Virgil van Dijk

[Buzzo]

It’s been ages since it kicked off in the footy forums.

I’m getting nostalgic.

[BG1973]

Forster's right. This narrative is damaging. Damaging to my chances of getting in a lifeboat first.

[baitman]

Forster's right. This narrative is damaging. Damaging to my chances of getting in a lifeboat first.

It should be gender non specific snowflakes and wimps first

[Exiled_red]

It’s been ages since it kicked off in the footy forums.

I’m getting nostalgic.

[Charly]

Little boys...
children...
a weak person...

Each of those might upset that subset.

Probably need to start banning words and metaphors.

I think you can joke about something and respect it. Or maybe I am out of touch. I guess I am getting old now.

[brightred]

I'm eating chocolate here and couldn't give a ****.

Carry on lads.

[Cormack74]

Kompany says best PL defender ever:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/av/football/52764747

[Charly]

Best in the last 35 years. Staam, Hyypia Ferdinand are up there. Kompany, maybe. Van Dijk is on is own though. Just perfect in every metric.

Dont really remember well the likes of Hansen. I do remember seeing him in a few games late 80s,but pretty much the whole team looked top notch. And there was no Europe to compare top level. But I was hardly old enough to appreciate what I was seeing.

Fitness levels are so much better now, and Van Dijk still purrs across the pitch like my cat pads around the garden knowing it is top of the food chain out there.

Never has a player seemed so irreplacable.

[EwarWoo]

I don't think any of them changed a team as much as Dijk. I don't think any player at all has.

Staam and Ferdinand came into a successful side (not their fault, but it's true). Hyypia was immense but he didn't get us over that line.

Van Dijk just totally transformed us overnight. He's one of the best things to ever happen to this club.

Kompany could possibly be in that group, he was Cities defence when they transformed, just look at the state of their defence as he's aged, but the rest of 'em aren't.

[RichC]

I'd say Alisson has also made a huge difference. Just rewatched the Barca semi 2nd leg agaiin, without him in the side as well as VVD we'd have gone out.

[EwarWoo]

No doubt. But virg came in 6 months before and fixed us enough to get us to a CL final and a decent unbeaten run.

Allison is just icing. Amazingly good icing that's almost as good as the cake, but still icing

[Mark79]

Alisson is not just icing

He’s been transformative for us. They both have.

[baitman]

...Van Dijk still purrs across the pitch like my cat pads around the garden knowing it is top of the food chain out there.

Exactly this... top of the food chain

[red g]

https://www.planetfootball.com/quick-reads/13-times-virgil-van-dijk-proved-that-hes-the-coolest-defender-in-the-world/

[Fivex]

That last one, scoring from 20 yards BEHIND the goal line

Oh and Busquets