39 thoughts on “Jamie says Virgil van Dijk is the Thierry Henry of center backs in the Premier League ✨”

  1. I'll never understand why people don't rate Henry enough I know people might hate me for saying this but for me I'll pick him over R9 if I have to. Great pace, great finishing, goals, assists, passion, longevity, trophies and I ain't even an Arsenal fan!

  2. Class from carra.
    I still wonder why VVD never got a backlash for talking down on Carra the way he did back then.

    In all, I do admire the honesty of carra. Man never takes a joke seriously

  3. Henry is top 20 best players of all time and one of the best strikers ever.
    VVD is great but you have to put Maldini, Cannavaro, Scirea, Nesta and Baresi above him 🇮🇹 Thiago Silva, Stam, Vidic and Puyol are arguable

  4. Amazing to think that they didn't expect much from him when he still played in Holland. Ajax signed Mike van der Hoorn instead of Virgil. PSV went with Jeffrey Bruma. He was almost sold to Krasnodar at one point.

  5. I have seen Nesta. I have seen Puyol. I have seen Cannavaro. I have seen Maldini. The only defender I would say is arguably better than VVD is Maldini. Terry, Rio, Vidic in PL do not even come close to VVD, and it makes me laugh when people in their rivalry and banter or nostalgia bias say so. 😅

    They either would not be able to handle high lines like VVD does or would not be able to do it with great but not world class defenders. VVD can do that and do that in low and mid blocks as well as high line defending along with elite on the ball passing, heading and almost any attribute you can name. Ramos also does not touch the GOAT debate due to his rash defensive flaws. I mean, man has record number of red cards or close to it.

    Now, maybe Beckenbauer, Hansen, Baressi, etc. were better since I have not watched them a lot and also it's unfair to judge those old era players. So, I should not say GOAT, but the greatest in modern era along with Maldini.

  6. John Terry and vvd debate is so forced. Vvd is just better centre back . John Terry played his whole career in low to mid block while vvd plays in one of highest defensive line in Europe even good centre backs look dogs*it in high line it's so hard to play in High then it is to low or mid block as a centre back and look great and vvd comfortably looks best centre from the past 7 years while playing high line + much better on the ball which is so important in modern football especially if you play in elite team who have most of the possession

  7. Van dijk is a great player but he's one of the greatest defenders in prem history, well at least top 5, he has never played in an era where there were truly world class strikers who could do everything

  8. I don't think so. Van Dijk is overrated. Saying that he's the Henry of CBs is an insult to Henry and he didn't realise or maybe he did and went along anyway with this nonsense.

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