Sochaux & Steady: Davies will win the race (The Saga Continues) [R]

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"His performances in speed drills placed him among the last three of Sochaux's 28 pros in July. He now ranks among the squad's top eight performers."

But sochaux's fitness trainer says he isnt fit? Regardless, his recovery has been nothing short of spectacular. Davies will be back soon

 

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L'interview décalée de Charlie Davies (1/2)

http://www.fcsochaux.fr/fr/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2238&Itemid=106

It looks like Charlie Davies answered a bunch of questions from fans about various topics, but since my French is non-existent I will leave it to Bigsoccer to provide a thorough translation.

 

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Wow, looks like more about Charlie than you've ever wanted to know. I'll translate it once I get some coffee in me.

 

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Chop chop.

 

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Extended Interview with Charlie Davies

Fourteen topics, a hundred questions, and he has to answer three quarters of them. Charlie participated with pleasure in the game of the extended interview. The first part of his responses is now available.

Career

1. Can you give the full name of your first club?
The Derry Hawks. I started with them at the age of 6.
2. Which club will you never agree to play for?
AIK Stockholm, in Sweden. After having played for Hammarby, I can't wear the AIK shirt because of the rivalry between the clubs.
3. For which club would you agree to play for free?
Arsenal!
4. Question not answered
5. What's the most exotic or unexpected country that you had an offer to play in?
Croatia.
6. What manager would you agree to follow to any club?
Arsene Wenger.

Media Exposure
7. Do you remember giving your first autograph?
It was during the Milk Cup, a tournament in Northern Ireland with the US U-17 team.
8. Was your first interview a disaster?
Looking back on it, yes! It was during that same tournament. I was so excited to be interviewed on Sky Sports that I just said whatever came into my head. I never even thought about what I was going to say.
9. Do you try to play around with expressions during interviews?
I try to be original...
10. Do you actually listen to the journalist's question during a halftime interview?
Yeah!
11. Do you remember the first time you were on a television program?
It was during the same tournament in Northern Ireland.
12. Who have you been confused with when people have asked for an autograph?
In Korea, people thought I was Freddy Adu. It was actually a compliment at the time, because people really thought he was the next Pele.
13. Question not answered.
14. Who would you not like to be confused with?
Rino Gattuso, because he's mean on the pitch!


More to follow...

 

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Ouch.

 

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FA's translation, part 2.

Cuisine

15. Can you think of a recipe off the top of your head?
Nina, my fiancee, taught me recipes like salmon teriyaki or a nice couscous.
16. What can you cook best?
Pasta.
17. What dish would you like to know how to cook?
I'd really like to know how to cook a good t-bone steak!
18. Is there something you'll never eat again the day before a match?
Chinese food.
19. Are you a fussy eater, and do you always try to eat what's on your plate?
I'm really fast at the dinner table. I'm someone who eats very quickly, so fast, the fastest you've ever seen. And I always finish what's on my plate.
20. Which of your teammates are you ashamed to be at a restaurant with?
Yassin Mikari
21. What can you always find in your fridge?
Cranberry juice, fruit juice, water and yogurt.
22. When you get ice cream, what flavor do you pick?
Vanilla.
23. What would you dare to eat at Koh-Lanta? [Where French Survivor is being held.]
There are limits. I would never eat tarantulas!

Clothes and Accessories

24. On Sunday, would you go out and buy bread in a tracksuit?
If it's sophisticated, yes. If it's a classy tracksuit, then I say yes.
25. Do you get your clothes for the next day ready the night before?
Sometimes, yes.
26. Question not answered.
27. From whom would you like to borrow clothes?
Jacques Faty, I think.
28. Have you ever changed after seeing a teammate in the same clothes as you?
No one on the team has the same clothes as me! I buy lots of things in the United States.
29. Question not answered.
30. What brand do you not want to wear anymore?
Fubu

Internet

31. What site (that you can admit) do you visit the most?
Twitter or ESPN.com
32. Do you dream about software that can erase the traces of the sites you've visited?
No need for that!
33. Question not answered.
34. Have you ever googled yourself and did you compare the results with anybody?
No.
35. Have you already read your biography on Wikipedia?
Yes, and the information there was more or less correct.
36. Are the height and weight given for you on football sites still the same?
I think so.

Music

37. What song do you hate because it stays in your head all day?
I hate "Who let the dogs out?" by Baha Men.
38. For Karaoke night, what song do you sing?
Michael Jackson! "He rocks my world" or "Thriller."
39. What song did you sing during your initiation at Sochaux?
"Rapper's delight" by Sugarhill Gang.
40. What kind of music do you listen to before a match?
Music that inspires me; mostly hip-hop.
41. Is "I will survive" the best soccer song for you?
There are several songs that give me chills, like the official songs for the 1998 and 2002 World Cups. I also really like the Champions League anthem.
42. What song would you like to have on repeat for hours?
"Sky is the limit," by Lil' Wayne.
43. Can you tell us the last song you sang in your car?
"Live your dreams," by Antoine Clamaran and Soraya Arnelas.
44. Do you sing in the shower at the stadium?
Sometimes...
45. Who else sings in the shower at the stadium?
Damien Perquis!
46. Question not answered.
47. If you had to give yourself a grade on your dancing ability...
Out of ten? An eight.

Soccer Video Games

48. What team do you choose for PES?
Almost always Barcelona.
49. What are your strengths and weaknesses in the game?
I don't have any weaknesses!
50. Can you admit that you've cheated at PES?
Oh no!
51. Do you ever happen to insult your opponents or the game?
Oh yes!
52. Describe the best goal you've ever scored on PES.
A bicycle kick.

