Matt Miazga playing for Alaves

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  1. lmorin

    lmorin Member+

    Mar 29, 2000
    New Hampshire
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    #6176 lmorin, Apr 22, 2019
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    For the season, Miazga is tied for 4th with a 6.88 rating by WhoScored.

    Rating:
    Miazga 9

    Won everything which was thrown at him in the air. Had a heart in mouth moment in the second half when he gave the ball away, allowing the Baggies to have a clear run on goal but he got back well to make a last-ditch tackle.


    Rating:
    Matt Miazga: 7

    Another solid performance from the American at the heart of defence, kept HRK under wraps on his return to the Mad Stad. Looks to have formed a very solid partnership with Moore, hopefully he stays in the summer.
     
  2. shnaggletooth

    shnaggletooth Member+

    Jun 23, 2002
    Refreshing that a club's fans (Reading) actually want Miazga to stay.
     
  3. LouisianaViking07/09

    Aug 15, 2009
    Didn't Vitesse fans want the same?
     
  4. BostonRed

    BostonRed Member+

    Oct 9, 2011
    Somerville, MA
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    New England Revolution
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    United States
  5. lmorin

    lmorin Member+

    Mar 29, 2000
    New Hampshire
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    GetReading
     
  6. FirstStar

    FirstStar Hustlin' for the USA

    Fulham Football Club
    Feb 1, 2005
    Time's Arrow
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  7. ChuckMe92

    ChuckMe92 Member+

    Jun 23, 2016
    Columbus, OH
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    At Middlesbrough, he popped an inflatable balloon that was a giveaway to the fans, and got boos for it, but the away fans had his back. From what I've read, he's gained a reputation as being the goon/attitude guy for Reading.




    Reading are staying up in no small part thanks to him. As of last month, according to a detailed graphic I saw: first among all Championship defenders in % aerial duels won; one of 18 Championship defenders to have 75%+ pass accuracy, and just one of two of those 18 to have close to 50% of passes played forward. A better loan should be coming, hopefully lower-table Bundesliga. Obviously Reading want him back but I doubt that will happen.
     
  8. lmorin

    lmorin Member+

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    Would be awfully nice to have him making accurate leading passes to CP next year at Chelsea.
     
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  9. Balerion

    Balerion Member+

    Aug 5, 2006
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    The last thing the English pyramid needs is to get even more vertical/skinny. Bring back the regionalized lower divisions of the Football League instead!
     
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  10. LouisianaViking07/09

    Aug 15, 2009
    Has Chelsea been keeping progress? I'd imagine they'd wanna utilize him this summer for their tour of the US.
     
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  11. wrench

    wrench Member+

    May 12, 2007
    NYC
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    Rudiger and Luiz both grabbing body parts today. There may be room for a CM next year. So, yes, he may b feeding CP. My question is does Reading have resources to make a run for the prom? Nova, MM and a few more players could make it interesting.
     
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  12. Suyuntuy

    Suyuntuy Member+

    Jul 16, 2007
    Vancouver, Canada
    Reading is a mess. The Chinese businessman that bought them in 2017 promised to spend €100m in the two years following the buy, but he hasn't, and is not in a good financial situation --the guy is into buying land for malls, and the business is not peaking, not even in China.

    In short, the fans are not happy at all:

    https://www.football.london/reading-fc/open-letter-dai-yongge-dai-15342720

    https://www.getreading.co.uk/sport/...s/key-takeaways-reading-fcs-accounts-16148960

    An increasingly fair assumption to make in the Championship is that a club will have overheads larger than revenues and a generous owner to underwrite losses. This was the case for Reading last year, as the club recorded a mammoth £28.7million operating loss – up from an £8million operating loss the season before.

    And to worsen matters, Reading realised only a meagre £1.4million profit on player sales – including Alex McCarthy, Andrija Novakovich, Tariqe Fosu, Jake Cooper, Oliver Norwood, Roy Beerens, Dominic Samuel and Ali Al-Habsi – down from £5.3million the year before.
     
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  13. wrench

    wrench Member+

    May 12, 2007
    NYC
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    I thought Nova was on loan at Fortuna.
     
  14. eliwood

    eliwood Member+

    Jul 25, 2016
    He is, but Reading informed Fortuna they will not sell him
     
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  15. The Irish Rover

    The Irish Rover Member+

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    @Suyuntuy surely includes loan fees paid by borrowing clubs. At a paltry 1.4 mil, it'd need to
     
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  16. ArsenalMetro

    ArsenalMetro Member+

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    Chicago, IL
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    Another clean sheet to wrap up the loan.
     
  17. Sam Hamwich

    Sam Hamwich Member+

    Jul 11, 2006
    More so than his time in the dutch league where he started to learn better footwork and passing, I think his getting benched in France makes him arrive at Reading and DIRECTLY impose himself and play more professionally.

    He was on a decent run of form in France but he was a yellow card magnet. He was not clean on the tackle or under control some of the time. The new manager arrived just as he was serving his yellow card accumulation suspension and from there never earned any trust.

    Granted the French league might be more athletic than the championship but it is not more competitive.

    Watching Chelsea today, Luis is aging and will not be able to compete in all games. Christiansen while very proficient, seems to always mess something up. SorrySarri may or may not give him a chance to play, sighting not technical enough to play possession football, but I am certain Miazga can not only play in the prems, but thrive.
     
  18. appoo

    appoo Member+

    Jul 30, 2001
    USA
    They might not have a choice but to keep Miazga. Luiz, Rudiger, & Christeanson are the only natural CBs left on the roster. There's a 0% chance Cahill will come back, and that a hole for a club that can't buy anyone. Ethan Ampadu can also play CB, though a natural MF. But perhaps his ball skills might lead Sarri to play him at CB.

    Either way, Miazga might be in purgatory. Not good enough to get a lot of run, good enough that they want him for emergency depth
     
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  19. LouisianaViking07/09

    Aug 15, 2009
    And hasn't Luiz pretty much lost a step or two in recent years?
     
  20. Suyuntuy

    Suyuntuy Member+

    Jul 16, 2007
    Vancouver, Canada
    Pretty much what I predicted: the guy had already proved good enough in the Eredivisie, so even if he's not good enough for Ligue 1, it was expected for him to look ace in the Championship.

    I just hope he doesn't get stuck there. It'd be typical for a Yank.
     
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  21. TarHeels17

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    Jan 10, 2017
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    Following Chelsea for long enough has taught me that they'll do pretty much everything in their power to not play a Loan Army player with the first team, so even if they go through an injury crisis I don't have much confidence he'll play more than 200 minutes all year.

    I'm hoping for a bottom-end EPL loan, but realistically I don't think it'll happen. However, I think he deserves a loan to a Bundesliga club, and I'll be disappointed with a Championship loan. It never seems like any actual development happens there.
     
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  22. LouisianaViking07/09

    Aug 15, 2009
    but is Ligue 1 all that better than Championship? I'd reckon its quite similar in talent than say the PL and Ligue 1 where there is a gulf.
     
  23. LouisianaViking07/09

    Aug 15, 2009
    I'd def like to see him in the Bundesliga.
     
  24. freisland

    freisland Member+

    Jan 31, 2001
    The idea that MM's Nantes loan proves he is "not good enough" for Ligue 1 is as silly as any out there.

    Meanwhile, Nantes has righted the sheet, with 5 straight W's.
     
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  25. Suyuntuy

    Suyuntuy Member+

    Jul 16, 2007
    Vancouver, Canada
    It depends. If you only follow English football, then you're likely to think everybody else is League One quality, based on the way they are always self-promoting.
     
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