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Paul Davis

Now the other Paul who takes his money for pretty much nothing gets some stick on here now who would Davis have done had the net been about in his dark days?:confused:
 

Paul Davis

The main problem I have with Paul Davis is that I knew a YTS lad at the time who was taken on as a pro for 3 months to begin with. He was a talented Welsh Under 21 international who according to a source 'marked Totti out of the game' in one international tournament. Then, as Davis was on allegedly huge wages, cuts were made elsewhere and the young pro was released.

I also have a feeling although I might be wrong, that Denny Mundee was also released around this time.

Then, we had to watch Davis ponce around in the middle of the park for a few games clearly wishing he was elsewhere. THE MOST INFURIATING PLAYER I'VE EVER SEEN AT GP. At least you got the feeling with Murray Jones that deep down even he himself knew he was sh*t and he put some effort in.
 

Paul Davis

I remember he got some terrible stick at Bristol Rovers in only his third game. He's now doing stadium tours at Arsenal with Graham Rix.
 

Paul Davis

Complete and utter useless tw*t!!!
An absolute anti-climax
 

Paul Davis

From memory :confused: I drove up to Burnden Park, Bolton to catch sight of Paul Davis in the League Cup in what I think was his second game for us. The game kicked off, the ball was passed to Davis who put his foot on the ball to have a leisurely look round and then next thing, two Bees and three Bolton went flying in, Davis went four foot in the air and that was really the last time I think we actually saw him get close to the ball in a Bees shirt !
 

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markbfc said:
I remember he got some terrible stick at Bristol Rovers in only his third game. He's now doing stadium tours at Arsenal with Graham Rix.
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Although my memory could be playing tricks, I seem to recall one against Shrewsbury in which he was particularly sh*te and the New Road made their feelings known. I can't recall the bloke moving outside the centre circle at all in his five-odd games here.
 

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absenteebee said:
The main problem I have with Paul Davis is that I knew a YTS lad at the time who was taken on as a pro for 3 months to begin with. He was a talented Welsh Under 21 international who according to a source 'marked Totti out of the game' in one international tournament. Then, as Davis was on allegedly huge wages, cuts were made elsewhere and the young pro was released.

I also have a feeling although I might be wrong, that Denny Mundee was also released around this time.

Then, we had to watch Davis ponce around in the middle of the park for a few games clearly wishing he was elsewhere. THE MOST INFURIATING PLAYER I'VE EVER SEEN AT GP. At least you got the feeling with Murray Jones that deep down even he himself knew he was sh*t and he put some effort in.
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Welsh players in question would be either Luke Evans or Matt Flitter.Not really gone on to set the world alight have they ?
 

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I seem to remember Davis looked OK for his first game or two - needed to get used to the pace of the division, but showed enough touches to make one optimistic. BUT, he then completely lost interest (whether he didn't like the hard tackles, arguments with the manager or whatever) and would just wander around as though he was in a testimonial game.

Worst of all was that - I believe - we had to pay him off with a fairly substantial sum when both parties agreed it wasn't working out.

Would be one of the players I feel most bitter about
 

Paul Davis

He is now a coach for the PFA - not coaching players, but coaching players to become coaches.
 

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Presumably the ‘after’ bit includes his handful of abject performances for us.

 

Paul Davis

Absolutely disgraceful performances for us. Was he ill perhaps?
 

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Untouchable said:
Presumably the ‘after’ bit includes his handful of abject performances for us.

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For written with, read written by.

At the Bees he was so lazy you’d imagine he’d struggle with the effort of lifting a biro.
 

Paul Davis

Possibly time to let this one go. Agree he was disappointingly poor but theres been a few over the years ?
 

Paul Davis

I was so excited when we signed him as he had been such a quality player at Arsenal. When he got here he seemed surprised that players at our level would run, harry and press. He looked hopelessly static. They say quality players always appear to have extra time on the ball. Davis was quite the opposite. Such a disappointment. Everyone wanted him to succeed but it was apparent pretty quickly that that was not going to happen. He started poorly and just got worse unfortunately. Cannot think of many worse signings. Maybe his book will reveal some underlying injury that he was battling at the time.
 

Paul Davis

LostBee said:
There always seems to be an excuse for being crap....
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It will be nice to hear his side of the story. We haven’t had that yet. Seem to recall he was absolutely dreadful against Bristol Rovers at Twerton Park for us.
 

Paul Davis

BaildonBee said:
I was so excited when we signed him as he had been such a quality player at Arsenal. When he got here he seemed surprised that players at our level would run, harry and press. He looked hopelessly static. They say quality players always appear to have extra time on the ball. Davis was quite the opposite. Such a disappointment. Everyone wanted him to succeed but it was apparent pretty quickly that that was not going to happen. He started poorly and just got worse unfortunately. Cannot think of many worse signings. Maybe his book will reveal some underlying injury that he was battling at the time.
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He was 34/35 and played just 5 games and prob not match fit , i was excited but in hindsight his time was obviously up .
 

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rebus said:
It will be nice to hear his side of the story. We haven’t had that yet. Seem to recall he was absolutely dreadful against Bristol Rovers at Twerton Park for us.
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The one that sticks in my mind is Shrewsbury at home, when I don't recall him once setting foot outside the centre circle
 

Paul Davis

447 appearances for Arenal, 5 for us. I’d imagine we are an asterix in the book somewhere.
 

Paul Davis

shaun said:
447 appearances for Arenal, 5 for us. I’d imagine we are an asterix in the book somewhere.
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His career ended when he finished with us so I’d expect we might feature a little more than that.
 

Paul Davis

I was told that David Webb bombed him out very unpleasantly
 

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Downbeat Bee said:
That would be a surprise...

A very unwebblike signinf.

I think I saw him once (at home) and he was very poor. Was he just finished or did he realise he'd made a mistake?
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I'm sure I remember that he blamed it on our style of play and that he spent most of the game watching the ball sailing over his head as it was hoofed from one end of the pitch to the other.
 

Paul Davis

A short Q&A with our favourite maestro…

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90 seconds with Paul ‘Davo’ Davis

Talented midfield man Paul Davis spent almost all of his career at Arsenal FC where he amassed a staggering 447 appearances and bagged 37 goals in his 15 years at Highbury. During that time the Eng…
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TW3Bee said:
I'm sure I remember that he blamed it on our style of play and that he spent most of the game watching the ball sailing over his head as it was hoofed from one end of the pitch to the other.
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He may have had a point. I still wear a neck brace as a result of repetitive strain injury from those days.
 
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