His durability for one. He’s on a decent run of 7-10 games just now, but we need someone with the body and mentality to carry that through a full season.
What was telling for me was pre World Cup against St Mirren - he wasn’t injured, he just needed ‘managed’ according to Gio, despite starting at St Johnstone the week before. This was a game we badly needed all hands on deck. We ended up with King being stretchered off and finished with a Sands/Lundstram partnership at the back.
With the upcoming month off, I’d expect someone with a Tav or Goldson mentality to make themselves available. Looking back on Davies’ record, he’s prone to the frequent spell on the sidelines, which tells me we’ll need to have 1 or 2 on standby regularly as he can’t be relied on.