Sochaux The World: The Davies Saga 3

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  1. Trav-Man

    Trav-Man Member

    Jun 7, 2007
    Dallas, TX
    Club:
    FC Dallas
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Well, if anyone was curious as to what Charlie's pubes look like, they got a good shot of it now.
     
  2. TimB4Last

    TimB4Last Member+

    May 5, 2006
    Dystopia
    Let's hope it doesn't go viral.
     
  3. Reignking

    Reignking Member

    Feb 16, 2005
    Atlanta, GA
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I know a few fanboys that may have been curious...
     
  4. wooglin12

    wooglin12 Member

    Mar 26, 2005
    Birmingham, AL
    Club:
    Reading FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    yep.... definitely looks limp... like a limp
     
  5. tambo

    tambo Member

    Jun 9, 2007
    Hmm. Looks like Charlie is having a bit of the Jeff Bridges/"Fearless" phenomenon:

    http://wapo.st/9Q3Xlf
     
  6. soonertony

    soonertony Member

    Feb 2, 2003
    Club:
    Chicago Fire
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
  7. Trav-Man

    Trav-Man Member

    Jun 7, 2007
    Dallas, TX
    Club:
    FC Dallas
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Brilliance.
     
  8. leppercut

    leppercut Member+

    Oct 10, 2006
    SLC and Anchorage
    Club:
    Arsenal FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    ESPN just reported it too. Bad, bad charlie.
     
  9. Nanbawan

    Nanbawan Member

    Jun 11, 2004
    Haute Bretagne
    Club:
    Stade Rennais FC
    Nat'l Team:
    France
    With Germany and its autobahns so close, it's a bit dumb...
     
  10. RolexEmbezzled

    RolexEmbezzled New Member

    May 30, 2009
    Club:
    Los Angeles Galaxy
    110+ miles per hour is pretty damn fast, I've never done more than 90 on the freeway...
     
  11. MassYank

    MassYank New Member

    Mar 22, 2009
    Boston, MA
    Club:
    Celtic FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States

    Just read it on ESPN as well. He apparently is one of those absent minded athletes who just doesn't get it..

    I thought he was smarter than this..... :(
     
  12. kjksccr

    kjksccr Member

    Feb 25, 1999
    San Carlos, CA
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Err, I have and then some. Depends on the circumstances, e.g. almost no traffic and the right road. Modern cars and SUV like the Q7 can do that speed quite easily and under control.
     
  13. kruck

    kruck Member+

    Jan 12, 2008
    Houston, TX
    Club:
    SV Werder Bremen
    you know some posters on here are going to make excuses for even this.

    they make excuses for his cursing out of ref's

    they make excuses for his reckless driving.
     
  14. Panzer1945

    Panzer1945 New Member

    Apr 29, 2001
    LA, CA
    And to think how many people stand by him after the accident. The way he acted after being left off the World Cup roster, his performance on the field lately, and now this. He should be lucky that Sochaux still keep him as a player.
     
  15. raza_rebel

    raza_rebel Member+

    Dec 11, 2000
    Club:
    Univ de Chile

    Thanks for the D'Angelo shot and getting your license confiscated. :(
     
  16. bshredder

    bshredder BigSoccer Supporter

    Feb 23, 1999
    Club:
    Millwall FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I think Sochaux are going to get rid of him ASAP.
     
  17. ctoa23

    ctoa23 Member

    Aug 25, 2007
    E&G Forum
    Club:
    Aston Villa FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Eh, I would be shocked if he got dumped anytime soon. I see them holding onto him for a while longer, continuing his training and give him a chance to keep progressing.

    As for the speeding incident--just stupid. He's a young, professional athlete, sure, but this is a case of bad judgment. Nothing else to be said.
     
  18. m vann

    m vann Moderator
    Staff Member

    Colorado Rapids, Celtic FC, & Louisville City
    Sep 10, 2002
    Denver, CO
    Club:
    Celtic FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Speeding excessively is obviously stupid and above all dangerous especially given the recent history of Davies. But with that said I was in a serious crash as a late teenager, very serious, in fact, but that didn't stop me from getting caught going nearly 100 mph in a 65 mph zone a 18 months later in my early 20's. It was a stupid mistake. Stupid. But to me, in my rationalization, I put myself in more harm getting into the car and driving after my crash when I wasn't mentally stable than I did driving 100 mph. Not a good rationalization, I know, and there were no excuses for driving that fast and the same applies for Davies. I wasn't a "grown man" at 23, Davies might not be either, and by being a professional athlete doesn't guarantee that.
     
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  19. uniteo

    uniteo Member+

    Sep 2, 2000
    Rockville, MD
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    hmmmm

    so what's normal for highways in that part of France anyway?
     
  20. Panzer1945

    Panzer1945 New Member

    Apr 29, 2001
    LA, CA
    Not sure, but having his licensee confiscated seem to indicate something out of the norm.
     
  21. ctoa23

    ctoa23 Member

    Aug 25, 2007
    E&G Forum
    Club:
    Aston Villa FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I believe 80mph or so.
     
  22. papermache16

    papermache16 Member+

    Jan 30, 2009
    Club:
    Liverpool FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    doing some simple arithmetic 120/80 = x/60, that equates to about 90 miles per hour on a California freeway, if one wants to use the proportion theory towards how bad of an offense this is...
     
  23. DoctorD

    DoctorD Member+

    Sep 29, 2002
    MidAtlantic
    Club:
    Philadelphia Union
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Charlie does have a history of taking risks, which I suppose is good for a striker.

    1) Turns down a big contract with MLS to go to Scandinavia
    2) With his new team he eats so unhealthily that the training staff forces him to change his diet (and since every ODP and bigtime college coach I've heard of stresses good dietary habits, he was probably scarfing down the burgers in Boston too)
    3) His accident - both breaking a curfew and in a car with an intoxicated driver
    4) Arrested for speeding.

    Any one of these is unremarkable. But a pattern is forming.
     
  24. cklab

    cklab Member

    Jan 3, 2008
    Dallas
    and apply that kind of penalty to Texas and there'd be no rush hour traffic in Dallas anymore
     
  25. m vann

    m vann Moderator
    Staff Member

    Colorado Rapids, Celtic FC, & Louisville City
    Sep 10, 2002
    Denver, CO
    Club:
    Celtic FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States

    Arrested? Where does it say he was arrested? All it says is this:

    Yes, it's a little vague but I think if he was arrested the article would have mention that. Confiscating a license is self-explanatory but I imagine he was merely cited in addition to the confiscation and not arrested. Of course I know nothing of the French laws! ;)
     

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