Steven Davis

[Essandoh 21,208]

90 minutes on Thursday night in the Armenian heat, another 90 under his belt today committing to absolutely every ball.

He is up there with some great British names in terms of the game’s history on these isles. His cap count with Northern Ireland tells you most of the story but his club career performances have been remarkable for nearly his entire career.

I remember being in the Club Deck for his debut against Panathinaikos in the UEFA Cup, when he was on loan from Aston Villa. Time flies.

37 in January and he still has so much to offer.

What a fantastic servant he’s been for Rangers Football Club. 

 

[JamieD 18,934]

Very sloppy in the first half, but the mark of the man is that he didn't panic or let his head drop, he just got on with it and once he settled down he ran the show 

[Billy1984 6,314]

Below par first half but what a second half. Outstanding player.

[BookWorm 4,123]

Been my favourite current player for a while now.  Never hides and is always looking to get involved to drive the team forward and provides superb cover for the defence when they play higher up. The guy has been a stand out servant to Rangers.

[KeyserSoze 14,532]

He had a game of two halves today 

 

[hammer93 15,057]

Davis & Kamara were superb in the second half

[Guest]

Outstanding 2nd half, snapping into tackles and all sorts 

[Moody Blue 9,349]

All our midfielders were second best in the first half.  All ours were the best in the second half. 

[BridgeIsBlue 66,606]

Still think he can't be playing twice a week. 

[RossS1873 1,656]

92nd minute and he's bursting forward with the ball on the break. An absolute machine and by far still the best footballer in the country

[goaaaal 946]

His tackles today were superb snuffing things out instantly not even waiting  two or three seconds just straight in there clean as a whistle likewise Kamara .

For me that's how tackling should be when two players are at close quarters in a one on one .

Looking for more of the same in the coming weeks that tackling today was as good as Bassey's performance in similar situations we don't see enough of it from our defenders or midfielders.

Gerrard out 😁

[Thermopylae 15,286]

He's a phenomenon he's the wrong side of 35 and yet still manages to stroll through 2 tough games a week

[VanVeenRangers 2,535]

How do we replace him?

[Valance1690 3,826]

Below par in the 1st half but still x10 better than Kamara

Top class in the 2nd half. Gets far too much stick when he has an off game but Kamara seems to get away without any criticism 

36 year old, quality player & our most important midfield player 

[Imodium 410]

Fit as a fiddle & composed on the ball. Working the engine room at this stage in his career is a credit to his professionalism and dedication 👏🏻 

[bluenoz 30,835]

I questioned the man management of him going into this match but I won't do that again after that second half performance. Aribo, Davis and Kamara bossed it from 45-80 minute mark. Turnbull, McGregor and Christie shat it. We won every tackle and played some nice one touch interplay. When Kyogo moved inside it changed the dynamic ever so slightly.

Going to be tough to pick a team in two weeks time.

[Creampuff 22,628]

Looked like a guy in his late thirties who ran for 90 minutes in Armenia and then flew home for the game in the first half.

Second half was superb. Couldn’t believe what I was seeing when he jumped into that tackle in injury team and burst forward  

[Davidorrp 282]

I thought he was dreadful in the first half, and had a much improved 2nd half. Don’t think he was superb but as a player in his mid 30s winning that tackle in last 5 mins and bursting forward to feed Sakala was great to see. Also his challenge out on touchline minutes afterwards. But I still feel he needs to be moved aside for someone more mobile.
Davis is the senior midfielder in the team. Everything goes thru him, he’s the fulcrum in there. So if he’s not on it we suffer, and sadly I still think he’s now too slow and too cautious in there. It’s why we look pedestrian in there a lot. Also because he’s not exactly box to box anymore, his supporting midfielders I feel don’t push up as much so he’s not over exposed, so that leads to gaps between midfield and attack.

We get away with the slower build up in league generally  and we do move further up as a team as defence can step up more pushing Davis and midfield further up but against celtic and In Europe, we don’t dominate as much or play higher up.  I feel he gets exposed more,  The mid 20’s Davis would be exactly what we need in there now to take us up to the next level.  
He was my favourite player in his 20s and he’s been excellent this past few years for us, and looked after himself superbly but we shouldn’t be relying on a 36 year old in the engine room to pull the strings. Get someone in middle with his balls skills and who is more mobile and physical perhaps and I think we would be more dynamic as a team Let Davis come on after game is won to manage it out. 
 

[LV 568]

2 hours ago, Essandoh said:

90 minutes on Thursday night in the Armenian heat, another 90 under his belt today committing to absolutely every ball.

He is up there with some great British names in terms of the game’s history on these isles. His cap count with Northern Ireland tells you most of the story but his club career performances have been remarkable for nearly his entire career.

I remember being in the Club Deck for his debut against Panathinaikos in the UEFA Cup, when he was on loan from Aston Villa. Time flies.

37 in January and he still has so much to offer.

What a fantastic servant he’s been for Rangers Football Club. 

 

On loan from Fulham not Aston Villa.

[Hadron Collider 30,868]

2 hours ago, Rangers_no1 said:

Thought he was off it in the first half.

Superb second half. 

We need 90 minute players. Just me. He’s been good for us no doubt. 

[Jimfanciesthedude 24,540]

1 hour ago, MorelosRangers said:

How do we replace him?

By giving kelly plenty game time

[Essandoh 21,208]

1 hour ago, LV said:

On loan from Fulham not Aston Villa.

I’m raging I got this wrong  

[Brian Fantana 28,894]

Couple of dodgy passes but one of the last who know what it means to be a Rangers player in its truest sense.

[Smile 26,600]

One of our fittest players some players in our team need to get to the levels of Davis as it could prolong their careers  was still chasing down a ball at 92 minutes and got stronger as the game progressed.

[Smile 26,600]

12 hours ago, Jimbeamjunior said:

By giving kelly plenty game time

Kelly needing to get games as he looks a real player as well.