Some Sheffield Wednesday fans have flocked to a tweet that was recently posted by Owls-focused Twitter account @VitalWednesday discussing ex-Wednesday player Marco Matias.
Matias joined Belenenses SAD in October 2019 after he was released by Wednesday at the end of the 2018/19 campaign. However, it appears as though the 30-year-old has struggled to hit the ground running at his new club.
As this tweet states, Matias has failed to provide a single goal contribution for his current team, despite featuring in 18 games for them in all competitions thus far.
Some of the Wednesday fans who have been responding to this tweet have been sharing some negative comments about Matias, with one Owls fan declaring that the former Wednesday man “shouldn’t have been anywhere near the Championship”.
Read the negative comments from some Owls fans who have been responding to this post from @VitalWednesday in the tweets below.
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Former #swfc player Marco Matias who now plays for Belenenses SAD has featured 18 times scoring 0 goals and creating 0 assists. pic.twitter.com/1IUcKoW1h6
— Vital Wednesday (@VitalWednesday) April 30, 2020
Wasted talent
— Robert Harding (@Sponge0123) May 1, 2020
Keeping his form up then
— steven purdy (@stevenpurdy) May 1, 2020
We all know this man is a very talented and capable footballer. Real shame that he doesn’t possess the mental strength to succeed.
— David Harpham (@deharpham) April 30, 2020
Was Marco Matias good enough for Sheffield Wednesday?YES
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He made a few of our fans SAD when he was in starting lineup.
— Toppers (@top4718) April 30, 2020
And we had some fans saying he was a quality player please shouldn’t have been anywhere near the championship
— markowl ? (@johnada75157425) May 1, 2020
His best run without injury in a while then
— Balli80 (@balli80) May 1, 2020
What do we think?
Considering that he has failed to provide a single goal contribution for his new team since arriving in October, it may be fair to say that Matias has been struggling this term.
After Wednesday spent £2.79m to bring Matias to Hillsborough in July 2015, he made just three Championship goal contributions in 17 league appearances during his first season at the club. Matias subsequently failed to make a single goal contribution in the following two Championship campaigns, meaning that he made a total of just three Championship goal contributions in his first three seasons as a Wednesday player, as per Transfermarkt.
While his fourth and final Championship season as a Wednesday player was somewhat more promising, these stats may help us to understand why these Owls fans don’t appear to hold particularly positive memories of the player’s time at Hillsborough.