osmark86 Posted June 17, 2021 Share Posted June 17, 2021 Sensible af. Welcome back legend! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zab6359 Posted June 17, 2021 Share Posted June 17, 2021 (edited) 1 hour ago, Philosopher said: He has been in Italy for 2 seasons where he has done fairly well. But the rigors of the Premier league break aging players. This has disaster written all over it. Fortunately we aren't in a position where we have to throw him into the first team straight away. Edited June 17, 2021 by zab6359 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyh29 Posted June 17, 2021 Share Posted June 17, 2021 25 minutes ago, nick76 said: I think it would be part of the general model. Have a young group of players of around 20-30 players (first team and quality in younger teams) and then a handful of older players for various reasons. I think there needs to be a balance, it cant all be young and so our model is 90% young and the rest older players. A pure 100% youngsters would seem too far. Somebody like Young whose been around the block, is free, and I assume his wages wont be stupid will benefit the younger players. I think this would be part of the general model. we released Elmo who arguably met the exact same criteria , he was very well regarded by the club and youngsters by all accounts 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dont_do_it_doug. Posted June 17, 2021 Share Posted June 17, 2021 1 minute ago, tonyh29 said: we released Elmo who arguably met the exact same criteria , he was very well regarded by the club and youngsters by all accounts Exactly. Seems we prefer this player? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post The Moustache of Teale Posted June 17, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted June 17, 2021 1 hour ago, Philosopher said: Targett went from needing to be replaced to undropable. That is certainly fine work. But he is still limited. Only by the sky. Targett was magnificent last season, hardly put a foot wrong. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Follyfoot Posted June 17, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted June 17, 2021 150k a week 5 year deal, no thanks 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post omariqy Posted June 17, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted June 17, 2021 5 minutes ago, dont_do_it_doug. said: Exactly. Seems we prefer this player? Ashley Young was mr consistent for Inter last year playing at the very top level. I love Elmo but we are talking about different levels here. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philosopher Posted June 17, 2021 Share Posted June 17, 2021 6 minutes ago, The Moustache of Teale said: Only by the sky. Targett was magnificent last season, hardly put a foot wrong. He's got no pace, not as naturally fit as I'd like either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nick76 Posted June 17, 2021 Share Posted June 17, 2021 8 minutes ago, tonyh29 said: we released Elmo who arguably met the exact same criteria , he was very well regarded by the club and youngsters by all accounts True but I would argue Young played at a much higher level and a better player. Elmo may also want to leave to get more game time elsewhere, he may have asked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyM3000 Posted June 17, 2021 Share Posted June 17, 2021 (edited) Not sure if there's a direct comparison going on between Elmo and Young here. However, Young just won Serie A and played CL football, Elmo got dropped and Smith thought it was better to stick Konsa at RB than use him. Edited June 17, 2021 by AndyM3000 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talldarkandransome Posted June 17, 2021 Share Posted June 17, 2021 10 hours ago, Adam2003 said: This sort of sentiment is staggering to me. I mean I’m not saying he’ll be a great signing now but was our best player for several years at the high point of the last couple of decades. Things like West Ham away, the 3-2 at Everton, the genuine level of play that saw Man United sign him… to me this is like saying “I don’t have fond memories of Dwight Yorke.” Its good that we disagree, I don't like agreeing with everyone. Spent most of the time falling over or crossing the ball into the stands, was frustrating to watch for me. Yorke on the other hand, I enjoyed watching him. Horses for courses, each to their own 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mic09 Posted June 17, 2021 Share Posted June 17, 2021 8 minutes ago, Follyfoot said: 150k a week 5 year deal, no thanks 420k a week 7 year deal 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
It's Your Round Posted June 17, 2021 Share Posted June 17, 2021 1 minute ago, Mic09 said: 420k a week 7 year deal Damn! Not even Scott Hogan got that at small heath! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skarroki Posted June 17, 2021 Share Posted June 17, 2021 Be good to have a "Young" back up to Targett Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyh29 Posted June 17, 2021 Share Posted June 17, 2021 29 minutes ago, AndyM3000 said: Not sure if there's a direct comparison going on between Elmo and Young here. However, Young just won Serie A and played CL football, Elmo got dropped and Smith thought it was better to stick Konsa at RB than use him. I don't think anyone is making a direct comparison, but people seem to think Young is coming to be an understudy and a good influence on the youngsters ... I pointed out we used to have such a player who "arguably met the same criteria" . We know for fact that Elmo was a good influence on the young players , other than teaching youngsters the pitfalls of not turning off your webcam , we don't know what sort of influence Young will be 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MotoMkali Posted June 17, 2021 Share Posted June 17, 2021 20 hours ago, bannedfromHandV said: He’s not a left back though is he? I know he’s not the flying winger he used to be but is he actually any good at full back? His defensive stats were very impressive before joining inter. And I presume part of the decrease was due to covid and another part was due to inter barely losing the ball Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MotoMkali Posted June 17, 2021 Share Posted June 17, 2021 1 hour ago, Okonokos said: Obviously Grealish was but he was missing for 13 games. Out of everyone else Targett was our best player. Us getting Young in as his backup instead of Taylor improves us drastically. Simple as that. Taylor player less than 30 minutes. We conceded 2 goals in those minutes. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Awol Posted June 17, 2021 Share Posted June 17, 2021 16 minutes ago, tonyh29 said: We know for fact that Elmo was a good influence on the young players , other than teaching youngsters the pitfalls of not turning off your webcam , we don't know what sort of influence Young will be FK instructor. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jas10 Posted June 17, 2021 Share Posted June 17, 2021 10 minutes ago, MotoMkali said: Taylor player less than 30 minutes. We conceded 2 goals in those minutes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jas10 Posted June 17, 2021 Share Posted June 17, 2021 Oh well, it’s happening so will just have to come to terms with it. Can’t see him being brought in as a backup/rotation fullback though, most likely to cover on the wings and to add some experience - don’t think we need any more of that but hey ho… I would be terrified if he played in defence against a decent team, toughest league in the world n all that… Hopefully it’s not costing us much… 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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