slow but excellent positionally and moves the ball very quickly. Will improve us for sure

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Haha hob308z

You're the joke!

Have you actually seen him play?

He's exactly what we need, someone who sits back which will let Ramires bomb forward to join the attack. He is also classy on the ball, a very good passer and crossed and most importantly looks to pass the ball forward he's not a negative player. His physical presence in the middle is also something which we've been lacking since ballack was here winning the aerial battles. Matic holding infront of Cahill and Terry gives us the perfect balance IMO. Lamps is close to retiring, Essien isn't the bison he was and Mikel has never been consistently good enough for Chelsea. So If De Bruyne leaves for 17 million in a position where we have too much quality and Matic arrives for 20 million for a position in which we're lacking I'm over the moon with that bit of business. And once more we get Lukaku back end of season. With that balance were going to be a force to be reckoned with!

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He is going to cost more but includesMMarkovic as well-not immediately. Difference between Matic and Mikel is that 80% of his passes goes forward and Mikel's backward.

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He is a good athlete for his size he isn't slow by any means

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We sold him for £4m and buying him back for £20+m.
Brilliant.

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Ness - Do you have a source backing up your fact on Mikels backwards passes?

Would be interesting to see as it doesn't exist.

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I'm with you Shed. I remember maybe 2 years ago, when all this Mikel only passes backwards nonsense started that the stats that came out, which compared about 10 PL teams players, Mikel ranked 2nd or 3rd for positive passes, or foward passes, as it were. Yaya Toure was 8th or so.

The talk of him being a solely negative passer is rubbish. He may not be picking out 40 yarders on a daily basis, but he isn't picking out Cech every time either.

Good to see you back, mate.

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Matic ain't slow! I bet you think Yaya toure is slow as well. Actually watch the lad play before making an assumption based on his height and fifa stats.

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To Melbourne&Shed I am one of rare people who defends Mikel, obviously you misunderstood what I meant.

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You're very good at ignoring the questions asked of you, ness.

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12 Jan 2014 19:49:15
Benfica coach Jorge Jesus on Matic: "If Matic is leaving? I'd be the last to know. We've always sold players and we have to live with it."

I'm getting increasingly confident on this one!

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12 Jan 2014 13:12:24
Ed 002 Any truth in the Matic rumours below?
Thanks

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12 Jan 2014 12:51:10
Hello Ed, how are you doing?
Can you please give us any info concerning the Matic rumours doing the rounds this morning?

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12 Jan 2014 09:52:27
Ed002 reports suggest Chelsea could be close to agreeing to sign Matic is it correct?

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{Ed002's Note - There is no "close" agreement or any such thing.}

12 Jan 2014 09:38:15
Hi ED002, what are Chelseas chances of signing zouma and matic? Thanks

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{Ed002's Note - I cannot estinate the chances of something happening.}

12 Jan 2014 13:08:59
So with interest and reports saying matic is almost a done deal. I'm interest to know how good he is, . Has anyone watched him, any player can look good on YouTube, just wanna get people's (eds) opinion on the bloke.

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12 Jan 2014 12:34:31
The 1st player on the plane for Brazil should be JT

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