Virgil van Dijk

[fergus90]

The only game he looked like his excellent self this season was the City community sh. Game.

Everything about our team has looked off in the first 3 league games.

There are sections of the fanbase saying that VVD's ego is harming him because he doesn't want to get dribbled past or beaten by players.

For me, it's unfair to single him out since the collective performance has been off and incoherent and it's just 3 games into the season.



Bollox. He was absolutely fantastic last season.

Ignore me, I thought I was posting in the Alexander-Arnold thread and by a while, i was referring to last few games of last season and first of this.

Defensively I know he's not great, but just gave up at points.

 

[serghei]

What is happening to him? He plays like Lenglet lately.

 

[vuji_31]

Back to reality.

Overrated by Liverpool fans.

 

[Messigician]

What happened to him?

He was a beast at Anfield 4-0

 

[Horatio]

nahh....suffering from bad Trent - Gomez connection.

 

[Zidane82]

The only game he looked like his excellent self this season was the City community sh. Game.

Everything about our team has looked off in the first 3 league games.

There are sections of the fanbase saying that VVD's ego is harming him because he doesn't want to get dribbled past or beaten by players.

For me, it's unfair to single him out since the collective performance has been off and incoherent and it's just 3 games into the season.



Bollox. He was absolutely fantastic last season.

I have hardly ever seen him have a game like last night -he is usually imperious in defence and has a magnificent long , cross-field ball .

I have seen a few people suggest that he has not been quite the same since that horrendous injury though

Time will tell

 

[Zidane82]

He made the Eufa team

🚨 LEAKED: UEFA's Team of the Season:

🇧🇪 Courtois

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Robertson
🇳🇱 Van Dijk
🇩🇪 Rudiger
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Alexander-Arnold

🇧🇷 Fabinho
🇭🇷 Modric
🇧🇪 De Bruyne

🇧🇷 Vinicius Jr
🇫🇷 Benzema
🇫🇷 Mbapp

 

[khaled_a_d]

Think people are harsh on him tbh especially about first goal.
I think the insane hype he got is making people react this way.
He was great before injury, but people called him GOAT of defender so soon and wanted him to win Ballon etc. All this rub people in the wrong way.
Now if he doesnt make perfect play it is called out

 

[mc_lovin]

His long balls were still excellent though.

 

[serghei]

Think people are harsh on him tbh especially about first goal.
I think the insane hype he got is making people react this way.
He was great before injury, but people called him GOAT of defender so soon and wanted him to win Ballon etc. All this rub people in the wrong way.
Now if he doesnt make perfect play it is called out

Plays a part, but he looks to be going through a bad form.

 

[KingLeo10]

There was a time when Messi and CR7 were criticized for not scoring in basically every CL game or big league game

If you want to be considered a GOAT tier, GOAT tier scrutiny comes with it.

 

[mc_lovin]

All the shit about him being a GOAT defender - or Liverpool being one of the best teams of all time - really turned everything about them sour for me. It's not earned.

Just to reiterate: Pique>>>Virgil.

 

[KingLeo10]

All the shit about him being a GOAT defender - or Liverpool being one of the best teams of all time - really turned everything about them sour for me. It's not earned.

Just to reiterate: Pique>>>Virgil.

And to put it in even more perspective, they won the same number of big titles (2) in last 5 (!) years as RM's half geriatric team won last season alone...

And RM actually beat PSG, Chelsea, City, Pool to win that CL while these jokers beat Kovac Bayern, EV Barca, and the Spurs.

Liverpool 17/18 used to be my favorite team to watch in terms of their play, but my goodness did some of their fans go absolutely over the top with just moderate success.

 

[Catta]

Liverpool under Klopp has achieved the same success as Atleti with Simeone. The only difference Simeone wasn't lucky enough to play Tottenham in a CL final, but he won one more league title, and that in a league against two of the best teams in the 21st century.

Both teams lost 2 CL finals against Real, only Atleti was much closer to winning both times. Both teams also play at their best when they are the underdog. If Liverpool is an all time great team, then so is 2014-2016 Atleti.

 

[jamrock]

Liverpool under Klopp has achieved the same success as Atleti with Simeone. The only difference Simeone wasn't lucky enough to play Tottenham in a CL final, but he won one more league title, and that in a league against two of the best teams in the 21st century.

Both teams lost 2 CL finals against Real, only Atleti was much closer to winning both times. Both teams also play at their best when they are the underdog. If Liverpool is an all time great team, then so is 2014-2016 Atleti.

Fair points.