JAMAICAN-VILLAN Posted September 14, 2018 Share Posted September 14, 2018 3 hours ago, Vive_La_Villa said: Bruce has made a lot of poor decisions. The list is long. But shifting Richie bloody De Leat is not one of them. The guys finished at this level. You keep saying this but i'm very curious to know what, if any evidence you have of this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vive_La_Villa Posted September 14, 2018 Share Posted September 14, 2018 Just now, JAMAICAN-VILLAN said: You keep saying this but i'm very curious to know what, if any evidence you have of this? Maybe the fact he has been fit for a year and a half yet there appears have been zero interest for him by any teams at this level. Or maybe it’s just the wages that have put teams off and once we release him he may get picked up by a lower end Championship team? I’ll admit I was wrong if that happens. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinker Posted September 14, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted September 14, 2018 6 hours ago, weedman said: played in the championship and could barely control the ball Fair enough but which one of our players has proved anything in the championship this season? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
One For The Road Posted September 15, 2018 Share Posted September 15, 2018 I just don't think Bruce likes right backs .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Czechlad Posted September 15, 2018 Share Posted September 15, 2018 21 hours ago, Vive_La_Villa said: Yep but you’d like to thing he was told before the window closed he was surplus to requirements to give him time to find a move. I suspect he would have been with not much interest. He must be on a decent wage too which probably put clubs off. If he wasn’t advised sooner then that’s pretty shit behaviour by the club. But I doubt that was the case. This is just my opinion, but I think De Laet would have left if he was told during the window that he wasn't going to be given a chance. Last season he was loaned out to another european club, so I'd imagine there'd at least be some interest in him especially in Belgium. De Laet's tweets made it seem like he just wanted to be given a chance to prove himself, but wasn't given that. Seems unfair to me considering how strong he was in preseason. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Villan_of_oz Posted October 20, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted October 20, 2018 Just scored on his debut in the A-league. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LondonLax Posted October 20, 2018 Share Posted October 20, 2018 Was just going to post the same comment. I hadn't actually realised he was playing in Australia, the manager change has overshadowed everything else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Villan_of_oz Posted October 20, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted October 20, 2018 1 minute ago, LondonLax said: Was just going to post the same comment. I hadn't actually realised he was playing in Australia, the manager change has overshadowed everything else. De laet could've done a job for us, like Elphick, a brainless loaning 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ozvillafan Posted November 9, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted November 9, 2018 Just scored a long range stunner down here (hopefully you can see the video): https://theworldgame.sbs.com.au/video/1365922883843/de-laet-scores-26-yard-stunner?playlist=twg-recommends 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Villan_of_oz Posted April 8, 2019 VT Supporter Share Posted April 8, 2019 Has scored 7 goals so far this season in the A-league. Including an absolute belter recently. Whoever loaned him out was a numptey. I know our league is inferior but you can just tell he would be more than capable in the championship. I haven't followed his season closely but pretty sure he has been fit all season. Over 20 appearances! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodders0223 Posted April 8, 2019 Share Posted April 8, 2019 Ross McCormack scored goals in the A League. RDL is scoring goals in the A league. That tells me everything I need to know about the standard of the A league. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Villan_of_oz Posted April 8, 2019 VT Supporter Share Posted April 8, 2019 Just now, rodders0223 said: Ross McCormack scored goals in the A League. RDL is scoring goals in the A league. That tells me everything I need to know about the standard of the A league. Ross McCormack scored most of his goals from penalties and set pieces. RDL has scored them from right back. Ross also could be useful in the championship (which all my claim about RDL was) if he wasn't a lazy drunkard... Your opinion of A-league's standard doesn't really affect what I said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El-Reacho Posted April 8, 2019 Share Posted April 8, 2019 He was one of our best players in pre-season. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
praisedmambo Posted April 8, 2019 Share Posted April 8, 2019 51 minutes ago, Villan_of_oz said: Ross McCormack scored most of his goals from penalties and set pieces. RDL has scored them from right back. Ross also could be useful in the championship (which all my claim about RDL was) if he wasn't a lazy drunkard... Your opinion of A-league's standard doesn't really affect what I said. I read that he's been playing up front for the previous 6/7 games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Villan_of_oz Posted April 8, 2019 VT Supporter Share Posted April 8, 2019 44 minutes ago, praisedmambo said: I read that he's been playing up front for the previous 6/7 games. Fair enough. The point I was failing to make is that he would have been more than useful to us this season..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don_Simon Posted April 8, 2019 Share Posted April 8, 2019 1 hour ago, Villan_of_oz said: Has scored 7 goals so far this season in the A-league. Including an absolute belter recently. Whoever loaned him out was a numptey. I know our league is inferior but you can just tell he would be more than capable in the championship. I haven't followed his season closely but pretty sure he has been fit all season. Over 20 appearances! He's playing as a striker isn't he? Not sure he'd get in ahead of Tammy. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted April 8, 2019 Share Posted April 8, 2019 2 hours ago, El-Reacho said: He was one of our best players in pre-season. He was. Probably the reason he was loaned out by management Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Czechlad Posted April 8, 2019 Share Posted April 8, 2019 It's insane that our former right back is doing well as a striker in the australian league. Kind of looks bad for the league. Imagine hutton being converted to a target striker, and scoring 1 in 2 . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
choffer Posted April 9, 2019 VT Supporter Share Posted April 9, 2019 18 hours ago, Czechlad said: It's insane that our former right back is doing well as a striker in the australian league. Kind of looks bad for the league. Imagine hutton being converted to a target striker, and scoring 1 in 2 . The Scottish Cafu would be getting a hat-rick every game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mottaloo Posted April 9, 2019 Share Posted April 9, 2019 I may have dreamed this but didn't Everton have to play defender Steve Watson up front for a while cos they were strapped for cash or all their strikers were injured ? Then again, in Blackburn's title winning season (or poss the season either side) centre half Paul Warhurst did pretty well as a forward. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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