Matt Miazga

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2 hours ago, The Skipper said:

I think he should go out on loan next year tbh. We need to have something like x, Zouma, Christensen and ideally Terry (but probably Cahill), with x being a really good experienced defender. 

That depends on whether Christensen wants to return. He seems adamant on staying at Gladbach for at least another season.

[Tomo 21,681]

5 minutes ago, Jason said:

That depends on whether Christensen wants to return. He seems adamant on staying at Gladbach for at least another season.

If Conte gives him certain guarantees I can see him returning.

I'm not an advocate of guaranteeing outfielders a starting place (keeper is an exception for obvious reasons) but I wouldn't be averse to offering Christensen a run if games to nail a place down until Happy is back up to speed.

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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2016/04/07/matt-miazga-relishing-new-lease-of-life-at-chelsea/

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Like most players when they arrive at a new club, Miazga had to do an initiation song but it went well, it seems.

"I sang Sorry by Justin Bieber. It was when I first came, the night before Norwich away. It was me, Pato and we had a new physio as well so at least I wasn't the only one up there. I had to do them with the Red Bulls and the national team so it's OK."

#MiazgaOUT #TaxiForMiazga

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Matt Miazga taking transition from MLS to Chelsea in his stride

Sounds like the lad really has a good positive attitude. Hope he does well.

[LondonsFinest 692]

You wonder why so many youths do not make it here,one mistake and you are subbed. Baba got this treatment and is shattered, same as Miazga. Although it was mot his mistake to begin with, as he cleared the ball corectly. For some weird reason Mikel, who is our supposed CDM decided to become a 3rd CB, so Siggurdson was left alone. 

 

Hope he starts next game, again.

[Tomo 21,681]

36 minutes ago, LondonsFinest said:

You wonder why so many youths do not make it here,one mistake and you are subbed. Baba got this treatment and is shattered, same as Miazga. Although it was mot his mistake to begin with, as he cleared the ball corectly. For some weird reason Mikel, who is our supposed CDM decided to become a 3rd CB, so Siggurdson was left alone. 

 

Hope he starts next game, again.

Staying on when playing bad often does youngsters more damage than going off.

You only need to look at Scott Carson to see how much mental damage even one bad game can do.

[LondonsFinest 692]

32 minutes ago, Tomo said:

Staying on when playing bad often does youngsters more damage than going off.

You only need to look at Scott Carson to see how much mental damage even one bad game can do.

I do agree, but let's keep in mind the fact, that we had a relatively easy 2nd half, but they still demolished us twice on the counter. I don't think subbing Matt off actually made a marginal difference. Personal opinion ofcourse. It is based on some frustration.

[LDN Blue 7,903]

On 4/9/2016 at 6:58 PM, Tomo said:

You only need to look at Scott Carson to see how much mental damage even one bad game can do.

Now there's a name you don't hear too often anymore  

[Azpinator 2,325]

How is the i in his last name pronounced? Is it like "Diaz" or like "Niagara"?

[OhForAGreavsie 5,774]

5 hours ago, Azpinator said:

How is the i in his last name pronounced? Is it like "Diaz" or like "Niagara"?

I've just naturally said e not eye since I first read the name Miazga, but now you bring it up it's occurred to me that I don't know.

Don't think I've ever heard anyone say eye however and I've never heard Matt contradict anyone who said e.

[Fernando 6,375]

The guy is getting a lot of attention here in the states. 

If he is any good we should gamble more on him as this will be great for the American market. 

That's where Chelsea is trying to grow. Having a player from the states will help. 

 

That being the case should continue to get games ahead of cahill till the end of the season. 

[bellion 170]

Another below average player bought solely due to a cheap price and perhaps with an eye for selling a few more jerseys in the US of A.  

He should be sold at the first instant.  

 

[Special Juan 27,093]

My mate went to Swansea on Saturday, his girlfriend is a Swansea fan and he went with her father, he text me yesterday and said...

