| Ben Davies Spurs 16:28 - Aug 14 with 1448 views | KeithHaynes |
Has there ever been a better Wales defender ?
His consistency and ability over his career has been outstanding. |  |
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| Ben Davies Spurs on 16:52 - Aug 14 with 1420 views | pencoedjack |
Obviously not at Bens level but I thought Neco Williams was outstanding today as well |  | | |
| Ben Davies Spurs on 16:58 - Aug 14 with 1413 views | Thrasher6 |
He's a tremendous pro....one of those that won't let you down....will always put a shift in and rarely makes mistakes. The irony is he'll be one of the lower paid players in their team... |  |
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| Ben Davies Spurs on 18:31 - Aug 14 with 1339 views | lifelong |
Born in Neath, Ystalyfera Grammer School boy, Welsh speaker, one of our very own.. we should be very proud of him. |  | | |
| Ben Davies Spurs on 18:38 - Aug 14 with 1327 views | KeithHaynes |
| Ben Davies Spurs on 16:52 - Aug 14 by pencoedjack |
Obviously not at Bens level but I thought Neco Williams was outstanding today as well |
He could well be mate, young man and all that. | |
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| Ben Davies Spurs on 19:19 - Aug 14 with 1271 views | Fireboy2 |
John Charles?. |  | | |
| Ben Davies Spurs on 21:24 - Aug 14 with 1211 views | ReslovenSwan1 |
Mike England played 300 games for Spurs. Now 80 had a post career outside football. Wales manager until the age of 47. I remember him as being very solid watching him as a child.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_England
If you ply 300 games for Spurs alongside Chivers, Martin Peters and Greavesy he must have been more than pretty good. [Post edited 14 Aug 2022 21:26]
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| Ben Davies Spurs on 21:26 - Aug 14 with 1203 views | KeithHaynes |
| Ben Davies Spurs on 21:24 - Aug 14 by ReslovenSwan1 |
Mike England played 300 games for Spurs. Now 80 had a post career outside football. Wales manager until the age of 47. I remember him as being very solid watching him as a child.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_England
If you ply 300 games for Spurs alongside Chivers, Martin Peters and Greavesy he must have been more than pretty good. [Post edited 14 Aug 2022 21:26]
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Did he achieve euro or World Cup annotation ?
At 29 on 278 spurs appearances
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| Ben Davies Spurs on 21:38 - Aug 14 with 1177 views | ploppy |
| Ben Davies Spurs on 18:31 - Aug 14 by lifelong |
Born in Neath, Ystalyfera Grammer School boy, Welsh speaker, one of our very own.. we should be very proud of him. |
Absolutely.
Minor point: Ysgol Gyfun Ystalyfera (name changed slightly since) was/is a comprehensive. Changed from a grammar school when it became a Welsh medium school. Some fine people went there, some have chosen to play for the wrong team, but hey ho ... |  | | |
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| Ben Davies Spurs on 21:56 - Aug 14 with 1160 views | Fireboy2 |
| Ben Davies Spurs on 21:24 - Aug 14 by ReslovenSwan1 |
Mike England played 300 games for Spurs. Now 80 had a post career outside football. Wales manager until the age of 47. I remember him as being very solid watching him as a child.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_England
If you ply 300 games for Spurs alongside Chivers, Martin Peters and Greavesy he must have been more than pretty good. [Post edited 14 Aug 2022 21:26]
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Owns or did own a timber firm near me, had one hell of a fire about 30 years ago, a 20 pumper. | | | |
| Ben Davies Spurs on 22:10 - Aug 14 with 1148 views | KeithHaynes |
| Ben Davies Spurs on 21:56 - Aug 14 by Fireboy2 |
Owns or did own a timber firm near me, had one hell of a fire about 30 years ago, a 20 pumper. |
I knew a young lady from Chepstow like that many years ago.
Still keeps in touch. | |
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| Ben Davies Spurs on 22:25 - Aug 14 with 1123 views | ReslovenSwan1 |
| Ben Davies Spurs on 21:26 - Aug 14 by KeithHaynes |
Did he achieve euro or World Cup annotation ?
At 29 on 278 spurs appearances
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611 games in all including a small number in the US leagues.
FA cup 1
UEFA cup 1
League cup 1
Ben got his league cup with Swansea of course. | |
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| Ben Davies Spurs on 22:37 - Aug 14 with 1106 views | Badlands |
Talking of left backs, Neil Taylor is unattached. His Whoscored rating for last season was higher than Laird's was for Bournemouth.
We aren’t exactly blessed with left backs. |  |
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| Ben Davies Spurs on 23:30 - Aug 14 with 1081 views | Kilkennyjack |
A credit to himself and our Academy.
What a fecking player. â¤ï¸
Arwr Cymru. |  |
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| Ben Davies Spurs on 06:22 - Aug 15 with 1030 views | Whiterockin |
| Ben Davies Spurs on 22:25 - Aug 14 by ReslovenSwan1 |
611 games in all including a small number in the US leagues.
