Loads of Aston Villa supporters have been airing their thoughts on social media regarding former player Curtis Davies.
The defender was signed by Martin O’Neill in the summer of 2008 on a permanent deal having spent the previous campaign on loan at Villa Park (The Telegraph).
In total he played 68 games for the Villans before switching to fierce rivals Birmingham City in January 2011 for a fee of £3.5 million (The Guardian). He has since gone on to represent Hull City and more recently Derby County, whom he still plays for today.
Much was expected when Davies moved to Villa, indeed as an article in the Birmingham Mail recently stated he was predicted to be a future England centre-back. Despite a positive start he ended up losing his place in the team following an injury, as he explained in the same article.
“The next season came along and I had shoulder problems. I dislocated my shoulder three times in a month. After that, it was just before the deadline and they signed Richard Dunne and James Collins and, after that, I was never getting back in,” said Davies.
Twitter account @AVFC_News recently asked fans what their thoughts were of Davies’ time at the club and many were actually quite complimentary about him. However, there were others who didn’t seem to rate him. Here is what some had to say…
Liked him. Underrated. Seemed a good bloke, too.
— Tom Parker (@ThomasTParker) April 10, 2020
Decent player! Was playing well until he went down at Arsenal!
— ken cresswell (@kenthechip) April 10, 2020
Loved him
— Ryan Wills (@Ryan__Wills) April 10, 2020
Was great and unlucky with injury if I remember right he’d just broken into the England squad before his injury
— Paddy Singh (@Paddy33Singh) April 10, 2020
Always put 100% into his games. Good defender, old school
— Ry (@ryanavfc7) April 10, 2020
Pub player 😂
— Adam Windle (@adamnwindle) April 10, 2020
Nowhere near durable enough and relied on the strengths of more experienced CB partners.
— Joel (@JSheldon23) April 10, 2020
Poor
— rampage2444 (AVFC🦁) (@rampage24441) April 10, 2020
Disappointing.
— D.T (@cleanderek) April 10, 2020
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