Disagree.
Marchisio,Busquets,Motta,Matic all have similar roles.Holding midfielders that anchor the midfield,distribute the ball and leave it to others to create play.
I dont fully understand the Italian term regista but if its English equivalent means deep lying playmaker,then Marchisio is not.
He is a holdiing midfielder to me primarily.Pogba has more claim of being playmaker than Marchisio.
Matic plays in a double pivot alright but he has genuine ball distributing skills.He was/is Chelsea's anchorman in mf.
Marchisio,Busquets,Motta,Matic all have similar roles.Holding midfielders that anchor the midfield,distribute the ball and leave it to others to create play.
I dont fully understand the Italian term regista but if its English equivalent means deep lying playmaker,then Marchisio is not.
He is a holdiing midfielder to me primarily.Pogba has more claim of being playmaker than Marchisio.
Matic plays in a double pivot alright but he has genuine ball distributing skills.He was/is Chelsea's anchorman in mf.
I'll stop using my opinions and instead turn to stats: Marchisio 63,5 passes per game, Pogba 47,9 passes per game. Marchsio is clearly a deep lying playmaker and the main playmaker in our team. Pogba's main job is to make things happen further up the pitch when Claudio is playing.
I agree Matic is a good enough passer but I wouldn't call him an anchorman as he likes to push forward even from the DM position compared to Marchisio who just sits and never gets forward when occupied as a regista.
Also from the list of players you mentioned Matic is the one that doesn't fit all the other three play very similar roles and even have similar playing styles.
