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Player Watch Player Watch: Ben Davies

G Ron

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Aug 24, 2012
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Limited footballer, not good enough for us even as a squad player in my opinion. Whenever he's played (and I didn't see the match last night) he's been error prone, hesitant, poor in possession and a bit of a liability. He's also really poor in the air and seems to constantly lose his aerial battles, often leading to us conceding.
 

beats1

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Feb 22, 2010
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Surely yesterday was proof of poch not fancying Davies as he rather vertonghen at lb than Davies when we went 4231
 

danielneeds

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I think he's become a worse FB since playing as a CB for Wales regularly. Looks to tuck in way too
much because he's worked out that it protects his lack of pace.
 

Kiedis

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Had a very good season last year (up until march at least), but have hasn't been able to keep that standard this season. That being said, much of the stick he gets these days is because he can't replicate what Rose does in a 3-4-2-1, or generally scare the crap out of the opponent like Rose does. It doesn't mean he's bad.

He's played 20 games this season vs. 21 for Rose, so Poch obviously thinks he's a able deputy. He's also the same age now that Rose was when the latter signed a five year contract before the 14/15 season, and large parts of our fan base went rull retard. So I'd say it's possible for Davies to up his level again.

Then again, he has two years left on his deal this summer, and I guess it'll come down to wether or not Poch wants a player more in the Rose ilk as deputy.
 

mano-obe

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Mar 2, 2005
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Not a huge fan of Davies at all but the lad kept it simple and played well today. Needed that bit of confidence
 

Blake Griffin

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thought he was a complete passenger personally. i've never particularly had a problem with davies but he's been so meek and timid in everything he's done since getting into the side.
 

UpTownSpur

Says it like it is
Dec 31, 2014
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He's kind of like Windows 98. He can do the basics ok but we really need an update to get the full features a full back should offer.
 

dondo

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Jan 4, 2006
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thought he was a complete passenger personally. i've never particularly had a problem with davies but he's been so meek and timid in everything he's done since getting into the side.


Harsh to call him a passenger thought he did a good solid job today
 

thefierycamel

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Dec 31, 2014
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The thing with ben is that he essentially only cuts inside. He doesn't have the speed to go around the outside. This means that most of his passes will be sideways or backwards because any forward pass would be on his weaker right foot.
 

mano-obe

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Mar 2, 2005
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He's kind of like Windows 98. He can do the basics ok but we really need an update to get the full features a full back should offer.

Hopefully he can upgrade to Windows 98SE then into XP Pro, if he goes into Vista mode we'll have to sell him to West Ham
 

Everlasting Seconds

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Jan 9, 2014
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Actually thought he had one of his better performances for Spurs today. Got involved, didn't do anything massively wrong, but wasn't a decisive factor either. But of course, he never gets anywhere near the part of the final third that Rose usually dominates.
 

Vincent30

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Aug 31, 2012
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Its DIer who is the big worry for me at the back. I have no clue what has happened to him this season, but he is very under par.
 

Bulletspur

The Reasonable Advocate
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Oct 17, 2006
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He's playing in defence not midfield that's what has happened to him
Disagree. The few times he has played in midfield this season has not been up to the standard he set last season. He has gone backwards in my opinion. Last season I was touting him as a future Spurs captain, on this season's performance, no way
 
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