Virgil Van Dijk

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I'm absolutely clueless.

 

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[Strontium]

I'm scared to offer opinions these days due to the intolerant bullies.

 

However. I really really like him, but he very clearly has made a few errors, culminating with him twatting Lamela in the hamstring yesterday. I'm quite sure he'll cut most of them out, but he's not quite the second coming of Alan Hansen just yet.

[Wezza]

I'm scared to offer opinions these days due to the intolerant bullies.

 

However. I really really like him, but he very clearly has made a few errors, culminating with him twatting Lamela in the hamstring yesterday. I'm quite sure he'll cut most of them out, but he's not quite the second coming of Alan Hansen just yet.

Agreed on both points. I think the Dutch not going to the World Cup will do us a favour as he is clearly going to need a full pre-season for fitness and to become more in tune with what is expected tactics and positioning wise. Saying that, it is good to see we finally have somebody in place at the back talking and leading, I think it will be a sound long term investment.

[johnsusername]

I don't think it's helped that he's playing with different players in defence and goal every time he plays. We need a settled defence, hopefully we will from now on. 

[INTORRESTING]

We need to build around him and get an alonso and a mascherano to partner keita.

 

A decent keeper and clyne and robertson either side of vvd and a decent partner should sort us out.

[Ranxerox]

I don't think it's helped that he's playing with different players in defence and goal every time he plays. We need a settled defence, hopefully we will from now on.

 

This

 

Probably also doesn't help that when he was bought the media more or less painted him as the solution to all of our defensive issues.

 

He's immense and is very dominant in the air. Also seems to be the first real leader we've had for ages. I think he will be great for us the longer he settles in

[VERBAL DIARRHEA]

Lovren and VD have to be given a run

Ok I'll give it a go like. No promises.

[KevieG]

Needs to be made captain. The lad is absolute quality.

[G Richards]

Very good player. Excellent in the air, strong, good on the ball, organizes the back line. There’s a lot to like. Has missed a lot of football so he tires a bit late on, and has a little rust here and there, and is not quite match fit.

 

He will get better and better, and by next season it will be a well oiled machine back there, with Keita helping enormously in front.

 

Our burden as Liverpool fans is we can’t quite get all four components of the team on song at the same time. Goalkeeper, defence, midfield, attack. When we do we will challenge for the title. With two of the four working it’s a fight for top four.

 

Anyhow, VVD is a good buy. He’s our defensive kingpin. The fee is not his problem. Football has long since gone mad, and there was a lot of needle from Southampton, so they made us pay through the nose. The bottom line for me is Jurgen got his man and we can reasonably expect him to get better and better as he grows and the team settles.

[magicrat]

He has something of Hyppia about him.  He'll be our next captain is he settles down and plays well in the run in.

[Jennings]

I like the cut of his jib.

[suzy]

Agreed on both points. I think the Dutch not going to the World Cup will do us a favour as he is clearly going to need a full pre-season for fitness and to become more in tune with what is expected tactics and positioning wise. Saying that, it is good to see we finally have somebody in place at the back talking and leading, I think it will be a sound long term investment.

 

Good point that!

I thought he made a difference yesterday - I wasn't so nervous when the ball was at our end, think he's a calming influence too

[niallers]

I would have put him into the holding role in midfield when Matip came on. We were getting sliced through at will and he would have helped stem the tide. He's also comfortable on the ball and would have helped us keep the thing as we were terrible at that yesterday.

[KopOut]

The question I have, is why weren’t we scouting him BEFORE he went to Southampton? He’s coming upto his 27th birthday, it’s not as if he ‘developed’ at Saints.

 

We’re a bit slow aren’t we - as has been pointed out very early in this thread.

[dockers_strike]

The question I have, is why weren’t we scouting him BEFORE he went to Southampton? He’s coming upto his 27th birthday, it’s not as if he ‘developed’ at Saints.

 

We’re a bit slow aren’t we - as has been pointed out very early in this thread.

 

We did when he was with Celtic but the scouting department were not convinced. It happens sometimes.

[Mathewbet1]

Played well v spurs some commanding headers and i noticed he was in charge of the back 4

[Chip Butty]

Dik Van Dijk

 

 

 

*Dik being the dutch word for fat*

[Evil_Ways]

The question I have, is why weren’t we scouting him BEFORE he went to Southampton? He’s coming upto his 27th birthday, it’s not as if he ‘developed’ at Saints.

 

We’re a bit slow aren’t we - as has been pointed out very early in this thread.

Apparently the players they scout need to prove themselves at Southampton before they are convinced.

 

Indeed we are slow.

Not a fan of buying from other PL clubs. But in Van Dijks case i think we did good. He is absolutely class and has done very well since coming in. Still need a proper partner for him though. Hoping Gomez or Matip will step up. Or sign Tah, aswell as a new GK and left back.

Think at right back we are well and truly sorted with Clyne, Gomez and TAA.

[magicrat]

Dik Van Dijk

 

 

 

*Dik being the dutch word for fat*

 

Rooney is a bit of a Dik

[Chip Butty]

Rooney is a bit of a Dik

 

Indeed, a massive bit of a Dik. 

[cloggypop]

It literally means thick.

[Megadrive Man]

The question I have, is why weren’t we scouting him BEFORE he went to Southampton? He’s coming upto his 27th birthday, it’s not as if he ‘developed’ at Saints.

We’re a bit slow aren’t we - as has been pointed out very early in this thread.

It's difficult to tell how good a player really is if they have only tested themselves in the Dutch league and Scottish Premiership, week in week out. If we had a much bigger budget we could take the Chelsea route of buying up these sort of players and loaning them out but we can't afford to do that.

[TheHowieLama]

Easy to get Bakayokoed at that first transition.

[KopOut]

It's difficult to tell how good a player really is if they have only tested themselves in the Dutch league and Scottish Premiership, week in week out. If we had a much bigger budget we could take the Chelsea route of buying up these sort of players and loaning them out but we can't afford to do that.

And yet Saints seem to be able to do just that. He’s not the first either. We seem to to tap their pool of talent quite regularly.

[Grinch]

Them doing it for Southanpton isn't exactly much to go on either. We've only bought one player off them worth the time and money. With VVD with time on his side to make that two.