How GOOD was Virgil Van Dijk at Celtic?!

[@martinmcguire1372]

Biggest man in goals, quietest man on the mic, what a keeper he was for us, an honestly i would take the big man back again for a 3rd time

[@mq01]

If he came back it would be a fifth time, incredible!

[@3210-n1x]

Met virgil in Tesco carpark one night after a Southampton match. He leathered the arse off me over at the trolley bay

[@owen-lu9wb]

Big fraz, best keeper i ever seen at celtic in my 27 year life time watch his highlights against barca when celtic beat them 2-1, messi said hes the beat keeper hes faced😂

[@martinrooney6883]

Holy goalie?

[@Noodlez..]

David Marshall’s performance against Barca in 04 probs tops that imo cause he followed it up with a master class at ibrox a few days later

[@Sniffles69]

Peak Boruc was better. He had no major weaknesses whereas Forster was hopeless with his feet, terrible at crosses for such a big guy and completely lacked control of his area.

[@tonyb9560]

liverpool played Southampton 3 times in 8 days 2 x league cup semis and a pl game. Virgil was motm in all 3 games.Klopp was watching him school the entire Liverpool attack 3 games in a row.

[@Jimmehbee]

All whilst fraze was nursing his first born, Declan Rice, mothered by Harry Kane- if they have kids they’ll be playing for international Munich Fc or Islands of Ireland, until big grandad Kane shows up when he’s manager of Former English England Fc and sticks him/them up front in a penalty shoot out etc

[@jamesh8672]

The great wall🍀💚

[@jsherbie-sohc]

As a Southampton fan im absolutely loving this

[@Mantis_Toboggan_MD.]

At times it was "too easy" for VVD at Celtic, the problem was that he often played like that and was prone to some very basic errors due to not applying himself properly. He was clearly a very talented defender when we signed him in 2013 BUT there's a reason he wasn't snapped up by Ajax, PSV or Feyenoord and there's a reason that Celtic only got £12 million from Southampton for him in 2015 and not £30-40 million from the likes of Man City, Chelsea, Liverpool, Man Utd etc.... There's been a bit of re-writing of history, in terms of his two seasons at Celtic, because he went on to be one of the best CB's in world football for a time

[@tstir6007]

CCV will be the same, will play to casual and make silly mistakes I think. Won’t go on the be the player VVD did

[@zebra7578]

​@@tstir6007CCV?

[@edenhazard2751]

@@tstir6007 How is CCV doing? Spurs fans were trolling him when Nuno played him in Conference league game.

[@joshdalton-xw6bf]

@@edenhazard2751that’s cause they couldn’t get him to spurs just raging 😂

[@jackthesmith343]

If I had to stay awake to win 30million while Fraser Forster was reading a children’s book, I’d fail.

[@kierangilruth2120]

I’d defo stay awake it’d be fcking hilarious

[@kierangilruth2120]

I’d defo stay awake it be hilarious

[@timmy5876]

of course it was, it’s not like in 2 years u can go from a meh player to a world class player, people always say he took a while to get to his peak when in reality he was probably there for a few years prior it’s just he wasn’t in good enough teams to be noticed. Rice is a good comparison he’s probably been at a top level for a couple years now but i know personally i didn’t rate him all that highly cus he was doing it for west ham

[@ben29424]

This is the same Van DIjk that conceded 4 to a man united and bottled the fa cup on Klopps send off as the captain

[@timmy5876]

@@ben29424 do us a favour and go watch the goals we conceded that game and try to tell me he’s at fault for any of them lol, one man in a back 4 and keeper can’t single-handedly stop another team scoring they can just pass around him and attack the other defenders. Don’t be so naive lol how many top defenders have been at or gone to worse teams and they can’t keep as many clean sheets cus how can one player stop the other team scoring every attack

[@thebagelsproductions]

When Virgil has been out for a run of games - Liverpool struggle in his absence. That tells you more than a single game with 4 conceded

[@YerDa67]

They’re laughing about Lennon saying that he won’t be here long… That’s the problem, Celtic cannot keep any of their great players (bar Larsson). The teams with far more money than the clubs in Scotland swarm around players like VVD like vultures. It’s sad, imagine the success Celtic (and other Scottish clubs) would have had if they could keep their best players…

[@garyrenton4930]

In that breath Celtic and others do that to teams below them. That’s the food chain. Celtic are just not at the top of it unfortunately

[@danielfitzpatrick4778]

Genuine question, if you could vote to move to the English leagues & start off in the championship, would you say yes to it?

