| Morsy/Matusiwa 09:56 - Oct 7 with 1788 views | Guthrum |
Shows what a crucial role that position is for the way we play, that both times we've had someone who can handle it, they have become big stars in the eyes of the fans. And when we've had to make do, things don't function so well, we become more fragile.
It is the base which allows us to have that great swarm of attackers going after the opposition's goal. |  |
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| Morsy/Matusiwa on 10:11 - Oct 7 with 1688 views | Mookamoo |
Really like Matusiwa, but Morsy also had a bit of a goal threat about him from the middle. He didn't score many, but they were important.
Might come with time, or Cajuste might chip in with a few if they start doubling up on Philogene and Walle Egeli and he gets a bit more space. |  | | |
| Morsy/Matusiwa on 10:16 - Oct 7 with 1638 views | Reuser_is_God |
| Morsy/Matusiwa on 10:11 - Oct 7 by Mookamoo |
Really like Matusiwa, but Morsy also had a bit of a goal threat about him from the middle. He didn't score many, but they were important.
Might come with time, or Cajuste might chip in with a few if they start doubling up on Philogene and Walle Egeli and he gets a bit more space. |
I don’t think Morsy was as good as Matusiwa is at playing forward passes into the attacking players.
Morsy was more of a driver with the ball, see his goal on Boxing Day against Leicester as a good example of this. |  |
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| Morsy/Matusiwa on 10:20 - Oct 7 with 1605 views | USA |
| Morsy/Matusiwa on 10:11 - Oct 7 by Mookamoo |
Really like Matusiwa, but Morsy also had a bit of a goal threat about him from the middle. He didn't score many, but they were important.
Might come with time, or Cajuste might chip in with a few if they start doubling up on Philogene and Walle Egeli and he gets a bit more space. |
You can’t say a player that hardly scored carried a goal threat. Morsy had many qualities but a goal threat was not one of them. |  |
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| Morsy/Matusiwa on 10:50 - Oct 7 with 1483 views | Garv |
| Morsy/Matusiwa on 10:11 - Oct 7 by Mookamoo |
Really like Matusiwa, but Morsy also had a bit of a goal threat about him from the middle. He didn't score many, but they were important.
Might come with time, or Cajuste might chip in with a few if they start doubling up on Philogene and Walle Egeli and he gets a bit more space. |
Arguably he was more of a creative threat than a goal threat. He got a surprising number of assists.
He was more of a goal threat in his early Town days when Lee Evans was playing the deep role. |  |
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| Morsy/Matusiwa on 10:56 - Oct 7 with 1439 views | surreyblue |
| Morsy/Matusiwa on 10:16 - Oct 7 by Reuser_is_God |
I don’t think Morsy was as good as Matusiwa is at playing forward passes into the attacking players.
Morsy was more of a driver with the ball, see his goal on Boxing Day against Leicester as a good example of this. |
I think they have different capabilities. Morsy was better playing in tight positions - either quality of pass back to defenders or turning out of that space. He also had a crossfield ball that we saw on numerous occasions, which I don't think Matusiwa possesses.
On the other hand, Matusiwa is crisper in the tackle and has a great slide-rule pass once bearing down into opposition territory.
I've been hopeful that Cajuste might be able to play that big booming crossfield ball but I wonder whether that might end up being one of Egeli's traits - Chappers did it fantastically on a number of occasions (build up to Burns' goal against Coventry is front of mind), but it has been frustrating at times where that has been the clear outball and its not clear that many of our players are confident in playing it. | | | |
| Morsy/Matusiwa on 11:04 - Oct 7 with 1401 views | SuffolkPunchFC |
| Morsy/Matusiwa on 10:56 - Oct 7 by surreyblue |
I think they have different capabilities. Morsy was better playing in tight positions - either quality of pass back to defenders or turning out of that space. He also had a crossfield ball that we saw on numerous occasions, which I don't think Matusiwa possesses.
On the other hand, Matusiwa is crisper in the tackle and has a great slide-rule pass once bearing down into opposition territory.
