Davies scores again.
Tsunoda off injured, described by the club's twitter account as "Tsunoda lays down without contact and has to be replaced. That doesn't look good."
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Davies scores again.
Tsunoda off injured, described by the club's twitter account as "Tsunoda lays down without contact and has to be replaced. That doesn't look good."
Would love Davies to come back and do well, this is why I said Colwill should have gone on loan first half of the season.
I don’t see why Davies couldn’t fill the Grant role or at least be an option wide.
Yeah, good result for them.
I'd also like to see him back with us next season.
Not sure he's better than Grant, but a similar style player - quick, direct and can finish at a decent rate. He's miles better than Tanner and not sure he can be less effective than Bowler.
Unless we spend some serious money he'll have a role to play next year, always thought it was strange when he got loaned out. Arguably the best performance I've seen from a City player in a while was him in the FA Cup tie vs Leeds, his pace gave them kittens.
I’m not sure on that, he’s playing in a lower team in the Belgium League but hopefully he comes back a better player and can push his way up.
Couple of years ago I thought he was the next best thing, ahead of Colwill. Now I’m not so sure. I’m glad he got his loan though, wish Colwill had earlier this season.
This has the Belgian league above The Championship
https://www.teamform.com/en/league-ranking/world
Although last season with a different website ranks championship higher https://www.globalfootballrankings.com
the quality can't be as bad as some on here are saying. On the second website you can directly compare both leagues an it ranks the teams from both leagues.
I'd like to know what Tanner offers that Davies doesn't
Tanner is non league level. He'll get 5 years with various professional clubs due to the goal he scored against Swansea, that's how shit football is, and club owners, coaches at plenty of clubs are blagging it. As fans we give them all way too much credit. Good luck to Tanner though, i hope the club bumped his money right up with his new contract. Rinse it while you can lad. :thumbup:
Sadly agree on Tanner, he’s got some decent physical attributes but in terms of footballing sense it’s just not there. Thanks for the memory, but I’ll be very surprised if he’s ever a regular even at league 2 level.
Tanner should do ok bouncing around clubs like Crawley, Sutton, Colchester etc but he’s never a championship player.
Don’t even think we can mould him into one either. He hasn’t got a football brains and has a serious lack of awareness around him. Too late at his age to be teaching that. Giving away silly free kicks and losing the ball on at least 4 occasion’s yesterday tells me he’s never making the grade at Championship level.
A surprise occurred in the Belgian League, the Belgian giant club, Anderlecht, which is currently in 2nd place in the standings, lost to KV Kortrijk who are struggling in the relegation zone.
It goes back to Pre-Season. Isaak did not show his ability. Tanner did. EB had to make a choice and it is proving correct from a CCFC perspective. His worth will have increased substantially. he will now have a pre season to show he is up for it and there is no need for another second rate loan wideman like Bowler.
That's a good point to be fair about pre-season. Tanner did outshine Davies in the matches I went to see. I thought Tanner was going to be a hell of a find but he's another one that hasn't kicked on after 'the' wonder goal. Have to say that's another one I got wrong. I think it's more hope and wishful thinking at the start of the season that got me again. Jeez. The last few years have knocked the stuffing out of me as a fan tbh.
Monaco, Freiburg and Genk all interested in Davies according to this
https://the72.co.uk/2024/03/18/monac...european-loan/
Way to go slagging off a young player in his first full season of professional football. Everything is new to him and bearing that in mind Tanner has done well and will be in a good position to kick on next season. The goal against Swansea gave us a glimpse of what he could be like and to dismiss him in the way some so called ‘experts’ have on here is disgraceful. Nothing better to do I suspect.
I’m not sure that is the case with Tanner, if you watch him closely, he’s decision making is poor, there was a point in the Ipswich game at the Canton end in the dying seconds where he had the ball and decided to take the defender on and lost the ball. They immediately went up the park and thankfully nothing came from it.
Any one with half a brain cell would have either shot at goal, or better still knocked the ball full pelt at the defender to win a throw in and wind the clock down
Tanner lacks any awareness and seems content to hold on to the ball for too long as if he’s undecided what to do, he’s run himself into too many deadends and always runs with his head down.
He’s going to make a living out of the lower leagues so don’t feel too sorry for him
He’s not a Championship level player and if he did turn it around and kicked on happy days I’ll be the first to eat humble pie
I just don’t see it myself
Tanner needs to swap with Davies over the summer. He is physically nowhere near it and has to play games week after week
Think maybe a league one or two club for regular game time will be better than Belgium. I dont think he has the tactical awareness to be playing in a technical league abroad. As others have said on here he does not play with his head up and often runs into trouble. Hes a very old fashioned British winger in that sense.
I don’t think they have to be instant hits. But they do, at some point, have to be hits. I’m a heretic anyway insomuch I don’t really care about the academy, U21s etc and buy my season ticket each year to watch first team pros entertain me. I don’t care where they come from or what nationality they are. They just have to bust a gut for the shirt in those 90 plus minutes. It’s not much to ask. Oh yeah. Some f*cking goals would be nice too.
Edit: Davies is the exception for me. Very exciting player. Love watching him play.
To be fair most wingers play on the opposite side now. ie right footers on left wing and left footers on the right.
I dont think our tactics get the best out of Bowler but he also needs to put in a much bigger shift if hes to win the fans over. He was a disgrace on Saturday. It was like playing with 10 players. 9 when you take into account Turnbull. Neither would have needed a shower after the game.