MaVilla Posted January 22, 2021 Share Posted January 22, 2021 thanks the lord targett is in training and seems ok! we really need a left back who can offer more challenge, or at least competence, ahead of taylor. Would be nice to see a youth player get the chance tbh. (next season) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mallett Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 I’ve had COVID recently and one of the common symptoms is to totally lose your appetite. I also had acid indigestion all the time. As a result I lost some weight. I thought Targett looked like he had lost weight against Man City. I suspect that he was one of the players who was more affected by COVID. Which might explain why he went off tired. He did have a great game while he was on the pitch. Perhaps the weight loss helped! Really dogged defending, some great 1 on 1 duels won, blocked a lot of crosses, brilliant positional play and bailed out the rest of the defence on more than one occasion when he covered colleagues or made important clearances. On that evidence he is no longer the weakest link in the first 11. Need to get a new backup though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delphinho123 Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 He’s absolutely superb. Criticised him a lot last season and he’s made me look silly. Fast becoming one of our best players. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ender4 Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 Excellent performance against Man City. If he can do that consistently, one of the best LBs in the Premier League Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigel Posted January 23, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted January 23, 2021 Love the bloke but tbh I'd like to see Taylor start tonight. If you have had a virus like this then had to come off a game due to exhaustion you need more than 2 days to recover. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roitorb Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 5 hours ago, Nigel said: Love the bloke but tbh I'd like to see Taylor start tonight. If you have had a virus like this then had to come off a game due to exhaustion you need more than 2 days to recover. I’d rather forfeit the match! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRO Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 (edited) 7 hours ago, Delphinho123 said: He’s absolutely superb. Criticised him a lot last season and he’s made me look silly. Fast becoming one of our best players. maybe you criticised when he needed criticising....Now he deserves the praise he is getting. 6 hours ago, ender4 said: Excellent performance against Man City. If he can do that consistently, one of the best LBs in the Premier League Its not the player we criticise, it's the play they produce. Edited January 23, 2021 by TRO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRO Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 8 hours ago, mallett said: I’ve had COVID recently and one of the common symptoms is to totally lose your appetite. I also had acid indigestion all the time. As a result I lost some weight. I thought Targett looked like he had lost weight against Man City. I suspect that he was one of the players who was more affected by COVID. Which might explain why he went off tired. He did have a great game while he was on the pitch. Perhaps the weight loss helped! Really dogged defending, some great 1 on 1 duels won, blocked a lot of crosses, brilliant positional play and bailed out the rest of the defence on more than one occasion when he covered colleagues or made important clearances. On that evidence he is no longer the weakest link in the first 11. Need to get a new backup though! its consistency, that is the key...He has improved lately, for sure, but only had 1 MOTM on here so far and got over 20 votes only twice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
May-Z Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 I thought £14m was far too much money to pay for Targett for the majority of last season. He's always been good with the ball but came across as a bit of a wetter who didn't back himself in one v ones or who didn't want to set high ambitions for himself in terms of gym work etc. This season he's making £14m look like a snip. Having a really good season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delphinho123 Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 41 minutes ago, May-Z said: I thought £14m was far too much money to pay for Targett for the majority of last season. He's always been good with the ball but came across as a bit of a wetter who didn't back himself in one v ones or who didn't want to set high ambitions for himself in terms of gym work etc. This season he's making £14m look like a snip. Having a really good season. Agreed. Our fullbacks cost 30m in total. Superb business. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Follyfoot Posted January 23, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted January 23, 2021 8 hours ago, Delphinho123 said: He’s absolutely superb. Criticised him a lot last season and he’s made me look silly. Fast becoming one of our best players. The most bizarre thing is they are all becoming one of our best players. This team with a few minor tweaks here and there challenges for top 4 very soon 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delphinho123 Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 33 minutes ago, Follyfoot said: The most bizarre thing is they are all becoming one of our best players. This team with a few minor tweaks here and there challenges for top 4 very soon I want you to be right but seeing City the other night made me realise we’re still a little way off. Players like Cancelo, De Bruyne, Foden, Dias.. these are players we could only dream of (Grealish aside). We’re not a million miles off though and I think the board are backing us to do it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Follyfoot Posted January 23, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted January 23, 2021 10 minutes ago, Delphinho123 said: I want you to be right but seeing City the other night made me realise we’re still a little way off. Players like Cancelo, De Bruyne, Foden, Dias.. these are players we could only dream of (Grealish aside). We’re not a million miles off though and I think the board are backing us to do it! Still definitely a work in progress for sure and we are not there yet but what staggering progress non the less. Also I think it would’ve been a hell of a lot closer if we not had three weeks off and the Covid scare. I still thought we were excellent 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaVilla Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 brilliant performance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVTuco Posted January 23, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted January 23, 2021 He's improved massively. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodders0223 Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 England cap. Now. Best crosser of the ball in my lifetime. Come at me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobzy Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 So brave in the tackle (hi Kenneth) now too. Excellent again - fantastic season so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OutByEaster? Posted January 23, 2021 Moderator Share Posted January 23, 2021 He's become a very good full back, a couple of excellent performances back to back and a very good season, he's got to be coming into the international reckoning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lexicon Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 I think Manquillo will be having nightmares of Targett for a few days at least Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrSmirch Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 Matty “Materazzi” Targett Brilliant footballer, stay as long as you like Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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