Lucas Digne

[Villafirst]

I said at the time it was the wrong decision to let Targett go on loan to Newcastle. I prefer Targett who is much stronger defensively.

[Risso]

He's a good player, albeit one whose fitness record has been terrible for us.

I maintain though, that while he is a good player, it was bad business getting him in for £25m and letting Targett go out on loan. We needed a defensive midfielder more than anything, and that money could have gone to getting the Bissouma deal done perhaps.

[Villafirst]

Ashley Young as a makeshift LB isn't the answer, especially if as feared Digne's season is over. I'd be tempted to put Hause or Mings at LB instead, or Chambers.

[Villa Lew]

Feel for the bloke, don't think he had a bad injury record at Everton, but it looks almost certain he's out for the season, hopefully he'll have a mainly injury free season for us in 22/23. Agree with everyone else, letting Targett go was a ridiculous decision.

[cdbearsfan]

Blimey, he is made of twiglets.  Makes Targett look like Mike Tyson.

He had a dicky tummy last week...what a weakling.

Yes, how dare a player get ill. What a bastard.

[nigel]

Looks like his season might be over.  Letting Targett go looks even worse a decision at the moment, especially if the barcodes finish above us.

I didn’t want him to go, especially to Newcastle, but he wanted to go. He said that he didn’t want to play second fiddle.
So, I can understand both sides.

[cdbearsfan]

I don't mind letting Targett go, but we should not have helped Newcatle out. Their relegation would have been a benefit to us. They wouldn't be signing Coutinho-type players in the Championship. That's before considering the moral implications of dealing with that regime.

[eamonn]

Gerrard loves Young and McGinn for things they offer beyond their footballing abilities. He's already spoken about Young signing a year extension to his deal.

[Risso]

Oh gawd.

[olaftab]

He's a good player, albeit one whose fitness record has been terrible for us.

I maintain though, that while he is a good player, it was bad business getting him in for £25m and letting Targett go out on loan. We needed a defensive midfielder more than anything, and that money could have gone to getting the Bissouma deal done perhaps.

Yes it was and it reflects badly on Gerrard's judgement as he endorsed the two moves.

[Pat McMahon]

He's a good player, albeit one whose fitness record has been terrible for us.

I maintain though, that while he is a good player, it was bad business getting him in for £25m and letting Targett go out on loan. We needed a defensive midfielder more than anything, and that money could have gone to getting the Bissouma deal done perhaps.

This twice over. I think the DM role should have been our number one priority last summer

[LeeB]

He's a good player, albeit one whose fitness record has been terrible for us.

I maintain though, that while he is a good player, it was bad business getting him in for £25m and letting Targett go out on loan. We needed a defensive midfielder more than anything, and that money could have gone to getting the Bissouma deal done perhaps.

This twice over. I think the DM role should have been our number one priority last summer

Watch whoever we sign come in and be massively underwhelming

[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.

[Drummond]

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.

[Drummond]

He's a good player, albeit one whose fitness record has been terrible for us.

I maintain though, that while he is a good player, it was bad business getting him in for £25m and letting Targett go out on loan. We needed a defensive midfielder more than anything, and that money could have gone to getting the Bissouma deal done perhaps.

This twice over. I think the DM role should have been our number one priority last summer

I don't think throwing an extra £25m at Brighton for Bissouma, or at Leeds would have worked or been sensible.

Digne is a proven talent at Premier League and International level and is an upgrade, it was an opportune moment to get him. I also don't blame Targett for being pissed off and wanting to go, because let's face it, when your club buys that sort of player, it's clearly as an upgrade on you.