MrBlack Posted August 28 Share Posted August 28 25 minutes ago, Keener window-cleaner said: As said many times, much respect to Big Donk, he is a top class player who played for Belgium for many years when they were ranked no 1 in the world. He is a classic old style DM and among the best at that. What he is not good at is more intricate passing, especially not the play making role receiving the ball from the back. Hence his previous roles where he has played CB or destroyer DM. He simply does not fit an Emery team, or a modern passing based team. But that should not render disrespect against him or his ability. His reading of the game and positioning is among the best there is, he spots danger, is tall and strong and often wins the one on ones. Also seems a good professional. He has no future here, but respect to the Donk! And now time for him to show that professionalism and accept a move away so we can bring in Geertruida! I didn't see a lot of the threat sniffing that you allude to. And he often undid most of his good work winning the ball by immediately giving it away, which was little to do with the system. I didn't rate him when we signed him, and nothing I saw in his games for us changed that view. He had the odd good game, but they were very few and far between. We also paid him way more than he was ever worth and his presence for a Belgium team that always flattered to deceive wasn't a reason for it either. Hopefully we can find a club stupid enough to pay him enough that tempts him to leave for game time. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwivillan Posted August 28 Share Posted August 28 45 minutes ago, AndyM3000 said: Never understood this signing and was baffled at the wages we put him on. I think we just matched his Wolves wages 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keener window-cleaner Posted August 28 Share Posted August 28 8 minutes ago, MrBlack said: I didn't see a lot of the threat sniffing that you allude to. And he often undid most of his good work winning the ball by immediately giving it away, which was little to do with the system. I didn't rate him when we signed him, and nothing I saw in his games for us changed that view. He had the odd good game, but they were very few and far between. We also paid him way more than he was ever worth and his presence for a Belgium team that always flattered to deceive wasn't a reason for it either. Hopefully we can find a club stupid enough to pay him enough that tempts him to leave for game time. Agree with you that his performances for us have been below par and has looked rusty with misplaced passes etc, I think an explanation to that is that he hasn't got a run in the team (and rightly so), been on the bench or had some injuries, he has looked rusty almost every time he has played for us, which often is the case wiht players playing a bit part. This pre season though is the best I think I've seen him, albeit only a few games and against lower opposition. Now when he hasn't played much for two years, lost his place in the Belgium team, had a underwhelming loan spell and getting towards 30, I think it's understandable that not many teams on a higher level are interested any more. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
osmark86 Posted August 28 Share Posted August 28 Think that Leander could do better than Las Palmas, but we need to make space in the squad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Tom13 Posted August 28 Popular Post Share Posted August 28 42 minutes ago, Keyblade said: Purslow changing our transfer profile and wage structure for Gerrard basically Got some gems though! Bednarek, Dendoncker, Augustinsson, Coutinho, Chambers, Olsen 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skarroki Posted August 28 Share Posted August 28 25 minutes ago, nepal_villan said: Those quickly executed and tightlipped deals we were pulling off that fans wildly celebrated at the time came at a cost. Not sure about wildly celebrating. I don't remember the reaction on here but in my personal life it was a resounding "why the hell have you got him and why the hell have you spent that much" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
osmark86 Posted August 28 Share Posted August 28 (edited) 1 minute ago, Tom13 said: Got some gems though! Bednarek, Dendoncker, Augustinsson, Coutinho, Chambers, Olsen I see you've cherry picked his gems, well played Edited August 28 by osmark86 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyblade Posted August 28 Share Posted August 28 3 minutes ago, Tom13 said: Got some gems though! Bednarek, Dendoncker, Augustinsson, Coutinho, Chambers, Olsen Kamara, Digne and jury's still out on Carlos but we'll never know how good he'd have been without injury. About the only hits from that period. You could excuse the poor transfer hit rate if we weren't giving them silly contracts. And we did all this for a guy who had 1 SPL title under his belt 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
It's Your Round Posted August 28 Share Posted August 28 15 minutes ago, Tom13 said: Got some gems though! Bednarek, Dendoncker, Augustinsson, Coutinho, Chambers, Olsen I reckon we got a maximum of 8 moments of magic from that lot. Money well spent! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom13 Posted August 28 Share Posted August 28 23 minutes ago, Keyblade said: Kamara, Digne and jury's still out on Carlos but we'll never know how good he'd have been without injury. About the only hits from that period. You could excuse the poor transfer hit rate if we weren't giving them silly contracts. And we did all this for a guy who had 1 SPL title under his belt Yeah I purposely forgot those Kamara was worth it tbf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted August 28 Share Posted August 28 1 hour ago, osmark86 said: Think that Leander could do better than Las Palmas, but we need to make space in the squad. Well it's a nicer place to live than Brum and it's a far better league than going to play in Turkey so I'd say that isn't a bad move. Las Palmas signed Ollie McBurnie and Scott McKenna in last month so their new coach clearly likes the idea of raiding premier league subs benchs to sign internationals. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vive_La_Villa Posted August 28 Share Posted August 28 1 hour ago, osmark86 said: Think that Leander could do better than Las Palmas, but we need to make space in the squad. Yeh because they're all queuing up for him aren't they?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
osmark86 Posted August 28 Share Posted August 28 16 minutes ago, Vive_La_Villa said: Yeh because they're all queuing up for him aren't they?! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vive_La_Villa Posted August 28 Share Posted August 28 29 minutes ago, osmark86 said: Sorry that was rude of me. He is shit though and I reckon he should be happy with La Liga in the sun. If it's true though I wonder how much of his wages they'll cover. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wezbid Posted August 28 Share Posted August 28 Can we put him up on Onlyfans? Perhaps there are some loaded grannies who would like him for 9 months and would pay his wages and a loan fee? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaVilla Posted August 28 Share Posted August 28 5 minutes ago, Wezbid said: Can we put him up on Onlyfans? Perhaps there are some loaded grannies who would like him for 9 months and would pay his wages and a loan fee? he’d end up in the OnlyFans pound shop section.....99% discount and BOGOF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
osmark86 Posted August 28 Share Posted August 28 1 hour ago, Vive_La_Villa said: Sorry that was rude of me. He is shit though and I reckon he should be happy with La Liga in the sun. If it's true though I wonder how much of his wages they'll cover. Lol no worries and tbh you're right, not like there's a long line of suitors. I think he's decent enough, but it's probably wages getting in the way. Not really his fault, that lies squarely on us. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CVByrne Posted August 29 Share Posted August 29 Are we trying to agree something where he takes a small pay cut to help facilitate his Loan there? We can't be sending him on Loan if they can't even cover half his wage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AXD Posted August 29 Share Posted August 29 Anderlecht are supposedly interested as well. Lesser league than Las Palmas and I would guess neither can afford his wages. But it’s his boyhood club, So sentimentality comes into play (maybe) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodders0223 Posted August 29 Share Posted August 29 8 hours ago, VillaChris said: Well it's a nicer place to live than Brum and it's a far better league than going to play in Turkey so I'd say that isn't a bad move. Las Palmas signed Ollie McBurnie and Scott McKenna in last month so their new coach clearly likes the idea of raiding premier league subs benchs to sign internationals. Clearly likes the idea of not scoring goals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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