Virgil Van Dijk

[Sweeney287]

Ha ha, Big V just went up even more in my estimations.

 

Certainly looked deliberate to me.

[The Guest]

There’s definitely a bit of needle between Sterling and our players. Henderson had a nibble at him in the first leg and he didn’t like it. You could tell by his reaction there’s some history there. It’s odd because you’d think they’d all be mates especially through England and stuff.

 

Personally I think it’s great. Hendo takes a lot shit but he’s red through and through in my eyes and I reckon he took the Sterling acting the cunt to leave personally. So he fucking should as well mind. Van Dijk getting in on the act with that little troll is the icing on the cake.

[Tj hooker]

Watched it about 4 or 5 times and I'm convinced Van dijk knows exactly what he's doing there, it's a thing of beauty though

[Tom araya]

Of course he does,he deliberatly steps in front of the day.

[Einch]

Channeling his inner Agger with a bit more snide.

[AngryOfTuebrook]

He has, indeed, made a difference.

 

[Carvalho Diablo]

He has, indeed, made a difference.

 

I'd be very interested to see what she does for an encore.

[Aventus]

He'll be feeling this when he wakes up.

[dockers_strike]

He has, indeed, made a difference.

 

 

Pretty girl and that but it is as embarrasing as that Chelsea muppet singing the slowed down Torres song they copied from us when he joined them.

[The Guest]

He is just fantastic in the air. He reads the flight of the ball better than any player we’ve ever had in my lifetime and that includes Hyypia who was fucking incredible at it himself.

[dockers_strike]

If he can score more important goals like Sami he will be as good as him no doubt. He is definitely the best central defender we have had since Sami left.

[Harry Squatter]

Fucking quality. When we lost at Swansea or conceded a couple of goals all the bad dickhead pundits were saying he was a waste of money. I hope he is the captain next week.

 

My only criticism and it's not solely down to him is that we haven't really utilised his threat off corners and set pieces. I thought after the Everton game we would score a lot more.

 

Really hope that we get a decent centre back in the summer to play alongside him.

[lifetime fan]

He’s top drawer, if anything he finds the game a bit too easy and any mistake he’s made seems to have come from over complacency.

[Greycellgreen]

Haven't heard anybody, pundit or opposition fan, mention his fee for a while.  The big fucker basically shrugged it off and bossed the fuck out of things since he arrived.  Need to find someone to play alongside him.

[Grinch]

He's made quite a few mistakes but just brushes them off and gets back to being a wall again, i likey.

 

Has some way to go to prove he's better than Sami tho, come back to me in five years or so & you might be able to compare them.

[3 Stacks]

He's had a positive effect on the entire back line, but individually I think people are exaggerating how good he's been. 

 

Right now, I don't think he's playing at his full capacity, especially in his positioning and reading of the game. Talent-wise, you can see he's one of the best in the world, but it will be about proving it on the pitch next year after a full summer of training and acclimatizing.

[The Guest]

I think you must have missed the bit where he’s headed every single ball that’s come near him whether he’s getting challenged by other big cunts or not. That alone basically deals with the majority of our problems. Separate to that he’s pretty fantastic on the ball himself.

[G Richards]

I loved Sami Hyypia but Van Dijk is better. The aerial dominance is there, though I’d like big Virg to score a few more, like Sami did. But apart from that Van Dijk is faster and also better on the ball. Hyypia used his nous to cover for his lack of pace, and he wasn’t bad on the ball, but the game Van Dijk plays hits it long and short. Absolutely no discredit whatsoever to Sami though, as he was a tremendous player.

 

Van Dijk needs to build on this and do it over a span of several seasons, and if he does, and hopefully along the way we pick up trophies, and not just smaller ones, then he will go down as one of our greats.

 

I’m happy to concede that there’s a long way to go for that. Let’s enjoy the ride and see.

[aRdja]

I loved Sami Hyypia but Van Dijk is better. The aerial dominance is there, though I’d like big Virg to score a few more, like Sami did. But apart from that Van Dijk is faster and also better on the ball. Hyypia used his nous to cover for his lack of pace, and he wasn’t bad on the ball, but the game Van Dijk plays hits it long and short. Absolutely no discredit whatsoever to Sami though, as he was a tremendous player.

Van Dijk needs to build on this and do it over a span of several seasons, and if he does, and hopefully along the way we pick up trophies, and not just smaller ones, then he will go down as one of our greats.

I’m happy to concede that there’s a long way to go for that. Let’s enjoy the ride and see.

Van Dijk isn’t better than Sami.

[ZonkoVille77]

Van Dijk isn’t better than Sami.

That's conclusive enough for me.

 

Fuck sake.

[aRdja]

That's conclusive enough for me.

 

Fuck sake.

Sami at his best, was one of the best defenders in the league when the league was full of world class defenders. Van Dijk is one of the best in the league now, but the caliber of defenders at the moment isn’t nearly as good as it was back then.

[VladimirIlyich]

VVD would probably have scored Firmino's header if he hadn't had a shout from him. He was immense once more against Roma,we just need to find him a decent partner.

[lifetime fan]

Van Dijk isn’t better than Sami.

 

He’s not had the chance to show over a sustained period of time he’s better than Sami.

 

He has all the attributes to surpass Sami and be a starting CB alongside Hansen in an all time LFC XI though.

[lifetime fan]

VVD would probably have scored Firmino's header if he hadn't had a shout from him. He was immense once more against Roma,we just need to find him a decent partner.

 

He’s a long way to go to get even half as good as Sami at scoring.

 

Sami scored for 10 years running from CB iirc.

[INTORRESTING]

VVD has the potential to be the best, he needs to be partnered with a world class cb. 

 

He is at Spurs and will leave.

 

We can't let him go to Manchester or Spain.