Matija Nastasic

[CatMan]

I find him 7/10 in all departments.

Strength, Speed, Mobility, Reading of the Game.

That's not a bad score for a young lad and with time his reading of the game will improve. What does concern me is whether he will ever be strong enough to be considered top draw and his worrying tendency to dive in and commit when there really isn't any need. Tends to make forwards' minds up for them and save them the hassle of beating him by giving away too many free kicks needlessly.

For me currently, as purely a defender, his is still nowhere near Lescott.

Will he ever be good enough to sustain his place in the team over the coming years? I'm not convinced!

 

[BenchillBlue]

Didn't have the best of games get. At point in the first half Vinny laid into him, then later on in that half, Zabs laid into him. Didn't his confidence any good from there on.

 

[littlemarkyc]

i thought he caused us no end of problems, mostly in the first half.....he was nervy and weak ni the challenge so vinny kept moving across to cover him, even when it wasnt always needed which on 2 or 3 occasions left them with 1 or 2 players in the middle of the penalty area completely unmarked.....it was summed in an instance when they tackled each other! the bollockngs he got throughout the game will have done him no good at all, would rather have seen lescott in there.

i havent given up on him, but he needs some time and for the coaches to do some serious training ground work with him to adapt better to this system and build some confidence up.

 

[bluecityste]

LIABILITY.

Needs a loan deal elsewhere next season to get more experience as he is nowhere near good enough to be involved in our team. Majority of problems last night were caused by either him making errors, or other players trying to compensate for his severe inadequacies.

 

[jaiguruKun]

I felt sorry for him last night. He's clearly lacking a bit of confidence and has not been playing consistently. I don't think he's the type of player who is comfortable coming in and out of the side despite his age.

I would have gone for the tried and trusted Komps and Lescott partnership last night.

 

[hertsblue]

As it stands he is a good enough squad member who can cover in the short term but we do need a long term partner for Kompany, someone top draw but I think we all know that

 

[lust overlord]

We need a central defence scapegoat since Demichelis has moved to midfield.

 

[Blue Theatre]

His confidence is clearly very low ... he looked scared when he was given the ball and time-and-again ended up just rolling it back to Joe Hart rather than "dare" to pass it out himself.

Dived into his tackles too quickly - as he has all season - with little conviction that he would actually win the tackle ... and generally managed to instill an air of nervousness into all those around him.

Not sure what the answer is ... he needs to rebuild his confidence and be happy with the ball again. Unfortunately, each bad performance only takes him back another step confidence-wise ... and now he has Vinnie and Pablo berating him in front of 47,000 people.

 

[kaz7]

He looks to be lacking in match fitness and a bit of confidence,not sure putting him back in against the team he and joe made the mistake in was a great thing to do
Vinnie yelling at him can't have helped him either
He will be fine with a run of games

 

[kippaxchris]

Agree. Vinny giving him the mother of all bollockings was not the best way to boost the kids fragile confidence

It didn't even look like Vinnies ball - Gary Neville used to rave about Nastasic - I just think he needs regular games. Looked a good defender when he first arrived

From EL3 it definitely looked more like Nasty's ball and Vinny should have left it to him unless Vinny had shouted.

It was Vinnies ball he made the first challenge and was clearly onto the second and then Nasty comes and gets involved! How could he not see it was vinnies tussle and he was getting the ball<br /><br />-- Tue Feb 04, 2014 2:41 pm --<br /><br />

As it stands he is a good enough squad member who can cover in the short term but we do need a long term partner for Kompany, someone top draw but I think we all know that

He came in and covered short term last night and was awful

 

[scotty123]

He wont be here next season, not progressed, not good enough for this team now

 

[TrueBlue1705]

Have people forgotten the promise and rave reviews he had when he first arrived - I think the treatment of him by senior players like Zab & Vinnie was a bit shitty last night TBH. He looks the sort that a pat on the back might work better!! - And Pellegrini is giving him no confidence at all - Feel very sorry for him and how he's being handled at the moment .....

 

[daztrueblue91]

It didn't even look like Vinnies ball - Gary Neville used to rave about Nastasic - I just think he needs regular games. Looked a good defender when he first arrived

From EL3 it definitely looked more like Nasty's ball and Vinny should have left it to him unless Vinny had shouted.

