Popular Post Wainy316 Posted February 15, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted February 15, 2022 Has two good games and everyone says he's and upgrade. Has one bad game and now he's not an upgrade. 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vive_La_Villa Posted February 15, 2022 Share Posted February 15, 2022 4 minutes ago, Wainy316 said: Has two good games and everyone says he's and upgrade. Has one bad game and now he's not an upgrade. I don’t think he had a bad game in particular. The whole team was poor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david-avfc Posted February 15, 2022 Share Posted February 15, 2022 (edited) 8 minutes ago, Wainy316 said: Has two good games and everyone says he's and upgrade. Has one bad game and now he's not an upgrade. I personally always thought Targett was good but he’s the sort of guy who needs an arm around him which Gerrard obviously didn’t want to do. Digne should turn out to be an upgrade overall but I don’t think it’s as much of a step up in quality as some people may believe Edited February 15, 2022 by david-avfc 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted February 15, 2022 Share Posted February 15, 2022 2 minutes ago, Vive_La_Villa said: I don’t think he had a bad game in particular. The whole team was poor. defensively he was fine but going forward he was dreadful. He was pretty much assaulting the first defender with his crossing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laughable Chimp Posted February 15, 2022 Share Posted February 15, 2022 10 minutes ago, Wainy316 said: Has two good games and everyone says he's and upgrade. Has one bad game and now he's not an upgrade. Football fans are incredibly reactionary. Who knew. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister_a Posted February 15, 2022 Share Posted February 15, 2022 12 minutes ago, Zatman said: Yes but he didnt reject staying there, he was forced out. If anything he would not have left Everton if Rafa was not the manager Yeah, I'm saying it was sour grapes from Everton with them saying 'He's crap' considering the circumstances of his leaving, I'd take anything Everton fans say about him with a pinch of salt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharkyvilla Posted February 15, 2022 Share Posted February 15, 2022 It must be so hard for a full back to perform all his duties in a back 4 plus provide almost all the width in attack. I'm not surprised Cash, Targett and Digne have found it tough. They are all very good PL full backs imo. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hippo Posted February 15, 2022 Share Posted February 15, 2022 4 minutes ago, sharkyvilla said: It must be so hard for a full back to perform all his duties in a back 4 plus provide almost all the width in attack. I'm not surprised Cash, Targett and Digne have found it tough. They are all very good PL full backs imo. Bang on. Thats my whole concern about attacking full backs providing the width. They are expected to marshal the wide areas to stop attacks, stop crosses, win tackles, beat a full back and put crosses in. Very few players can do all that at this level. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaParkAvenue Posted February 15, 2022 Share Posted February 15, 2022 23 minutes ago, hippo said: Bang on. Thats my whole concern about attacking full backs providing the width. They are expected to marshal the wide areas to stop attacks, stop crosses, win tackles, beat a full back and put crosses in. Very few players can do all that at this level. Yes, and still this has been the major trend in top football for years now. Almost every team now demand fullbacks ”bomb forward” while other positions have to sweep up and cover defensively. I guess Burnley are still an exception though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted February 15, 2022 Share Posted February 15, 2022 10 minutes ago, VillaParkAvenue said: Yes, and still this has been the major trend in top football for years now. Almost every team now demand fullbacks ”bomb forward” while other positions have to sweep up and cover defensively. I guess Burnley are still an exception though. Yes but bombing forward TAA and Robertson still have Salah and Mane on that side for support. Cancelo still has Sterling or Mahrez Digne and Cash are alone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duke313 Posted February 15, 2022 Share Posted February 15, 2022 15 minutes ago, Zatman said: Yes but bombing forward TAA and Robertson still have Salah and Mane on that side for support. Cancelo still has Sterling or Mahrez Digne and Cash are alone Coutinho and Buendia? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted February 15, 2022 Share Posted February 15, 2022 Just now, duke313 said: Coutinho and Buendia? They are supposed to be in side though to leave the flanks free for the full backs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duke313 Posted February 15, 2022 Share Posted February 15, 2022 14 minutes ago, Zatman said: They are supposed to be in side though to leave the flanks free for the full backs They do, but they still drift out wide when the ball is at either side to link up with the full backs, or at least they should. Salah and Mane both cut in towards goal on their stronger foot. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brummybloke Posted February 16, 2022 Share Posted February 16, 2022 While his last game in my view he was really not good, he isn't helped, nor the team, by Ramseys decision making. Every game so far the ball is played to Ramsey, digne provides an overlap, Ramsey checks and then plays it back to mings. I cant recall more than 2 or 3 times he has used digne in these situations. That means he is out of position and then having to come back, which also means when mings receives the pass from ramsey he does 1 of 2 things, pass sideways to the other cb or hit it long down the line, digne is facing the wrong way and moving in the wrong direction for the mings long ball. We lose possession and put ourselves under unnecessary pressure. Ramsey did it with target too. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted February 16, 2022 Share Posted February 16, 2022 20 hours ago, Wainy316 said: Has two good games and everyone says he's and upgrade. Has one bad game and now he's not an upgrade. Digne for me has been excellent. The whole team was poor on sunday so this for me does not reflect on digne. I think he looks really good personally 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post MaVilla Posted February 16, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted February 16, 2022 (edited) this thread lol. If anyone has actually watched Digne so far for Villa, and cant see how much more mobile, athletic and threatening Digne looks than Targett, i'm not sure what to say to you. Edited February 16, 2022 by MaVilla 7 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Steve Posted February 16, 2022 Share Posted February 16, 2022 1 hour ago, MaVilla said: this thread lol. If anyone has actually watched Digne so far for Villa, and cant see how much more mobile, athletic and threatening Digne looks than Targett, i'm not sure what to say to you. Yep. It’s actually embarrassing. Every player has an off day. Digne is a huge asset and upgrade on Targett - a man who went crying on TalkSport that he’s got competition. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaVilla Posted February 16, 2022 Share Posted February 16, 2022 1 hour ago, The_Steve said: Yep. It’s actually embarrassing. Every player has an off day. Digne is a huge asset and upgrade on Targett - a man who went crying on TalkSport that he’s got competition. did he?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Steve Posted February 16, 2022 Share Posted February 16, 2022 13 minutes ago, MaVilla said: did he?? Crying is an exaggeration and I understand his points - just strikes me as a mental weakness that he won’t be able to surpass Digne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted February 16, 2022 Share Posted February 16, 2022 3 hours ago, Demitri_C said: Digne for me has been excellent. The whole team was poor on sunday so this for me does not reflect on digne. I think he looks really good personally Excellent 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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