FA cup 1
UEFA cup 1
League cup 1
Ben got his league cup with Swansea of course. |
Ben has more winners medals than Kane, I wonder if he reminds him. |  | | |
| Ben Davies Spurs on 08:08 - Aug 15 with 1001 views | angryjack |
Your joking.. right.. haha | | | |
| Ben Davies Spurs on 08:57 - Aug 15 with 978 views | onehunglow |
Just what has being a Welsh speaker got to do with it.
Our greatest players ,still Ivor and Charlo were not and you can add to that Rush,Speed,Hughes,Southall,Vernon,not to mention Cliff Jones .
Why is everything brought down to this level.
Ben is a valleys boy and terrific lad
Ivor and Charlo were Swansea's own fact | |
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| Ben Davies Spurs on 09:14 - Aug 15 with 969 views | Badlands |
| Ben Davies Spurs on 18:31 - Aug 14 by lifelong |
Born in Neath, Ystalyfera Grammer School boy, Welsh speaker, one of our very own.. we should be very proud of him. |
Ystalagera isn’t a grammar school | |
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| Ben Davies Spurs on 09:18 - Aug 15 with 965 views | onehunglow |
| Ben Davies Spurs on 09:14 - Aug 15 by Badlands |
Ystalagera isn’t a grammar school |
I thought Grammar schools were things the working class detested.It's why Tony Crosland scrapped them .
Ben is a great young player but why this insularity.
Frankly,the language that any Welsh international speaks is irrelevant.
Ian Rush could hardly speak English but he was one of our own-ie Welsh born and bred and that includes rural welsh speakers and monoglot English ones in the big towns and cities. | |
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| Ben Davies Spurs on 09:32 - Aug 15 with 961 views | waynekerr55 |
| Ben Davies Spurs on 18:31 - Aug 14 by lifelong |
Born in Neath, Ystalyfera Grammer School boy, Welsh speaker, one of our very own.. we should be very proud of him. |
Model pro and the complete opposite of what the stereotypical footballer is |  |
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| Ben Davies Spurs on 09:39 - Aug 15 with 954 views | lifelong |
| Ben Davies Spurs on 09:14 - Aug 15 by Badlands |
Ystalagera isn’t a grammar school |
Ystalagera isn’t a place.😀 | | | |
| Ben Davies Spurs on 10:14 - Aug 15 with 918 views | lifelong |
| Ben Davies Spurs on 08:57 - Aug 15 by onehunglow |
Just what has being a Welsh speaker got to do with it.
Our greatest players ,still Ivor and Charlo were not and you can add to that Rush,Speed,Hughes,Southall,Vernon,not to mention Cliff Jones .
Why is everything brought down to this level.
Ben is a valleys boy and terrific lad
Ivor and Charlo were Swansea's own fact |
Why should, in your mind, stating somebody is a Welsh speaker bringing the post down a level? | | | |
| Ben Davies Spurs on 10:41 - Aug 15 with 909 views | Badlands |
| Ben Davies Spurs on 09:18 - Aug 15 by onehunglow |
I thought Grammar schools were things the working class detested.It's why Tony Crosland scrapped them .
Ben is a great young player but why this insularity.
Frankly,the language that any Welsh international speaks is irrelevant.
Ian Rush could hardly speak English but he was one of our own-ie Welsh born and bred and that includes rural welsh speakers and monoglot English ones in the big towns and cities. |
Grammar school divisive and required a system that didn’t work.
Properly funded and organised comprehensive perform much better as evidenced by Finland's education system consistently on the top or near of every international comparison.
No selection, no national testing, no routine inspection, no uniform.
Ben's ability to speak Welsh doesn’t make him a better or worse footballer but it should be a thing of pride to all Welsh people … yet it isn’t. | |
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| Ben Davies Spurs on 14:44 - Aug 15 with 834 views | ReslovenSwan1 |
| Ben Davies Spurs on 10:41 - Aug 15 by Badlands |
Grammar school divisive and required a system that didn’t work.
Properly funded and organised comprehensive perform much better as evidenced by Finland's education system consistently on the top or near of every international comparison.
No selection, no national testing, no routine inspection, no uniform.
Ben's ability to speak Welsh doesn’t make him a better or worse footballer but it should be a thing of pride to all Welsh people … yet it isn’t. |
Why is national testing and routine inspections a bad thing? Wales is a Labour controlled Government with unions calling the shots. I do not know if welsh schools are doing well or not. Generally wesh kids seem less articulate that kids for South east England. | |
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| Ben Davies Spurs on 15:44 - Aug 15 with 795 views | alltjack |
| Ben Davies Spurs on 10:14 - Aug 15 by lifelong |
Why should, in your mind, stating somebody is a Welsh speaker bringing the post down a level? |
I'd be interested to hear the answer to that also | | | |
| Ben Davies Spurs on 11:45 - Aug 17 with 656 views | KeithHaynes |
| Ben Davies Spurs on 22:37 - Aug 14 by Badlands |
Talking of left backs, Neil Taylor is unattached. His Whoscored rating for last season was higher than Laird's was for Bournemouth.
We aren’t exactly blessed with left backs. |
He will want paying 😉 | |
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