Saints January transfer window thread

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Legendary #7 said:
Shaw is already a top left back. He's one of the best in the league. He's getting better all the time. He's getting faster, taller and stronger. Targett will have to leave if he wants to get first team football or wait for Shaw to get injured. But he will also have to get ahead of Fox in the pecking order first. Targett is 18 and still behind Fox. From what I've read here Fox is considered to be a poor player with poor positioning. Shaw got ahead of Fox and was playing for us every week when he was still 17. Targett is still behind Fox. Shaw is a long way ahead of Targett at the moment and the gap between them will be increasing. Shaw is starting for us every week. On this evidence it's delusional to suggest Targett, the 3rd choice left back, will ever be as good as Shaw.. let alone possibly better.

Despite the stick he gets, Fox is actually a decent enough left back cover. He knows he'll only get a start if Shaw gets injured. I doubt we'd find anyone better that's happy to just sit on the bench.
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I agree with the point about Fox being decent and not being able to find better cover but I don't think that highlighted section is true at all.

Players develop at different rates and Targett is only 18. It's far too early to say he'll never be as good as Shaw. Look at Man Utd for a perfect example. Wayne Rooney at 18 or 19 was a better player than van Persie at the same age but van Persie has now been the better of the two for a few seasons. Messi at 19 was FAR superior to Cristiano Ronaldo at the same age and now there seems to be a genuine debate over who's better.
 
Legendary #7 said:
Shaw is already a top left back. He's one of the best in the league. He's getting better all the time. He's getting faster, taller and stronger. Targett will have to leave if he wants to get first team football or wait for Shaw to get injured. But he will also have to get ahead of Fox in the pecking order first. Targett is 18 and still behind Fox. From what I've read here Fox is considered to be a poor player with poor positioning. Shaw got ahead of Fox and was playing for us every week when he was still 17. Targett is still behind Fox. Shaw is a long way ahead of Targett at the moment and the gap between them will be increasing. Shaw is starting for us every week. On this evidence it's delusional to suggest Targett, the 3rd choice left back, will ever be as good as Shaw.. let alone possibly better.

Despite the stick he gets, Fox is actually a decent enough left back cover. He knows he'll only get a start if Shaw gets injured. I doubt we'd find anyone better that's happy to just sit on the bench.
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Every player takes different amounts of time to develop. To say simply he isn't any good just because he is behind Fox he isn't any good is stupid. He is simply being given more time before he steps up. Fox is there for his experience and how is with the younger players. Targett will be back up to Shaw next season imo. Can I ask have you seen Targett play?
 
The Daily Express leads with a story this morning about Chelsea being poised to bid £30m for Southampton’s full-back Luke Shaw.
If I was being cynical, I’d say that The Express – knowing that there’s assumed interesting in Shaw from Stamford Bridge – have artificially tried to advance this story by putting a price-tag on the player and a timescale on the transfer.
£30m? For a full-back? When Chelsea already have Ashley Cole, Ryan Bertrand and Cesar Azpilicueta capable of covering the left-back spot?
It’s not very Moneyball, is it?
Shaw will develop into a very good player, but the kind of money being referenced here is absurd – even by Chelsea’s standards, that would be over-paying. Additionally, does anyone really think that, without prior negotiation, the club are going to offer Southampton a straight £30m? Come on now, The Express are telling fibs.
Southampton are really progressing nicely under Mauricio Pochettino, and it’s refreshing to see a different name at the top of the Premier League – wouldn’t it be a shame if talent like Shaw migrated away too soon? It’s not in his interests to leave the South Coast in any case, because he would just be swallowed up by a big club’s squad system and be limited to League Cup appearances over the next couple of years.
 
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