Dennis Praet

[South Shire Fox]

5 minutes ago, Number 6 said:

He has no interest in playing for us or wanting to progress here. It's best for all parties to move him on - and we need to accept a lower than desired fee for this. 

Torino chairman, is that you? 

[Sol thewall Bamba]

19 hours ago, HankMarvin said:

Depends on what we replace these players with though. 
 

International quality on his day.

 

 

What has he ever done with Belgium? 

[Dahnsouff]

22 minutes ago, Sol thewall Bamba said:

What has he ever done with Belgium? 

Been selected?  

[MPH]

44 minutes ago, Sol thewall Bamba said:

What has he ever done with Belgium? 

 

18 minutes ago, Dahnsouff said:

Been selected?  

 

to be fair, Belgium were ranked no1 team in the world for quite a while so you can’t ignore the fact he was selected during that time.

[hackneyfox]

36 minutes ago, MPH said:

 

 

to be fair, Belgium were ranked no1 team in the world for quite a while so you can’t ignore the fact he was selected during that time.

Doesn't mean that every player was great though, perhaps all the options in that position would struggle to get in the Scotland team.

[Frank Large's Black Book]

16 minutes ago, hackneyfox said:

Doesn't mean that every player was great though, perhaps all the options in that position would struggle to get in the Scotland team.

 

 

 

That's taking vilification to a whole new (and completely unnecessary) level.

[James_lcfc]

I know he's never done anything for us, but if we need someone to plug the advancing #8 role before getting someone in - I'd much rather Praet than Ndidi!

[Guest]

As usual nobody can actually tell you what he's meant to be good at, just that he's played for Belgium

[funkyrobot]

8 minutes ago, Guest said:

As usual nobody can actually tell you what he's meant to be good at, just that he's played for Belgium

He’s outstanding at pre-assist passes when playing away at Brentford’s old ground in the FA Cup. FACT

[Finnegan]

17 minutes ago, funkyrobot said:

He’s outstandingly lucky with miss-hit pre-assist passes when playing away at Brentford’s old ground in the FA Cup. FACT

 

FTFY

[goose2010]

7 minutes ago, Finnegan said:

 

FTFY

come on he 100% meant it. Just a shame it is pretty much the only thing he has done in a Leicester shirt that was decent. 

[weller54]

43 minutes ago, Guest said:

As usual nobody can actually tell you what he's meant to be good at, just that he's played for Belgium

He's just meh.. 

End of. 

[TommyK]

6 minutes ago, goose2010 said:

come on he 100% meant it. Just a shame it is pretty much the only thing he has done in a Leicester shirt that was decent. 

The fact that this is the most memorable thing about his time here so far says it all ...

[Finnegan]

7 minutes ago, goose2010 said:

come on he 100% meant it. 

 

 

[funkyrobot]

12 minutes ago, Finnegan said:

 

FTFY

100% that was meant. He’s a very good technical footballer. 

[Finnegan]

Just now, funkyrobot said:

100% that was meant. He’s a very good technical footballer. 

 

I think we'll have to agree to disagree, Dennis.

 

[SouthStandUpperTier]

I wouldn't use his selection for Belgium as any kind of proof that he's good. He got his first cap 9 years ago and has still only played a total of 622 minutes of international football, with only 31 of those minutes coming in major tournaments. A lot of the Belgium squad have built a reputation by being dragged along on the coat-tails of KDB (and occasionally Courtois - and Lukaku when he can shoot straight). Their 'golden generation' is a bit of a myth.

[funkyrobot]

19 minutes ago, Finnegan said:

 

I think we'll have to agree to disagree, Dennis.

 

This is where actual seeing something with your own eyes beats stats. That was 100% the pass that was intended. He looked up, saw the run and played it perfectly. There shouldn’t be much doubt over his technique, more the application of that technique and his tendency to disappear from games that have set him back. Maybe he’s not suited to the physicality of the English game but that pass was outstanding. 

[MPH]

1 hour ago, hackneyfox said:

Doesn't mean that every player was great though, perhaps all the options in that position would struggle to get in the Scotland team.

 

No, but it’s fair to say the top ranked team will have a higher average quality of player than say a 20th  ranked team..

[hackneyfox]

11 minutes ago, MPH said:

 

No, but it’s fair to say the top ranked team will have a higher average quality of player than say a 20th  ranked team..

Agreed but Praet could be their worst player by a country mile. Can't remember seeing him play for them but similarly can't remember anyone shouting about how well he'd played for them either.

[funkyrobot]

14 minutes ago, hackneyfox said:

Agreed but Praet could be their worst player by a country mile. Can't remember seeing him play for them but similarly can't remember anyone shouting about how well he'd played for them either.

It’s likely that he was a system player for Belgium. A neat and tidy intelligent midfielder that helped better players like De Bruyne dictate a game. We used to utilise Andy King in that role. You could argue that Hendo plays that role (albeit with added leadership) for England. Sure there are better ballers out there but for a good while Praet ticked that box for Martinez. 

[hackneyfox]

Just now, funkyrobot said:

It’s likely that he was a system player for Belgium. A neat and tidy intelligent midfielder that helped better players like De Bruyne dictate a game. We used to utilise Andy King in that role. You could argue that Hendo plays that role (albeit with added leadership) for England. Sure there are better ballers out there but for a good while Praet ticked that box for Martinez. 

As mentioned above for '31 miniutes in major tournaments' which makes the argument 'he plays for Belgium' somewhat redundant.

[MPH]

1 hour ago, hackneyfox said:

Agreed but Praet could be their worst player by a country mile. Can't remember seeing him play for them but similarly can't remember anyone shouting about how well he'd played for them either.

 

he’s never been spectacular or eye catching.. that’s just not his style he might be their worst player but you still don’t get in the Belgium team if you’re doggo..

[hackneyfox]

2 minutes ago, MPH said:

 

he’s never been spectacular or eye catching.. that’s just not his style he might be their worst player but you still don’t get in the Belgium team if you’re doggo..

... agreed that he's not doggo but just because he's played 32 minutes for Belgium doesn't mean we should be going all out to keep him.

 

I'm playing devil's advocate here, if he wanted to stay I'd be hopeful that he'd do a decent job for us at this level.

[Samilktray]

Can’t believe this bloke is still here and still getting called up to Belgium based off of 1 pass against Burnley or Brentford or whatever uninteresting football club starting with the letter B it was