Matt Targett set to miss remainder of season with hamstring injury (Howe)

[brummie]

8 minutes ago, Inferior Acuña said:

He played every single league game for Villa last season. Also looks like someone we can rely on to be fit most of the time.

 

He'd still be here but for Gerrard being massive on attacking full backs, and Digne coming in (who is a much better player in general, but also very attack minded).

 

He did a great job with us, when he had Grealish in front of him, and was very popular with the fans, most of whom can kind of understand why he wanted out when we spent 25m on someone who plays in his position, but are perplexed that we sent him to a team in our 'mini league' or whatever you want to call it.

 

If he came back here and stayed after the loan, absolutely nobody would be complaining. He's a good player, great attitude, just found himself in an awkward place at that point in time.

[brummie]

In fact thinking about ^^^ that, I hope he does come back.

[lovejoy]

I'd love to sign him, he's a very safe pair of hands and I think Lewis will be an able back up option when properly coached.

 

Good player, great attitude and clearly loves it here, get it done.

[Wolfcastle]

24 minutes ago, duo said:

Makes no sense not to sign him - he's earned it that is for sure.

Incentivises any future loans a bit. Instead of that feeling of just filling in and not to bother getting attached, like every permanent signing under Ashley.

[bowlingcrofty]

 

[PauloGeordio]

9 minutes ago, bowlingcrofty said:

 

bring him home

[Yorkie]

Last time he answered a question on Targett he said something like "opinions still need to be formed," so I think the latest ones indicate that it's probably likely we'll go after him. 

[Big River]

bloody love Tiggs me, hope he signs on a perm! great left back and definitely a top shagger.

[Manxst]

2 minutes ago, HUGZ said:

bloody love Tiggs me, hope he signs on a perm! great left back and definitely a top shagger.

Pards….is that you?!

[Big River]

8 minutes ago, Manxst said:

Pards….is that you?!

 

[NWMag]

Think Eddie’s comments also pretty much confirm we have an option to buy in his loan. 
 

usually Eddie would say something like ‘he’s Villas player and we have to respect that, we’ll talk to them over the summer etc’

 

whereas in this case he’s only talking about speaking with Targett directly, which indicates we don’t need to do anything with Villa.

[ponsaelius]

I don't think when we got him we were convinced as a long term option, hence why rumours of Lodi etc have persisted. However he's played so well that it's almost made it difficult to justify not signing him.

 

It's probably true that he's a player good enough for top 10/8 but not top 4/6. However any other big signing in that position would also be a gamble. 

 

I think getting him in for consistency and knowing it isn't really a risk is absolutely worth it. Then prioritise improving other positions for now.

 

 

[Kanj]

^ spot on. 

[Happinesstan]

He's been as solid as you could hope for, defensively, but he also showed he is capable of an overlap, when ASM was out of action. Got to sign him up. He's another who will benefit from a pre-season under Howe.

[Chris_R]

Whether or not he's good enough for a top-4 team as a starter, he's definitely good enough as a squad player for a top-4 team - And we're not a top-4 team yet, not by a long way.

 

So aside from just not getting ahead of ourselves, even if we were a top-4 team (which we're not) then I'd still want him around.

 

For the fees quoted, for a young English fullback who can play for the next 7 or 8 years at a very high level, the fees quoted make it a no-brainer.

[STM]

You could also argue that 12m for Targett is better value than 20m+ for Lodi.

 

If the club are trying to be cute with their money, until big sponsors arrive, a potential 10m difference in the transfer kitty might be useful later in the window.

 

There is an element of certainty involved here too. Firstly, everything we know about Eddie is that he's not the sort to string Targett along if we aren't sure about him. Secondly, the club itself can tick left back off the list of priorities in the summer, where as a protracted pursuit of another left back might hold up other deals.

 

Targett is about as sure a thing as you can have in a transfer. Has already played for the club. Understands the system. Manager trusts his character. Fans adore him. He's not injury prone.... and he's only 15m total, which is pocket money these days. Sign him.

[1964]

Regardless of what happens close season its the first one in forever that I won't be thinking, can we stay up.  Whoever we get will be trained, coached and prepared for the season.  Unlike previous years where they were sent away with a training plan and told see you mid July for a pint

[Dokko]

I'd be canny pissed if we don't sign him. I'd like to think we'd reward him with the move for all his hard work and consistent approach. If he ever becomes our weak link they were flying.

[Emotic]

3 hours ago, bowlingcrofty said:

 

Sounds like he's going to tell Targett that we want to sign him, but we'd be looking at rotating him with another potential left-back, and whether he'd be comfortable with that. Either way, we'd at least start next season with someone of his calibre, which I'm all for.

[Guest HTT II]

I know Howe likes to play an expansive game, but I think he’s learned during his time out you need defensive solidity too and this guy has proved he has that, you need the right balance. 

[huss9]

if he's good enough for Bruno and Eddie, he's good enough for me.

[Guest HTT II]

11 minutes ago, huss9 said:

if he's good enough for Bruno and Eddie, he's good enough for me.

If it's good enough for you, it's good enough for me
It's good enough for two, it's what I want to see
If it's good enough for you, it's good enough for me
It's good enough for two, it's what I want to see

[jackyboy]

I don't know how people can say that he's not good enough for a top 4 team.  That could be said of a lot of players if you take them in isolation but put them in a good team and they perform fine.  Phil Neville wasn't the best full back I've ever seen but performed well in the Man U team. Beckham had a lot of weaknesses but his strengths complimented the team. If we'd had Messi last season under the Bruce regime it would have made no bloody difference to the side.

[Miercoles]

1 hour ago, STM said:

You could also argue that 12m for Targett is better value than 20m+ for Lodi.

 

If the club are trying to be cute with their money, until big sponsors arrive, a potential 10m difference in the transfer kitty might be useful later in the window.

 

There is an element of certainty involved here too. Firstly, everything we know about Eddie is that he's not the sort to string Targett along if we aren't sure about him. Secondly, the club itself can tick left back off the list of priorities in the summer, where as a protracted pursuit of another left back might hold up other deals.

 

Targett is about as sure a thing as you can have in a transfer. Has already played for the club. Understands the system. Manager trusts his character. Fans adore him. He's not injury prone.... and he's only 15m total, which is pocket money these days. Sign him.

 

 

100% all of this, it's a chance to lock down one of our weaker positions for the next two-three years before the window even starts, and at a discount to boot.

[The College Dropout]

David Beckham was a world class player like.