Jimmyg Posted July 25, 2019 Share Posted July 25, 2019 11 hours ago, Vive_La_Villa said: Seems I’m alone with not being impressed so I’ll wait until I see him some more before I comment further. I’ll have my notepad ready I’m kinda with you.... I have neither been impressed or...not impressed. I think partly the problem for me is that Guilbert is the full back we have needed for years and has impressed me...(I know it’s pre season blah blah) and i want Target to be the same on the left. He has looked tidy enough and I have no reason to say that he is naff. I feel the same about Target as I do for the new home shirt. It’s alright.... but it’s growing on me. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
omariqy Posted July 25, 2019 Share Posted July 25, 2019 I think we play so much better football with Targett as you can tell he is much more comfortable on the ball. Plus his passing is quick and crisp. Not seen him having to defend too much yet so will be interesting to see how he does against Charlton and RB Leipzig 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delphinho123 Posted July 25, 2019 Share Posted July 25, 2019 3 minutes ago, omariqy said: I think we play so much better football with Targett as you can tell he is much more comfortable on the ball. Plus his passing is quick and crisp. Not seen him having to defend too much yet so will be interesting to see how he does against Charlton and RB Leipzig Total agreement with this. He is very neat and tidy but the real test will come against better opposition. Both fullbacks like to bomb on, which is great, but I do worry about Guilbert and Targetts defensive abilites... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Willard Posted July 25, 2019 Share Posted July 25, 2019 Will look better when El Ghazi is playing Infront of him instead of Green. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted July 25, 2019 VT Supporter Share Posted July 25, 2019 I've taken shits that are better than Neil Taylor at Left Back so needless to say Targett looks like a decent step up. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sir_gary_cahill Posted July 25, 2019 Share Posted July 25, 2019 8 hours ago, Stevo985 said: I've taken shits that are better than Neil Taylor at Left Back so needless to say Targett looks like a decent step up. I thought Taylor was decent for us last season, I expect Targett to be a big upgrade, especially for the reported fee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samjp26 Posted July 25, 2019 Share Posted July 25, 2019 11 hours ago, Lord Willard said: Will look better when El Ghazi is playing Infront of him instead of Green. Think this is the big factor for me too. Green hasn't looked very good and sadly I don't think he has much of a future with us, his general play just isn't at a good enough level. RHM looked so much better than Green yesterday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest av1 Posted July 25, 2019 Share Posted July 25, 2019 8 hours ago, Stevo985 said: I've taken shits that are better than Neil Taylor at Left Back so needless to say Targett looks like a decent step up. I agree that he is playing for a captive audience in that sense, but he looks very composed in possession. Difficult to access in ore season but I'm hopeful he will be a big player for us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaVilla Posted July 26, 2019 Share Posted July 26, 2019 (edited) 17 hours ago, av1 said: I agree that he is playing for a captive audience in that sense, but he looks very composed in possession. Difficult to access in ore season but I'm hopeful he will be a big player for us. yeah, i watched the Walsall match back again, although he didnt do anything spectacular, he was really composed on the ball and moved it around well, looked like he fits in to the passing style well, he looked confident on the ball and played a few nice passes etc. Im sure once he gets a good winger ahead of him, it will help him a bit, like Hassan or El Ghazi. he's on a completely different level to Taylor. Edited July 26, 2019 by MaVilla 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vive_La_Villa Posted July 27, 2019 Share Posted July 27, 2019 Agree he looks head and shoulders above Taylor. Did more in 10 minutes than Taylor did in 60 odd. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaVilla Posted July 27, 2019 Share Posted July 27, 2019 also, anyone who heard he was slow, watch back some of his runs against Charlton, the lad isnt slow by a long stretch. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomaszk Posted July 27, 2019 Share Posted July 27, 2019 I think he looks quite slow tbh. He's not an athletic player, he's a technical one. He can play football so he'll fit in and play some good stuff, but may get some roastings this year. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junxs Posted July 28, 2019 Share Posted July 28, 2019 Put in 2 superb sliding tackles and was unlucky not to get an assist, that cross was just out of Hogans reach but a lovely curling ball almost onto a players run.. have we EVER seen Taylor put a ball in like that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abdulaziz1 Posted July 28, 2019 Share Posted July 28, 2019 Our expectation has been much higher. We used to like seeing Hutton at LB (which fair enough he did a job there), but we really didn't have proper players as FB, apart from Amavi who was injured early on. Bertrand was ok as a loan. Walker did a good job. Lowton had a potential. But we really experienced some below average players. Targett would have been better than most. Thats what happen when your squad have proper players. I don't know how the Premier League changed, and I'm not saying we're guaranteed to stay up. But we use to stay up while being rubbish. The likes of Targett would have been the 4 one in the team sheet. Now we're considering him as the weak link. Which is all good to be honest. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keener window-cleaner Posted August 3, 2019 Share Posted August 3, 2019 Seems to be a fantastic player, so calm and good on the ball, finds solutions in tight situations, full of running, an threat going forward and hardly put a foot wrong today. Looks even better than Guilbert imo! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lexicon Posted August 3, 2019 Share Posted August 3, 2019 A lot better today, he took the game seriously as the rest of the squad did too. Got a nice pass and cross on him and not afraid of getting physical. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeyp102 Posted August 3, 2019 Share Posted August 3, 2019 4 minutes ago, Keener window-cleaner said: Seems to be a fantastic player, so calm and good on the ball, finds solutions in tight situations, full of running, an threat going forward and hardly put a foot wrong today. Looks even better than Guilbert imo! He was out of position a lot first half though. He’ll get assists and will help us going forward but think both full backs will be at fault for us conceding this season Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nick76 Posted August 3, 2019 Share Posted August 3, 2019 Liked what he did going forward today, could see potential. I think the coaching team will need to help him with the defensive side. Definitely a step up from Taylor though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dom_Wren Posted August 3, 2019 Share Posted August 3, 2019 He was gash first half defensively. Looked great going forward and picked it up second half. So credit for that. But my god he was awful first half. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sulberto21 Posted August 3, 2019 Share Posted August 3, 2019 He looked every bit the £25million defender he is in the second half. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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