Bubbles Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cannable Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 So have we given him a new contract or has he triggered one? Which is it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stive Pesley Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 My police-standard facial recognition software tells me that none of those 3 chaps pictured in the tweet are Curtis Davies Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bubbles Posted January 8, 2020 Author Share Posted January 8, 2020 Think this is well deserved. been good for us. Reckon he'll retire next year and even if he has a change of heart at the end of the season and wants to finish his career elsewhere, atleast we can get a couple quid for him still. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Srg Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 1 minute ago, cannable said: So have we given him a new contract or has he triggered one? Which is it? This is what we need answering. Hopefully the former, so it's on less money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bubbles Posted January 8, 2020 Author Share Posted January 8, 2020 1 minute ago, cannable said: So have we given him a new contract or has he triggered one? Which is it? Think it's like Huddlestones where he plays x amount of games and there is an automatic clause so in theory we did give it him although it is triggered Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Millenniumram Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 Hmm, I’m really not sure this is a good move if it’s been done by us, rather than automatically. He’s still a top class out and out defender, so a part of me would like to keep him around for that. He’s still one of the best aerially and reading the game in the division, and certainly one of the best we’ve had in my lifetime. But he’s gonna be 35 next season. You just can’t justify a playing contract for him at his age for me, I can’t see with his pace declining that he’ll be good enough for us anymore, he’ll be too exposed despite his defensive abilities. I’d like to keep him around the club as a coach if he fancies it because he seems a great character with good knowledge, but not as a player. We need younger legs at centre half. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sexydadbod Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 Don’t mind this. He’s known to be a good guy around the dressing room and is a good leader. Clarke will be going back at the end of the season so Davies is ‘our’ only centre back. We still need a couple of new younger centre backs though in addition to this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archied Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 My bet is that because of injuries he has triggered a clause regarding games played , double edged sword really as we may not have wanted to extend but we would have been in a fair bit of bother if he hadn’t been around to cover our devastating ch crisis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dimmu Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 Thinking about next season, we are lacking first, second, third and fourth choice CB's. I'm fine with Davies being third or fourth, seems to be good pro to have around and teach the kids on and off the pitch behavior. Cocu has called for professionalism multiple times and he fits the bill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shuff264 Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 X number of appearances in final year triggers contact extension, seems fair really. Can't see him getting much game time next season, but still good to have a wise head Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dava75 Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 A quality defender - who gets a lot of bad press because of the passing aspects of his game - which are certainly not as poor as some would have you believe. As others have said, reads the game so well and is a right place/right time defender - not a last ditch tackle man - so less reliant on pace to get him out of trouble. Yes, he is in the twilight of his career and is not the long term answer - but I think Curtis Davies is a leader and a team player. He doesn’t throw his toys out when he’s not involved. Having him around the squad as back up and for younger players to learn off can only be a good thing IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carnero Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 He's an ideal player to keep around the squad as a backup centre back and an unofficial leader off the field. 2 first choice centre backs coming in the Summer, with Davies, (Bielik, Evans & Wisdom) as the backup sounds about right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StarterForTen Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 Could it be another of those get-round-the-FFP-balloon-payment contracts that we offered to Johnson, Butterfield and co last year? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cosmic Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 38 minutes ago, Millenniumram said: Hmm, I’m really not sure this is a good move if it’s been done by us, rather than automatically. Not being funny, but how on earth could it be a bad move for us if it was done on our terms? Do you really think we’d negotiate a bad deal? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Srg Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 2 minutes ago, cosmic said: Not being funny, but how on earth could it be a bad move for us if it was done on our terms? Do you really think we’d negotiate a bad deal? Is this a trick question? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coneheadjohn Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 6 minutes ago, Carnero said: He's an ideal player to keep around the squad as a backup centre back and an unofficial leader off the field. 2 first choice centre backs coming in the Summer, with Davies, (Bielik, Evans & Wisdom) as the backup sounds about right. This,a million quid is probably good business for the club for a year. Certainly worthy of 12 months as cover. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost of Clough Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 He's now played 21 games this season (all competitions), so I wouldn't be surprised if the 20th triggered an extension, which isn't ideal in terms of wages. I would have offered him a new deal regardless to stay on as 3rd choice and as an experienced leader in the dressing room - although I'd expect his wages to be halved in this case. Considering he had 6 months left on his deal, he was free to talk to foreign clubs, so there's still a strong chance it was a contract offer rather than an appearance based extension. I'll choose to believe this 2nd option. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Millenniumram Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 3 minutes ago, cosmic said: Not being funny, but how on earth could it be a bad move for us if it was done on our terms? Do you really think we’d negotiate a bad deal? Erm... yes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JuanFloEvraTheCocu'sNesta Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 3 minutes ago, cosmic said: Not being funny, but how on earth could it be a bad move for us if it was done on our terms? Do you really think we’d negotiate a bad deal? Ikechi Anya reading that... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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