I think he's actually naturally what Eric Dier tries hard to pretend to be...
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Player Ben Davies
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The idea that he plays multiple positions died in 2018.... TBF to him he hasn't done anything to perpetuate that myth either.
MoTM against Notting Forrest.
Played a blinder.
Still, I think we will be moving him on. Not because he is shit, but becaue we are building a younger hungrier squad, that is all about pace, movement and aggressively attacking, whilst defending from the front.
You only have to look at the players we are buying to see this pattern.
Played a blinder.
Still, I think we will be moving him on. Not because he is shit, but becaue we are building a younger hungrier squad, that is all about pace, movement and aggressively attacking, whilst defending from the front.
You only have to look at the players we are buying to see this pattern.
We don't want any senior players about?
Son is 31.
..........What's the age cut-off for this new era?
Not signing players above a certain age is one thing, but shipping out all the experienced players is a very diff. proposition.
Dier 29
Lloris 36
PEH 28
Perisic 34
...will all be gone by the summer. A couple of mature heads in Son & Ben is no bad thing.
Who knows, it's down to Ange.
But then like I said, it's not all about age, there are many factors.
But Ange likes a young team and Ben Davis really isn't a CB and he is far to slow on the pitch for Ange's game.
I imagine he’s fine with a few senior players in certain positions….. why isn’t he a CB? He’s far better there than LB based on his time at Spurs
Thought he really struggled today. A lot of underhit passes and poor giveaways.
But he is good enough for a backup option.
But he is good enough for a backup option.
hes not good enough for backup if hes going to be getting a lot of minutes. hes not at this level. it cant be hard to upgrade him. davies, dier, skipp, emerson.....they wouldnt be accepted as depth for any top club because they are champo level quality
Yeah, didn't have a great game today.
But then a lot of players didn't.
It is hard to have 4 quality CBs because the good players don’t want to it behind Romero and VdV. We have 2. Ideally we can get a 3rd that can cover both RCB and LCB. After that, it’s players like Davies or royal or a youngin like Phillips.
yea 3 quality ones can be rotated and spread minutes especially with european football. to be fair to davies even though hes not good enough and its clear when he plays, hes still far better than dier. my god hes utterly useless.
All things considered, I don't think you can ask much more from a player that's supposed to be 4th choice CB/LB - he's been immense for us over the last several games given the player he is
Good enough for back up to a back up. As first choice back up we need better.
I was at the game today and we all thought he was solid.
If anything he’s been one of the most adaptive defenders we’ve had bearing in mind the managers and styles he’s had to work under.
He’s not first choice and he’s 30 years old, what more can you expect?
I thought his passing was really good again. I'm noticing he has an ability to take on his man and break the first line of press from LCB, and then deliver nice, accurate long balls to either wing. It led to an immediate chance vs Everton- out wide left to Deki, and then 1 or 2 games ago early on, long ball over the top out right to Johnson to create a chance. That is pretty damn cool.
I'm very interested in keeping him around to be our #2 LCB and an option at LB.
Really great player for us to have as a backup.
Longest serving player
Pretty good at centre back, good on the ball
Deserves more respect
Pretty good at centre back, good on the ball
Deserves more respect
Carries the ball like a midfielder
