Dorus De Vries admits that he has questioned his decision to leave Swansea last summer<\/p>\n
De Vries opted to turn his back on a decent contract at Swansea and join Wolves where he has watched on from the bench for all their Premier League action this season.<\/p>\n
“Of course I have asked myself: ‘Did I make the right decision?'” de Vries admitted to the Evening Post.<\/p>\n
“But I think you know me a little bit by now, and I am committed to the cause at Wolves, where I have signed a three-year deal.<\/p>\n
“I thought about it for many nights before deciding to move to Wolves and I still feel I made the right decision.<\/p>\n
“I receive that question a lot,” he says. “But I didn’t make the decision to join Wolves based on the short term, I made it on the long term.<\/p>\n
“I just hope that what I have been trying to do on the training ground and all my hard work will eventually pay off.”<\/p>\n
Aside from a brief spell when he first joined Dunfermline in 2006, de Vries has not been a back-up keeper since his early days as a professional.<\/p>\n
But while he is a frustrated substitute, he seems happy to keep his head down for the moment.<\/p>\n
“Everybody says that at my age I don’t want to be on the bench,” he says referring to the “Do you regret leaving Wales” question.<\/p>\n
“Of course I don’t want to be, but a positive for me is that I am learning to know myself.<\/p>\n
“Even if you are not playing, you have to stay focused.<\/p>\n
“You have to be on your toes because you never know what can happen with injuries, suspensions or a bad spell for the team \u2014 although I must say Wayne has made a good start to the season.<\/p>\n
“Unfortunately my playing time has been limited so far apart from the Carling Cup,” de Vries adds.<\/p>\n
“Wolves brought me here to compete with Wayne and Carl Ikeme, and all I do every day is try to push Wayne while progressing myself.<\/p>\n
“It’s always disappointing when you are not playing games \u2014 that’s the same for any athlete.<\/p>\n
“But at the moment I am focusing on training hard and playing well in the games I do get, because I need to earn the right to be No. 1.<\/p>\n
“I am looking forward to seeing the Swansea guys,” de Vries says.<\/p>\n
“We are coming off the back of a defeat at West Brom and Swansea are coming off the back of a defeat at Norwich.<\/p>\n
“It’s going to be an interesting game, especially for me, but we are looking forward to playing in front of our home fans.<\/p>\n
“Of course I wish Swansea all the best this season, but not on Saturday.<\/p>\n
“Wolves are a big club and the supporters demand a lot from the players, just like at Swansea,” says de Vries. “When the results are a little bit on the negative side, there are always going to be questions asked.<\/p>\n
“But we will try to stick together as a team and get the momentum we had at the start of the season back.<\/p>\n
“We have actually been playing well without getting that bit of luck you need.<\/p>\n
“But there is a lot of quality and Premier League experience at this club and I’m sure we will turn things round.<\/p>\n
“Swansea will be a tough game, because they try to keep the ball and build momentum, but we are at home and we hope to keep the points at home.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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