May-Z Posted August 14, 2021 Share Posted August 14, 2021 In his first season in the prem, he was a bit of a wetter and looked like a bigger-boy had taken his lunch money during games. Last season he transformed that and was much more aggressive and dominant against all types of winger. Hope that hasn't set his progress back a little bit by knocking his confidence today. ...but at least we have Young as a replacement now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVTuco Posted August 14, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted August 14, 2021 Less burgers and a bit of running drills. Until then Young should be our LB. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Villa87 Posted August 14, 2021 Share Posted August 14, 2021 Pub team standard today. Chalk and cheese to last season. Hopefully a one off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delphinho123 Posted August 14, 2021 Share Posted August 14, 2021 (edited) Before I say what I’m about to say, let it be known that I voted him as our POTS last year and think he’s a very good player. But. That was possibly one of the worst performances I’ve seen from a Villa fullback in a decade (Relative to level). Utterly pathetic. To be dragged off at half time is an embarrassment. How often does that happen? Is he not fit? I know he isn’t the quickest but he looked slower than ever today? Young will start ahead of him until he sorts himself out. So surprising. Edited August 14, 2021 by Delphinho123 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enda Posted August 14, 2021 Share Posted August 14, 2021 1 minute ago, Delphinho123 said: Before I say what I’m about to say, let it be known that I voted him as our POTS last year and think he’s a very good player. But. That was possibly one of the worst performances I’ve seen from a Villa fullback in a decade (Relative to level). Utterly pathetic. To be dragged off at half time is an embarrassment. How often does that happen? Is he not fit? I know he isn’t the quickest but he looked slower than ever today? Young will start ahead of him until he sorts himself out. So surprising. Fair comment. It was a shambles today. Yeah he didn’t get much support but he was way off the pace. To be dragged off at half-time is one thing, but in the first match of the season? Against the mighty... Watford? Proper 3 out of 10 in FM terms. He didn’t get much support but it is not like Sarr is some unknown entity or anything, like some mad signing from Russia or something. We’d been linked to him all summer! Can’t believe how badly prepared Targett looked. Way, way off the pace. You’d be forgiven for thinking he had too many pints over the summer. Targett needs to be dropped for the next match. Not just because he’ll have lost all confidence in himself, not just because ASM would eat him alive, but also because the rest of the squad needs to know what happens if you put in a performance like that. Ninety minutes against Barrow will do him good. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delphinho123 Posted August 14, 2021 Share Posted August 14, 2021 (edited) 5 minutes ago, Enda said: Fair comment. It was a shambles today. Yeah he didn’t get much support but he was way off the pace. To be dragged off at half-time is one thing, but in the first match of the season? Against the mighty... Watford? Proper 3 out of 10 in FM terms. He didn’t get much support but it is not like Sarr is some unknown entity or anything, like some mad signing from Russia or something. We’d been linked to him all summer! Can’t believe how badly prepared Targett looked. Way, way off the pace. You’d be forgiven for thinking he had too many pints over the summer. Targett needs to be dropped for the next match. Not just because he’ll have lost all confidence in himself, not just because ASM would eat him alive, but also because the rest of the squad needs to know what happens if you put in a performance like that. Ninety minutes against Barrow will do him good. Yeh, agree with all of that. Is he not fit? The thing that struck me most was, Sarr wasn’t even doing anything particularly special. Most of the time he was just knocking it a few yards in front of him or cutting inside after feining to shoot. He was superb last season, but today reminded me of the first few matches when we signed him. He clearly needs to be at peak physical condition to perform and maybe that’s the reason he was poor today. Either way, slightly worrying. Hope he gets back to last years levels. Edited August 14, 2021 by Delphinho123 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
briny_ear Posted August 14, 2021 Share Posted August 14, 2021 He’s obviously nowhere near match fit and he should not have started. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lexicon Posted August 14, 2021 Share Posted August 14, 2021 Really suffered in the first half with the lack of cover from midfield. He got doubled up on time and again and McGinn was nowhere to be found half the time - the first goal being a classic example. He didn't play well, but was on a hiding to nothing when other members of the team weren't doing their job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted August 15, 2021 Share Posted August 15, 2021 Any news if he was carrying an injury? Fair enough that he lacked match fitness and got tired, but he was so slow. Sarr is obviously really fast but Targett looked slow against everyone including his teammates. The whole team played a horrible game yesterday but most of the issues we had were expected. Did not expect Targett to be this bad thou. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QldVilla Posted August 15, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted August 15, 2021 I’m not going to read too much into it, he didn’t become an average player overnight. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AntrimBlack Posted August 15, 2021 Share Posted August 15, 2021 It wasn't just Targett, the entire team looked tired, jaded, and unprepared. The 3 substitutes were the only ones who looked up for it. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richie k Posted August 15, 2021 Share Posted August 15, 2021 (edited) The last thing defenders low in confidence need is fans on their back. we need to get behind both full backs Edited August 15, 2021 by Richie k 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delphinho123 Posted August 15, 2021 Share Posted August 15, 2021 Looked miles off it. I can forgive a bad game, but he doesn’t look fit at all. Needs to hit the gym! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WallisFrizz Posted August 15, 2021 Share Posted August 15, 2021 He’s obviously unfit but surely our fitness/data guys clock that someone is well below par and feed that back to the coaches who should then decide against starting him. All v weird. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
birdman Posted August 15, 2021 Share Posted August 15, 2021 15 minutes ago, Delphinho123 said: Looked miles off it. I can forgive a bad game, but he doesn’t look fit at all. Needs to hit the gym! He actually looked a bit shell-shocked at one point! Obviously wasn't briefed on how good Sarr would be. Not just Matt though, team went out there with the attitude of a pre season friendly. Watford on the other hand were on it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbie09 Posted August 15, 2021 Share Posted August 15, 2021 21 hours ago, lexicon said: Really suffered in the first half with the lack of cover from midfield. He got doubled up on time and again and McGinn was nowhere to be found half the time - the first goal being a classic example. He didn't play well, but was on a hiding to nothing when other members of the team weren't doing their job. Why point the finger at McGinn? Young was more of a culprit than SJM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grobs Posted August 15, 2021 Share Posted August 15, 2021 My worry is, Newcastle will have analysed the game vs Watford and with just tell saint max to run at him all game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a m ole Posted August 15, 2021 Share Posted August 15, 2021 58 minutes ago, grobs said: My worry is, Newcastle will have analysed the game vs Watford and with just tell saint max to run at him all game. He’ll be dropped for Young. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwi1890 Posted August 15, 2021 Share Posted August 15, 2021 58 minutes ago, grobs said: My worry is, Newcastle will have analysed the game vs Watford and with just tell saint max to run at him all game. Steve Bruce analysing? I can picture it now old tv with everyone huddled around a video tape ,kebabs all round for the boys and Steve telling Saint Maximin, “Matt Targget will be there and there abouts stick on him and come end of the match we’ll be there and there abouts” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post GarethRDR Posted August 15, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted August 15, 2021 2 hours ago, Richie k said: we need to get behind both full backs Think they've had quite enough people getting behind them for 90 mins already. 1 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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