Mark Davies to Swansea? - LATEST - Now £6 million bid rejected!!!

Sluffy wrote:
With Joe Allen being heavily linked with a move to Liverpool, to link up with former boss Brendan Rodgers, the Swans could soon find themselves short in the middle of the park.

They have moved to ensure that does not happen by enquiring as to Davies' availability.

Natasha Whittam wrote:£4m!!! I'll start the car!

Why? Why? Why? He's useless.

We must accept this offer, we MUST!!!

largehat wrote:

Whatsupdoc wrote:Ok, so one player that turns up in one in 10 games gets sold, and we gain 2 players are hungry to impress, wheres the contest.

Where do you want me to begin?

You have no idea if these two players are any good.

Even if they are good, they perform a completely different role to a player like Mark Davies. Therefore, neither of them is a replacement for Mark Davies.

We want to be back in the Premier League, we're all agreed on that. If we achieve this, Mark Davies is one of the few players on our books who has genuine class. Do I think we have got the best out of him yet? No. Do I think he is improving as a footballer? Yes. Does he only "turn up once every ten games?" - no - don't be obtuse. He was our best outfield player for large parts of last season and is the best passer of a ball at the football club. He's also one of the few players who can beat an opponent.

Are either of Sanchez and Cisse of an age where they are going to improve? Probably not.

Foreign mid-20s holding midfielders are ten a penny. Young, technical English players are not. We've just signed Andrews on a free, and there are two more such players, one on trial and the other reportedly keen to sign. What does this tell you about supply and demand?

If the club has any ambition to gain promotion it has to resist bids for Mark Davies. If the player comes out and says he wants to leave, that's a different story.

What does "hungry to impress" mean? What, like Darren Pratley was last season? He was definitely hungry to impress. It's a total intangible. It doesn't tell us anything about whether they are good players. Of course Cisse is hungry to impress, we're bigger than any of his previous clubs. Of course Sanchez is hungry to impress, we're bigger than any of his previous clubs too. This tells me that they are Championship players like Pratley. I could be wrong and one or both could be an sbsolute revelation - but a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.

Mark Davies is one of the few genuine PL players left at the club, I can't believe you would be so blase about letting him go just because we've got a couple of Bosmans sniffing around.

Hipster_Nebula wrote:Why overpay?

If you went to a car lot and a guy said, "look mate 1994 Nissan Micra, bit of rust, basically a load of shite"

"oh ok, urm i'll give you 70 grand for it, cos i think that guy over there is eying it up"

Why would anyone in their right mind do that?

And yet people want us, every year, to overpay for mediocre or unproven talent.

largehat wrote:Michael Laudrup or Natasha Whittam.

Hmm... I think I'll go with Michael Laudrup's judgement call on this one.

Bernard Dennis Park wrote:I've just read somewhere that Nixon is saying we will owe Wolves 25% of any fee we get due to a sell on clause they insisted on when we signed him. Bastards.

Natasha Whittam wrote:

I'm willing to bet Laudrup has never seen Mark Davies play. Or was he aware he was going to be the next Swansea manager before anyone at Swansea?

He's being bought on reputation. No one on here thinks he's a £4m player. An £4m player would have done more to keep us up.