I've been hopeful that Cajuste might be able to play that big booming crossfield ball but I wonder whether that might end up being one of Egeli's traits - Chappers did it fantastically on a number of occasions (build up to Burns' goal against Coventry is front of mind), but it has been frustrating at times where that has been the clear outball and its not clear that many of our players are confident in playing it. |
The analysis of Matusiwa vs Morsy is that Matusiwa is better in all elements of his game other than shot volume. I called it in August, and the recent evidence supports it - Matusiwa will be a Morsy+
Sold our 2 best players… by SuffolkPunchFC 19 Aug 22:20The expert consensus, based on performance analysis is that Matusiwa is a very similar player to Morsy, but slightly better in almost all respects. This provides a good illustration:
https://i.ibb.co/jZzSJfKD/IMG-0407.jpg
Credit: Joe Fairs, Blue Monday
Time will tell, but everything points to him being intended as the Morsy+
You'll need to open the original post to see the Radar Chart illustration of this. [Post edited 7 Oct 11:04]
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| Morsy/Matusiwa on 11:14 - Oct 7 with 1321 views | TractorJack |
I don't think Azor is as influential with the ball as Morsy was yet. It's getting there but he's not dictating the tempo and starting attacks quite as well /often as Morsy was. Off the ball I think he's there and probably has a harder job as Cajuste is not the same player as Massimo. |  | | |
| Morsy/Matusiwa on 11:16 - Oct 7 with 1310 views | LeoMuff |
| Morsy/Matusiwa on 11:04 - Oct 7 by SuffolkPunchFC |
The analysis of Matusiwa vs Morsy is that Matusiwa is better in all elements of his game other than shot volume. I called it in August, and the recent evidence supports it - Matusiwa will be a Morsy+
Sold our 2 best players… by SuffolkPunchFC 19 Aug 22:20The expert consensus, based on performance analysis is that Matusiwa is a very similar player to Morsy, but slightly better in almost all respects. This provides a good illustration:
https://i.ibb.co/jZzSJfKD/IMG-0407.jpg
Credit: Joe Fairs, Blue Monday
Time will tell, but everything points to him being intended as the Morsy+
You'll need to open the original post to see the Radar Chart illustration of this. [Post edited 7 Oct 11:04]
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I love Matusiwa but one thing I assume the stats don’t tell you is receiving the ball off the centre halves turning and opening up the middle of the pitch.
I’ve seen Matusiwa do it once or twice but Morsy would do this many times per game, gave us an option to play centrally and dragged players toward the middle giving space to Leif and Burns.
This felt key to 23/24 season and we don’t do it currently. |  |
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| Morsy/Matusiwa on 11:21 - Oct 7 with 1261 views | TractorJack |
| Morsy/Matusiwa on 11:16 - Oct 7 by LeoMuff |
I love Matusiwa but one thing I assume the stats don’t tell you is receiving the ball off the centre halves turning and opening up the middle of the pitch.
I’ve seen Matusiwa do it once or twice but Morsy would do this many times per game, gave us an option to play centrally and dragged players toward the middle giving space to Leif and Burns.
This felt key to 23/24 season and we don’t do it currently. |
He's averaging about 20 passes less per game than Morsy was in 23/24 which backs that up somewhat. | | | |
| Morsy/Matusiwa on 11:57 - Oct 7 with 1123 views | surreyblue |
| Morsy/Matusiwa on 11:04 - Oct 7 by SuffolkPunchFC |
The analysis of Matusiwa vs Morsy is that Matusiwa is better in all elements of his game other than shot volume. I called it in August, and the recent evidence supports it - Matusiwa will be a Morsy+
Sold our 2 best players… by SuffolkPunchFC 19 Aug 22:20The expert consensus, based on performance analysis is that Matusiwa is a very similar player to Morsy, but slightly better in almost all respects. This provides a good illustration:
https://i.ibb.co/jZzSJfKD/IMG-0407.jpg
Credit: Joe Fairs, Blue Monday
Time will tell, but everything points to him being intended as the Morsy+
You'll need to open the original post to see the Radar Chart illustration of this. [Post edited 7 Oct 11:04]
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Thanks for sharing - that is interesting. I'd argue that much of that radar chart has been visible in his play so far, apart from "switching play", which hopefully will develop over the next couple of months as he gets more comfortable in the role. | | | |
| Morsy/Matusiwa on 12:28 - Oct 7 with 1006 views | SuffolkPunchFC |
| Morsy/Matusiwa on 11:57 - Oct 7 by surreyblue |
Thanks for sharing - that is interesting. I'd argue that much of that radar chart has been visible in his play so far, apart from "switching play", which hopefully will develop over the next couple of months as he gets more comfortable in the role. |
I agree. It also has to be understood that it is a 'work in progress' for him to interact with his new teammates as effectively as he was at Rennes. Each match is showing more of his potential imo. | | | |
| Morsy/Matusiwa on 12:40 - Oct 7 with 949 views | NthQldITFC |
| Morsy/Matusiwa on 10:56 - Oct 7 by surreyblue |
I think they have different capabilities. Morsy was better playing in tight positions - either quality of pass back to defenders or turning out of that space. He also had a crossfield ball that we saw on numerous occasions, which I don't think Matusiwa possesses.
