Jannik Vestergaard - Official: Signs for Leicester

[suewhistle]

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2020/nov/12/football-greed-vanity-narcissism-pointless-friendlies

 

Good article which S-Clarke has already summed up with 'WTF'..

[SW5 SAINT]

  On 12/11/2020 at 07:02, skintsaint said:

I'm sure the international break was two games, now they cram in 3........

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Unnecessary international travel at this time, is both crazy and reckless.....

[Saint Keef]

It's a horrible thought, but imagine an international footballer (possibly a high-profile player) dies from Covid 19 having been on international duty (whether it be for a meaningless friendly or some tin-pot competition), the outcry that would cause would be immense. The footballing authorities wouldn't have a leg to stand on. It would probably see the end to all internationals for some considerable time and may even halt domestic football for a long time. These internationals (as SW5 Saint says above) are reckless and unnecessary. Some would say dangerous.  

[nta786]

I think I saw Jannik in some training photos!

Glad he has not gone to Denmark

[redkeith]

  On 10/11/2020 at 09:33, Miltonaggro said:

The Vest is no Dejan Lovren but any bid from the dipperati would need to be north of £50M...

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North of 70 Mill now Gomez is injured ! 

 

[nta786]

So Vestegaard starts for Denmark tonight

I presume this ‘minks’ stuff will be exempt for elite sportsmen then- let’s just hope he tests negative on his return

[Chocolate Box]

Subbed on 90 mins, hope nothing sinister, seems a bit odd.

[nta786]

  On 15/11/2020 at 21:52, Chocolate Box said:

Subbed on 90 mins, hope nothing sinister, seems a bit odd.

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My guess is as they were drawing they decided to throw the kitchen sink at it so took off a centreback to put an attacking player on.

It worked, they won in the 93rd minute and still have a chance to qualify for the finals now.

 

[skintsaint]

  On 13/11/2020 at 15:07, redkeith said:

North of 70 Mill now Gomez is injured ! 

 

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Off subject but Liverpool played Phillips as no option at the time, he has been in their reserves/youth for a long time. Played really well against West Ham and not been seen since....These clubs never really give these type of players a good run in the team. They would rather go splash 50m on another player.

[nta786]

Jannik on the bench tonight for Denmark- good for us just needs to come back unscathed and covid free and all is good! 

[skintsaint]

  On 09/07/2018 at 12:03, skintsaint said:

https://www.bundesliga.com/en/news/Bundesliga/jannik-vestergaard-ten-things-on-gladbach-s-great-dane-defender-467867.jsp

 

4,6 & 7 are encouraging.

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Starting to see 6 & 7 a bit more lately. Guess he is now worth more than the 20m quoted to Leicester? 

[East Kent Saint]

A picture of him scoring last night shows him several feet off the ground so he does jump for headers !

[skintsaint]

  On 08/12/2020 at 12:02, East Kent Saint said:

A picture of him scoring last night shows him several feet off the ground so he does jump for headers !

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[fanimal]

Just look at Orioles face !! 😇

[trousers]

  On 08/12/2020 at 15:19, fanimal said:

Just look at Orioles face !! 😇

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[mrfahaji]

Someone with photoshop skills could edit out Dunk, add wings and a halo to Vestergaard and it would all look rather deferential.

[31cc]

  On 08/12/2020 at 15:25, trousers said:

 

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Michael Stipe                                                                                                                           JV

Separated at birth?

 

 

[Saint Keef]

I think the coaches have worked on his jumping. It always amazed me that he wasn't winning headers previously. Maybe the haircut has helped too......now he can actually see the ball coming.

[Minsk]

Heard a rumour Klopp has invited him for an Christmas lunch somewhere private.......

[Lord Duckhunter]

One of the biggest turn round I’ve seen in 45 years of watching. Never in a million years did I think he’d make it here. Couldn’t head the bloody thing despite being so tall and moved  like a statue. Commanding now, and has got a lovely ping. Still a doubt about his lack of pace, but his positional play is covering it up well. Long May it continue. 

[Micky]

BBC had him down as man of the match today. 

[saint lard]

He’s been immense. 
his distribution of late has been superb. 
dare I say....a Van Dyke in the making?

 

[Matthew Le God]

  On 13/12/2020 at 19:21, saint lard said:

Van Dyke

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Edited 13 December, 2020 by Matthew Le God

[woodsaint1]

Always thought Vestergaard could become a decent player for us (certainly in the minority on here), but his performances the last few months have even exceeded those expectations. You can see the confidence oozing out of him

[skintsaint]

Another player who is now reaping rewards for effort and being selected each game. Also with the team performing so well helps, imagine Carrillo up front for us at the moment, could have even bagged a goal by now.

[Turkish]

  On 14/12/2020 at 01:00, skintsaint said:

Another player who is now reaping rewards for effort and being selected each game. Also with the team performing so well helps, imagine Carrillo up front for us at the moment, could have even bagged a goal by now.

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Lets not get too carried away.

[Whitey Grandad]

Vestergaard and Che are both in Tony Cascarino’s team of the week in The Times today.

[Saint Keef]

  On 14/12/2020 at 01:00, skintsaint said:

Another player who is now reaping rewards for effort and being selected each game. Also with the team performing so well helps, imagine Carrillo up front for us at the moment, could have even bagged a goal by now.

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Carriillo couldn't bag his own shopping.

