Curtis Davies

[mozza]

We can't give him away .............we are stuck with him till his contract runs out -

I pray it's very soon and he takes a few other wasters with him

[brontebilly]

By all accounts excellent for Leicester again tonight. Surely with Dunne, Collins and Cuellar either injured or suffering from injury he should have been recalled some time ago. Do people realise we are three points from the relegation zone and need every player we can. How he hasnt been recalled already stinks a bit I must say. Can anyone shed any light on the situation?

[Californian Villain]

By all accounts excellent for Leicester again tonight. Surely with Dunne, Collins and Cuellar either injured or suffering from injury he should have been recalled some time ago. Do people realise we are three points from the relegation zone and need every player we can. How he hasnt been recalled already stinks a bit I must say. Can anyone shed any light on the situation?

No.

[WALTERS WARRIORS]

Houllier obviously does not rate him .......

[brontebilly]

Houllier obviously does not rate him .......

And you reckon he rates the likes of Hogg!!

This stinks to be honest. Davies had many fine games for the club too and has the scope to improve. The stint at Leicester will have brought him on and this is the chance he has been waiting for. He is only 25 or that. I suspect the board or Houllier has screwed up here and not put a 24 hour recall clause into his loan agreement. How much do we owe West Brom if he plays the required number of games, this strikes me as Ellis esque money pinching and it is costing us points. We are three points from the relegation zone let noone forget. This pricking around is harming the club.

[pauliewalnuts]

this stinks to be honest. Davies had many fine games for the club too

I agree, his every game wasn't a disaster, but "many fine games"? When?

The stint at Leicester will have brought him on and this is the chance he has been waiting for. He is only 25 or that.

But he's playing in the Championship - that's the difference, and it's a big one. We knew he could cut it down there, as he had done with Albion. Not quite so impressive playing in the top flight, though.

I suspect the board or Houllier has screwed up here and not put a 24 hour recall clause into his loan agreement. How much do we owe West Brom if he plays the required number of games, this strikes me as Ellis esque money pinching and it is costing us points. We are three points from the relegation zone let noone forget. This pricking around is harming the club.

How is it costing us points?

Which games would Davies have been likely to have played in if he had been here all season?

[N'ZMAV]

Houllier obviously does not rate him .......

I think it's due to the face that if he starts 1 more league game he gets some sort of new contract, and with Randy trying to cuit costs a bit GH has been told Davies is not available for Premier League selection.

[pauliewalnuts]

Houllier obviously does not rate him .......

I think it's due to the face that if he starts 1 more league game he gets some sort of new contract, and with Randy trying to cuit costs a bit GH has been told Davies is not available for Premier League selection.

A theory which the General comprehensively trashed in his thread a while back

[Mazrim]

There was a period of a few months with Laursen when Davies was superb. Even better than Laursen arguably and earning him an England call up too.
He also kept loads of clean sheets in a row with Knight after Laursen was injured and started last season well. The Liverpool game away being a highlight.
I wouldn't give up on him just yet.

He is an enigma though. Like the little girl with a curl in the middle of her forehead. When he is good he is very very good but when he is bad, he is horrid.
Last season with three senior in form centre halves and the massive promise of Clark, we could afford to lose him. Now, with Dunne in dodgy form and a few injuries here and there, I'm not so sure.

[N'ZMAV]

A theory which the General comprehensively trashed in his thread a while back

  As expected.

[KevinGage]

There was a period of a few months with Laursen when Davies was superb. Even better than Laursen arguably and earning him an England call up too.
He also kept loads of clean sheets in a row with Knight after Laursen was injured and started last season well. The Liverpool game away being a highlight.
I wouldn't give up on him just yet.

He is an enigma though. Like the little girl with a curl in the middle of her forehead. When he is good he is very very good but when he is bad, he is horrid.
Last season with three senior in form centre halves and the massive promise of Clark, we could afford to lose him. Now, with Dunne in dodgy form and a few injuries here and there, I'm not so sure.

Agreed Maz.

His performance v Arsenal away in 2008/09 was as good an allround performance as I've seen from a centre half in a while.

He's still young for a CB, still learning the game and at the top level he probably needs a dominant CB alongside him. In the Championship he can probably get away with it.

[Phil from the upper holte]

I would rather have Dunne than Davies, he is shit and Leicester is his level get rid as soon as possible. Never should have signed him  I would rather have had C*hill

[N'ZMAV]

I don't think he is shit.

[KevinGage]

Interesting article in the Leicester Mercury:

here

After a year watching from the stands at Villa, Davies feels he can finally be the player who caught the eye of Capello, and said City manager Sven-Goran Eriksson deserves the credit for that.

Davies's marauding runs with the ball out of defence have been a feature of City's recent upturn in form under the Swede, and Davies feels he finally has the freedom to play his natural game.

"I am playing like the old me because I am allowed to do things I used to do all the time," he said. "That is the reason why I was signed by West Brom and then Villa. But I feel that when I was at Villa I took a step backwards because I was signed as one thing and they tried to make me into another thing."

[dave.woodhall]

A theory which the General comprehensively trashed in his thread a while back

  As expected.

Yes, he's well known for lying to us. Why he still bothers, I really don't know.