Crusoe Posted June 22, 2017 Share Posted June 22, 2017 https://www.oldhamathletic.co.uk/news/2017/june/22062017-craig-davies-joins-oldham-athletic/ Two-year deal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamoafc Posted June 22, 2017 Share Posted June 22, 2017 Great signing this. Shez will get the goals back out of him. Holloway and Davies up front is some partnership! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GlossopLatic Posted June 22, 2017 Share Posted June 22, 2017 Good signing! Happy with this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
singe Posted June 22, 2017 Share Posted June 22, 2017 Has he had a long injury spell? He's only played 47 games in the last 4 1/2 seasons. And scored 18 goals in that time. We know what we are getting though. http://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=39282 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peanuts Posted June 22, 2017 Share Posted June 22, 2017 proper bo signing that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
palmer1 Posted June 22, 2017 Share Posted June 22, 2017 Hopefully he'll add a bit of mental to the team. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarryBosch Posted June 22, 2017 Share Posted June 22, 2017 Clarke extended, Gerrard 2 yr deal, Gardner & Davies signed - statements of intent to me these.... Well done to Corney & Shez seemingly doing things properly for the first time in some time... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
palmer1 Posted June 22, 2017 Share Posted June 22, 2017 If Shez gets the best out of Holloway and Davies we could well be in with a shout this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue_Guru Posted June 22, 2017 Share Posted June 22, 2017 Buzzing he's back...loved mental last time around. Hopefully he still has that edge but not so much a loose cannon this time around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oafcprozac Posted June 22, 2017 Share Posted June 22, 2017 25 minutes ago, singe said: Has he had a long injury spell? He's only played 47 games in the last 4 1/2 seasons. And scored 18 goals in that time. We know what we are getting though. http://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=39282 127 inc sub so he's mostly been matchfit? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oafcprozac Posted June 22, 2017 Share Posted June 22, 2017 Hope he stays more central these days he was forever out wide Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlayItLivo Posted June 22, 2017 Share Posted June 22, 2017 I'll reserve judgment on this one. He was far from prolific at Wigan and Scunny at this level in the past couple of seasons. We know what he's capable of, but I feel we've already had the best version of Craig Davies before and I'm not sure he's the type of striker we need. But I'll happily be proven wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajw65 Posted June 22, 2017 Share Posted June 22, 2017 Wow...didn't see that coming...think he and Holloway could be good...but not sure they'll be prolific.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nohairdontcare Posted June 22, 2017 Share Posted June 22, 2017 I'm just happy we've signed a player - good news. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kowenicki Posted June 22, 2017 Share Posted June 22, 2017 decent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markspark92 Posted June 22, 2017 Share Posted June 22, 2017 Think he more of a hold up player now not been scoring much but could be simular to Holloway which is a bit strange, but in Shez we trust, worked with him loads before so he knows what he's getting ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
disjointed Posted June 22, 2017 Share Posted June 22, 2017 26 minutes ago, PlayItLivo said: I'll reserve judgment on this one. He was far from prolific at Wigan and Scunny at this level in the past couple of seasons. We know what he's capable of, but I feel we've already had the best version of Craig Davies before and I'm not sure he's the type of striker we need. But I'll happily be proven wrong. Sums it up for me, hope I am wrong, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueatheart Posted June 22, 2017 Share Posted June 22, 2017 56 minutes ago, oafcprozac said: 127 inc sub so he's mostly been matchfit? A run of full games might be what he needs. I'm reserving judgement. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewBlue Posted June 22, 2017 Share Posted June 22, 2017 1 hour ago, HarryBosch said: Clarke extended, Gerrard 2 yr deal, Gardner & Davies signed - statements of intent to me these.... Well done to Corney & Shez seemingly doing things properly for the first time in some time... Any striker that can score goals should score goals next to Holloway. We know Davies can, and we know Shez knows how to get it out of him. Pleased with this. Must say though, as excited as I was to see Gardner in a Latics shirt given I've followed his career I'm not sure he's a statement of intent as such. He's a classic us signing in that he may turn out well but he's far from proven at this level. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chorlton_Latic Posted June 22, 2017 Share Posted June 22, 2017 Looks like he's had a rough couple of years with injuries & form, but it can be a myriad of factors - I can't profess to know much about how he fared at the Plastics & Scunthorpe in terms of performance, but for all I know he could've played up front on his own with no support, or have the ball hoofed to him which doesn't suit his style etc, so not just as easy as looking at cold statistics. Whatever Shez does with him, he's consistently got a tune out of him at both at Latics & Chesterfield - I remember reading an article just before we went there for the 0-0 in 2016 saying how he loved playing for Shez. He's been a bit nomadic recently, but he's now more experienced & has a 2 year deal under a manager who believes in him (save for any more headbutts in local derbies ) & importantly will be expected to stay in & around the box with a partner up top. If him & Holloway click, then we have the makings of a potentially brilliant partnership. Can we get a rewind to his form of 10 years ago? Shez sez yez!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevie_J Posted June 22, 2017 Share Posted June 22, 2017 Wasn't his biggest fan when he was at Latics previously as I thought he blew more cold than hot but he's done well since moving on, including at a higher level and has proven he can score goals consistently. If Holloway can stay fit, Davies should have a field day playing alongside him. Good signing - I don't think we can reasonably expect to be signing strikers of a higher calibre than him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oafc1955 Posted June 22, 2017 Share Posted June 22, 2017 1 in 3 average between 2010 & 2015 but only 3 in his last 49....Didn't score a goal in 19 games for Scunthorpe and before that only 3 in 40 for Wigan. If he can recapture his earlier form we'll have a good player but he wouldn't be coming here with a recent 1 in 3 record! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewBlue Posted June 22, 2017 Share Posted June 22, 2017 1 minute ago, Stevie_J said: Good signing - I don't think we can reasonably expect to be signing strikers of a higher calibre than him. This is important to remember. Had been prolific last season he'd not be here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astottie Posted June 22, 2017 Share Posted June 22, 2017 (edited) I think this is a decent signing and hopefully could turn out to be better than that. My view of our preparation so far is firstly that we have kept everybody I would have liked to have kept from last year (Ripley excepted of course), secondly have got rid of those who didn't quite do enough for me and then have made 2 solid signings who have proved reasonably successful at this level in the past and who I expect to be starters in the first XI. Plus it's not the end of June and we must have over 3/4 of the squad in place. I think we are heading in the right direction. Edited June 22, 2017 by astottie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BP1960 Posted June 22, 2017 Share Posted June 22, 2017 (edited) Appearences can be deceptiive, he might have played as a late sub in many of them. A manager's criteria is usually "Is he bettet than what we have got". In this case the answer is probably "Yes". Edited June 22, 2017 by BP1960 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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