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there is no way Kevin Davies is / has been a better player then Goater was! Sorry but I just don't buy that.

Surely either a wind up or has no idea about the two players careers.

Goater was never been regarded in the same Premier league category that Davis spent years at.
 
If we could persuade Kevin Phillips to come out of retirement that might work

Can't believe how the years have flown by since the Goat
 
Goater's reputation is probably one of the main beneficiaries of Man City's resurgence. People think that he was a Man City hero then he must be great, but Man City were a League One side when he joined them and not the Champions League team they now are.

He actually only scored 13 Premiership goals in his career. That's obviously 13 more than me but fewer than other ex-Prem forwards who've turned out for us to less fanfare like Paul Furlong, Michael Ricketts, Paul Williams, possibly even Rob Newman.

He did a really good job for us, but his contribution (11 goals in 28 starts and 6 sub appearances) is maybe at times overstated. I think his value was essentially as a third forward which gave us great depth, although even our fourth forward was productive and our fourth forward was James Lawson!!!
 
Goater's reputation is probably one of the main beneficiaries of Man City's resurgence. People think that he was a Man City hero then he must be great, but Man City were a League One side when he joined them and not the Champions League team they now are.

He actually only scored 13 Premiership goals in his career. That's obviously 13 more than me but fewer than other ex-Prem forwards who've turned out for us to less fanfare like Paul Furlong, Michael Ricketts, Paul Williams, possibly even Rob Newman.

He did a really good job for us, but his contribution (11 goals in 28 starts and 6 sub appearances) is maybe at times overstated. I think his value was essentially as a third forward which gave us great depth, although even our fourth forward was productive and our fourth forward was James Lawson!!!

Indeed, he was never as good as some remember him as through nostalgic glasses, nor as bad as some made out at the time.

He did a good job, scored a decent amount of goals so that with Eastwood getting buckets and him and Gray chipping in we had a decent strike force between the 3 of them.
 
Neither, simply an opinion.

Fair enough although Goater had his moments was never a long term established decent premiership striker for a long period where Davies was.

Just to note I loved Goater for us and would not be that keen in signing Davies at this stage of his career.
 
4 goals in 70 appearances, if this was not a 'name' people would be going nuts. No thank you very much would rather have matched Cambridge contract for corr.
 
[TABLE="class: infobox vcard, width: 22"]
[TR]
[TH="bgcolor: #B0C4DE, colspan: 4, align: center"]Personal information[/TH]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TH]Full name[/TH]
[TD="class: nickname, colspan: 3"]Kevin Cyril Davies[SUP][1][/SUP][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TH]Date of birth[/TH]
[TD="colspan: 3"]26 March 1977 (age 38)[SUP][1][/SUP][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TH]Place of birth[/TH]
[TD="class: birthplace, colspan: 3"]Sheffield, England[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TH]Height[/TH]
[TD="colspan: 3"]6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)[SUP][2][/SUP][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TH]Playing position[/TH]
[TD="class: role, colspan: 3"]Striker[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TH="bgcolor: #B0C4DE, colspan: 4, align: center"]Club information[/TH]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TH]Current team
[/TH]
[TD="class: org, colspan: 3"]Free Agent[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TH="bgcolor: #B0C4DE, colspan: 4, align: center"]Youth career[/TH]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TH][/TH]
[TD="colspan: 3"]Sheffield United[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TH="bgcolor: #B0C4DE, colspan: 4, align: center"]Senior career*[/TH]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TH]Years[/TH]
[TD]Team[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]Apps[SUP]†[/SUP][/TD]
[TD="align: right"](Gls)[SUP]†[/SUP][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TH]1993–1997[/TH]
[TD]Chesterfield[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]129[/TD]
[TD="align: right"](22)[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TH]1997–1998[/TH]
[TD]Southampton[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]25[/TD]
[TD="align: right"](9)[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TH]1998–1999[/TH]
[TD]Blackburn Rovers[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]23[/TD]
[TD="align: right"](1)[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TH]1999–2003[/TH]
[TD]Southampton[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]82[/TD]
[TD="align: right"](10)[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TH]2002[/TH]
[TD]→ Millwall (loan)[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]9[/TD]
[TD="align: right"](3)[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TH]2003–2013[/TH]
[TD]Bolton Wanderers[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]351[/TD]
[TD="align: right"](74)[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TH]2013– 2015[/TH]
[TD]Preston North End[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]70[/TD]
[TD="align: right"](4)[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TH="bgcolor: #B0C4DE, colspan: 4, align: center"]National team[/TH]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TH]1994–1995[/TH]
[TD]England U18[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]8[/TD]
[TD="align: right"](0)[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TH]1997–2000[/TH]
[TD]England U21[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]3[/TD]
[TD="align: right"](0)[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TH]2010[/TH]
[TD]England[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]1[/TD]
[TD="align: right"](0)[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="colspan: 4, align: center"][/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]
 
Only if we can sign Heskey to be his strike partner, would be the strike force everyone demands on here! #prolific #young #hungry #pacey #20goalaseason #hashtagOverkill
 
Reduced to walking around a 20 square yard area of the pitch, elbowing people, backing in and then complaining about it. Past it, and would be an awful partner for Mooney.

I'll keep my fingers crossed.
 

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