Matija Nastasic

Dealt with the situation perfectly, headed it wide of the goal and kept Torres away from the ball. Hart was at fault. Why he still comes marching out I do not know. IS he suffering from David James syndrome and getting a bit bored? He did the same move away at Villa and got caught out. He did the same in the friendly against Sweden and got to the ball. What happened? He headed it straight in the air and Ibra scored an unbelievable goal. Now 9 times out of 10 nothing will come of him heading that ball, but still the fact something did makes you never attempt that again. Coming out and closing down the angle is important, but if you come out to early you leave so much goal exposed and he has been punished too many times.

Nasty was faultless.
 
Corrigan insists that Nastasic should have dealt with the ball in the first place, but that Hart then compounded that error – and turned it into a match-losing situation – by racing out of his goal.

“The first thing we should say is that the defender should have cleared it,” said Corrigan.

He's right.
 
Neville Kneville said:
Corrigan insists that Nastasic should have dealt with the ball in the first place, but that Hart then compounded that error – and turned it into a match-losing situation – by racing out of his goal.

“The first thing we should say is that the defender should have cleared it,” said Corrigan.

He's right.
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I don't think he is right at all. Why clear and let them have the ball when u can safely head it back to your goalkeeper. The moment of madness by Hart is the problem. And I watched the replay over and over again. Hart actually stopped at the edge of the box momentarily before moving again, this must confuse the hell out of Nastasic. Also, in terms of decision making, Hart has all the time in the world and is facing the ball while Nastasic is under pressure from Torres and have to watch the ball the whole time which is behind him.
 
Neville Kneville said:
Corrigan insists that Nastasic should have dealt with the ball in the first place, but that Hart then compounded that error – and turned it into a match-losing situation – by racing out of his goal.

“The first thing we should say is that the defender should have cleared it,” said Corrigan.

He's right.
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He's wrong. If Hart had stayed where he was that was an easy take at chest-level. If Nasty headed it out, the entire Chelsea team, including Cech, would have been down the other end for a corner with seconds left. Nice.

No Hart fucked up AND NOT FOR THE FIRST TIME in similar situations. He's like a grounded Andy Dibble.
 
Rammy Blue said:
I rate Nasty as a decent centre half however I never got involved with the wankathon there has been on here over him, he's been far too highly rated and has got a lot of work to do.

World class defenders have in the main got that extra bit of pace, like Vince, although that doesn't mean Nasty can't get to that level in the future.

We definitely need to get a top drawer acquisition made in Jan, it's been long overdue.
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The pace argument is moot. Vidic has been the best defender in the world over the last 5 years, and he is no faster than Nastasic. Great defenders have great positioning. Nastasic, I believe has this but for whatever reason his timing and concentration isn't at it's best at the moment.

He's 20. He will get there.
 
cccc said:
The pace argument is moot. Vidic has been the best defender in the world over the last 5 years, and he is no faster than Nastasic. Great defenders have great positioning. Nastasic, I believe has this but for whatever reason his timing and concentration isn't at it's best at the moment.

He's 20. He will get there.
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Vidic is a warrior though,he has that bit more about him at present.....

Like you say,he's 20,plenty of time to mature.
 
The lad is 20. He's shown enough so far to suggest he can be one of the best. He is far from the finished article but has a very bright future. I think he needs bedding in a little whereas he has been thrown in at the deep end and expected to be a senior player in a very difficult position.
 
Let's not burden the lad with too high expectations. He had a great first season alongside Vinnie but can't possibly hold it all together in VK's absence. Twenty is very young. If he gets to be a top CB at 25 (of which every chance), both he and City will have done really well.
 
cleavers said:
Goalkeeper in sticking up for goalkeeper shocker.
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Yep, Cech came out with something similar. Fair play for trying to defend him, he certainly needs some back up from those within the game at the moment.
The problem is the vast majority of us have eyes and are capable of seeing it for what it was.
 
Should of been thinking safety first, Heading the ball back towards goal When he does'nt know where Hart is smacks of panic. Lads been poor so far season, A spell on the bench wouldn't do him any harm. Take a bit of pressure of him.
 
