Ex-Player Thread Ryan Williams

[Leysboy]

Fair play. Gone back home, and I wish him all the best.

His form watch patchy, but when he was good he was very good, but when he was bad it was very bad.

 

[West Oxon U’s]

 

[Bacon]

yeh good luck to the man, decent player, but not a great loss for us.

 

[CaptainOx]

Surprised this went under the radar. But not surprised that he's heading home. The rumoured interest in January suggested there was perhaps a desire to move back.

 

[Joey]

Bit of a shame, not a first 11 player but a rock solid squad member who can cover a few positions with decent levels of success and seems to have a great attitude. Can't begrudge him a chance to move home closer to his family though, hope it works out for him.

 

[Foley]

I am disappointed in that.
Always 100% and a strong player ( people on here seem to like)
A really good squad player and I reckon he would have been a very good RWB if we play 3 at the back.
Good luck Ryan

 

[OxfordYankee]

Good luck to him and his family.

Now, OUFC, give us something to get excited about, please.

 

[Jason N]

Good Luck, Ryan, a very good Professional. I suppose the draw of his home town club was too good to miss out on. Decent of OUFC not to stand in his way.

We definitely need a really good Right Wing Back / Right Back now. I would like to see a really good attacking right back in with Long and Forde as cover.

 

[Berliner]

A good deal for all concerned I think. Wish him all the best, never gave less than 100% and very versatile.

 

[North Wales Yellow]

Good move for all involved I think.

Whilst I rated him and he always left it all out there, I think this may push KR to sign a new specialist RB/RWB.

 

[Sarge]

Good luck Willo

 

[ttg17]

Pretty gutted by that. One of our best players last season and just the sort of character on the pitch that we’d been lacking.

Useful getting a fee though, mind. Am sure it’ll be fairly negligible but every little helps.

 

[Gregortheox]

I’m disappointed….he was aggressive and physical with qualities that we need to succeed. Fingers crossed reinforcements are imminent.

 

[Isle of Wight Yellow]

Certainly a decent, hardworking right wing back / winger who would have been a nice squad player to have at League One level. I’m not pleased to see him go but good business by the club to sign him on a free then sell him for a bit of cash.

Also can’t blame him for wanting to move over there, I would do the same if I could!

 

[Colin B]

I would expect a signing announcement today.

This has obviously been done before today, as Ryan has done his photo shoot in the Perth kit, so the fact it's been held back until today tells me we've probably done that for a reason.

Good player, who never let us down, so interested to see who replaces him.

 

[MJB]

Possibly indicates why Forde signed an extension before the season ended?

The Williams to return down-under rumour was many, many months ago and I’d assume the player and club were clear on this a long time ago - it’s not like he’s just moving up the M40 after all!

Perhaps that triggered the club into resigning Forde as a back-up RW/RWB for the club.

I’m fine with that if so, although I’d personally still want a RB to challenge Long.

 

[OX14]

I think its a good move for him, league one is his level and we would need an upgrade if we were to get to the Championship, just means we now need to sign a RWB aswell, Forde and Long aren't the answer!

 

[CaptainOx]

I would expect a signing announcement today.

This has obviously been done before today, as Ryan has done his photo shoot in the Perth kit, so the fact it's been held back until today tells me we've probably done that for a reason.

Good player, who never let us down, so interested to see who replaces him.

Not sure it's a photoshoot. More of a photoshop. But yes clearly not a sudden move out of nowhere.

 

[brightonyellow]

Good luck to Willo! Wonder what the fee was? probably 100-200k tops i would imagine.

 

[unification]

Disappointed to see him go. His versatility, ability and commitment were attributes we all admired. Hey, we may well bring in a better player but some comments about it not being a great loss as a bit of a disservice. He was a decent, hard working pro who contributed well to us.

Heading back to Perth seems a logical move. A family network and growing family suggest he wants to put roots down somewhere and - who knows - playing well in the A-League may well see him with an outside chance for a World Cup squad place for the Socceroos.

 

[unification]

Good luck to Willo! Wonder what the fee was? probably 100-200k tops i would imagine.

I imagine paying off the remainder of his contract and a bit extra for us to agree to it. Not much in the general scheme of things but a wage off the books and a lump sum for a signing on fee elsewhere for someone else.

 

[Paul Cannell]

Good player, will be missed.

All the best to him.

 

[SirAndyOfCrosby]

Not the end of the world, but I'm a little surprised that a few are dismissing him quite so easily.

For me, he was one of the big plusses from last season.
The very definition of a good squad player (although that in itself can sound derogatory), able to cover multiple positions, always full of energy, reliable and dependable - but still with quality (as opposed to what some seem to think is a squad player - a below-par performer who occasionally does something good when they feel like it, flits in and out of games and can't be relied upon for consistency).

Not gutted, but surprised and a little disappointed.

 

[greatunclekip]

More physicality gone from the squad. Excellent.

 

[Oxford57]

World Cup on the horizon perhaps, good luck to him , going back home at this time in his career makes sense, perhaps he can do a bit of scouting for us

 

[battman]

More money in the pot for reinforcements.

I don’t see Williams as a huge loss. He didn’t do enough to cement a first Xl spot throughout last season. That said, his versatility was useful.

Better players are available.

Not sure I agree with this, he looked like one of our better players even when he was played out of position. He was signed as a right winger but Karl barely played him there, instead he had as many games at left wing back.

I reckon he was signed before we knew Whyte was available, and was sidelined as a result. Shame because he's a solid player and we could've used him to good effect this season.

 

[m]

Best of luck Ryan and thanks for your many decent performances.

 

[Victor1986]

Good luck Ryan to you & your family.

 

[ECYellow]

Not sure I agree with this, he looked like one of our better players even when he was played out of position. He was signed as a right winger but Karl barely played him there, instead he had as many games at left wing back.

I reckon he was signed before we knew Whyte was available, and was sidelined as a result. Shame because he's a solid player and we could've used him to good effect this season.

Would you have played him in front of Whyte, Sykes, Bodin etc?

He was a victim of Seddon's catastrophic drop off in form and as result was played out of position on a few occasions but i'm not convinced he is quite to the level of a player that will see us get out of League 1.

 

[gingerox]

Can't blame him at all, must have been even tougher for him over COVID times with family in Australia of all places. Credit to him for giving his all whenever he played.

Wouldn't imagine this move came out of the blue, so hopefully we have some replacements lined up.