£1.5m for kevin davies


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Things change. I have not seen anything of the sort since O'Neill took over. Our passing has been good and quick, we haven't been resorting to the long ball. When O'Neill took over he said he wanted to adopt a style of play similar to Barcelona, he realised that's the ultimate goal and we're never going to play in the same way as we wouldn't have the players. But it was a high benchmark and Davies would not fit into that at all.

I never mentioned long ball. If you can't see the job Bendtners been doing in terms of holding play up and bringing others in to play, how important it is to the way we play and how Wickham isn't quite up to the same task (or isn't that type of player) then you've been watching a different Sunderland under O'Neill to me.

It's a vital component of the quick counter attacking game we've adopted. When we concede a lot of possession it's vital the ball sticks when we clear it. It didn't happen against Swansea and we looked a poorer team for it. It would happen more with Davies than it will with Wickham at this moment in time.
 

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What has Davies done this season?

I never mentioned long ball. If you can't see the job Bendtners been doing in terms of holding play up and bringing others in to play, how important it is to the way we play and how Wickham isn't quite up to the same task (or isn't that type of player) then you've been watching a different Sunderland under O'Neill to me.

It's a vital component of the quick counter attacking game we've adopted. When we concede a lot of possession it's vital the ball sticks when we clear it. It didn't happen against Swansea and we looked a poorer team for it. It would happen more with Davies than it will with Wickham at this moment in time.

Bendtner is a hell of a lot better on the floor than Davies is. The main problem we've had is Sessegnon and McClean get forward but we don't have a finisher in the box to get on the end of their passes/crosses in.
 
Aye, we sign Davies. They've got Ba and Cisse. At least those up the road have been spending the fees they've received.

We're still waiting for Bent's replacement and we got shot of Gyan.

I only hope if the Davies rumour is true, we're bringing in another striker as well.

They spent 35m already? :eek:
 
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What has Davies done this season?



Bendtner is a hell of a lot better on the floor than Davies is. The main problem we've had is Sessegnon and McClean get forward but we don't have a finisher in the box to get on the end of their passes/crosses in.

Fucks sake, Bendtner's injured man! That's why we're even after this type of player (a short term fix) and having this discussion in the first place.

I agree we are lacking an out and out striker (Bendtner's main failing is a lack of natural goalscorer's instinct, movement and positioning but if he had that he wouldn't be with us) but if we had a fox in the box type at the expense of a Bendtner or Davies type then we'd never be creating those chances in the first place as play would be breaking down long before that. We can do without a poacher as we've been proving in the last ten games or so - we can't do without a focal point and someone to hold it up and bring others in to play in my opinion.
 
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I'd rather not thanks.

What has Davies done this season?



Bendtner is a hell of a lot better on the floor than Davies is. The main problem we've had is Sessegnon and McClean get forward but we don't have a finisher in the box to get on the end of their passes/crosses in.



To be honest mate i don't think you have a very good knowledge of the game. Your arguments are far too simplistic........just as well we have a manager who knows what he's doing eh....;)
 
I think we need to be clear what is meant by 'short-term'.

As 'long-term' only means 4-5 years (the normal period of a player's contract), I presume 'medium term' would refer to 18 months - 3 years and 'short-term' to mean 6 months to 1 year.

I think 6 months should be all that is offered to a 35 years old player of limited ability, who could be acquired without a fee in six months time, at which time I doubt a lot of Premier League managers will be forming an orderly queue outside the Reebok Stadium, in the hope of signing Kevin Davies. Bolton should expect nothing more than the equivalent of a half-season loan fee.

I do not think this would represent an incremental improvement to the squad.
 
There's reasons why he can't get into a shite Bolton side.

A year or two ago, definitely, not now.

Exactly this, we're just signing a player (an average one at that) for the sake of it.

Playing players like this would be a disadvantage. We could find better in the lower leagues. He's 34, he's past it.

We're not playing in Cloughie's era now.

To be honest mate i don't think you have a very good knowledge of the game. Your arguments are far too simplistic........just as well we have a manager who knows what he's doing eh....;)

This coming from someone who looked at wiki, found out he had a UEFA B coaching badge and then thought we might be signing a player to become a future coach (without any coaching experience).

:lol:

Apologies for not being impressed by us signing Davies. We would have been laughing our tits off if the mags were interested in the lad.
 
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I think we need to be clear what is meant by 'short-term'.

As 'long-term' only means 4-5 years (the normal period of a player's contract), I presume 'medium term' would refer to 18 months - 3 years and 'short-term' to mean 6 months to 1 year.

I think 6 months should be all that is offered to a 35 years old player of limited ability, who could be acquired without a fee in six months time, at which time I doubt a lot of Premier League managers will be forming an orderly queue outside the Reebok Stadium, in the hope of signing Kevin Davies. Bolton should expect nothing more than the equivalent of a half-season loan fee.

I do not think this would represent an incremental improvement to the squad.



He's already been offered a 1 year extension to his current deal by Bolton (so effectively 18 months)...he won't go anywhere for less than a 2 year deal.....why would he?
 
Wasn't he one of the most fouled players when he played regularly which equals freekicks which equals.........
 
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