Davies is sinking fast and will soon disappear from view. Local boys have to be exceptional to outshine the transferees with the strange foreign names. Just a fact of life. He is not exceptional and will probably struggle to make his presence felt. We shall see next season unless he is fobbed off somewhere before it even starts.
We are definitely going to have to play a different way at times with Gana gone. I am guessing the midfield will see Gbamin and Gomes and at times when he plays Delph taking it in turns to sit and other times to push forward. Its more of a fluid midfield than as clearly designated jobs as it was last year. Obviously Gbamin will be the main DM but I can see these midfielders being able to do both, more box to box.
Problem being is he's not good enough. As much as I like him, what does he actually offer?
The thing with Davies is that he is all effort. Its a crucial season for him now as i think once business is complete this summer he will be on the sidelines mostly.
Next summer we will probably not have much to do in terms of the odd first team incoming player for quality but we will be likely targeting youth and at that point Davies could be at risk.
If were aiming for a box to box type player now then he has the engine for it but seems to lack quality. Having said that, Gomes isnt very good defensively and Gbamin were yet to see but could be decent for us.
It wouldnt shock me if we went 433 next season and Delph, Gomes, Gbamin, Sigurdsson and Davies were competing for 2 positions next to a new superstar midfielder.
That just pushes Davies further down the pecking order.
Will be interesting to see how Gbamin slots in for us and the level of quality he has.
