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

[BlazeT44]

Can't say much about today's performance.

 

Trippier looked slow, off it and past his best when he came back from his lay-off.

 

For about all of three weeks and then he was quality.

 

He just needs football..

 

 

 

 

Edited April 27, 2023 by BlazeT44

[Smal]

He was knackered after half time, like. Needs some more games but I’m not sure he’ll get them now.

[Rich]

Thought he was really good in the circumstances, that Iwobi bit aside. Very tricky game to come back into after seven months without a start and for the most part he was incredibly tidy.

[LiquidAK]

He’s barely played, so expect it’ll take a few games for him to get match fit. Glad to see him back 

[Holloway]

thought he was canny overall, one rinsing when he looked like a little hamster

[Vinny Green Balls]

Some of the comments about him tonight were a bit mad.

[Pilko]

Glad to see him back. He was tidy and solid other than the yellow card incident. Hopefully he can start to challenge BDB over the remaining weeks.

[80]

Bit of a mixed bag as others have said. Felt bad for him on the yellow. Showed some footballing talent that we've missed back there though, playing some smooth early balls forward.

 

A bit of a leap of logic, but it's occurred to me: is it possible that he's not as committed to developing his game as Howe clearly likes, hence the lack of urgency to get him playing time? He seems a great lad but I could imagine him being happy just doing what's asked of him in training rather than arriving an hour early and leaving an hour late every day like a rabid dog. And that not quite being Eddie's cup of tea.

[Conjo]

It was more the shock at how slow he was compared to Iwobi.   It wasn't just the situation when he got thrown to the ground, it was at least 3 instances where he was just left for dead. I knew he wasn't the fastest, but has to be either fitness or injury related. Iwobi is athletic, but he isn't someone I'd consider quick in the same way I do f.ex Almiron and Murphy.

 

Thought he did well other than that. Hopefully gets back that extra little spring in his legs after a few more games.

[Guest]

It'll just take games under his belt and I'm sure we'll see last Feb-May Targett. I just don't think he'll get the chance to do that. 

[Yorkie]

I thought he looked a bit rusty but it wasn't a bad performance. It's just a shame for him; he's never going to get a chance to build up a head of steam as Burn will come straight back in. Not really sure where his career goes with us tbh; he'll probably be third choice by September. 

[TheInfiniteOdyssey]

Not too concerned about his performance, was a really difficult game to come in cold. Atmosphere was boiling-hot in the first-half and they were pressing like absolute lunatics.

 

 

Edited April 27, 2023 by TheInfiniteOdyssey

[Scotty66]

Very hard game to come back into the team. 

 

Solid LB though and exactly the kind of player we need for squad depth at the moment. 

 

He seems a good professional lad too. 

[Newcastle Fan]

Clearly rusty and hasn't played much in a while but we still won 4-1 and the one goal came from a total fluke, happy that he got the minutes today.

[Zero]

This match shows why Howe was reluctant to drop Burn. 
 

however we seems to have more buffer now and I would prefer to give Targett a run rather than going back to Burn. At best we could bring his game back for next season, at worst we can just give up and move on in the summer.

[Ace]

Surprised at some of the comments, I know it’s probably because he was rusty but Iwobi had him on toast until he ran out of energy.

 

luckily Iwobi is a bit of a donkey 

[Tiresias]

He's better than his performance though i do think it is likely just rust 

[Mazzy]

Other than getting outpaced by Iwobi (which would've happened to Burn as well) I think he was decent.

 

Of all the games for him to come into, Everton away is much harsher than Southampton at home. He deserves a start on Sunday no doubt.

[MrRaspberryJam]

All things considered he was fine. 

[The Butcher]

I'd start him against Soton

[Guest]

First Premier League start for 7 months. 

[Guest]

Just now, The Butcher said:

I'd start him against Soton

 

I'd keep him in too with view to him starting the Arsenal game the week after bearing in mind what Saka did to Burn down there. 

[NEEJ]

Him bouncing off Iwobi was canny funny in hindsight, like.

[Cf]

Think I said it in the thread but don't think our first goal happens if Targett isn't on the pitch. Burn doesn't make that first touch pass forward. 

 

Would be nice to see him get some more game time to get up to speed but suspect Burn is back and it was just a rest. 

 

 

Edited April 28, 2023 by Cf

[Joseph]

He’s unbelievably average. The bench is the best thing to ever happen to him reputationally, but people seem to have it in for Burn.