sebdeserio Posted April 13, 2021 Share Posted April 13, 2021 Found this in an article in the Athletic from early March about Bayern signing Omar Richards and it really is impressive. Davies is having a different season, not a worse one than last year and I think this even more impressive than if he had similar stats to last year as he's been able to seamlessly adjust to a more defensive/safe role without a drop in performance. baulderdash77, ghostknownunknown, lowlander and 2 others 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnyb Posted April 13, 2021 Share Posted April 13, 2021 Davies in the starting lineup for the 2nd leg of the Champions league QF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowlander Posted April 13, 2021 Share Posted April 13, 2021 (edited) 1 hour ago, sebdeserio said: Found this in an article in the Athletic from early March about Bayern signing Omar Richards and it really is impressive. Davies is having a different season, not a worse one than last year and I think this even more impressive than if he had similar stats to last year as he's been able to seamlessly adjust to a more defensive/safe role without a drop in performance. The progressive passing rating Is interesting - corresponds with my impression that he usually passes laterally or back. Edited April 13, 2021 by lowlander sebdeserio and Club Linesman 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowlander Posted April 13, 2021 Share Posted April 13, 2021 1 hour ago, johnyb said: Davies in the starting lineup for the 2nd leg of the Champions league QF. Bayern really missing Lewandoski, Gnabry and Goretzka. Watching this game I still wonder how PSG lost to Lille. At 40 minutes BM have just scored, whereas PSG have had the best chances. Davies playing ok but he has lost control a few times and is being challenged by some shifty moves from PSG, particularly Di Maria. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dyslexic nam Posted April 13, 2021 Share Posted April 13, 2021 9 minutes ago, lowlander said: Bayern really missing Lewandoski, Gnabry and Goretzka. Watching this game I still wonder how PSG lost to Lille. At 40 minutes BM have just scored, whereas PSG have had the best chances. Davies playing ok but he has lost control a few times and is being challenged by some shifty moves from PSG, particularly Di Maria. I will open with the sentiment that I am a huge Davies fan. I am rooting for him 100%. But I have previously questioned some of his defensive capabilities and I think he is getting beaten in this game. Mind you, it is arguably against the best attacking lineup of any current club team in the world right now - but the fact remains that they are getting past him with a fair degree of regularity. Bayern may be leading this game but they are lucky to not be down by a couple of goals - and two golden chances came from Neymar being wide open on the left side. lowlander, Ruud, Dominic94 and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavemTFC Posted April 13, 2021 Share Posted April 13, 2021 (edited) Yeah Davies was really slow to spot and close down Neymar for the breakaway chance off the post. He's had some good moments as well going forward at least edit: he's just slipped for the second time this game Edited April 13, 2021 by DavemTFC update Dominic94 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowlander Posted April 13, 2021 Share Posted April 13, 2021 Indeed, he is having a few struggles. I don’t think any worse than the others though, PSG has been putting on a skills clinic. BM will be very fortunate if they manage to score again and keep a clean sheet. Neymar has had 3-4 golden chances. Dominic94 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowlander Posted April 13, 2021 Share Posted April 13, 2021 Davies off at 70 minutes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavemTFC Posted April 13, 2021 Share Posted April 13, 2021 (edited) Got embarassed by Di Maria tonight tbh Edited April 13, 2021 by DavemTFC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TOcanadafan Posted April 13, 2021 Share Posted April 13, 2021 Davies seemed to lack confidence tonight in the attack too. But it’s not like Pavard has been putting on a defensive clinic either on the right. cronaldo7 and Dominic94 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Floortom Posted April 13, 2021 Share Posted April 13, 2021 Davies was awful tonight tbh LeoH037 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghostknownunknown Posted April 13, 2021 Share Posted April 13, 2021 Looked like he brought the wrong boots. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TOcanadafan Posted April 13, 2021 Share Posted April 13, 2021 Davies wasn’t at his best for sure tonight, but when he was playing, Bayern was 3-1 vs PSG. PSG didn’t have to defend the left when he went off and could just clog the middle. Ivan, Club Linesman and lowlander 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavemTFC Posted April 13, 2021 Share Posted April 13, 2021 (edited) Not a great game but it happens. It's not like he directly cost them tonight, though he easily could have if Neymar finished that breakaway. I do think Di Maria exposes his weaknesses defensively. Phonzie can't be beaten for pace but he can for guile as Di Maria repeatedly did today and as he did a few times in the Lisbon final. Something to keep an eye on Edit: to add, he wasn't the only BM player that got outplayed by Di Maria and Neymar so not a great game from him but not awful either Edited April 13, 2021 by DavemTFC TOcanadafan, dyslexic nam, Dominic94 and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TOCanada115 Posted April 13, 2021 Share Posted April 13, 2021 I don’t know how many times I need to watch him for