Official Charlie Davies News/Updates Thread 3.0

I disagree -- I think it is unrealistic to expect him to make all the adjustments in one half of one season. He's obviously progressing, which is what you want. The goals will come.

Don't get me wrong, that would be great. But let's not underestimate how hard it is to make the transition from college soccer to the professional game.

I hope Charlie has found the forks hidden in his couch.

 

Usually it's the other way 'round. (but who says I'm bitter)

 

Charlie played todays match with the reserv team against Gelfe. Match ended 1-1 and Charlie did not score.

Comments about his performance from ppl who saw the match is that he created a lot of chances but was a bit selfish some times. He wanted to do everything on his own.
But overall he did another fine performance.

 

Yeah, and it seems like he played to the left in the midfield (from what the coach said to the official website) which is quite interesting.

 

He is starting to sound like Jeff Cuningham, another hog (is that gries pa Svensk?).

 

Davies scored two goals in the reserve game this evening. Reports say that he played in the midfield. Will keep you posted if I hear anything else about his performance.

 

so that's three recent reserve goals. That's very promising. Thanks, as always, for the updates.

Lets hope he can continue to buildin confidence and turn it in to goals for the first team!

We believe!

 

Wing (flank) midfielder or an attacking midfielder/supporting striker?

 

It seems like he played wing. We had two forwards here on trial, which might be the reason why he was moved to midfield.

 

Some moving pics from yesterdays reserve match.

44 secs in we have CD in a nutshell.

http://www.svenskafans.com/fantv/player/dev_flash.asp?clip=4468&cat=0&list=all

 

http://www.svenskafans.com/fantv/player/dev_flash.asp?clip=4405&cat=0&list=80

There's also an interview from a couple of weeks ago (in English).

Three things he has been working on in training are ...

 

a little over the top for a reserve match, right?

 

Davies is on the bench right now. Currently 0-0. Started half an hour ago.

 

We're down 1-0. Davies in for Laitinen, according to the radio he plays on the left wing. Half an hour to score those goals.

Edit: Game ends 1-0 to Trelleborg. I was not able to watch it, but reports say that Hammarby played pretty bad. From what I heard from the radio, Davies had a good cross, got us some free kicks and used his speed really well.

 

That's an interesting move.

I guess if he can't score, just move him to a position where scoring is not his primary responsibility. I hope it works out well for him. He definitely has the skills to play on the wings, with his speed and good footwork. It might just be a great move.

 

It seems like he's playing there again in the reserve game right now. Not sure, but it was mentioned in a forum, and it wouldn't surprise me.

 

The US needs scoring forwards and, for Charlie's sake, a scoring forward has a higher value than a fast wing.

With this shift, I am afraid that Hammarby will continue to develop his wing skills rather than striker skills. This will leave him uncertain of his soccer identity and undermine his long-term success.

Hopefully, one won't have another Donovan on his hands.

 

To be honest, I think it will depend on how our forward situation looks like in the future (and of course, if he starts producing some good finishes). For example, in both the reserve games we've had forwards on trial and the coach probably wanted to play Davies anyway, so he got the wing. And the fact that he got to play there against Trelleborg this Sunday may suggest that he did it well the first time. But as I said, I'm not sure that it's permanent.

 

Didn't Henry start out on the wing before moving to center forward? There's no reason Davies can't get some action out wide while he learns the game at this level before eventually moving into the middle.

 

Charlie played left wing from start in todays reserve match and according to those who saw the game, he was the man of the match although no goals.

We had two trials on top today.

1-1 was final result.

 

Yeah, I would hate to have another player become the US's all time leading scorer and assister (word?) before turning 25. That would suck.

Fix him quick!

 

haha, exactly what i was thinking... what an odd statement.

 

The "all-time" leading scorer has 3 run-of-play goals in this recently finished MLS season.

So, you are correct.

That does suck.

 

If Charlie Davis turns into another Landon Donovan, I will be very happy. Unfortunately, the signs this year are not good. Hopefully things will improve.