Showing posts with label Davidson. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Davidson. Show all posts

Wednesday, July 2, 2014

Why Rodgers should buy Bertrand

To get sacked and go on holiday.  I have little doubt that buying the Chelsea left back for his estimated valuation of £7m would be on par with buying Aspas for £7.5m or Borini for £10.4m.  Here are last season's stats for Bertrand, who spent the majority on loan at Villa, our Jon Flanagan, and the guy we should sign on a free from Heracles of the Eredivisie, Australian Jason Davidson.

BertrandFlanaganDavidson
age25*2122
app(subs)172330
mins144918902669
goals012
assist013
chances41332
npgp9000.050.06
gcp9000.10.17
ccp900.250.621.08
pass%76.483.776.5
bp%38.442.631.4
sacc%5042.938.5
shot%014.315.4
tp901.93.81.7
tack %60.545.751.2
intp900.91.92.2
clrp902.13.65.2
dribpp900.41.90.9
bsp900.40.20.5
TTI9010.29.27.6

Bertrand pales in comparison to Flanagan and Davidson, in fact, other than his tackle success percentage, he's quite unimpressive.  More damning is that before joining Villa they had 23 points from their first 20 matches, but in the 16 of the remaining 18 matches that Bertrand played, they garnered only 12 points and won the fixture against Chelsea which could not feature him. 

Just don't do it Rodgers.  I read somewhere that the argument was how Rodgers has 'righted' Sturridge and could do the same for Bertrand.  That's a bunch of crock, when Sturridge is allowed to play in his natural position up front, as he did on loan at Bolton, he's highly productive, it has little to do with Rodgers 'righting' anything.  BR should be getting Davidson's rep on the phone as soon as possible before he finalizes his deal with Fulham.  That Felix Magath, he's never won anything.

Wednesday, June 25, 2014

Forget Moreno & Blind, Jason Davidson is who we should sign

You're probably asking yourself, "Who the %&*$ is Jason Davidson?" Well, he's a left back who plays for Australia and Heracles Almelo in the Eredivisie, and he might be the wisest solution for our left back dillema. He just turned 22 and would provide great competition for Flanagan and Enrique.  Here is his output from last season along with Daley Blind, who plays in the same league, Flanagan, and Moreno.

DavidsonBlindFlanaganMoreno
age22242122*
app(subs)30292327(2)
mins2669250318902414
goals2113
assist3110
chances32371319
npgp900.060.040.050.11
gcp900.170.070.10.11
ccp901.081.330.620.71
pass%76.588.183.778.9
bp%31.438.742.636.5
sacc%38.528.642.917
shot%15.43.614.313
tp901.72.83.81.9
tack %51.250.445.739.6
intp902.22.71.92.7
clrp905.22.13.61.6
dribpp900.91.41.90.8
bsp900.50.30.20.3
adwp901.71.61.41
adwon%58.665.746.850
TTI907.610.99.28.5
(*Moreno turns 22 in 11 days.)

Davidson has the highest overall ranking among the four, topping 8 categories and coming in second in 5 more.  His only achilles heel is his lack of successful tackles, but he is still comparable to Moreno and does have the highest tackle success rate.  His passing rate is not impressive, which is odd considering his low TTI90, but his low back pass rate is phenomenal.

The biggest buying point is his cost.  He is only valued at £352,000 according to transfermarkt, but there's no way they'll let him go for that cheap.  If we could get him for £2.5-3m, it may still be a steal.  I'd much rather spend that much and have him not work out then spend a ridiculous amount on Moreno or Blind.  It's true Davidson is not a 'dynamic' nor 'sexy' player, but neither is his price tag.

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