Virgil Van Dijk

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On 12/29/2017 at 6:27 AM, The Skipper said:

Well, given our recent transfer windows... personally I don’t have much hope. Fair play to you if you do. I do hope we change. 

Revisiting this...what do you think now? 

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8 hours ago, !Hazard! said:

Shame we missed out on VvD. He's been absolutely sensational so far this season, best player in the league in the past two weeks

Meh. It's only 2 games in for goodness sake. He may be a good defender but it's hardly catastrophic we didn't get him. As someone said above, he's always wanted Liverpool and had Conte gotten his way with Van Dijk, we might not have seen Christensen break into the starting XI!

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1 hour ago, Jason said:

Meh. It's only 2 games in for goodness sake. He may be a good defender but it's hardly catastrophic we didn't get him. As someone said above, he's always wanted Liverpool and had Conte gotten his way with Van Dijk, we might not have seen Christensen break into the starting XI!

Unfortunately, Luiz looks to have taken AC's place as a starter, grrrrrrrr

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12 hours ago, Jason said:

Meh. It's only 2 games in for goodness sake. He may be a good defender but it's hardly catastrophic we didn't get him. As someone said above, he's always wanted Liverpool and had Conte gotten his way with Van Dijk, we might not have seen Christensen break into the starting XI!

VDK is probably better than any defender we currently have (Andrea's potential aside). He was always a good player. The questions were around around his injuries and fitness level. Still early days, but it seems he has been able to remain fit for long periods of time.

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VDK is probably better than any defender we currently have (Andrea's potential aside). He was always a good player. The questions were around around his injuries and fitness level. Still early days, but it seems he has been able to remain fit for long periods of time.

The fee was excessive for position we didn't necessarily need strengthening in Jan. Certainly not losing any sleep about his performances.

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17 hours ago, Jason said:

Revisiting this...what do you think now? 

Only happened because of Sarri. If we still had Conte, at least Eden, Courtois and Willian probably be with us anymore.  

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1 hour ago, The Skipper said:

Only happened because of Sarri. If we still had Conte, at least Eden, Courtois and Willian probably be with us anymore.  

Not having Willian might have been a good thing if this season turns out the way its heading.

Pedro has made the LW spot his own and as soon as Edens fit enough for 90 mins we wont see him on the field unless for injuries.

And hes stopping CHO getting any game time which really isn't good with CHOs contract ending next summer!!

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9 hours ago, The Skipper said:

Only happened because of Sarri. If we still had Conte, at least Eden, Courtois and Willian probably be with us anymore.  

But it still happened, didn't it? 

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4 hours ago, Jason said:

But it still happened, didn't it? 

Yeah but take what was said at that time in context. It was said under the premise that Conte would still be manager. 

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1 hour ago, The Skipper said:

Yeah but take what was said at that time in context. It was said under the premise that Conte would still be manager. 

Which is why you have to pray a lot.  

On 12/29/2017 at 6:29 AM, Jason said:

Well, I don't have hope. Just praying.