Player Watch Player Watch: Ben Davies
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bubble07
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He kept destroying tripper
Wadec
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Got to be honest, think Davies gets a hard time on here.
Is he our first choice? No.
Does he complain that he should be starting? No.
Is he good enough to start every game? No.
Is he good enough to be a back up and occasionally play the LCB in a 3? IMO yes.
Think defenders get a hard time as they are normally up against the focal point of the opposition. I view him in the same vein as Sissoko, back up squad player, good attitude.
Would be happy to upgrade him, with the current financial issues just don't see it happening.
Don't think Sess being thrown in at the deep end would help him, he is still learning the defensive side of his game and doubt he would be played as a LB in a 4 away to city etc.
Is he our first choice? No.
Does he complain that he should be starting? No.
Is he good enough to start every game? No.
Is he good enough to be a back up and occasionally play the LCB in a 3? IMO yes.
Think defenders get a hard time as they are normally up against the focal point of the opposition. I view him in the same vein as Sissoko, back up squad player, good attitude.
Would be happy to upgrade him, with the current financial issues just don't see it happening.
Don't think Sess being thrown in at the deep end would help him, he is still learning the defensive side of his game and doubt he would be played as a LB in a 4 away to city etc.
Dirtysanchez6
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Totally disagree I don’t think he is good enough to be back up now! You need your back up to be similar in style to your first choice so your game isn’t affected much! Reggie is dynamic and quick so we need a back up similar which sess will be.... also disagree with your city statement .... not many people could do worse than Davies did yday he got destroyed every single time .... sess at least had pace and could have dealt with Sterling better due to it! Look at Leicester their back up full backs don’t take anything away from their game when they play bar fuch who plays once in a blue moon!
Stamford
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This has to be the move. We need to look to the future and move some of these lot on now.
southlondonyiddo
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Another good example of why most stats are a load of old bollox
dtxspurs
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Ok, you take Davies, I'll take everyone one of those others.
DiVaio
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The stats who doesn't fit your narrative aren't bollocks. Also one stats doesn't change whether someone is good or bad
if people cant see with their own two eyes how shit this guy has been for all his time with us. the only time he looked decent was when we had walker toby and jan at the back and even then he was still our biggest weak link.
if you watch the games you can see he is targeted by managers and players every time, that alone should tell you how other teams see him not just us
if you watch the games you can see he is targeted by managers and players every time, that alone should tell you how other teams see him not just us
Wadec
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Agree that ideally you want your players to be similar so it's not such a big change. Like I said if we had the ability to I'd upgrade him. Just think he takes a kicking off some on here that is unnecessary.
If you honestly think Sess would do better against some of the best players in the league due to more pace, you are in for a shock when he comes back.
This isn't fifa pace is not the be all and end all, will certainly help getting up and down the pitch but in terms of defending against top players pace makes little to no difference. Decision making, positioning, reading of the game all far more important.
Davies struggled yesterday, but not in a month of Sundays would Sess play in front of him away against the top teams in a back 4.
EQP
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I don't mind Davies as a backup LB and LCB when we play with a back three. Moving forward, Sessegnon and Reguillon should be preferred. Davies strikes me as the type of player who would be happy as a back-up to step in where the team needs him. At this point, Ben has reached his limit of his potential and it's best we hedge our bets on our 2 talented left backs.
Hoddle&Waddle
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Hes not a great player but the overall movement around him is piss poor to be fair.
Monkey boy
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Out of interest does anyone know what position sessenong is playing for Hoffenheim?
Dirtysanchez6
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LWB and at times just LB! Been injured for over a month now though
Tucker
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dtxspurs
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Woah