"Mate, that Miazga bloke looked like a school kid after snorting a line of coke, where do you get such a shit defender"

[Captain Ahmed 528]

Matt Miazga embracing the challenge of making it at Chelsea

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The acquisition of young American center back Matt Miazga in January was greeted with eyebrows raised to similar heights as when Chelsea acquired the likes of Michael Hector and Papy Djilobodji six months earlier.  That Miazga actually made twice as many appearances and played well over 100-times as many minutes as those two combined should be a cause for celebration, but of course it isn't.  Hector hasn't actually played for Chelsea yet (though he did impress Hiddink in training) while Djilobodji had exactly one (1) glorious minute of League Cup action before being farmed out to Werder Bremen where he courted controversy and then saved their season.But back to Miazga.He made his debut, at long last, two months after signing, away to Aston Villa.  Granted, Villa are all sorts of terrible, but Miazga, after some early nervousness, didn't look completely out of place and, combined with the veteran Branislav Ivanovic, managed to pitch a shutout.  The 20-year-old looked well up for the challenge of playing against pseudo-Andy Carroll Rudy Gestede, which, successful or not, is not something that can always be said about others, like, say, Gary Cahill.And speaking of being well up for challenges...

"It's definitely tough, but it's part of the game and part of the challenge. Going to the Premier League as a young player and going to a big club, it's a challenge that I'm embracing that is making me a better player and a better person. It's definitely a good learning process for me, so I'm just going to continue to work and establish myself to see how far I could go.""I think you just have to continue to stay positive and keep fighting and training hard, because coming from where I was playing a lot of minutes to a transfer to another club, you have to start over again and work your way in. You're at a big club with world-class players, so you have to work your way in and it's definitely frustrating sometimes not playing or not making the bench, but that's part of the process and part of football. You just have to continue working to try to establish yourself."

His efforts in his debut were rewarded with congratulatory messages from national team head coach Jurgen Klinsmann as well as a start against Swansea City the following weekend.  Unfortunately, Miazga had a bit of rough first half, including a major error that turned out to gift the game's only goal to Swansea.  Hiddink yanked him off at half time, put him firmly in the doghouse, locked the door, then bolted it, then threw away the keys, then booted the doghouse into a black hole.  It's a good thing Miazga gave this interview because for all intents and purposes he had disappeared off the face of the planet at that moment, lost in a four-dimensional tesseract trying to communicate through love and gravity.  Certainly a bit harsh from the interim manager, this treatment, especially since he then opted to play John Obi Mikel as a center back more than once instead.But Hiddink's now gone, Conte's coming in and hope floats.  Plus, Miazga's got a summer's worth of possible international action to look forward to, as the US Men's National Team will take part in next month's Copa America Centenario.

"I'm not focused on (my club future) right now. I'm focused on the national team. When the Premier League starts again and the seasons starts with preseason, obviously we'll have to discuss it, but my goal right now is with the national team and then I'll focus on the preseason.""My goal is to train as hard as I can to show coach I'm deserving of a spot. The Copa America roster is not set yet, so I'm going to continue to try and play fast, think quick and play good football to show I can play at a high level. I've been training with a bunch of great players and had a couple of games in the Premier League, so I'll try to translate that over here and show what I can do."-Matt Miazga; source: Soccer By Ives

I certainly wouldn't bet against Miazga getting consigned to another proverbial black hole next season, and hitting the loan circuit as many others before him have.  But he's got his head on straight and clearly has the desire and will to succeed.  So maybe anything's possible.  Go and get 'em, Captain Miazgamerica!

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Matt Miazga denies any loan plans as Conte confirms talks after U.S. tour

[blueblood22 50]

sound by the video that he didn't impressed Conte

[Special Juan 27,093]

He will be next out on the loan train!

[King11Didier 916]

It's seems like he is really bad. Couldn't impress Guus and there's no sight that Conte has intention of keeping him with the squad this season. Send him out on loan in Championship where he can get minutes and we will see if he can improve.