nick76 Posted December 28, 2019 Share Posted December 28, 2019 Disappointed how poor he has been this season Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lexicon Posted December 28, 2019 Share Posted December 28, 2019 He actually played a lot better today - wasn't afraid of getting his shorts dirty and had a real challenge against an in-form Deulofeu, who he managed to keep pretty quiet. I've been critical of him but I hope that the injury he sustained doesn't discourage him from putting in a decent shift again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted December 28, 2019 Share Posted December 28, 2019 Yeah, he was better than against Norwich, though still not great. I suspect the people knocking him will soon be back to missing him again after Taylor has a run of games. Whether Targett is good enough or not longer-term, I'm not completely convinced. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dudevillaisnice Posted December 28, 2019 Share Posted December 28, 2019 They both aren’t good enough 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVTuco Posted December 28, 2019 VT Supporter Share Posted December 28, 2019 I was so angry with him since the second goal that killed us was preventable if he'd got out of his comfort zone and not let the ball pass him by. No fight at all in him. I only saw it once so stand corrected if I'm wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
penguin Posted December 28, 2019 Share Posted December 28, 2019 2 hours ago, lexicon said: He actually played a lot better today - wasn't afraid of getting his shorts dirty and had a real challenge against an in-form Deulofeu, who he managed to keep pretty quiet. I've been critical of him but I hope that the injury he sustained doesn't discourage him from putting in a decent shift again. He was up against Sarr. Deulofeu was on the other wing turning Elhammady inside out. He was alright today. Noticed a trend last few games at least of teams targeting his side with cross field diagonals to the winger, he leaves them in so much space. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVTuco Posted December 28, 2019 VT Supporter Share Posted December 28, 2019 3 minutes ago, penguin said: He was up against Sarr. Deulofeu was on the other wing turning Elhammady inside out. He was alright today. Noticed a trend last few games at least of teams targeting his side with cross field diagonals to the winger, he leaves them in so much space. Did you see him ball-watch when the winger got one of those diagonals and moved inside from in front of him? That was criminal. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
birdman Posted December 28, 2019 Share Posted December 28, 2019 2 hours ago, AVTuco said: Did you see him ball-watch when the winger got one of those diagonals and moved inside from in front of him? That was criminal. Yeah did it against Southampton too. Concentration span of gold fish. He wasn't too bad today but does appear to be made out of papier-mache. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaVilla Posted December 28, 2019 Share Posted December 28, 2019 still think he's the best LB we have had in years, for what its worth. But, the hamstring issue seems to be a real thing, 2nd or 3rd injury related to that this season already?, doesnt sound good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
birdman Posted December 28, 2019 Share Posted December 28, 2019 8 minutes ago, MaVilla said: still think he's the best LB we have had in years, for what its worth. But, the hamstring issue seems to be a real thing, 2nd or 3rd injury related to that this season already?, doesnt sound good. More of a strain/twinge according to Twitterati. Question marks over his mentality for me. Perhaos I'm being too harsh... I hope so! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted December 29, 2019 Share Posted December 29, 2019 Obviously impossible to know how severe any of his injuries on the pitch have been but there's been a few situations now where he's "given up" rather than fight through it. Now this doesn't even have to be a negative, we all remember what happened when Mings tried to play through injury and cost us the game. On the top of my head I just remember the head injury and this latest one but I'm sure it's happened a few times more than those 2 cause I've thought about it a few times before. He's not the only one who I get the feeling sometimes doesn't want to be there. Wesley and El Ghazi also looked like they wanted to get subbed when it wasn't working. Not saying they are feigning injuries but do they have the drive and mentality needed? It's not going to get any easier. Hope this latest one isn't too serious as he's still our best LB: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brumstopdogs Posted December 29, 2019 Share Posted December 29, 2019 Surely one of the key ingredients for a defender is that they can actually defend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted December 29, 2019 Share Posted December 29, 2019 3 hours ago, Brumstopdogs said: Surely one of the key ingredients for a defender is that they can actually defend. Apparently the modern ful back doesnt like to defend. Not just Targett is a few others like this 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Villarocker Posted December 29, 2019 Share Posted December 29, 2019 He gets no cover when Grealish plays down the same flank because Jack always drifts infield searching for the ball. Targett has the whole left side to cover himself so maybe that should be taken into account? A prime example of this was the Leicester game where Ricardo - the Leicester right back - was awarded man of the match. Surely that says it all? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pimlico_Villa Posted December 29, 2019 Share Posted December 29, 2019 Also looks overweight. As for him faking hamstring injuries when he isn’t playing well. Laughable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeyp102 Posted December 29, 2019 Share Posted December 29, 2019 Smith has confirmed hamstring injury Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigel Posted December 29, 2019 VT Supporter Share Posted December 29, 2019 54 minutes ago, Pimlico_Villa said: As for him faking hamstring injuries when he isn’t playing well. Laughable. Ridiculous comment! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted December 30, 2019 Share Posted December 30, 2019 4 hours ago, Pimlico_Villa said: Also looks overweight. As for him faking hamstring injuries when he isn’t playing well. Laughable. He is out with a hamstring injury now. almost as pathetic as suggesting we boo Wesley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zab6359 Posted December 30, 2019 Share Posted December 30, 2019 21 hours ago, sne said: Obviously impossible to know how severe any of his injuries on the pitch have been but there's been a few situations now where he's "given up" rather than fight through it. Now this doesn't even have to be a negative, we all remember what happened when Mings tried to play through injury and cost us the game. On the top of my head I just remember the head injury and this latest one but I'm sure it's happened a few times more than those 2 cause I've thought about it a few times before. He's not the only one who I get the feeling sometimes doesn't want to be there. Wesley and El Ghazi also looked like they wanted to get subbed when it wasn't working. Not saying they are feigning injuries but do they have the drive and mentality needed? It's not going to get any easier. Hope this latest one isn't too serious as he's still our best LB: You're right to be a little suspicious of Targett and AEG I really believe they bottle it in tough games. Sarr was getting the better of Targett over and over just like Aarons did against Norwich, still our best option at LB but weak as piss! Unless Hause fills in Taylor will be in for Burnley god help us. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRO Posted December 30, 2019 Share Posted December 30, 2019 41 minutes ago, zab6359 said: You're right to be a little suspicious of Targett and AEG I really believe they bottle it in tough games. Sarr was getting the better of Targett over and over just like Aarons did against Norwich, still our best option at LB but weak as piss! Unless Hause fills in Taylor will be in for Burnley god help us. 14 ****ing million.....no wonder we are in the **** Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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