Stratvillan Posted April 10, 2022 Share Posted April 10, 2022 Imo Digne is much better going forward than targett. Digne is slightly below Targett in defending. My criticism of Targett was that he almost wanted to play as a centre half. Based on yesterday that's more of a reflection on the limitations of konsa and mings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samjp26 Posted April 10, 2022 Share Posted April 10, 2022 We now have no natural LB in the team until next season. FYI Targett wanted to leave the minute we bought a bit of competition for his place, but we shouldn’t have let him go if we needed him. And if we did, we should have pressed to get Hickey in too, now we have nobody. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post VillaParkAvenue Posted April 10, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted April 10, 2022 6 hours ago, sharkyvilla said: I'm just a bit worried that we will be paying him well over £100k until he is 33 and that we will making more of these signings. He needs to make a big impression on the squad this and next season to make the outlay worth it imo. Digne has shown he’s a good player going forward, but handing out very lucrative 4 year contracts to 29 year olds is still questionable. 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ferguson1 Posted April 10, 2022 Share Posted April 10, 2022 (edited) If Digne is out for the season as feared, then we could play five at the back with Young as a wing back? Not great but a tuff time to bring in a youngster like Chrisene. Chambers Mings Hause Cash Young Edited April 10, 2022 by ferguson1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samjp26 Posted April 10, 2022 Share Posted April 10, 2022 3 minutes ago, ferguson1 said: If Digne is out for the season as feared, then we could play five at the back with Young as a wing back? Not great but a tuff time to bring in a youngster like Chrisene. Chambers Mings Hause Cash Young Stevie isn’t gonna do that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CVByrne Posted April 10, 2022 Share Posted April 10, 2022 5 games in one month in May for Young to play left back. Just not possible. Do we play Hause or Ming's in some of those games? McGinn even? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duke313 Posted April 10, 2022 Share Posted April 10, 2022 4 minutes ago, CVByrne said: 5 games in one month in May for Young to play left back. Just not possible. Do we play Hause or Ming's in some of those games? McGinn even? I guess we should have kept Targett in the event Digne was out. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Villarocker Posted April 10, 2022 Share Posted April 10, 2022 39 minutes ago, VillaParkAvenue said: Digne has shown he’s a good player going forward, but handing out very lucrative 4 year contracts to 29 year olds is still questionable. This was my problem with the signing of Digne. My concern is that Gerrard wants to bring in players with contracts that are going to be too much for the club. I don't want us to return to the dark days. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaParkAvenue Posted April 10, 2022 Share Posted April 10, 2022 1 hour ago, CVByrne said: 5 games in one month in May for Young to play left back. Just not possible. Do we play Hause or Ming's in some of those games? McGinn even? McGinn sounds risky. Arteta played Xhaka at LB yesterday btw, didn’t go well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted April 10, 2022 Share Posted April 10, 2022 Not going to happen but I would not mind if we went 5 at the back now if Digne is out for the season. Mings, Chambers, Konsa is a better defense than just 2 of them. Cash and Young (or even Bailey in a pinch) should work as full backs. And Young would be less exposed. Luiz and Sanson sitting and then Coutinho, Buendia behing whichever striker manages to put their boots on on their correct feet. Could also switch it up and use wingers as wingers when Coutinho tires. Bit like the Chelsea formation. Will still be flawed but not as much as the current formation would be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hippo Posted April 12, 2022 Share Posted April 12, 2022 A few more forays into the transfer market like the Digne/Target episodes - well be flying next season eh lads ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CVByrne Posted April 12, 2022 Share Posted April 12, 2022 7 minutes ago, hippo said: A few more forays into the transfer market like the Digne/Target episodes - well be flying next season eh lads ? I don't get this. If we didn't sign Digne and Targett got injured it would still be Young playing LB now. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hippo Posted April 12, 2022 Share Posted April 12, 2022 1 minute ago, CVByrne said: I don't get this. If we didn't sign Digne and Targett got injured it would still be Young playing LB now. True. But Target isn't injured and Digne is. Bit like saying if we hadn't signed Micah Richards and signed Lewis Dunk instead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyh29 Posted April 12, 2022 Share Posted April 12, 2022 On 10/04/2022 at 07:53, Stratvillan said: Imo Digne is much better going forward than targett. Digne is slightly below Targett in defending. My criticism of Targett was that he almost wanted to play as a centre half. Based on yesterday that's more of a reflection on the limitations of konsa and mings. Targett tended to bottle it at times when things got tough , and his positioning was woeful Digne hasn't been as good as I thought he would be (so far) , but i believe he's still an upgrade on Targett 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dante_Lockhart Posted April 12, 2022 Share Posted April 12, 2022 49 minutes ago, hippo said: True. But Target isn't injured and Digne is. In other circumstances Targett might have been injured and Digne not. You can't use that as a comparison because it's unknown at the time of purchasing the player. Fact is Digne is a much better player than Targett, we identified the position as a weak one and brought in someone better. Injuries happen at any time - It's unfortunate circumstances. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishVilla10 Posted April 12, 2022 Share Posted April 12, 2022 On 10/04/2022 at 09:05, duke313 said: I guess we should have kept Targett in the event Digne was out. Yeah against his will, then we would have had to listen to people slating Gerrards handling of our former player of the year. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WallisFrizz Posted April 12, 2022 Share Posted April 12, 2022 2 minutes ago, IrishVilla10 said: Yeah against his will, then we would have had to listen to people slating Gerrards handling of our former player of the year. I honestly don’t think anyone, even the Gerrard haters, would have been critical of stopping Targett from flouncing out of the door a couple of weeks after we signed Digne and telling him to sit tight until summer when his options could be discussed. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duke313 Posted April 12, 2022 Share Posted April 12, 2022 5 minutes ago, IrishVilla10 said: Yeah against his will, then we would have had to listen to people slating Gerrards handling of our former player of the year. Against his will? He's not a slave. Players ask to leave clubs all the time doesn't mean they leave right away, we could just have said no and sold him in the summer. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishVilla10 Posted April 12, 2022 Share Posted April 12, 2022 4 minutes ago, WallisFrizz said: I honestly don’t think anyone, even the Gerrard haters, would have been critical of stopping Targett from flouncing out of the door a couple of weeks after we signed Digne and telling him to sit tight until summer when his options could be discussed. Nothing surprises me anymore Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishVilla10 Posted April 12, 2022 Share Posted April 12, 2022 2 minutes ago, duke313 said: Against his will? He's not a slave. Players ask to leave clubs all the time doesn't mean they leave right away, we could just have said no and sold him in the summer. Depends on what you think of the fact he wanted to go, I thought he had every right to leave. So wouldn’t have wanted to potentially bench him for 5 months Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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