This season has been incredibly challenging for Sheffield United in the Premier League. With only 13 points to their name in 25 matches, Chris Wilder’s men find themselves languishing at the bottom of the table and are likely to end up in the relegation zone.
The signs of improvement are also meager, as Sheffield United have been put to the sword by Brighton in a 5-0 humiliation this weekend.
Adding to Sheffield’s already challenging season, midfielder Tom Davies has inadvertently caused further dismay among fans. However, it’s not due to his performance on the field, but rather his eyebrow-raising new haircut.
The midfielder, once recognized for his distinctive appearance during his tenure at Everton, sporting a thick, bushy beard and long, curly, untamed blond locks fashioned into a man bun, made a surprising appearance at Bramall Lane in the 79th minute with a completely new hairstyle.
This sudden change instantly captured everyone’s attention, albeit for all the unfavorable reasons.
Tom Davies’s New Hairstyle
Former Everton star Tom Davies had garnered some attention not only for his football prowess but also for his distinct fashion choices. However, following his move to Sheffield United, he made the bold decision to embrace a new haircut, marking a significant departure from his previous style.
The summer signing left Sheffield fans bewildered when he opted to shed his trademark hair and beard a couple of months ago, adopting a more poignant, shorter hairstyle. He took to Instagram to unveil his buzz cut.
While some were questioning the change in style, Davies has already revealed the reason for it. He took to Instagram to share that he shaved his head in an effort to raise awareness of mental health and men’s suicide. While that haircut was still excused by the fans, his new trim failed to shield him from online trolls, and you can see why.
The midfielder was spotted sporting a buzzed mohawk hairstyle, featuring completely shaved sides down to the skin. In the center, the hair was trimmed short, creating a noticeable contrast. The abrupt transition between the shaved sides and the trimmed patch in the middle appeared disjointed, as if it is just some loose Velcro hair piece attached to the middle of his head.
The midfielder’s new hairstyle, along with his neatly trimmed beard, renders him utterly unrecognizable from his time at Everton or even his initial Sheffield days.
What do fans think?
This Lego-looking haircut is going to be the epicenter of discussion among football fans, and not a single one was supportive, to be honest.
Labeled as worse than Sheffield United teammate Mason Holgate’s terrible challenge on Kaoru Mitoma, a tackle which earned the defender a straight red, fans have jokingly suggested that Tom’s hairstyle also deserved a straight red card.
Beat 5-0 at home and down to ten men after 13 minutes but this is comfortably the worst thing about Sheffield United’s performance. Possibly the season pic.twitter.com/hr7kcfBJJy
People have taken to X.com to tag it as the ‘worst trim in the League.’ They have also decried it as the worst thing for Sheffield on the pitch, in a match that Chris Wilder would better forget as a bad dream.
A few fans have sarcastically started to find parallels with this Davies’ haircut. A couple of the users have suggested that Davies’ trim reminds them of a poorly copied rendition of Jamie Vardy’s infamous Mohawk haircut from his Leicester days in 2015/16.
Tom Davies’ barnet reminds me of the brilliant Simpsons episode where the power plant gets an all star softball team 😂 pic.twitter.com/ieESFFN8zg
Conversely, a fan humorously shared a photo of The Undertaker from the golden days of 2014 when he used to sport a Mohawk hairstyle during WrestleMania XXX. And we have to agree that the resemblance is way too uncanny to ignore.
But what was the reason for Tom Davies to go out of the way for his drastic haircut from one extreme of a man bun to another extreme? We can’t know for sure, but the fans surely have their own theories about it.
A football enthusiast shared on X.com suggesting that Tom Davies must have lost a bet to end up with such a haircut. It’s a sentiment difficult to dispute, as it’s hard to imagine someone opting for this style under normal, rational circumstances.
Another fan speculated that the only plausible explanation for Tom Davies’ haircut would be a midlife crisis. Meanwhile, another suggested humorously that Tom must have run out of barber halfway through the haircut.
Given the considerable social media backlash, it would be wise for Tom now to come forward and explain the reasoning behind his hairstyle, and it had better be a convincing one. If the explanation falls short, he should be ready to bear the brunt of criticism or even contemplate shaving it all off before the next Sheffield match.
