CONFIRMED Tom Davies signs 3 year deal

[Dnblade]

Decent signing ,only 25,plenty of prem experience..suffered with injuries,but puts in a shift,solid midfielder for me..more exited by Hamer,but Davies is decent.

 

[Rudders]

Dammit, I was going to say that Stuart Ripley won a league title and I had hoped no-one had beaten me to it.

Ripley? Won title? Believe it or not?
PS Davies is ok for where we are at

 

[YES Blade]

Do we need Doyle if we sign Davies?

It would seem that if Davies does sign that signing Doyle would seem less likely.

Davies left Everton for more first team football, I can’t imagine he’d sign for a club that are planning on spending around £10m on a midfielder after already spending £25m on two other midfielders.

 

[SwissBlade]

How many top knots have we had?

Too many

 

[raimond]

Oh Christ.... let's wait for Roy, but I just had a gander on their fan's forum- seriously, don't. They absolutely slate him, sounds nesh and they say he's bottom half of the Championship at best. Several saying he's the worst to pull on an Everton shirt....they might all be wrong but seriously, they need to all be wrong

 

[Grizzly blade]

Well, I suspect that if we are getting this kid it suggests we aren’t popping a few million on Doyle as well as we need the money for strikers!

So Doyle will be a loan if he’s coming, which then deffo relies out McAtee.

We therefore will need some flair and outright skill up top.

If this lad comes here I reckon he’s going to be playing, so means

Souza/Doyle/Davies/Hamer in midfield.

5-1-3-1?

Seeing as striker is the hardest spot to fill we will just go with one and keep it tight and then allo the three to push on and support the striker.

 

[billyblademan]

Wes 1
Basham 91
Egan 68
Baldock 71
Lowe 9
Anel 1
Robinson 21
Bogle 16
Larouci 1
Seriki 1
Fleck 61
Norwood 71
Osborn 38
Brooks 1
Slimane 1
Souza 1
Brewster 27
Mcburnie 75
Osula 1
Jebbison 4
Traore 1
Hackford 2
Total 563
Davies 155

A big jump from our top (Bash). I'm surprised Mcburnie is 2nd. You could probably take fleck out of that too.

Fantastic stat - 8 players making their PL debut on Saturday. Incredible.

 

[ISZA ⚔️]

Entered thread for a dose of Stuart Ripley info. Wasn’t disappointed.

 

[jono_t2000]

It would seem that if Davies does sign that signing Doyle would seem less likely.

Davies left Everton for more first team football, I can’t imagine he’d sign for a club that are planning on spending around £10m on a midfielder after already spending £25m on two other midfielders.

How many squad spots do we have left?

With both Doyle and Davies being over 21 at commencement of season, getting both surely wouldnt leave many remaining spots.

 

[Roygbiv]

Oh Christ.... let's wait for Roy, but I just had a gander on their fan's forum- seriously, don't. They absolutely slate him, sounds nesh and they say he's bottom half of the Championship at best. Several saying he's the worst to pull on an Everton shirt....they might all be wrong but seriously, they need to all be wrong

To be fair there's quite a bit of sympathy for him too. Seems like he's been the boo boy for years

 

[Green7361]

To be fair there's quite a bit of sympathy for him too. Seems like he's been the boo boy for years

They've plenty to pick from over the last couple of years, their entire squad have been awful

 

[loyalblade95]

Oh Christ.... let's wait for Roy, but I just had a gander on their fan's forum- seriously, don't. They absolutely slate him, sounds nesh and they say he's bottom half of the Championship at best. Several saying he's the worst to pull on an Everton shirt....they might all be wrong but seriously, they need to all be wrong

Both surprised and not surprised that they'll slate him, he's never really pulled up any trees for Everton despite being a solid player but given the situation they are in I wouldn't take anything they say too seriously given how poor their entire team is at this moment.

They might slate Davies (I don't think he's as bad as they make him out to be) but for me they were the worst team that have avoided relegation that I have ever seen in my life.

 

[Roygbiv]

They've plenty to pick from over the last couple of years, their entire squad have been awful

A few say that he's suffered simply by being at Everton

 

[Stretch]

I don't really give two shiny shits what Everton fans think of him tbh. If ever there was a 'make up the numbers team' it is Everton. Their entire existence seems to revolve around avoiding relegation, with the very occasional top half finish.

How can any player thrive or gain respect in that environment? Seriously, fuck them off Tom and come to a club where although you may not regularly dine at the top table, the feasts that do occasionally come along, will stay with you forever.

 

[Green7361]

A few say that he's suffered simply by being at Everton

I wouldn't disagree with that, I think that could be said about a few players at Everton. The club is rotten to the core and would like to see them relegated

 

[Ndiayewillalwaysloveyou]

I don't really give two shiny shits what Everton fans think of him tbh. If ever there was a 'make up the numbers team' it is Everton. Their entire existence seems to revolve around avoiding relegation, with the very occasional top half finish.

How can any player thrive or gain respect in that environment? Seriously, fuck them off Tom and come to a club where although you may not regularly dine at the top table, the feasts that do occasionally come along, will stay with you forever.

Everton fans are the worst for getting on players back. No one is good enough for them apparently.

