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2021/22 Lucas Digne

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toffee-L said:
I mean, I haven't missed Barkley even slightly.
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Yeah it's not that the egotistical bell left , it's the way he left . He's hardly spanked the EPL has he ?
Rom was a big miss and Stones struggled for a few season at City until he matured and became the brilliant modern defender he is now.
 
jazzy said:
You seem like a nice enough fella so here goes.

1. When we first signed him he was excellent , especially going forwards. Adequate defensively

2. He wasn't terrible last season , but then again wasn't great either. His influence going forwards was lessened and in particular his delivery from set pieces was terrible

3.In line with the rest of the defence he has been poor this season. He has struggled under Benitez who reportedly told him to defend more and attack less. Digne apparently questioned Benitez's tactics and predictably enough Benitez ostracised him and engineered a situation where the fans turned on him. This allowed Benitez to sell him to free up FFP funds to bring in a couple of players.

In short Digne is not as good as he used to be. Will he get back to those levels under a progressive coach ( if Gerrard is that ) ? Who knows. It's a decent bit of business by us if you just look at the finances.

Hope that helps.
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Appreciated, thanks. Gerrard plays a system encouraging the full backs to get forward LOTS so I'm assuming he's aiming for an upgrade with Digne's obvious high ceiling there.
 

navidson said:
Did we miss Stones and Barkley?

Losing Gana was 10 times more damaging then either of those two
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I don't think we've ever replaced Barkley. Never had those numbers from CM (not a 10) again. I would take him back tbh, think he walks into our midfield if we play a 3 (on loan that is)
 

james_v02 said:
I don't know if many will agree with me but I think Digne wanted leave regardless of the fallout with Benitez. Don't get me wrong, I'm unhappy how Benitez manage the whole situation and how he caused the fallout - but I think his desire to leave is there.

If Digne chose AV, it is not exactly a huge step up for him, but because the fallout was so public and Chelsea no longer interested, Digne overestimated his own value in the market, so might as well move for better wage. Now, if Lucas Digne ended up in AV, who is only 3 points ahead of us. I hope he flops in AV and AV crash and burn lollol
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I hate to say this but under current managers of both clubs and current players Aston Villa will finish way above us this season and next mark my words
 
MikeH72 said:
How is it unrealistic to think we might be punished for posting £100m+ losses 4 years in a row?

The sky is falling in as long as Moshiri is steering the ship as far as I’m concerned.
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Well yes I blame Benitez as well obviously. Mainly in fact. I blame Moshiri only insofar as he brings in the wrong managers.
 

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