Tottenham Hotspur suffered their first loss of the Premier League season as Watford came from behind to win 2-1 at Vicarage Road on Sunday, and some fans have been quick to slam Ben Davies for his poor display.
Tottenham opened the scoring in the second half as Lucas Moura’s pull back was put into his own net by Abdoulaye Doucoure, before Troy Deeney and Craig Cathcart scored headers to give the home side the win.
Many fans have been quick to criticise Davies, who earns £60,000-a-week [Spotrac], for his display against the Hornets as the Wales international failed to impact the game at all on the left flank.
This is Futbol have rounded up some of the best tweets:
Everything Ben Davies does needs to just be 5 seconds faster. Everything is so delayed.
— Jack Webster (@Jack_Webster4) September 2, 2018
We look far too relaxed. Ben Davies has been disappointing imo.
— NS_THFC? (@NS_THFC) September 2, 2018
Davies has been so off the pace this afternoon
— James (@JLloyd_20) September 2, 2018
https://twitter.com/EriksensationaI/status/1036284951669428225
I’ll jinx it as usual but Davies has been terrible in all aspects.
— PK (@onlyonepk) September 2, 2018
https://twitter.com/aaroncarter39/status/1036284802985611264
Dembele & Davies have been absolutely abysmal
— Tom81 (@TomR555) September 2, 2018
https://twitter.com/jalahil/status/1036285986064486401
OPINION
These Tottenham fans have been quick to criticise Davies for his display, and you can understand why. The Wales international put in an average display against Watford, with his delivery into the box being particularly poor. Davies also struggled to get into dangerous attacking positions, and failed to take the ball past his opposite man once. To be fair to him, his defensive performance was decent, but that has always been Davies’ strong point. Counterpart Danny Rose has always offered more going forward, with his extra pace and direct running causing far more problems to opposition defences than Davies is able to. Injuries to Rose in recent seasons have allowed Davies to establish himself as first choice left-back at Tottenham, but if he keeps on putting in displays like this, then Rose will surely be handed the chance to claim that spot back in the near future. Improvement is needed from the Welshman.