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2019/20 Tom Davies

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Kever10 said:
But he was promising, and he is still young. He has probably played more than he should have because we have been poor, and by extension, has played in poor sides. We have absolutely zero balance in the midfield, which is the reason I'd be inclined to give Gomes the benefit of the doubt as well.

But when you experienced players like Sigurdsson and Delph not turning up, or supposed top class players like Bernard, falling over unchallenged, but getting away with because he's a "proper footballer", I think someone like Davies deserves the chance to show what he can do in a side with players who actually care what happens.

And £12m is ridiculously cheap. You unproven championship players go for more than that.

Now, if they come back offering £20m, then you have a decision to make. But honestly, we couldn't even replace him in the squad for less £15m.
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The first sensible post I've seen in the last 10 pages. I agree with every word Sir.

If I were an up and coming player right now, at home or abroad, the last team I'd be looking to join would be us.
 
Kever10 said:
But he was promising, and he is still young. He has probably played more than he should have because we have been poor, and by extension, has played in poor sides. We have absolutely zero balance in the midfield, which is the reason I'd be inclined to give Gomes the benefit of the doubt as well.

But when you experienced players like Sigurdsson and Delph not turning up, or supposed top class players like Bernard, falling over unchallenged, but getting away with because he's a "proper footballer", I think someone like Davies deserves the chance to show what he can do in a side with players who actually care what happens.

And £12m is ridiculously cheap. You unproven championship players go for more than that.

Now, if they come back offering £20m, then you have a decision to make. But honestly, we couldn't even replace him in the squad for less £15m.
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No one is going to pay £20m for a 5th choice cm (when everyone’s fit and we get Allan in). Davies can be replaced and it will help out our ffp.
 
Barnfred 55 said:
The first sensible post I've seen in the last 10 pages. I agree with every word Sir.

If I were an up and coming player right now, at home or abroad, the last team I'd be looking to join would be us.
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How so?

Weve got Richarlison, Holgate, DCL, Kean, Gordon and Branthwaite all in and around the team. Also one of the best managers of his generation at the helm.

As for @Kever10 comment about £12mil being too low because "we couldnt even replace him in the squad for less than £15mil" this doesnt make sense to me.

Sangate + Santamaria would be around £12mil and there will be plenty more players such as Koopmeiners as well who could be on our radar.

Also Delph (while a total flop) was £9mil so for a 5th choice centre midfielder there would be a lot of options open to us for £12mil.

Selling Davies gives us £12mil but it also enables us to pay that £12mil for each of the next 5 years due to FFP regulations yet his our books immediately. Meaning we could spend £60mil on other players based on his sale.

In addition to this and the expected loans/sales of Connolly, baningime, besic we would still have Delph, Sigurdsson, Gomes and gbamin on our books.

People may prefer to sell another of these players before Davies (e.g sigurdsson) but if no bids come in what do we do?

If we dont sell centre mids then we'll end up with 5 centre mids before bringing Allan or others which is going to be extremely costly on the wage bill.

£12mil for Davies and two of Sigurdsson, Delph or Gomes going and id be very very very happy.
 
I'd keep Davies as 5th choice. Given that the season will be condensed we will need all the options we can get. Hopefully we get 2 in and Gomes and Gbamin are the other 2 and for me its a choice between Delph and Davies for 5th choice. I think Davies would be far less disruptive to the club. Sigurdsson I don't even consider as hopefully he'll be gone but if he stays he's battling with the wide players for playing time in a 4-4-2 as he is a man missing centrally.
 

He’s our worst player by some way, and that’s saying something as we are very poor in midfield. 12mil, I would snap their hand off. Yes he’s on low wages, but we are paying him to be mediocre and nothing more.

He passed the ball out of play on several occasions in the last few games, with no fans in the stadium (who are supposedly to blame for him being terrible), yet people want to keep him. Baffling.
 

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