 

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Extended Interview with Charlie Davies, Part 2

Television
53. What show can you watch for an entire afternoon?
Entourage, an American show on HBO.
54. Do you still watch your favorite cartoon from your childhood?
No.
55. What reality show would you be on?
I'd like to be on MTV Road Rules.
56. What show do you always watch while saying it's the last time you're going to watch it?
Shows that Nina follows because she controls the remote. I tell myself it's the last time and, in the end, I go along with her and we watch it together.
57. Do you fall asleep with the television on? Do you program it and for how long?
No.
58. Do you think Jack Bauer is stronger than Jose Mourinho?
Yes!

The Locker Room

59. What nicknames have you come up with and that you're most proud of?
"Mini-me" for Yassin Mikari, and "Darius Miles" for Jacques Faty. That's the name of a Memphis Grizzlies player he looks like.
60. What's the hot phrase in the locker room right now?
"C'est quoi les bails?" [NB: Slangy phrase meaning something like, "What's good?"]
61. Question not answered.
62. When you put your socks on, do you always start with one foot in particular?
The left one!
63. What's the most bizarre or surprising cosmetic product you've seen in the locker room?
Modibo Maiga has a sort of "Michael Jackson" cream that whitens your skin.
64. Question not answered.
65. Which of your teammates would be most comfortable on a reality show? Which one?
Geoffray Tulasne.
66. What's your most embarrassing locker room moment?
One time I arrived wearing pink socks. I hadn't noticed it in the morning. Apparently my white socks got washed with something red...I never noticed it until I was in the locker room.

Facebook

67. Why or why not are you on Facebook?
To stay in touch with my friends in the United States.
68. Question not answered.
69. Question not answered.
70. Do you accept friend requests from anyone?
No! Only from real friends.
71. If you take the "Which Sochaux player are you?" test, what's the answer?
I'd be the goalkeeper...
72. Who's your most famous Facebook friend?
I can't reveal it.

On the Telephone

73. What's the biggest phone bill you've ever had?
2500 euros, during my first few weeks in Sweden. I needed to call home a lot. I did it less after that!
74. How many texts do you send per day?
I'm on BBM by Blackberry.
75. Question not answered.
76. Do you have a favorite cell phone application?
BBM, Blackberry Messenger.
77. Question not answered.
78. How often do you change cell phones?
Only when one stops working.
79. How many different numbers do you have?
One French one, and one American one.

Soccer...on Television

80. Do you like eating pizza while watching a match?
Not necessarily.
81. Do you scream at the tv?
It's been known to happen.
82. Do you imagine yourself as the analyst and wonder what you'd say?
From time to time. I find it interesting.
83. Do you always want there to be more goals?
Always more goals!
84. Do you prefer watching by yourself or in a group?
With my friends.

Humor

85. What joke do you tell often that nobody laughs at?
It's too hard to explain.
86. Who tells the worst jokes in the locker room?
Matthieu Dreyer!
87. Your favorite comedian?
Kevin Hart, an American comic.
88. What's the non-comedy film that made you laugh the most? And vice versa?
Pineapple Express.
89. What's the dumbest thing you've ever done?
I went sledding on this hill, and my dad warned me that there were metal rails at the bottom. I went and did it anyway...The result: several stiches on my head.
90. Question not answered.
91. When was the last time you laughed out loud?
Yesterday with Nina while watching a comedy movie.
92. Question not answered.
93. Question not answered.

At Home

94. Do you spend more than 50% of your free time at home on the sofa?
Let's say 30%!
95. When was the last time you made your bed?
Three weeks ago...
96. What household chore have you never done?
I think I've done a little of everything.
97. Are you a handyman?
Yeah, I really like that.
98. Are you a gardener?
I don't have a garden.
99. Have you ever (re)painted a wall, and if so what happened?
I haven't tried that yet.
100. Do you easily throw away things you don't need anymore?
I prefer to give them away.

 

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The next time a YA unexpectedly doesn't dress after picking up a mysterious "knock", we'll have to think back to this.

 

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I bet it goes back to his first year in Sweden where he admitted his diet sucked.

 

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89. What's the dumbest thing you've ever done?



I think that has been answered several hundred times by Big Soccer members in threads over the last year or so.

 

Re: Sochaux & Steady: Davies will win the race (The Saga Continues)

Me thinks the club want to bust his balls a little for what he said before.

Plus, they don't really need him at the moment.

Their offense is good enough.

 

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Well, I'd wager CD9 at his best is better than the top 8 in quickness at the club. When/if I start seeing him in top 5/top 3, then he'll be ready.

 

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wat

 

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Is his French really that good, or does he have a translator?

 

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Charlie's French is really terrible... watch the free kick competition video clip on Sochaux's website for proof.

 

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Davies and his brother.



I'm thinking I need to hit the weights.

 

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tmi

 

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And I'm thinking who would post this silly picture of him without his shirt and pulling down his pants. Oh Charlie

 

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Running fast and running for 90 minutes are too totally different things.

 

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the injury was bad, but it wasnt that bad that he could not get his athleticism back..

the thing is his form..

 

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Sochaux to loan out Davies? I'd like to see an MLS loan.

http://news.maxifoot.fr/info-128465_101205/football.php

 

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Translation/Paraphrasing: Gillot says that Charlie played in the CFA this weekend, that he's progressing but that he's not up to Ligue 1 level just yet. They may look to loan him out during the winter window in order to get him regular playing time for the second half of the season.

 

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ya, that killer MLS schedule from January through March.

In any case, Sochaux is having a tremendous season so far, leading in goals scored (oops, second now ... sorry, Lille, you da men ... eh, monsieurs) and seventh in points ATM.

Davies should be loaned out.

PS. Really, MLS? Has any French league player ever been loaned to MLS?

In the winter?

This is just an odd proposition.

 

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This.

As long as it's higher than French 4th level, it's an improvement.