Bayern, or the Canada. He is not a fullback. Hasn’t played it his whole career until Bayern, and it shows. At best, he’s a wingback. He’s not a very good defender. He just relies on his speed. Doesn’t pick up his man well in the box, and the angles he takes to defend are weird. And that completely understandable, with how long he’s learned this position. But, he’s not being fully utilized. He has so much to bring to an attack, but doesn’t get to on that team. He needs to be freed. Dominic94, Kadenge, DavemTFC and 2 others 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aird25 Posted April 13, 2021 Share Posted April 13, 2021 2 minutes ago, TOCanada115 said: I don’t know how many times I need to watch him for Bayern, or the Canada. At least once more, because much of what you said is wrong PopePouri 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VinceA Posted April 13, 2021 Share Posted April 13, 2021 I really want him to leave Bayern one day and go somewhere where he'll play Winger. h coach and lamptern 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unnamed Trialist Posted April 13, 2021 Share Posted April 13, 2021 (edited) Bayern has a defender who is tenacious, fast, and cuts off the opposing attack with skill, then is able to get forward when he has to. Unfortunately, it's not Davies, and definitely not tonight. Its Lucas Hernández, who was impressive. Davies his usual conformist self, getting tired of this version Bayern seem to be happy with. We also found out this evening that Alphonso is not the best player in Concacaf, however much folks like to repeat that idea. Edited April 13, 2021 by Unnamed Trialist Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red card Posted April 13, 2021 Share Posted April 13, 2021 Ratings wise, he was solid today. 7.3 by fotmob and 5th ranked BM player at 6.91 by whoscored. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TOcanadafan Posted April 14, 2021 Share Posted April 14, 2021 (edited) 1 hour ago, Unnamed Trialist said: Bayern has a defender who is tenacious, fast, and cuts off the opposing attack with skill, then is able to get forward when he has to. Unfortunately, it's not Davies, and definitely not tonight. Its Lucas Hernández, who was impressive. Davies his usual conformist self, getting tired of this version Bayern seem to be happy with. We also found out this evening that Alphonso is not the best player in Concacaf, however much folks like to repeat that idea. Hernandez is a better CB than LB for Bayern... he doesn’t have the pace to play in that position in the style Bayern wants to play. He wasn’t great last week at LB before Davies came on either... created nothing going forward and didn’t have the pace to deal with PSG counter attack. I do think he had an excellent game at CB today though. Edited April 14, 2021 by TOcanadafan johnyb 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanadaFan123 Posted April 14, 2021 Share Posted April 14, 2021 2 hours ago, Unnamed Trialist said: Bayern has a defender who is tenacious, fast, and cuts off the opposing attack with skill, then is able to get forward when he has to. Unfortunately, it's not Davies, and definitely not tonight. Its Lucas Hernández, who was impressive. Davies his usual conformist self, getting tired of this version Bayern seem to be happy with. We also found out this evening that Alphonso is not the best player in Concacaf, however much folks like to repeat that idea. We’ll have to see how David performs with he rest of the season before making that determination. One bad game doesn’t mean he has surpassed Alphonso suddenly. sebdeserio, Ivan and NVsoccer 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpursFlu Posted April 14, 2021 Share Posted April 14, 2021 So a guy who started playing LB 2 years ago was victimized a few times by DiMaria, Neymar and Mbappe. You don't say johnyb, CanadaFan123, Trois Reds and 5 others 6 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruud Posted April 14, 2021 Share Posted April 14, 2021 Tough outing for sure. Also wasn’t getting decent efforts through offensively was he. But it was a tough ask without the three missing stars. good for Neymar. He can play well under right conditions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stryker911 Posted April 14, 2021 Share Posted April 14, 2021 Crazy that a team like Bayern doesn't have a bit more depth. I realize that this is how Davies got a shot, but still. Really the only option that had on the bench that was offensive was Musiala. Kind of annoyed on how some people have turned on Davies. He is still our best player and the best player in our region. johnyb 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dyslexic nam Posted April 14, 2021 Share Posted April 14, 2021 24 minutes ago, Stryker911 said: Crazy that a team like Bayern doesn't have a bit more depth. I realize that this is how Davies got a shot, but still. Really the only option that had on the bench that was offensive was Musiala. Kind of annoyed on how some people have turned on Davies. He is still our best player and the best player in our region. To be clear, I haven’t “turned” on Davies. But I do resist some of the suggestions that he is one of best LB’s in the world. The reality is that his pace often saves him when he gets beaten, and against top class opponents that can happen a fair bit. The reason he gets the accolades he does is for his attacking abilities from that position - but LB is ultimately a defensive position and I think there are aspects of his defensive game that need to improve if he wants to maintain a lock on the LB position at Bayern. lamptern, Yohan and MM3/MM2/MM 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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