It was Vinnies ball he made the first challenge and was clearly onto the second and then Nasty comes and gets involved! How could he not see it was vinnies tussle and he was getting the ball

-- Tue Feb 04, 2014 2:41 pm --

As it stands he is a good enough squad member who can cover in the short term but we do need a long term partner for Kompany, someone top draw but I think we all know that

He came in and covered short term last night and was awful

Vinny was going towards goal though with the striker breathing down his neck and Nastasic was clearly trying to take the ball out of the danger zone. Remember the howler against Chelsea where people blamed Nastasic and said he should of too it away from goal? well he tried to help a team mate and do that last night but still somehow gets the blame.

 

[carlos tevez is a blue]

We need a central defence scapegoat since Demichelis has moved to midfield.

What bollocks. I was the person who bumped this thread, simply asking why if he was struggling due to our offside trap. If I wanted to make him a scapegoat I'd have started a thread calling him "Natuptoitstic" or said he was bat turd. It would be stupid to get rid of him but last night he was shocking.

 

[kippaxchris]

From EL3 it definitely looked more like Nasty's ball and Vinny should have left it to him unless Vinny had shouted.

It was Vinnies ball he made the first challenge and was clearly onto the second and then Nasty comes and gets involved! How could he not see it was vinnies tussle and he was getting the ball

-- Tue Feb 04, 2014 2:41 pm --

As it stands he is a good enough squad member who can cover in the short term but we do need a long term partner for Kompany, someone top draw but I think we all know that

He came in and covered short term last night and was awful

Vinny was going towards goal though with the striker breathing down his neck and Nastasic was clearly trying to take the ball out of the danger zone. Remember the howler against Chelsea where people blamed Nastasic and said he should of too it away from goal? well he tried to help a team mate and do that last night but still somehow gets the blame.

It was a completely different situation and that was down to Hart not Nasty but he could have injured Vinnie last night

 

[daztrueblue91]

It was Vinnies ball he made the first challenge and was clearly onto the second and then Nasty comes and gets involved! How could he not see it was vinnies tussle and he was getting the ball

-- Tue Feb 04, 2014 2:41 pm --


He came in and covered short term last night and was awful

Vinny was going towards goal though with the striker breathing down his neck and Nastasic was clearly trying to take the ball out of the danger zone. Remember the howler against Chelsea where people blamed Nastasic and said he should of too it away from goal? well he tried to help a team mate and do that last night but still somehow gets the blame.

It was a completely different situation and that was down to Hart not Nasty but he could have injured Vinnie last night

Vinny could have injured himself by not letting Nastasic deal with it. What it did show is that Vinny is not as comfortable with Nasty as he is with Lescott.

 

[CitizenTID]

He was absolutely brilliant last season and that is not overhyping him. Maybe he was more suited to the previous system but he does look a shadow of his former self this season but so does Yaya to me (even though his finishing has seemingly shot up).

Know this isn't the Yaya thread but he would bully the opposition in midfield last season, this season everyone seems to dribble past him with ease.

 

[sh249]

Vinny was going towards goal though with the striker breathing down his neck and Nastasic was clearly trying to take the ball out of the danger zone. Remember the howler against Chelsea where people blamed Nastasic and said he should of too it away from goal? well he tried to help a team mate and do that last night but still somehow gets the blame.

It was a completely different situation and that was down to Hart not Nasty but he could have injured Vinnie last night

Vinny could have injured himself by not letting Nastasic deal with it. What it did show is that Vinny is not as comfortable with Nasty as he is with Lescott.

Doesn't look like Vinny particularly likes playing with Nastasic. Speculation, of course, but it's the impression I get. Seems to be very little understanding or communication between them.

 

[ManCityMVP]

Last year he played lights out, was confident and his play showed it. Give him a string of games to build the confidence back up, have Pellegrini talk him up in a press conference to motivate him and show him some support. Get the fact out that he has a future in the club if he puts his game back together and give him every chance to prove it. Was one of the top youngsters in the game last year, so short sighted some people.

 

[Fat Chance]

Got caught out last night because he favours controlling a ball with the sole of his boot, taking the bunce out of it and placing it a yd n half infront of him at the same time....trouble was he's nearer to the opposition nowadays and Chelsea winded it. Mystifyingly after getting his pocket pinched he carried on with the sole of his boot control (whilst leaning back)...weight transference one way with the ball still faintly rolling the other is a recipe for a f8ck up...Joe hart would often run away from the ball perhaps in the pretext to some extra purchase....with an attacker moving in, he got away with it...i'd love to ask him does he not at 6ft whatever feel he can punt a ball half the length of the pitch without rfirst feeling the need to run away from it