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15 minutes ago, Rich said:

 

There's no room for Manquillo in the 25, like, Murphy and Fraser would be used in an emergency I reckon.


Same goes for Dummett or Lewis really. One of them is the back up and Burn covers in an emergency.

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4 minutes ago, Yorkie said:

Do loan players even bother with a medical? Surely they're only undertaken to ensure you're not investing in an asset that's immediately going to plummet in value on account of being broken? (Which wouldn't apply in the case of a short-term loan signing).

Jordan Lukaku failed his when he was supposed to come here on loan a few years ago didn’t he?

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26 minutes ago, AyeDubbleYoo said:


Unsure about that, Manquillo can cover LB as well. Guess it depends how much faith they have that Lewis can be Howed back to life. 

 

Howe's said Lewis will be given a chance in pre-season, they've extended Dummett, and now Targett is coming. With Trippier and Krafth both capable of playing LB, there's legitimately no space for Manquillo. He'll be off.

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It would have been wrong if the first signing wasn’t Targett. So happy this club is being run properly now, keep half expecting to wake up and it all being some sort of lucid dream.

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Very pleased for Targett. I would have liked a full back who can offer a bit more going forward, but there was always the risk that we would have lost some defensive solidity. Matt is a brilliant defender so was never going to be a loss to sign him permanently.

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Just now, TRon said:

Very pleased for Targett. I would have liked a full back who can offer a bit more going forward, but there was always the risk that we would have lost some defensive solidity. Matt is a brilliant defender so was never going to be a loss to sign him permanently.

He's also great going forward, he's just not gung ho.

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2 hours ago, Zero said:

He said two players will undergo medical shortly


He didn’t mind.

 

He said ‘medicals booked in’ 

 

That’s it. 

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2 minutes ago, TRon said:

 

He's not bad, but he's not great.

 

Agreed, although there is a case to be made for him not needing to be great going forward when he is on the same side as ASM. Far more important to be solid defensively, which he absolutely is. 

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Really happy with this.  He won't need a bedding in period in the league and we know he already fits in with the team.  Only really had a couple of poor performances, from memory.  One of which was away at Spurs, when the whole team were miles off it.  Always seemed to be a 7 or an 8 every week. 

 

Money saved to spend elsewhere and a solid signing for a great price.  

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Targett is a sensible and solid signing. Whilst the appeal of Lodi or a more attacking LB is obvious, sticking to a solid option for a reasonable fee means you can spend bigger elsewhere on the pitch, where we definitely need to improve.

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19 minutes ago, TRon said:

Very pleased for Targett. I would have liked a full back who can offer a bit more going forward, but there was always the risk that we would have lost some defensive solidity. Matt is a brilliant defender so was never going to be a loss to sign him permanently.

 

I think his attacking contribution has been really good this season. The fact he is so solid defensively probably overshadows his attacking contribution. He makes a lot of smart runs forward and has a brilliant left foot. Made quite a few key passes down the left side that has resulted in goals or a big chance, and is good on set pieces.

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