2018/19 Tom Davies

[SantaClausisanEvertonian]

I think Tom will develop into a great Everton player over the next season or two.
How many times have we moaned and whinged about our so called stars 'not putting in a shift' or 'going through the motions' over the years?
Here's a great young talent who always puts in 100% for the Blues and will get better with experience.
I for one am over the moon we've offered him a new contract and am looking forward to seeing more of him in the first team.

 

[YMJ]

Great attitude on the pitch, will run into walls for the cause........I know the phrase is run through walls......but he doesn’t have the strength or the speed at the moment to manage it.
Probably needs more of one or the other if he is to be a big player for us in the future.

 

[Death]

We are holding out for Chelsea to come in and give a few million. They like taking our dud kids for decent cash.

 

[roy vernon]

Tom has a good mentality, when he is having a poor game he never goes hiding. Whether or not he improves enough to make the grade here remains to be seen, but, his mental toughness will stand to him. Personally I think he probably will make it here.

 

[ToffeeTim]

It's the right decision to keep him at this point. But it's up to the player to make the next step to improve his game and become a regular. I still think he'll have a decent career here.

 

[chrissyjack]

If Marcel Brands rates the lad

 

[bring the ghost on]

When he is having a poor game he never goes hiding.

Which is a good job, because that's most games he plays.

 

[orly]

Which is a good job, because that's most games he plays.

The good thing about Tom is he puts his performances out there for all to see.

 

[Death]

I youse to boss Davies in the school yard at football. Not before smashing his blink 182 'take off your pants and jacket' cd and taking his lunch money.

 

[Tel001]

If give him a years loan in the championship... would really improve him getting 30 odd games at that level imo

 

[Tel001]

Can we get that fella on our bench? Who does he play for?

He can’t play mate he has to work most weekends at Tescos otherwise he would

 

[Tel001]

Haha, I really do believe people make these things up. Whatever people think of him now, within months of leaving school Davies was captaining the England u17 team and when they were short , stepped into a full England training session. Outstanding progress from “ not being that good in school boy terms”.

There is a guy from my town that played for QPR as a school boy and was called up to England U19 but broke his leg in training. He turned to drugs and that was his chance gone. He still plays for my local team but he is absolutely insane at football, I don’t believe for one second that Davies, who was playing for England U17 ( so basically I’m the top 0.01% of 17 year olds that year) was not considered a good footballer at his local school lol. Another from my town is someone called leigh mills who we tried to sign but he went to spurs , he was England U16 captain and again was unreal and he ended up at gillingham last I heard. So even if Davies ends up in the championship or league one , he’s still a great footballer in the scheme of things and will end up a millionaire if he isnt already.

 

[Tel001]

Anyone get excited when he's named in the starting 11?

Anyone see him coming off the bench, changing the game, grabbing a vital goal?

He’s a really good option from the bench at 1-0 up and the game is a bit to comfortable and you need someone to give away lots of free kicks in order to raise the nerves for the last 5 mins or so.

 

[Tel001]

We signed the new contract with Umbro 2 weeks ago. I bet they haven’t even done the kit design yet, let alone produced kits.

I hope they wait and design the kit specifically to mould around the perfect body of Andre Gomes.

 

[smileychap]

A performance like 'that' city game is gonna get hopes and expectations high... he was wide right in that move, I've seen him hitting the area late since then and playing deep. He's 20 and had 3 or 4 *mostly regrettable* managers in that time.

I'm not sure he's a box-to-box monster, but standing out in that role is near impossible given the distances most players run these days.

His passing doesn't stand out either. That and his decision- making can improve. He's 20. Having sigs and Gomez to learn from will help.

He can and should for my money work on being better around the box, too. Shooting, passing etc.

Some areas to work on, sure. Give him a whirl and games and a loan spell to work on it. If we get a tidy, confident midfielder after a spell elsewhere he'll be tidy investment, and he's a local. What's not to like.