[@garyrenton4930]

@@danielfitzpatrick4778 purely as a benefit to the club I’d say yes but it wouldn’t be the best thing for fans heading to Southampton etc

[@danielfitzpatrick4778]

@@garyrenton4930 that’s true. Rugby league im pretty sure there’s a team in Spain. What a ball ache. Still shocked that they’ve not done it considering Cardiff & Swansea, Celtic would add so much more money & fanbase to the leagues than those two combined.

[@garyrenton4930]

@@danielfitzpatrick4778 will never get voted in because that means people below them voting to put their place in danger. Can’t just add two teams to a league without someone dropping out

[@rambojp73]

I remember a 40 yard screamer at Parkhead he scored, it was a mid week game!

[@thebloodyshambles]

Listening to Fraser and Ben you can tell how important centre backs are to them.

[@thebloodyshambles]

Van Dyjk at Celtic used to dribble down into the corners and put crosses in lol, one of the best free kick takers at Celtic I have seen, probably not far behind Nakamura

[@paulwilliammurphy1327]

That’s a huge exaggeration . His free kicks were no where near as good as Nakamura 😂

[@thebloodyshambles]

@@paulwilliammurphy1327 he was not at Celtic for long, he scored some scorchers for Southampton and Liverpool as well. Nakamura is untouchable but Moravcik is probably closer to Naka on years and goals at the club.

[@AlexanderLupo]

I wanted Manchester United to get Van Dijk from Celtic so bad. Watching him dribble the entire pitch, ping long balls, score bangers from open play and free kicks, he was unreal. Then he eventually went to Liverpool and ruined it. Idk why Van Gaal never signed him.

[@hmu05366]

Because he was very inconsistent and had a bad attitude lol. None of the big Dutch clubs signed him and he went from Celtic to a smaller team albeit in a bigger league. He only really matured when he went to Southampton then became amazing

[@cmunoz1122]

Crazy what a bargain for him 😮

[@hmu05366]

Yeh but he had a bad attitude when he was younger . If he was that good then why didn’t one of the big Dutch teams buy him? He did improve at Celtic but he was very inconsistent. Then went to Southampton and started maturing and become amazing

[@abc-rf8gi]

He was good for Celtic but he also had a few less positive performances, Edward Ofere of Caley Thistle dominated him in a scottish cup semi-final. He was doing more on the ball at Celtic, taking free-kicks and trying to dribble through teams on his own (see his goal against St Johnstone), but he wasn’t as good defensively as he became when he went down south.

[@celticbarry9877]

He played with an 18 year old Denayer on loan from Man City who'd never played a game before and they only conceded 16 goals in the League lol

[@Cb85191]

Vigil and stam best prem CB’s

[@sumthinscottish7850]

la gran muralla - Lionel Messi on Fraser Forster

[@amc5966]

Fraser is 100% the best goalkeeper in the UK. Why the Tyrannosaurus arms gets the place ahead of Fraser is a "mates" thing with Southgate.

[@abc-rf8gi]

Why is Forster in the reserves at Tottenham then?

[@communistcelt]

"It was too easy for him" misleading thumbnail, Forster doesn't say that, Ben throws it in there and then sticks Forster's pic beside the quote.

[@evoaddict1]

Do all goalies have tiny tongues?

[@hmu05366]

Only on the left side

[@frisbeetarian34]

I don't get why people are so annoyed with Foster for saying van Dijk is the best defender ever. Maldini is my favourite ever and VVD is right beside him. What's his weakness?

[@sk0nz]

What wrapping center forwards are you talking about? The premier League has almost none qualitiy upfront

[@slothfam2013]

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[@dylandoyle9072]

Love u cuz

[@KINGMONKEY1989]

You're my KZbin hero 😂

[@Humanityiscomedy]

You're comment famous bro

[@seanbutnotasheeple2090]

Gross, that's like climbing your sister

[@JCUEE]

Cheers Geoff

[@isnobodyreally102]

everyone at celtic knew he would go down and be one of the top defenders down there. at the time not many people down there did not beileve us. we keep telling you who is gonna be tops who go down and you just right us off up here. from di candio to viduka. to larsson and van dijk. its a case of just sobbish english supporters and all that prem league money going to their heads. when we say celtic and rangers are bigger than 80% of prem league clubs we mean it. but your bankrolls are bigger. it doesnt mean you are a bigger club.

