Lucas Digne - Signed

[paul_e]

I like Digne and it's a massive shame he's injured but on Saturday he seemed scared of getting too far forward and ended up being caught nowhere too many times. If he'd driven forward in the same way Cash does (and he's capable of that, we've seen it already and he did it for Everton) I suspect we'd have created chances, Emerson Royal didn't want to chase him and Romero was struggling to cope with Countinho and Ramsey running in his channel already, Digne as well and I suspect we'd have got a lot of joy through that area.

The team don't trust each other, or the system, and once it's settled down then my guess is it won't be so bad.

Yep I agree, I think he's a good player and will be a big player for us next year but we need a good pre-season to make that happen, I just hope his injury isn't bad enough that it gets in the way of that (looks like a 6-8 week one though to me, if he's done what I think he has).

[OCD]

He looked like he had dislocated his shoulder the way they tried to immobilise it. That's his season over if that's what's happened and probably means Ashley Young being our left back for the remainder of the season.

[paul_e]

He looked like he had dislocated his shoulder the way they tried to immobilise it. That's his season over if that's what's happened and probably means Ashley Young being our left back for the remainder of the season.

Yep, and with the comments from Gerrard I suspect it's an ACJ injury, and they're probably thinking it's a tear given they're saying he might be out for the rest of the season.

[Footy-Vill]

That's a real shame to hear he's now out for the season

[Dave]

I'd posit that his ball for Buendia is the sort that Targett would never have thought to play.

Targett would have taken an extra touch and lofted it somewhere towards the back post for Cash to go and collect it.

[pauliewalnuts]

Digne is a much, much better player than Targett.

Targett being loaned out was only really a problem when Digne was out injured.

[PaulWinch again]

Yup, he’s got real quality. His ability to find space and then play those drag backs from the byline (which is very Man Citeh) is exceptional.

[Brazilian Villain]

I'd posit that his ball for Buendia is the sort that Targett would never have thought to play.

Yeah, I said the same thing when I saw the Sky highlights earlier. (Thanks Leeg)

[Tayls_7]

It's great he's back. When he picked out Buendia inside the 18yd box through a clutch of players it was entirely deliberate.  That kind of quality is what separates successful teams from the rest.

[Olof's Beard]

Targett's ability to pick out a man in the box looked decent enough at the same ground last season (you only have to watch the first 10 seconds), don't think it's necessary too have a pop at him. That's taking nothing away from Digne, who can be a big player for us next season. That was probably his best performance since he joined, he and Cash played as Gerrard wants his full backs to play and it was a big reason why we won the match yesterday.

[PaulWinch again]

He is a serious player. Adds so much to the side - a genuine modern day fullback.

[LeeB]

He is a serious player. Adds so much to the side - a genuine modern day fullback.

Yeah, both our full backs are good enough.

[Sexual Ealing]

He was great last night.

[Mister E]

 Both fullbacks were excellent last night.

[ChicagoLion]

He was great last night.

Yes I thought so as well.
The first time I have thought how much better than Target he is.