: Fri Apr 17, 2009 6:35 pm  

de vere wasnt so much an attacking centre, more of a defensive,tactical centre, i thought he very much earned whatever he got paid while he was with us

: Fri Apr 17, 2009 6:39 pm  

brearley84 wrote:

didnt rate de vere, excellant in defence but how many tries did he score during his time with us?? very poor for a centre... and would of thought he was the top earner

and they're lies the problem regarding MDV - people expected him to come in and score 20-30 tries a season but what they didint realise is the he wasnt that kind of player he was a defensive player and boy didnt he do that well.
De Vere was suberb in his 2nd season doing what he did best - kicking goals and stopping the opposition getting over our line.

: Fri Apr 17, 2009 8:09 pm  

GIANT DAZ wrote:

and they're lies the problem regarding MDV - people expected him to come in and score 20-30 tries a season but what they didint realise is the he wasnt that kind of player he was a defensive player and boy didnt he do that well.
De Vere was suberb in his 2nd season doing what he did best - kicking goals and stopping the opposition getting over our line.

Very true. More importantly he brought a professionism to the club and showed what was required to take us to the next level. He was an aussie test centre after all.

: Fri Apr 17, 2009 8:17 pm  

TBC wrote:

Very true. More importantly he brought a professionism to the club and showed what was required to take us to the next level. He was an aussie test centre after all.

spot on