The early season praise was massively hyperbolic, and we didn’t struggle when he was injured either - Matic came into the team and improved it.
What's your next excuse/revisionism? Clearly you just don't want to rate him at all.
McT's out from (Dec 27th to Feb 18)
United when he's injured, up until Bruno joined.
Win 2-0 Burnley
Lost 0-2 Arsenal
Draw 0-0 Wolves
Lost 1-3 City
Won 4-0 Norwich
Won 1-0 Wolves
Lost 0-2 Pool (playing with 5 defenders)
Lost 0-2 Burnley
Won 6-0 TR
Won 1-0 City (playing with 5 defenders, we were outplayed but won, Matic scored a freak great goal)
Before injury, vs "top" teams:
Won 4-1 Chelsea
Won 1-0 Leicester
Drew 1-1 Arsenal
Drew 1-1 Pool (playing with 5 defenders)
Won 2-1 Chelsea (playing with 5 defenders)
Won 2-1 Spurs
Won 2-1 City
We struggled without him in big games.
Let's just forget about those and pretend he's not important.
Let's change the story to suit the reality you're forcing yourself to imagine to be the real truth.