Ryan De Vries (Sligo Rovers | Éire)

67 mins in a 4-0 loss to Renofa Yamaguchi (17th on the table.

Gifu remain 22nd and last, 5 points behind 2nd last. 

Season not quite yet at half way point - 19 games out of 42 played. 

Bottom 2 teams relegated to J3.

In the starting XI as Gifu look to end their run of 7 straight league losses. Playing at home against mid table side Tokyo Verdy.

Currently 1-1 just after the hour mark.

Losing streak continues. Gifu concede at 99 mins to lose 1-2.

De Vries 56 mins. Was 1-1 when subbed off.

Gifu's first win in 10 games.

A 3-1 win away at 2nd bottom Avispa Fukuoka.

Remain last, but close the gap to Fukuoka and 3rd last Tochigi (both on 17 points) to only 2 points.

Bottom 2 teams will be relegated. 

De Vries subbed after 57 mins. Gifu up 2-0 at that stage. Season at half way point.

He had a nice assist to set up one of the goals aswell

57 mins as Gifu (22nd and last) draw 2-2 at home verus JEF United (17th).

Gifu were up 2-1 when De Vries was subbed off. 

Jason Geria ex Melb Victory playing for JEF United.

Scores his 3rd of the season in a 2-1 loss to table topping Kyoto Sanga.

Gifu remain 22nd and adrift at the bottom, four points from safety. Been flirting with relegation for several seasons now, can they escape once more? 

De Vries scored at 37 mins, and then subbed at HT (injured?) when score was 1-1.

https://www.fc-gifu.com/match_results/201924

Goal is at 3.00 mins in the above game highlights video.

68 mins in a 0-0 draw verus Omiya Ardija.

In with another goal (4th of the season) as Gifu currently, somewhat surprisingly too, lead V-Varen Nagasaki 3-1 away from home.

20 minutes to go, and if they hang on, would only be the 2nd away win of the season for Gifu.

And they do hang on to win 3-1. Big upset. 

De Vries 76 mins before being subbed.

Goal highlight about 4.35 mins in below video. Nice strike with left peg.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TsWe1dgl1bw

Replaced at 78 mins in a 0-2 home loss to Avispa Fukuoka.

Big opportunity missed for Gifu. Fukuoka being only 3 places (and 4 points) above them on the table, and a likely relegation rival.

76 mins in a 2-1 loss away to Zweigen Kanazawa.

Same score when he was subbed off.

Gets subbed at HT, as Gifu get a 0-4 spanking at home from top of the table Kashiwa Reysol.

Gifu were already down by 3 goals at HT, and remain bottom of the J2 table, 7 points from safety.

Kashiwa are runaway league leaders (9 points clear), so that's of some consolation. They have a number of Brazilians, plus Kenyan Michael Olunga (scored 2 goals in this game), who had a season in La Liga with Girona.

Unused sub in a 2-1 win away over Ryukyu.

Gifu with 37% possession.

Not in match day squad in 0-0 draw verus Tochigi (2nd last)

Gifu remain last with 12 games to go

Not in match day squad as Gifu lose 2-0 at Fagiano Okayama.

Gifu still last and 7 points off safety with 11 rounds to go.

Not in match day squad as Gifu lose 1-0 at Mito Hollyhock.

Gifu still last and 7 points off safety with 10 rounds to go.

Not in match day squad as Gifu draw 1-1 with Yokohama

Gifu still last and 6 points off safety with 9 rounds to go.

First match day squad in about 5 weeks, but not required off the bench in a 1-1 draw verus Renofa Yamaguchi.

Gifu denied what would have been a hugely valuable win, by conceding at 94 mins.

They remain last, 4 points off safety with 8 games left. 

Not in match day squad as Gifu lose 2-0 at 2nd placed Montedio Yamagata.

Gifu still last and are 5 points off safety with 7 games left.

De Vries an unused sub, as Gifu grab a critical 2-0 win over Echime.

Still last, not now only 3 points from safety with 6 games left. Still hope.

However De Vries getting very little playing time of late.

De Vries an unused sub, as Gifu draw 0-0 at Machida Zelvia

Still last, 3 points from safety with 5 games left. 

An unused sub midweek, as Gifu had a crucial 1-0 loss at Kagoshima United.

Kagoshima are relegation rivals, and prior that game were only 3 pts ahead of Gifu.

Now 6 points in front with 4 games left.

Make that 6 points behind with 3 games left - as Gifu currently getting a thrashing from Tokushima Vortis (5th on the table). Down 0-4 already at HT.

So relegation looks highly likely for De Vries and his team mates.

De Vries played the 2nd half but it didn’t change things, Gifu walloped at home 7-0.

The mid week loss which made relegation likely must have drained morale. Now the drop looks almost certain.

What's the Japanese 3rd tier like?

is he good enough for the nix?

Taken from Wikipedia 

Rules for promotion to J2 are largely similar to those of Japan Football League in recent seasons: to be promoted, a club must hold or be granted a J2 license and finish in top 2 of the league. Since 2017, the champions and the runners-up have been promoted directly and replace the 21st- and 22nd-placed J2 clubs. If only the champion or runner-up holds or is given a J2 license, only the bottom club of J2 is relegated; if both top 2 finishers are ineligible for promotion, then no teams will be promoted to or relegated from J2. For promotion purposes, under-23 teams are excluded from the final table when considering which teams are eligible for promotion. An extreme example would be the following scenario: If all three under-23 teams finished in the top 3, then the fourth- and fifth-placed teams would be eligible for promotion (subject to the license requirement).[13]

No relegation to JFL is planned in the foreseeable future.

They've literally scraped by for several seasons, so imagine if they stayed up on this technicality! Not currently sure what the status is of the J3 1st and 2nd place is though. Although I'm assuming that there is no way out for Gifu as it currently stands.

Wow, sounds like the new Handy rules for pro/rel :)

Hopefully he finds another gig in J2 next season.

Kiwi match up in J2. Well sort of.

Relegation confirmed for Gifu with a 2-0 loss at Alberix Niigata.

De Vries an unused sub.

Niigata still a mathematchical chance of making promotion playoffs.

Fitzgerald a full game for them.

Hopefully he gets signed by another J.2 team so he stays there..but seems to have fallen out of favor recently so if you're not playing, offers won't necessarily be flooding in.

Back to Auckland City? Seems to be the go at the moment.

Full game in a 1-3 loss to Ventforet Kofu.

Kofu with plenty to play for as gunning for a promotion playoff spot. Gifu just pride as relegation already confirmed.

First start for De Vries for awhile.

Gifu’s disastrous season is over.

A 5-1 hiding from Toyko Verdy.

They finish rock bottom, 10 pts below 2nd bottom side.

J3 for them next season.

De Vries an unused sub.

And in a strange turn of events, de Vries is now trialling at the snakes.

Stoked for the lad, just wish a better club had come in with an offer. Will of course take up an import slot so hope he smashes it even if it’s for Rudan

based on his time in Japan i don't know if he up to aleague standard....

Surely he'd be an upgrade on Appiah-Kubi though? 

That's setting the bar particularly low.

J1 is far superior, so I am unsure how much weaker J2 would be to the A League??

A better player than Appiah IMO, but import quality no.