Virgil van Dijk

[BillyShears]

Glad you mentioned Stones he is so underrated by a few here yet as i understand it Pep has big plans for the lad and will be one of the first picked on any team sheet if fit and ready?

Yep. Stones/Vinny IMO will be the starting CB pairing next season.

 

[cucumberman]

van Dijk has a ceiling that can be fulfilled with the right players and manager around him. He's already physical and a strong attacking presence up front with pace. His biggest weakness to me is gettin caught out of position during a counter, which is to be fair not much of his doing because being tall he's expected to be up top, and the DM and another defender covering the defence.

If we get Mendy, we have a physically formidable defence and harder to mark in corners and set pieces. Then again, Mangala was meant to be a physical presence.

 

[Thaksinssoldier]

Nope. Dunno what Madrid's ban has to do with VVD.

Surely we have no intentions of bringing 2 CB's in right now, so I'd assume it's one or the other.

 

[Brightwell’s left peg]

You didn't watch the Southampton game at the Etihad this year? Best player on the pitch.

Actually just like Bernado Silva was in the Monaco game, basically, play well against us and we sign you.

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[Jackson-ctid]

Maybe we'll see Stones in midfield this season if we end up with VVD, Kompany and Otamendi all fit and ready at the back. He likes the type of player in midfield who can, tackle, read the game and go forward when needed.

 

[Johnny_on]

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Clearly a policy we've had for a while, whilst strangely not having the best success rate :-)

 

[inchy14]

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Jon Macken says hello.............

 

[Brightwell’s left peg]

Clearly a policy we've had for a while, whilst strangely not having the best success rate :-)

John Macken agrees

 

[Johnny_on]

Jon Macken says hello.............

How the hell did we never sign Tim Cahill.... I feel like he personally beat us 1-0 about 6 times

 

[The Blue one!]

Yep. Stones/Vinny IMO will be the starting CB pairing next season.

So why Van Dijk want to be second coice mate ?

 

[Ruzzles]

Maybe we'll see Stones in midfield this season if we end up with VVD, Kompany and Otamendi all fit and ready at the back. He likes the type of player in midfield who can, tackle, read the game and go forward when needed.

No way Stones will play as a DM

 

[cityzennn93:20]

We are worried about his injury?

what do you mean injuries permitting ?

 

[decmancity]

van Dijk has a ceiling that can be fulfilled with the right players and manager around him. He's already physical and a strong attacking presence up front with pace. His biggest weakness to me is gettin caught out of position during a counter, which is to be fair not much of his doing because being tall he's expected to be up top, and the DM and another defender covering the defence.

If we get Mendy, we have a physically formidable defence and harder to mark in corners and set pieces. Then again, Mangala was meant to be a physical presence.

Mangala was, not remember his first game when he bossed Costa like few CB's have since?

His recovery pace came in handy on more than one occasion, Mangala's problem was his positioning and the mental side of defending not the physical.

 

[aguero93:20]

You didn't watch the Southampton game at the Etihad this year? Best player on the pitch.

Actually just like Bernado Silva was in the Monaco game, basically, play well against us and we sign you.

We'll be re-signing a lot of former players so...

 

[aguero93:20]

How the hell did we never sign Tim Cahill.... I feel like he personally beat us 1-0 about 6 times

We did, we just signed him to play for Melbourne.

 

[SWP's back]

So where does VVD fit into the puzzle if Vinny stays fit? Or, to phrase it another way, would we really invest over £50m on a CB who wouldn't be first choice in the position unless injuries happen? (and would he even want to come under those terms?)

I'm all for our interest here, but if Pep is that high on Kompany then maybe this isn't the right target. Vinny's fitness is a gamble in either direction.

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[Johnny_on]

We did, we just signed him to play for Melbourne.

Haha, Of course, well deserved too, the little shit....

 

[Chi-town blues]

As good as they come.

Bookmarked!

 

[Thaksinssoldier]

Mangala's problem was his positioning and the mental side of defending not the physical.

Mangala's only problem was playing next to Kolarov and Demichelis all season, but that's another story.

 

[Danamy]

I said no way does Ederson give an interview with Abola without it being done to which i got jumped on by several posters, our Rammy included who took great pleasure is saying no deal done until the stock exchange had been informed.

It was a rookie mistake of mine ;-)

To be fair it was a schoolboy error ;-)