[Saint Garrett]

Another player who Ralph has improved significantly. Not sure there is one player who he hasn't since he's been here....top manager.

[steve green]

The one good thing about not being able to attend games is I've not been able to groan and moan each time Vesty was selected or got the ball.

 

My apologies to him. Shown some character to get stuck in, improve and once again prove this idiot wrong.

[Saint Keef]

Another Liverpool defender injury yesterday - Matip.  They will definitely need to go shopping in January - we need to slap a £70m price tag on Jannik now. I'm not saying he's itching to go, but if Liverpool came calling, the prospect of playing alongside VvD (obviously not this season, but in the long term) might be very tempting for him. Just saying.....

[Saint Garrett]

Who'd have thought we'd be thinking about it, but he's another player along with Ings and Armstrong who is out of contract at the end of next season...

[SuperSAINT]

 

[Tony F]

  On 14/12/2020 at 14:56, Saint Garrett said:

Another player who Ralph has improved significantly. Not sure there is one player who he hasn't since he's been here....top manager.

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Obafemi??

[austsaint]

  On 13/12/2020 at 19:22, LeG said:

Hes like a slower VVD. Insane turn around. Actually unbelievable. 

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If he was a racehorse they would be checking his freezebrand markings and taking swab samples.    He's earned every plaudit!

[egg]

  On 22/12/2020 at 08:07, Tony F said:

Obafemi??

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Yep. Slattery and Valery have gone backwards too. Vokins arguably as well.  

[Matthew Le God]

  On 22/12/2020 at 11:32, egg said:

Yep. Slattery and Valery have gone backwards too. Vokins arguably as well.  

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Backwards from what? They weren't close to the first team before he arrived.

[Appy]

  On 22/12/2020 at 11:38, Matthew Le God said:

Backwards from what? They weren't close to the first team before he arrived.

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Valery made his debut under Hughes. 

[Matthew Le God]

  On 22/12/2020 at 12:11, Appy said:

Valery made his debut under Hughes. 

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I was talking about Slattery and Vokins. I'm fully aware when Valery made his debut, he was never that great and Walker-Peters is his upgrade so Valery isn't going to play if KWP is fit.

Edited 22 December, 2020 by Matthew Le God

[egg]

  On 22/12/2020 at 11:38, Matthew Le God said:

Backwards from what? They weren't close to the first team before he arrived.

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What a daft question.

They've gone backwards from where they were, ie they have regressed as players rather than progressed. Whether they were first team players is irrelevant to the question of whether they've improved under Ralph, which they haven't.

Slattery has (had) loads of potential but can't make a 9 man bench. Vokins hasn't kicked on. Ditto Valery. 

[Matthew Le God]

  On 22/12/2020 at 14:16, egg said:

What a daft question.

They've gone backwards from where they were, ie they have regressed as players rather than progressed. Whether they were first team players is irrelevant to the question of whether they've improved under Ralph, which they haven't.

Slattery has (had) loads of potential but can't make a 9 man bench. Vokins hasn't kicked on. Ditto Valery. 

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You appear to have determined they have regressed based on a lack of gametime. But if the players ahead of them are doing extremely well (as they clearly are) then they aren't going to make the starting line-up, subs bench. That does not mean they have regressed, the quality bar for gametime is very high atm.

[Appy]

  On 22/12/2020 at 12:15, Matthew Le God said:

I was talking about Slattery and Vokins. I'm fully aware when Valery made his debut, he was never that great and Walker-Peters is his upgrade so Valery isn't going to play if KWP is fit.

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I'm fully aware he was never that great.

 

See, I can come back with weird responses too.

[Matthew Le God]

  On 22/12/2020 at 15:23, Appy said:

See, I can come back with weird responses too.

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[SuperSAINT]

 

[MarkSFC]

  On 26/12/2020 at 14:42, SuperSAINT said:

 

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Maybe Liverpool have submitted a large bid... 

[BotleySaint]

Time for Salisu to come good.. 

[Matthew Le God]

  On 26/12/2020 at 17:59, MarkSFC said:

Maybe Liverpool have submitted a large bid... 

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Or far more likely...he is injured and out for upto 4 weeks

[SKD]

  On 26/12/2020 at 14:42, SuperSAINT said:

 

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Imo a bigger miss than Danny. 1 because stephens just isn’t anywhere near PL standard and 2 because his ability to play from the back into midfield using both feet is hugely underrated.

A big loss. Mad, like many, I couldn’t see myself saying this 6 months ago. 

Edited 26 December, 2020 by SKD

[S-Clarke]

  On 26/12/2020 at 21:35, SKD said:

Imo a bigger miss than Danny. 1 because stephens just isn’t anywhere near PL standard and 2 because his ability to play from the back into midfield using both feet is hugely underrated.

A big loss. Mad, like many, I couldn’t see myself saying this 6 months ago. 

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To be fair to Stephens, he played well today I thought? That block at the end was 'goal' worthy. Let's not forget he has also progressed under Ralph. We wouldn't have given Vestergaard the time of day this time last year, he's improved...and so did Stephens.

He's not flawless, of course not, but he's a lot better than he was in 2019.

[Dorchester Saint]

  On 26/12/2020 at 19:10, BotleySaint said:

Time for Salisu to come good.. 

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How many times have you seen him play? Would you mind sharing your in depth analysis on what he would bring to the defence and subsequently, the wider team?