He's incredible on the ball, the small turns and shifts to position himself to deliver the right pass, with the right weight. It's an art.
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After some search on Google, I found all his pictures in Benfica shirt with Adidas trademark 3 lines on shoulder and this picture doesn't have them, Serbia doesn't have them either so yeah you have a very strong point it can be Serbia shirt.
I can't remember the last time a player became his team's lynch pin so quickly. He's central to everything good about the way we play.
It is an Umbro Serbia shirt
Agree!
Didn't Fergie say pretty much the same thing about Henderson?
Fergie had obviously been told that by someone at the club with some expertise in biomechanics. Turns out they were wrong too!
Talk about a blessing in disguise. Imagine Hendo la in our midfield.
Huddersfield 2:1 Man Utd
Isnt getting any help but he too has a lot of brainfarts and then suddenly an excellent pass or interception. I find him weird.
He’s being robbed of the ball while he dawdles on it far too often recently. We need quick passing.
Another game which shows why Chelsea moved him on. Not quick enough when in possession, looks good at home against the poor sides but when pressed looks suspect.
I think a lot of us jumped the gun on him and his ability earlier in the season.
I think a lot of us jumped the gun on him and his ability earlier in the season.
@ti vu I am genuinely interested in your opinion of him today.
He seems to be less creative than the other Serbian we had of same first name.
Cut him some slack. He's been carrying our midfield since the injuries to Pogba and Fellaini. Level is bound to drop.
It's not his first poor game though, was barely in the game vs Liverpool. Like I say, i think many (myself included) have jumped the gun on his ability.
Or perhaps you're jumping the gun now?
Possibly and hopefully, but he's been poor again.
I think he's been one of our better players in a total shitshow.
Has carried our midfield since pogba got injured, Fellaini and Herrera both leave him as a one man midfield.
Mourinho needs to try someone other than Herrera alongside him, their partnership is shocking.
Mourinho needs to try someone other than Herrera alongside him, their partnership is shocking.
Who though?! We're not blessed with options!
So many excuses for him. Another ridiculous decision.
Mctominay or even Tuanzebe no point persisting with Herrera he isn’t offering anything.
He was shit today. Had a mare. Herrera is always criticized and rightly so sometimes, but he was terrible on the ball always losing it when trying to pass forward.
He was far from poor, not sure why he is getting so much shit. Lost possession couple of times but he isn't creative midfielder so blaming him for not creating chances or playing expansive game is illogical.
Individually did bare minimum. The team dystfunctional as a whole. What do you expect?
I think people have an agenda. They probably expected player playing in same form of high standard every games(?). As if we expecting to be 2 goals down by individual mistakes, by half time coming into the game, and building an creative passing game and expecting more from a holding midfielder from the get go.
I think it's starting to become clear his ability isn't so 'Oh my lord why did Chelsea sell him to us he's gonna win us the league and everything else'. A good player, but he has some very evident flaws. Not 100% buying into this whole 'he's tired' thing either.
Agreed. He started the season brilliantly and seems to be beyond criticism now.
As shambolic as the rest of the team, as he was against the scousers.
Do you mean that he individually did just enough, but suffered because the whole team was bad?
The way I saw it, he himself was also huge part of the problem too. Once again he gives the ball away very cheaply, even in times where he isnt exactly under threat.
He is a good player but not the ridiculous world class level that people thought he would be.
Couldn't do much on his own the entire selection of people around him did sweet feck all.... He is best when playing pure DM nothing more.
Nail on head.
Shit match in a shit team today.
Needs to be playing in a competent midfield who can keep the ball, not miki and Herrera who get knocked off the ball to easily and try too many dribbles that clearly aren’t going to work and lose possession, leaving Matic trying to mop up every fecking mistake.
He did the best he could, wasn't to blame for either goal and used the ball well enough.
He's been good this season though, so you can't suddenly say 'this is the reason why Chelsea sold him'. Today he was playing with Herrera who did nothing the whole match, and an attack that was as static as my dead gran. Yes he gave the ball away a few times, but at least he was doing something and running his socks off, unlike half our team like Herrera, Lingard, Mikhi, Mata etc who I can't recall having the ball.
That's not becoming clear what so ever. What's becoming clear is that like any team, we need a settled midfield. You're silly if you listened to anybody saying "he's so good he'll win us the league", that's just the usual overreactions that are classic to this forum just like the ridiculous overreactions you'll see after today's game.
He's a very good to great player and exactly what we need in the middle. Now we need one or two settled players alongside him. Hopefully Pogba will be back soon and things will begin to take shape again.
Yea he nailed it so hard
His passing was gash today
He's a good player. He's surprisingly tidy and nimble on the ball for somebody so tall, but he's not great when pressed and is extremely reliant on his left foot. In big games or games where we aren't in the ascendancy he has struggled.
Don't get me wrong, he's still been and is one of our better players, but it sort of ends there. He's just a good player.
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