{"id":450322,"date":"2025-09-25T11:58:16","date_gmt":"2025-09-25T11:58:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/450322\/"},"modified":"2025-09-25T11:58:16","modified_gmt":"2025-09-25T11:58:16","slug":"i-just-saw-frustrated-newcastle-united-star-answer-his-critics-with-brave-display-vs-bradford-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/450322\/","title":{"rendered":"I just saw ‘frustrated’ Newcastle United star answer his critics with brave display vs Bradford City"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

There were plenty of strong performances in Newcastle United\u2019s win over Bradford City, but one player stood out in particular at St James\u2019 Park.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Magpies booked their place in the fourth round of the Carabao Cup with a 4-1 win over Bradford<\/a>, on a night that saw Eddie Howe rotate his side yet again.<\/p>\n

Bruno Guimaraes returned and impressed, while Will Osula scored two goals<\/a> to seize his opportunity.<\/p>\n

However, the player who stood out the most in Newcastle\u2019s win was Lewis Miley<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"AnthonyPhoto by Serena Taylor\/Newcastle United via Getty ImagesLewis Miley was outstanding during Newcastle United vs Bradford City<\/p>\n

Having played the full 90 minutes against Bournemouth on Sunday, Miley received some criticism on social media. A lot of that criticism was unfair, although Geordie Boot Boys<\/strong> called on Miley to be braver in possession<\/a>.<\/p>\n

He was exactly that on Wednesday night, as Howe deployed him in the middle of Newcastle\u2019s midfield three against Bradford.<\/p>\n

The 19-year-old produced a confident display, showing a willingness to take risks and even make mistakes. That did happen on occasions, and it resulted in Bradford scoring their only goal of the night.<\/p>\n

There were moments when Miley gave away the ball with some slack passing, but it came from him wanting to be progressive and move the ball up the pitch.<\/p>\n

More often than not he got it right, combining beautifully with Bruno Guimaraes all night. The teenager sent a message with his performance, at a time when it has been reported that Miley has been \u2018frustrated\u2019<\/a> by his lack of minutes.<\/p>\n

Lewis Miley\u2019s stats vs Bradford City<\/p>\n

Howe was pleased with Miley<\/a> against Bradford, and so he should be.<\/p>\n

The local lad orchestrated proceedings in front of the defence, playing a key role in advancing his side up the pitch and through the lines.<\/p>\n

No player touched the ball more than Miley on Wednesday night, and no player completed more passes either.<\/p>\n\nStatistic<\/strong><\/td>\nLewis Miley vs Bradford<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nMinutes played<\/td>\n90<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nTouches<\/td>\n120<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nPasses completed<\/td>\n101\/110<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nDuels won<\/td>\n6\/9<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nTackles<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nPossession lost<\/td>\n11<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Miley should be very happy with his performance, but it is unlikely to result in him retaining his place in the starting XI. Newcastle United face Arsenal<\/a> in the Premier League on Sunday in their next game, with Sandro Tonali<\/a> poised to return to the side.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"There were plenty of strong performances in Newcastle United\u2019s win over Bradford City, but one player stood out…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":450323,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4100],"tags":[94,97821,79,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-450322","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-football","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-lewis-miley","10":"tag-sports","11":"tag-uk","12":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115264822673532352","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/450322","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=450322"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/450322\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/450323"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=450322"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=450322"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=450322"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}