Player of the season so far for me. The lad could walk into team in the premier league and more than hold his own. How long until he catches a club desperate for defenders like Liverpool's eye? All the attention so far has been for Hugill, Pearson, and Earl, but Ben is worth more than all three. How many 22 year old, English, left footed centre backs who're calm on the ball are there floating around?
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Not sure he is worth more than all three combined.........but I completely echo the sentiment. He has been a complete revelation - Let's all hope that young Josh Earl can follow his lead.
As far as I know Davies has two years left on his contract after this season so he is not going anywhere other than an awful lot of money. How much I don't know - certainly north of £10m.
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He's come a long way in a short space of time. Many of us on here were calling him crap less than six months ago. He is the best advert you could have for proving the value of sensible loan moves for young footballers and while PNE deserve credit for his development, so too must the coaches at places like York City to be fair. If he keeps improving, I'm sure he will move on to greater things either with PNE or elsewhere. We are one of those clubs who have to enjoy our young talent while we still have it.
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Didn't mean all three combined, my mistake.
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He has indeed been excellent, if Hugill is worth 12 million he must be that too if not more. There is a deficit of ball playing English centre halves and some premiership clubs could do worse than give him ago. No worse than Stones was at Barnsley.
thats because he never was a left back until GW played him there...great CB as a 16 & 17 year old - now back in that position it is no surprise he is good again.
The lad is so calm on the ball and never get's bullied or beaten, has come up against the likes of Assombalonga and Murphy and not looked out of his depth.
I believe he only recently signed a new contract?
I believe he only recently signed a new contract?
As he hails from Barrow, does that not make him CUMBRIAN too ??? the song works for both CB's....
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think he signed a 3 year contract over summer, until summer 2020.
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Nobody pays that for a Championship centre-half.
I am pleased to hear it - which is why he is staying.
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Likewise! For what it’s worth I agree that if anybody starts showing interest then it’s an eight figure fee as a minimum for Ben on current form and with the potential he’s showing. Anyway lets face it, Championship centre-halves will end up costing this much in the near future.
Barrow was traditionally part of Lancashire, because the boundary changes in 1974 were purely for administrative purposes, it still is.
Therefore Ben is a Lancastrian!
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Just watched the first half on ifollow (yes, I was that bored)....
Absolute joy to watch this lad do his stuff.
Athletic, always in the correct place, great technical ability for a CB, cool calm collected, brave, strong and quick.
Pure class.
Absolute joy to watch this lad do his stuff.
Athletic, always in the correct place, great technical ability for a CB, cool calm collected, brave, strong and quick.
Pure class.
Well said. Cumbria is an artificial entity created by the Tories in the 1970s like Greater Manchester and Merseyside to cut Lancashire down to size