He is the precious of one of the most precious things in football.
He is an excellent player with plenty of headroom for improvement, more importantly he is a player made at Everton. He is a high energy player with desire and motivation, he covers ground with and without the ball. In his position the yards he can make with the ball at feet and all his range of passing is exceptional. What stands out is his vision and decision making for his age. We can think of the Tom Cleverleys of this word who make loads of passes but without any meaningful purpose. Davies's passing all has meaning, purpose and intent. He has brilliant vision both peripheral and also to spot a developing goal scoring situation, some of his defense splitting passes are superb. The energy he brings at a young age can dictate the tempo of a game or the speed of an attack. While he has the temperament not to be awed by the transition he has made into PL football - that goal against City, how many experienced PL would have snatched at it? Walsh has likened him to Brian Robson and i think that is an accurate description in terms of style of play, of course Davies hasn't anywhere proven himself to be player capable of being compared to Robson.
Beyond that hes an Everton made player, the value of that is untold, the great United team of 90/00 was made of a couple of truly great players but also players who had the club identity at heart and what they lacked in world class high end talent they made up for in passion, desire and drive in the clubs identity and being a part of that, Davies is of that ilk, he is the new Everton he a beacon and representation of the new Everton and the quest to smash through the glass ceiling, he is a new generation without the limits or doubts of the past. Don't underestimate what that means, we all feel it when we watch him play, its why we have taken him into our hearts the untold or unacknowledged bond that their elicits that in us.
Being more pragmatic, an honest question we were going bald headed for a no 8 in the summer in fact we nearly dropped 40mill on Sissoko, clearly not a player who elicit the type of feeling i mention above and frankly would be here for the cash. Now an honest question if you had the choice now for the next 5 years would you swap Daives for Sissoko given the choice, not in a million years would i. From a club perspective developing Daives has saved us 10s of millions. It also has untold benifits, one of fears with the new money was that we would loose a strong aspect of our clubs philosophy that is nurturing,, developing and giving our youth a pathway to the first team. We have a rich history in this regard and Davies stands as a beacon of hope for every underage player at Everton, but around the country and provides the club with the profile to go to any talented youth player in the country considering a move and say "look at Tom daives" you will get your chance at Everton.
Davies breakthrough to my eyes represents something special and unique for the new Everton, its a finger pointed at the future, its setting the tone of desire for what Everton is and what our identity is in his style of play while respecting and raising the profile of our proud tradition of nurturing supporting and providing a path way for the best young talent on offer.