Decc66 said:
Should of been thinking safety first, Heading the ball back towards goal When he does'nt know where Hart is smacks of panic. Lads been poor so far season, A spell on the bench wouldn't do him any harm. Take a bit of pressure of him.
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There was only one man who panicked and that was Hart. In fact, Nastasic acted with maximum cool, as he usually does. He carefully followed the flight of the ball, knew he had enough yards on Torres to safely do that, calmly waited for the bounce and readied himself to head it back to where he expected his keeper to be and where he should've been.
A rare example of Nastasic slipping up this season was at Villa Park for the third goal when he lost a split second glancing towards the lino for a decision against Weimann. After Hart's wild dash had left Weimann with a relatively easy finish, Nastasic resolutely chased the bouncing ball and was only half a stride short of stopping it crossing the line.
Where he would benefit-in Vince's absence-is in playing next to a streetwise, veteran centre back. Martin Demichelis was stupidly slagged by Jonathan Pearce and Lawrenson but, in a baptism of fire against a rejuvenated Torres, his debut was impressive when you look at actual match incidents( see my post under' Martin Demichelis').
 
he is only a kid remember playing for a champions league team and one competing in probs the best league in the world... he needs experence and believe me all the mistakes hes making he will learn from in the future... hes going to be a star one day and be worth 10x what he is worth now.

could be worse we could still have savic!
 
People slag him off when he makes a mistake (which wasn't his to begin with) but he scores his first goal for the club and not one mention on this thread!!

Bluemoon at it's finest ladies and gentlemen!!

Well done lad hope he starts bagging in more goals a great prospect and a good defender!!
 
I was glad Pellegrini stuck with Nastasic, Think he's been unlucky this season. Some shit has stuck to him from playing with Garcia at CB and Hart's mistakes. Generally think he's been good, bailed out Garcia multiple times away to CSKA, and was very good in the most part against Chelsea partnered with a guy playing his first premier league Game.

Goal wasn't his fault, so glad Pellegrini gave him to confidence booster of staying in the team. I hope he keeps his place when Kompany gets back. Should remember the guy's 20, and doing remarkably well for a CB of that age. No others that young playing regularly for top Prem sides, for a reason.
 
a classy centerback at 20 who had two or three mediocre games earlier this season so some on BM insists he be sold.

only on BM
 
K-Bo said:
I was glad Pellegrini stuck with Nastasic, Think he's been unlucky this season. Some shit has stuck to him from playing with Garcia at CB and Hart's mistakes. Generally think he's been good, bailed out Garcia multiple times away to CSKA, and was very good in the most part against Chelsea partnered with a guy playing his first premier league Game.

Goal wasn't his fault, so glad Pellegrini gave him to confidence booster of staying in the team. I hope he keeps his place when Kompany gets back. Should remember the guy's 20, and doing remarkably well for a CB of that age. No others that young playing regularly for top Prem sides, for a reason.
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Totally agree.
We all want to see a kid come through the Academy, this guy will have to do for now, when considering his age. I know he wasn't from our academy but this is the standard of player we need to be producing to get into our first team. Hard to believe he's been a first teamer for us at 19 and was playing regularly before this in Italy, immense player, might be fair to give him a break for two or three games every now and then, but we just don't have enough centre-backs who are good enough, and can't afford to leave him out for now.
 
Tricky Dickys Right Foot Shot said:
People slag him off when he makes a mistake (which wasn't his to begin with) but he scores his first goal for the club and not one mention on this thread!!

Bluemoon at it's finest ladies and gentlemen!!

Well done lad hope he starts bagging in more goals a great prospect and a good defender!!
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from his first game i though he`d be a great player and still do. if he wore red like phil jones he would have his face on a bank note by now
 
Tricky Dickys Right Foot Shot said:
People slag him off when he makes a mistake (which wasn't his to begin with) but he scores his first goal for the club and not one mention on this thread!!

Bluemoon at it's finest ladies and gentlemen!!

Well done lad hope he starts bagging in more goals a great prospect and a good defender!!
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I'm a believer but it was an own goal all day long.
 
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