On the other hand, Matusiwa is crisper in the tackle and has a great slide-rule pass once bearing down into opposition territory.
I've been hopeful that Cajuste might be able to play that big booming crossfield ball but I wonder whether that might end up being one of Egeli's traits - Chappers did it fantastically on a number of occasions (build up to Burns' goal against Coventry is front of mind), but it has been frustrating at times where that has been the clear outball and its not clear that many of our players are confident in playing it. |
No-one, but no-one, will ever match Morsy's hand-off, turn and pass, but Matusiwa trumps him in tackling (without getting booked), mobility and, I think, a little more incisive forward passing.
Also, few could match Morsy for leadership.
But overall I think Matu is already a step up on even prime Morsy - mainly because of his game controlling aspects of mobility and imperious tackling - and will turn out to be very much at home in the PL next season.
As you say, Egeli nailed down the Conor Chaplin big ball round the corner yesterday with at least three excellent such balls. It's a joy to see that again already. |  |
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| Morsy/Matusiwa on 12:51 - Oct 7 with 895 views | Everydayblue |
Can't remember what he cost now...
Was it around £9m?..
It's listed as undisclosed on Wiki.
Really astute signing..... And it's interesting that the doom scrollers don't mention fees for the more successful players that we've bought in. .. Which underlines that fees are a weak argument in most cases.
That Morsy/Matusiwa role is such a massively important cog in our machine.. Positioning, spatial awareness, timing in the tackle. Reading and anticipating what's going on. Basically doing the dog work of two players, when we've only got a two man MF.
Absolutely love Matusiwa.. And just as Chappers, Burns et al got the sexy headlines when Morsy was the lynchpin. We are seeing the same with Phylogene Clarke, when Matusiwa is just as important to the side.
We have a perfect player in Cajuste, to carry the ball in MF and break the lines. So I'm not surprised that Matusiwa hasn't really been given that responsibility at this moment.
Obviously, Morsy was a great Skipper and drove the team , single handedly, in some cases. But he wasn't spraying passes and bombing forwards after just 8 games..
Took a while to form partnerships and telepathy. And KM added a lot to Morsy's game over a few seasons.
So, we may see a bit more from Matusiwa over time.. But we may not need to, either. With the likes of Nunez and Cajuste filling the more creative role... Something that Morsy didn't really hve the luxury of, alongside him.. Perhaps why he took on that responsibility himself?
Matusiwa, what a player....
Morsy, what an absolute icon. Will be talked about forever, for his contribution to this football club..... Gave everything on the pitch. And left the club with dignity and everyone's best wishes, like a true Pro'. | | | |
| Morsy/Matusiwa on 14:32 - Oct 7 with 679 views | mrfixit426 |
| Morsy/Matusiwa on 10:16 - Oct 7 by Reuser_is_God |
I don’t think Morsy was as good as Matusiwa is at playing forward passes into the attacking players.
Morsy was more of a driver with the ball, see his goal on Boxing Day against Leicester as a good example of this. |
I think Morsy was an underrated passer of the ball. As well as the obvious cross field passes to Leif, which resulted in several goals, he was excellent at playing incisive passes which broke the lines and allowed the attacking midfielders time to turn and drive at the opposition defence.
Matusiwa also has this in his locker. We've been very lucky to get two excellent DMs in a row. When I say lucky, I obviously mean excellent recruitment. |  | | |
| Morsy/Matusiwa on 19:20 - Oct 7 with 432 views | Mark |
| Morsy/Matusiwa on 10:20 - Oct 7 by USA |
You can’t say a player that hardly scored carried a goal threat. Morsy had many qualities but a goal threat was not one of them. |
Morsy scored 11 goals for Ipswich, which is a good return for a defensive midfielder. He has scored 31 goals in his career, whereas Matusiwa has only scored 3. Azor is a fantastic player though, and 7 years younger, so I am delighted we have him. |  | | |
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