 

[Skiliman]

Signing Davies tells me we are going for Archer on a perm. I’m happy with that

 

[Aston max]

I still think hecky won't have given up on obrien ?? if we get him and Davies comes in its not looking bad for central with Tommy on loantobuy , maybe there's a completely left field foreign signing we don't know about for ATM
That said I still think we need a LWB and another central defender

 

[Aston max]

Everton fans are the worst for getting on players back. No one is good enough for them apparently.

Most Everton fans are like our friends across the city

 

[jono_t2000]

I still think hecky won't have given up on obrien ?? if we get him and Davies comes in its not looking bad for central with Tommy on loantobuy , maybe there's a completely left field foreign signing we don't know about for ATM
That said I still think we need a LWB and another central defender

Definitely not enough squad spots remaining for all that

 

[Champagneblade]

I can't be the only one who read that list and pictured Morelos unveiling on the 31st after "we tried"

My mate is a Rangers fan and still raves about him. Describes him as having a lot of the qualities we appreciate in Ndiaye.

His somewhat ridiculous red card record makes it a hard one to embrace.

Smacks a little of ‘Wilder Project’.

 

[BerksBlade]

Oh Christ.... let's wait for Roy, but I just had a gander on their fan's forum- seriously, don't. They absolutely slate him, sounds nesh and they say he's bottom half of the Championship at best. Several saying he's the worst to pull on an Everton shirt....they might all be wrong but seriously, they need to all be wrong

Worst Everton player ever? They weren't saying that when he was their youngest ever captain.

 

[Aston max]

Definitely not enough squad spots remaining for all that

Have we got the latest one

 

[Champagneblade]

That is a cruel blow, horrible timing

Might just make him an easier one to revisit for us though. As it was, he was probably establishing himself as a key player for them

Could have them over a barrel in January if he still refuses a new deal.

 

[loyalblade95]

I know he's not an exciting, marquee signing that will really excite everyone but I wouldn't mind seeing him here. He's a decent option to have and I was surprised that Everton let him go in the end.

 

[3Cheers4Ramirez]

If this is an alternative to OBrien, it's a bit concerning. It suggests that Hecky sees Osborn and Fleck as serious options for LCM. Because I don't think he'd go without a left footed option for that position

If we insist on being so horribly under strength on the left side of our defence, then we needed a strong left sided CM to help them and balance that out. Davies can cover a lot of ground, but he won't cover that area in the way someone like OBrien would

I would have waited for OBrien. Forest have to do something with him. But it's clearly not to be. Maybe we'll revisit it with him in the future

Davies could be anything. He's another gamble, albeit a more experienced one. We could make it work with the midfield we'll end up with but now it's clear how the complete picture there will look, it's clear that the left side is going to be a gaping weakness, and that should never have been allowed to happen

 

[Weasel]

Aye
The Stuart Ripley who made > 200 PL appearances?
The Stuart Ripley that won a PL medal?
The Stuart Ripley that played for England?
The 55 year old Stuart Ripley that is now a solicitor?
That Stuart Riley

NB can’t be arsed to research Sturt Slater but I’ll hazard a guess (informed by your ‘insight’ re Ripley) that he had a decent career n’all

You got a bit of an hard on for 55 year old Stuart Ripley by any chance? I couldnt give a toss what he did in his career or what he's doing now. I just remembered him having a great game once v United up at Ayresome Park. That's it really. There are probably a thousand other players who I could have picked who have had a good game v Utd over the years. No need to check up on Slater though on my behalf cos I'm not interested in him either.

 

[Alex Cheeseright]

Odd one this, could be the comeback player of the season or a Ravel Morrison (maybe not that bad). If wages aren't an issue, sign him up. Hopefully he has a fire in his belly to prove Everton wrong, hopefully. If he signs for us that is.

 

[Champagneblade]

A few say that he's suffered simply by being at Everton

Everton seems the sort of club to suck the life out of anyone.

Forever in the shadow of their more illustrious neighbours.

Still regarded as a big club, but little success to show for it in recent times.

Even Ancelotti could only get a limited tune out of them and even when they are spending money they make a total hash of it!

 

[Colombia Blade]

If this is an alternative to OBrien, it's a bit concerning. It suggests that Hecky sees Osborn and Fleck as serious options for LCM. Because I don't think he'd go without a left footed option for that position

If we insist on being so horribly under strength on the left side of our defence, then we needed a strong left sided CM to help them and balance that out. Davies can cover a lot of ground, but he won't cover that area in the way someone like OBrien would

I would have waited for OBrien. Forest have to do something with him. But it's clearly not to be. Maybe we'll revisit it with him in the future

Davies could be anything. He's another gamble, albeit a more experienced one. We could make it work with the midfield we'll end up with but now it's clear how the complete picture there will look, it's clear that the left side is going to be a gaping weakness, and that should never have been allowed to happen

Hamer played LCM a number of times for Coventry last season (according to the lineups on SoccerWay). In fact, look at his heat map from last season, looks like he can play absolutely anywhere!



Also, I can't see any chance of us signing O'Brien until the last day of the transfer window. No way would Forest help strengthen a relegation rival until the last possible second