He wasn't that bad. There was nobody really covering him and the goal scored was from a ball that Miazga headed out of the box to a player who was unmarked. He wasn't the reason for Chelsea failing to win that game, he was the scapegoat.
No one is claiming he lost Chelsea the game, that's just complete bullshit. He was however beaten for pace repeatedly and picked up a yellow during one of those runs. When a CB is getting beat for pace repeatedly it either shows his positional sense is wanting or he's slow, except that we didn't play a particularly high line.
I didn't see any complaints after he made his debut against Aston Villa. If he was such a bad player, why didn't anybody say anything then?
That's circular logic. You are using the decision to take him off....to justify the decision to take him off. I'm claiming he was scapegoated as a new player because he was mediocre to a little sub-par and things weren't going well for the team. He was not beaten for pace repeatedly. It was once or twice in the open field by one of the more dangerous offensive players in the EPL at the time in Montero. Had just seen him roast Cameron and co. Doesn't play more because he's extremely lazy defensively. The goal Matt was involved in was a stretch header that he only could have put just outside the box. Guilt by association. Also, it was an INCREDIBLY short leash. Half season? Talk about hyperbole and a straw man. He played merely adequately for a half game and they pulled him. Chelsea weren't going to make Europe or get relegated at that point. He could have played the rest of that game and another one as a best of 3 to evaluate his abilities. They still lost the Swansea match because they didn't bring on an attacker and scored zero goals to the Swan's whole 1.
The more I see of Miazga, the more I want him with the NT. He seems composed and good coming out of the back. The Ajax goal though, that defense (including Matt) was just ball-watching.
Ajax – Vitesse 1-2 Ajax: Onana 5; Veltman 5, De Ligt 5 (34. Dolberg 5), Viergever 5, Dijks 4; De Jong 4,5, Van de Beek 4,5 (46. Schöne 5), Ziyech 5; Kluivert 5 (67. Cerny -), Huntelaar 5, Younes 4. Vitesse: Pasveer 6; Dabo 6, Kashia 7,5, Miazga 8, Faye 6; Bruns 6,5, Serero 8 (59. Ali 6), Foor 6,5; Rashica 7 (81. Van der Werff -), Matavz 6, Linssen 6 (63. Castaignos -). Arbiter: Van Boekel 7 Man of the Match: Uitgerekend oud-Ajacied Thulani Serero was in de Johan Cruijff Arena een uur lang de beste speler op het veld. De Zuid-Afrikaan heeft zijn lengte dan niet mee, maar combineert zijn loopvermogen met uitstekend spelinzicht en hield het gat tussen de verdediging en het middenveld overbrugbaar. In Amsterdam zullen ze zich nog wel eens achter de oren krabben vanavond.
Team of the Week: Dit is ons Elftal van de Weekhttps://t.co/PXlIZGEObR pic.twitter.com/amYQwkphuW— AD.nl/sportwereld (@ADSportwereld) September 25, 2017
match thread: https://www.bigsoccer.com/threads/mi...vitesse-thursday-09-28-17-19-00-cest.2072071/ This big match nr 2 in a few days time and sunday already big match nr 3 against fc Utrecht, that got spanked 1-7 against PSV. The numbers are deceiving as it easily could have been 7-7. The strikers of Utrecht were a bit unlucky. So not an easy job waits after the Nice job for MM. But hey, can't see him complain. This is why you are pro, play matches that matter. Test of endurance with 3 biggies in 8 days time.
That's pretty much the Ajax factor. Keep KJH and crew down to 1 goal, you get the glory. (And Kashia scored, so...) Still great for him and Vitesse. It will up his Q for sure.
http://www.voetbalzone.nl/doc.asp?uid=314039 That Huntelaar and Dolberg had so much trouble, shows his worth ‘Dat Huntelaar en Dolberg zoveel moeite hadden, geeft zijn waarde aan’ Donderdag, 28 september 2017 om 09:18 Vitesse is donderdagavond als enige Nederlandse ploeg actief in de Europa League en de Arnhemmers hebben met OGC Nice als tegenstander een zware wedstrijd voor de boeg. Les Aiglons kunnen onder meer beschikken over Mario Balotelli, maar centrale verdediger Matt Miazga maakt zich niet zo druk over de Italiaan als tegenstander. “Ik kijk niet ...”