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Matt Targett set to miss remainder of season with hamstring injury (Howe)


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2 hours ago, Zero said:

He said two players will undergo medical shortly


He didn’t mind.

 

He said ‘medicals booked in’ 

 

That’s it. 

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2 minutes ago, TRon said:

 

He's not bad, but he's not great.

 

Agreed, although there is a case to be made for him not needing to be great going forward when he is on the same side as ASM. Far more important to be solid defensively, which he absolutely is. 

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Really happy with this.  He won't need a bedding in period in the league and we know he already fits in with the team.  Only really had a couple of poor performances, from memory.  One of which was away at Spurs, when the whole team were miles off it.  Always seemed to be a 7 or an 8 every week. 

 

Money saved to spend elsewhere and a solid signing for a great price.  

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Targett is a sensible and solid signing. Whilst the appeal of Lodi or a more attacking LB is obvious, sticking to a solid option for a reasonable fee means you can spend bigger elsewhere on the pitch, where we definitely need to improve.

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19 minutes ago, TRon said:

Very pleased for Targett. I would have liked a full back who can offer a bit more going forward, but there was always the risk that we would have lost some defensive solidity. Matt is a brilliant defender so was never going to be a loss to sign him permanently.

 

I think his attacking contribution has been really good this season. The fact he is so solid defensively probably overshadows his attacking contribution. He makes a lot of smart runs forward and has a brilliant left foot. Made quite a few key passes down the left side that has resulted in goals or a big chance, and is good on set pieces.

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He’s not that defensive though. 
 

I’ll never forget when instead of shepherding the ball out for a goal kick, he turned around and lobbed it over the attacker to Willock (I think) on the left and it led straight to a goal.

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Just now, LV said:

He’s not that defensive though. 
 

I’ll never forget when instead of shepherding the ball out for a goal kick, he turned around and lobbed it over the attacker to Willock (I think) on the left and it led straight to a goal.

 

Yep, that was Bruno's last minute winner against Leicester at home.

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if he maintains his form going into the new season, and with a bit of luck, he could be in serious contention for an England call up to the World Cup. imagine that??

 

starting this campaign early... TARGETT FOR ENGLAND

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14 minutes ago, Super Duper Branko Strupar said:

 

Yep, never mentioned a number. Just confusion as to whether the s was plural or missing an apostrophe.

 

 

 

Sure I've read that there's a series of medicals for every player, so could be plural medicals booked in for one player. 

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