Current Player Alex Matos

[Carpy]

Alex Matos Signed: 10th January 2024 ​

 

[Jaboysmith]

Alex Matos Joins Oxford United On Loan | Oxford United Football Club

Oxford United are delighted to announce the signing of Alex Matos on loan from Chelsea for the remainder of the season.

www.oufc.co.uk

Alex Matos signs!

 

[Andy1505]

Interesting signing!

 

[Manorlounger]

WOW!! This should be some signing.

 

[Axol0tlFC]

Good luck Alex!
Question is who does he replace?

 

[Jaboysmith]

Good luck Alex!
Question is who does he replace?

McEachran?

 

[Sarge]

welcome aboard

 

[ZeroTheHero]

Maybe he plays next to Vaulks and Brannagan can get a bit further forward?

 

[bazzer9461]

Welcome Alex

 

[Osei Yaw]

Looks like the type of player we need to snap around the midfield. Nice stuff.

 

[Emilio]

Never heard of the lad, someone fill me in on his quality, style of play, etc so I can get excited

 

[Northstandboy]

Let’s hope he’s not another Malc(om)!

Welcome!

 

[Jaboysmith]

Never heard of the lad, someone fill me in on his quality, style of play, etc so I can get excited

From what I can see from Huddersfield fans. They are gutted that they could not get him back, he is very strong in a tackle, and seems a decent player

 

[OUFCGav]

from video looks like he played against us in the JPT

 

[Carlislehotdog]

"I’m a tenacious player who likes to get up and down the pitch and put a tackle in."

Sounds good, we are very heavy on numbers in the middle of the park but still haven't quite found the mix quite right so far, it feels.

 

[RyanioBirdio]

https://yellowsforum.co.uk/threads/summer-2024-transfer-window-thread.10715/post-881540

Another feather in Big Boy’s cap.

 

[WuTang]

Always a good sign, Huddersfield fans really rated him after his loan there.

 

[Marked Ox]

Welcome Alex, hope you have a successful and enjoyable stay with us.

 

[Twiggy85]

This looks like a very good loan signing - experienced the championship already. So knows what it’s about and also a postion where we needed to strengthen.

 

[headingtonoldboy]

Welcome Alex. Hope your stay here is a successful one

 

[BrockBuster]

Mate of mine is a Huddersfield fan who said:

He loves a tackle and a booking

He'll be really useful for the relegation run in

@chelseayouth was saying he was an attacking player who played in any of the positions behind the striker but they converted him to CM

He struggled at first (also didn't help that we had no senior midfielders to help him)

He has good legs on him so can cover a lot of ground

I think if Hogg was fit for us last season more, Matos would have got more management off Hogg

Basically he would be able to do what Hogg can no longer do

He loved a wild challenge at first but our coaches got him to calm down a bit and be more useful

This is the type of stuff he was doing at the start

 

[Ox4Eva]

Welcome young fella.

Hope he gets plenty of game time and smashes it!

 

[unification]

Beating in mind Brannagan’s injury we may need him straightaway.

Sounds like Rowett’s kind of signing even if we were looking at him earlier in the summer. Good to have a bit of grit in the midfield.

 

[tonyw]

"I’m a tenacious player who likes to get up and down the pitch and put a tackle in."

Sounds good, we are very heavy on numbers in the middle of the park but still haven't quite found the mix quite right so far, it feels.

That was exactly the quote that got me excited from the article as well.

Basically sounds like he's going to be backup/competition for Vaulks & Brannagan - which is great because at the moment if one of them gets hurt (and it sounds like Cam might be already) or loses form drastically (Hi Will!), then we have a massive drop-off in those positions (McE doesn't have the legs, and no evidence yet that El Miz or Sibley have the defensive wherewithal to play there effectively in this system)

 

[TobyDavis34]

That was exactly the quote that got me excited from the article as well.

Basically sounds like he's going to be backup/competition for Vaulks & Brannagan - which is great because at the moment if one of them gets hurt (and it sounds like Cam might be already) or loses form drastically (Hi Will!), then we have a massive drop-off in those positions (McE doesn't have the legs, and no evidence yet that El Miz or Sibley have the defensive wherewithal to play there effectively in this system)

Yeah agreed. He's the backup for the DM duo.

Which begs the question about our AM position, which currently Ruben Rodrigues holds down, and we also have El Miz, Sibley, Goodrham, Dembele that can play there too. I think having RR, El Miz and Sibley for one position is a luxury (Goodrham and Dembele are also wingers); does this mean potentially we could see one of those three go out on loan (potentially El Miz most likely?)

 

[tatabanya]

Yeah agreed. He's the backup for the DM duo.

Which begs the question about our AM position, which currently Ruben Rodrigues holds down, and we also have El Miz, Sibley, Goodrham, Dembele that can play there too. I think having RR, El Miz and Sibley for one position is a luxury (Goodrham and Dembele are also wingers); does this mean potentially we could see one of those three go out on loan (potentially El Miz most likely?)

I don't think he'll be back-up

 

[TobyDavis34]

I don't think he'll be back-up

Who does he replace? Vaulks?

 

[Jster]

I think it is not coincidental that Moore and Brannagan are the players out for a few weeks, and since then we've recalled Negru and signed Matos.

 

[Osleroad]

Yeah agreed. He's the backup for the DM duo.

Which begs the question about our AM position, which currently Ruben Rodrigues holds down, and we also have El Miz, Sibley, Goodrham, Dembele that can play there too. I think having RR, El Miz and Sibley for one position is a luxury (Goodrham and Dembele are also wingers); does this mean potentially we could see one of those three go out on loan (potentially El Miz most likely?)

You're joking aren't you? One thing Des was clear about was the need to carry several midfield players because of the workrate etc. are we going to loan out our first team players to another Champ team no - they certainly won't drop down at this stage!

 

[Osleroad]

I think it is not coincidental that Moore and Brannagan are the players out for a few weeks, and since then we've recalled Negru and signed Matos.

Up to a point yes but there is certainly a CB role going begging and DM might need more options. But good we have more cover.

 

[Axol0tlFC]

No interview for Matos on any of the clubs social media surprisingly, maybe double signing?