thunderball Posted January 7, 2023 Share Posted January 7, 2023 Very average last couple of outings, but there is a player in there. We haven’t quite found him yet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eholm Posted January 7, 2023 Share Posted January 7, 2023 I’m not sure tbh. UE likes pace out wide and Digne just does not have enough pace to regularly beat his man. Hence the reason he is looking to bring in Moreno who is much quicker. Digne’s attacking strength is crossing but I think UE wants a pacy full back who can drive forward into opposition box more and cut back for the strikers as opposed to just crossing it in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted January 7, 2023 Share Posted January 7, 2023 7 hours ago, Junxs said: Not having it, Targett was our player of the year the season before we replaced him. Was a joy watching him and Grealish work together down the left. Digne I'm still waiting to see him have a good game. Apart from that free kick v man utd he's been poor. Especially considering how much he cost and his wages. I think he looked good because of Grealish. Any left back would have looked better with Jack in front of him. He was nowhere near the same player when he was sold. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CVByrne Posted January 7, 2023 Share Posted January 7, 2023 38 minutes ago, eholm said: I’m not sure tbh. UE likes pace out wide and Digne just does not have enough pace to regularly beat his man. Hence the reason he is looking to bring in Moreno who is much quicker. Digne’s attacking strength is crossing but I think UE wants a pacy full back who can drive forward into opposition box more and cut back for the strikers as opposed to just crossing it in. Emery has said he wants players with different attributes and different qualities. It makes total sense as if he has a big squad of quality players with different attributes and skills he has all the flexibility he needs for his game plans and tactical changes. Digne / Moreno looks a good LB pairing with different attributes but both attacking. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Steve Posted January 7, 2023 Share Posted January 7, 2023 20 minutes ago, CVByrne said: Emery has said he wants players with different attributes and different qualities. It makes total sense as if he has a big squad of quality players with different attributes and skills he has all the flexibility he needs for his game plans and tactical changes. Digne / Moreno looks a good LB pairing with different attributes but both attacking. Excellent points - and if I may add, it’s a squad game and we need to get away from the idea that a transfer means replacing one player entirely. We need quality additions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eholm Posted January 7, 2023 Share Posted January 7, 2023 Agree. However, I just can’t see Digne willing to sit in bench for a prolonged period at his stage of his career - and Moreno would prob be more ofa starter as he will be UE’s man. It would be great to have that depth at LB but I could see Digne moving on in summer so we can recoup a decent fee and a younger LB coming in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vive_La_Villa Posted January 7, 2023 Share Posted January 7, 2023 11 minutes ago, eholm said: Agree. However, I just can’t see Digne willing to sit in bench for a prolonged period at his stage of his career - and Moreno would prob be more ofa starter as he will be UE’s man. It would be great to have that depth at LB but I could see Digne moving on in summer so we can recoup a decent fee and a younger LB coming in. I could. We’re paying him too much so unless he took a pay cut he’s going nowhere. Maybe a loan if he wants to play more football. I don’t think he’s shit but he definitely isn’t on it at the moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eholm Posted January 7, 2023 Share Posted January 7, 2023 He’d have ambitions of getting back into French team so could defo see him looking to move on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodders0223 Posted January 8, 2023 Share Posted January 8, 2023 25m. 165 x 52 x 4.5(somehow) = 38.6m 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turvontour Posted January 9, 2023 Share Posted January 9, 2023 What of Lucas Digne then if a new left back is coming in? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duke313 Posted January 9, 2023 Share Posted January 9, 2023 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharkyvilla Posted January 9, 2023 Share Posted January 9, 2023 I thought at the time it was too expensive a move. To be worthwhile he would need to come in and be consistently good for at least 2 seasons to be worth the depreciation in his value for the latter half of his contract. I'd have kept Targett and got a younger left back in, who hopefully would by now have taken over as first choice. I'm not too keen on replacing him with another 29 year old tbh, though hopefully Moreno is top notch. I've not seen him play. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted January 9, 2023 Share Posted January 9, 2023 51 minutes ago, turvontour said: What of Lucas Digne then if a new left back is coming in? Probably a loan somewhere. Maybe an MLS team will think him or Coutinho is a big name coup Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lexicon Posted January 9, 2023 Share Posted January 9, 2023 2 hours ago, turvontour said: What of Lucas Digne then if a new left back is coming in? Nowhere - Moreno is a different type of player and Emery is very much a chopper and changer based on the opposition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LondonLax Posted January 10, 2023 Share Posted January 10, 2023 Our club has wasted a truckload of money in recent years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest av1 Posted January 10, 2023 Share Posted January 10, 2023 4 minutes ago, LondonLax said: Our club has wasted a truckload of money in recent years. Mentioned earlier in one of the threads, if 37yr old Ashley Young could be cloned you’d probably have one at LB, one at RB, and maybe even one at 10. Crazy given the money we’ve spent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheltenham_villa Posted January 10, 2023 Share Posted January 10, 2023 really excited when he came in, attacking output has been ok, defensively hes been poor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom13 Posted January 10, 2023 Share Posted January 10, 2023 On 07/01/2023 at 09:08, Xela said: I think he looked good because of Grealish. Any left back would have looked better with Jack in front of him. He was nowhere near the same player when he was sold. He did, but Targett was also intelligent with his positioning in attack. Targett was also superb at playing into-feet passes into dangerous areas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duke313 Posted January 10, 2023 Share Posted January 10, 2023 I don't think Digne will be going anywhere, and I doubt at 29 on £160k a week he'll be in much of a hurry like Targett to leave. He hasn't been amazing but hasn't been terrible either, i've no issue with him staying and fighting for his place. We had a scenario after signing Digne and Targett leaving when Digne got injured, and we had no left back. So, I wouldn't be in a rush to ship him out, we need quality cover. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icouldtelltheworld Posted January 10, 2023 Share Posted January 10, 2023 On 09/01/2023 at 15:27, duke313 said: The thing is, while Targett is certainly no world beater, Digne has never produced anything close to the form that he produced for us in 2020/21 and for parts of our first season back in the PL 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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