[@loughrayjames]

Sergio Ramos. Free kicks, penalties, goals, goals and more goals. Not to mention the defending! What a career. The GOAT.

[@michaelmcgill-uu5ox]

Was better and cleaner than ramos red cards were disgrace he got virgil far better player

[@alexrobinson1849]

He had a spell playing in midfield for the national team too, and looked class there.

[@loughrayjames]

@@michaelmcgill-uu5ox I totally disagree but that’s the beauty of opinions!

[@r7..48]

@@michaelmcgill-uu5oxvan dijks prime is the best cb i’ve ever seen but it only lasted 2 years, ramos was consistently class for 10+ years at the top level.

[@tdmprofit3708]

Ramos started as an attacker. That's why he knows how to score. He couldn't tie Maldini or Baresi's laces when it came to defending. No one could. Best sweeper and left back in history. Spain has won one world cup and 2 euros with a once in a generation team. Italy has won 4. Plus 2 euros! Messi, Maradonna and Platini have Italian lineage. As do alot of Argentinean and Brazilian greats. Including Di Stefano( Real Madrid Legend). Kryuff taught Barcelona how to play football. A Dutchman! Spaniards are full of themselves. Without Di Stefano and Dutch maestro Kryuff, Spanish football would still be in the dark ages.

[@OvechkinGoalSplits]

Carter-Vickers >

[@Tashmaster3000]

Van Dijk is the closest to Rio Ferdinand since he retired. Rio did it for longer so is better

[@htcking9788]

Celtic are at the mercy of the crazy sky tv deal given absolutely mediocre football clubs over 100mil for achieving nothing then those teams signing players from huge clubs like celtic, ajax. Psv, feyenoord, porto, sporting benifica it's crazy football is broken

[@Do27gg]

No prem CB is better than Virgil

[@Calzone1997]

Harry Maguire would disagree

[@Do27gg]

@@Calzone1997 hilarious

[@mindfuldex]

I think you need to look at the stats pal,he's definitely not and hasn't been for a while

[@Do27gg]

@@mindfuldex I’ve looked at the stats and now I definitely think Virgil is the best

[@Juventinos]

Van Dijk is super. very good. but he has nothing on Chiellini or even Ramos.

[@liamfeely]

Van dyjk had potential at Celtic but he was also shit at times I can remember that fat bald striker for shakter karagandy tore him apart

[@Calzone1997]

Virgil is class but he can’t score goals like Fabian Schar

[@cb745]

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[@Rodders0223]

Great defender but the way he's lauded as one of, if not the best, of all time is absolute scandalous. No, just no.😮

[@jackwebb987]

Not far off. His peak is one of the highest reached by a defender.

[@97YNWA97]

Van Dijk’s peak was probably the greatest of any defender ever. He literally didn’t have a weakness.

[@Rodders0223]

@97YNWA97 No. No it wasn't. Unless you're 8 years old.

[@97YNWA97]

@@Rodders0223 u clearly didn’t watch him then. 2 year period he was unstoppable. Didn’t get dribbled past for entire year, won multiple trophies, made no mistakes and had no weakness

[@97YNWA97]

@@Rodders0223 came 2nd in the Ballond’Or too. Only 7 votes behind messi

[@martin-d4h]

Arsene Wenger never thought he would cut it in the EPL and passed on the chance to sign him.

[@YerDa67]

😂

[@mindfuldex]

Should be easy considering there was no rangers in the league to challenge them?and I'm pretty sure he said he learnt more at Southampton in 2 weeks than he did the 2 years at celshite😂

[@markniven8697]

The

[@AManCalledDutch]

Best CB that ever lived? 😂

[@97YNWA97]

For his peak arguably yes. All time, no.

[@mattinterweb]

I've seen Baresi, Stam, Terry, Ferdinand, Cannavaro, Ramos and Maldini (and seen all of them other than Baresi live) and none of them had the whole package. VVD at his absolute peak had everything. You see him live and its like he's playing with boys.

[@97YNWA97]

@@mattinterweb exactly

[@garyrenton4930]

@@mattinterwebwhat was Maldini lacking in your opinion?

[@mattinterweb]

@@garyrenton4930 Maldini was amazing, perhaps the best fullback ever, but he couldn't spray balls around like VVD does and wasn't such a goal threat.