When you see how much the Dippers paid for VD and the ridiculous tackle he made on Sane to concede a penalty , Laporte is looking like the bargain of the year , his distribution , reading of the game , heading ability , timing of his tackles , just cannot fault anything , its early days , and sad as it is that VK's career is winding down , but we may have found the prefect replacement , he is not a leader like VK but every other aspect of his game is just as good.