2017/18 Tom Davies

[MACCA75]

Needs to stop falling over every time anyone is near him.

 

[dannyboy]

It does make me chuckle when I think about the times people told me he was already a far better player than Barkley. There's a section of our fans who definitely believe if you're under the age of 20 then you're a world beater.

 

[Lanolin]

I love the lad but wowsers was he bad tonight.

 

[andy4efc]

Shocking again tonight.

Know he got an assist (a great one too) and a deflection go his way on Sat but didn't think he was that great then really.

Been vastly poor for the majority.

 

[flibbyflob]

Typical young player, goes from great to abysmal from game to game and sometimes in the same game. All part of the learning process.

 

[Abraders]

Shocking again tonight.

Know he got an assist (a great one too) and a deflection go his way on Sat but didn't think he was that great then really.

Been vastly poor for the majority.

Tbf mate, doesn't help that every single one of his seniors are crap.

 

[andy4efc]

Tbf mate, doesn't help that every single one of his seniors are crap.

We could literally say this about any regular barring Pickford.

How depressing.

 

[Abraders]

Tbf mate, doesn't help that every single one of his seniors are crap.

As some lad posted, our youngest line up team or something... all the youngsters possible in one team - looks like the best team we could possibly line up at this point, barring Coleman, Bolasie and Gana.

 

[billyblue80]

He wasn't playing centrally where he should be tonight

 

[jceverton]

Tbf mate, doesn't help that every single one of his seniors are crap.

Also doesn't help that Koeman plays him in ten different positions, none of which are his best one!

 

[Zatara]

One of the worst performances I've seen from a good player in a long time. Anyone calling for him to be starting every game is off their head.

He's a talented youngster who is a good option within the squad and that's as far as it goes for now.

To every one of you that called for Tom to start every game.
Just watch his performance tonight , this is why he has to be handled in the right way otherwise he'll end up like every other prospect that looses their way in football.
He was 18 years old uptil June this year ....yes 18 years old ffs.
Let the club manage his game time and we will have a fantastic player on our hands once he becomes consistent.
So stop with the shouts to play every game eh....painful watching him tonight.

I just picked out these 2 posts but there have been others...

I cant comprehend the logic 'he shouldn't start every game'.

Do you mean in defensive/central/right/left/attacking midfield? Because he gets shunted around so much of course he cant show consistency.

Play him EVERY GAME in central midfield.

 

[Eggs]

..fine player but he was very poor last night.

For me, he should've been positionally replaced by Vlasic with Lookman coming on wide left.

 

[dannyboy]

I just picked out these 2 posts but there have been others...

I cant comprehend the logic 'he shouldn't start every game'.

Do you mean in defensive/central/right/left/attacking midfield? Because he gets shunted around so much of course he cant show consistency.

Play him EVERY GAME in central midfield.

Just madness. What you're basically advocating is him starting every game instead of Gueye because that's who plays the central midfield role in our team.

People rave about Davies as though he's a future England captain when actually it's far more likely he'll be a Mark Noble type player.

 

[CahillsCornerFlag]

Lad isn't a right mid, not his fault he was asked to perform that role. He was poor but the effort was there.

 

[Zatara]

Just madness. What you're basically advocating is him starting every game instead of Gueye because that's who plays the central midfield role in our team.

People rave about Davies as though he's a future England captain when actually it's far more likely he'll be a Mark Noble type player.

Every team needs a defensive midfielder + a central midfielder.

Gana should be rotated with schneiderlin as a 'zonal' defensive midfielder.

You cant play a central midfielder who loses the ball as much as Gana.

As for Davies, I'm not sure how you compare him to Mark Noble?