TONTROOPER Posted June 4, 2013 Share Posted June 4, 2013 Keep telling yourselves that. Time for another Stateside 'chillax' VT...yeh go on mate...re-arm your magazines of vitriol for the campaign ahead...remember: 'This is not the end......it is not even the beginning of the end.....but it is..perhaps..the end of a beginning! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkey Tennis Posted June 4, 2013 Share Posted June 4, 2013 Keep telling yourselves that. No need. It's so self-evident. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scary Bear Posted June 4, 2013 Share Posted June 4, 2013 Time for another Stateside 'chillax' VT...yeh go on mate...re-arm your magazines of vitriol for the campaign ahead...remember: 'This is not the end......it is not even the beginning of the end.....but it is..perhaps..the end of a beginning! Wise words. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludo*1 Posted June 4, 2013 Share Posted June 4, 2013 Willie Dyer any good? Seems we're after him as well as Peaso, noticed you didn't offer him a new contract though? Peaso is expected to be officially announced tomorrow. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcintyre_gmfc Posted June 4, 2013 Share Posted June 4, 2013 Willie Dyer any good? Seems we're after him as well as Peaso, noticed you didn't offer him a new contract though? Peaso is expected to be officially announced tomorrow. Aye, he is a decent player. We have offered him a contract, but has yet to accept or decline. Wouldn't be overly fussed if he went, we have a very capable replacement in Thomas Oware. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forzamorton Posted June 4, 2013 Share Posted June 4, 2013 Willie Dyer any good? Seems we're after him as well as Peaso, noticed you didn't offer him a new contract though? Peaso is expected to be officially announced tomorrow. Solid, First Division full-back. We offered him a new deal but, along with every other player, it was reduced terms compared to last season. There's better left backs available but you could do a lot worse. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harry94 Posted June 5, 2013 Share Posted June 5, 2013 Thoughts on Craig Reid? We are meant to be nicking him as well. Was he released? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starks mad Posted June 5, 2013 Share Posted June 5, 2013 Dyer and McDonald both signed for Dundee 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunning1874 Posted June 5, 2013 Share Posted June 5, 2013 Dyer and McDonald both signed for Dundee 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orainn Posted June 5, 2013 Share Posted June 5, 2013 (edited) Dyer is just kind of your average first division player. You only seem to notice him on the pitch when he makes a mistake, which to be fair isn't too often. The biggest problem I have with Willie Dyer is with his attacking abilities. Seems very rarely to enter the opponents half on offensive duty, and is not a full back who is going to get up and down and get crosses in the box. The other problem I have with Dyer is his distribution with the ball in his own half. Too often he chooses to try and the striker with a long punt up the park. In fact, I'd even say it happens the majority of the time he has the ball. Now I have no idea whether it's poor decision making, panicking on the ball or simply playing to the manager's tactical instructions, but it is a part of Dyer's game I am not fond of. He is your bread and butter full-back. Solid but unspectacular. There are better players at this level and there are certainly worse too. My worry is he will replaced with a poorer one. Craig Reid is a player who is good to watch as a player. Very quick, strong, good on the ball and a very decent passer. He can play centre-back, right-back or even in centre-midfield which he did for us at the start of last season. I feel he is best at right-back due to his athleticism, but he prefers centre-back, and I seem to remember him moaning to the local paper about not playing there early in the season. He was one of the leading choices at Cappielow for player of the season this year, but given the amount of goals the defence conceded last year, it wouldn't bother me if he left. MacDonald is a good player, and in my opinion the best striker in the league. It's difficult to lose a player of his quality, but he is on a high wage and he is getting older with some injury problems, he wasn't worth keeping in the long run. Archie Campbell can be just as good at this level. Edited June 5, 2013 by Orainn 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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forzamorton Posted June 5, 2013 Share Posted June 5, 2013 Dyer was a solid left back - something we haven't had in quite some time. However, as others have said, he is replaceable. Personally I though he would stick around for another year for some stability, but the boy has a wife and child to feed so he has to do what's best for them. Dundee will be offering more money so all the best to him. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TONTROOPER Posted June 5, 2013 Share Posted June 5, 2013 Also...Dyer 'popped his shoulder' about 6-8 weeks before the end of the season and never made it back in time for end of.Not saying this will be a recurring problem for him necessarily...but as a player ages..the ability to recover from this type of injury is tough...anyway...good luck to him..not spectacular for us..but overall a good solid back. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DundeeFC92 Posted June 5, 2013 Share Posted June 5, 2013 Can Dyer play anywhere else apart from left back? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonMan Posted June 5, 2013 Share Posted June 5, 2013 Even if Dyer was more solid than spectacular as a player, I'd have still really liked to hold onto him as he was very good for us last season and did the job required. Disappointing to see so many going. Obviously it's the case most seasons, but I was hoping we'd be able to hang on to most of our squad from last season in regards to the likes of MacDonald and Reid as well. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dwight Schrute Posted June 5, 2013 Share Posted June 5, 2013 The thread that will never die!!! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forzamorton Posted June 5, 2013 Share Posted June 5, 2013 Can Dyer play anywhere else apart from left back? No. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zen Archer (Raconteur) Posted June 5, 2013 Share Posted June 5, 2013 Can Dyer play anywhere else apart from left back? His living room, FM. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jagfox Posted June 5, 2013 Share Posted June 5, 2013 Better off with Danny Dyer, imo -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madton Posted June 6, 2013 Share Posted June 6, 2013 Even if Dyer was more solid than spectacular as a player, I'd have still really liked to hold onto him as he was very good for us last season and did the job required. Disappointing to see so many going. Obviously it's the case most seasons, but I was hoping we'd be able to hang on to most of our squad from last season in regards to the likes of MacDonald and Reid as well. We have Gaston, O'ware, Marko, Taggart, O'brien, Tidser, Fred,Campbell and potentially Reid and Stirling for next season. That's potentially 10 starters from last season, minimum 8. That should hopefully avoid the poor starts we always seem to have with brand new teams over the last few years. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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