Greenlizard0 PL & Championship Football Thread ** spoilers ** [13th - 15th Aug 2021]

That was more encouraging, VVD got on his bike to cover their attack down our right.

Wouldnt surprise me if he is just playing cautiously in his first competitive match back, which makes sense to me, all too often we see a player return and get injured again, tests and training can never quite simulate a real match
 
Opening day win is always nice so happy days, keita didn't show enough, ox seem to start better but faded.

would have liked dijk to come off just cause he look knackered at times
 
I thought calling Gini, Wini was as bad as it could get but if Mark keeps calling VVD just Dijk I might ban him for the rest of time!

Other than the last 5 minutes and a couple of brain farts from Kostas, that was a very good performance. VVD maybe looked a little tentative at times but I think that's to be expected as he needs to learn to trust his body - 90 minutes under his belt will do him a world of good.
 
VVD maybe looked a little tentative at times but I think that's to be expected as he needs to learn to trust his body - 90 minutes under his belt will do him a world of good.

I'd say every single player I've ever seen interviewed on their career has stated they never ever really where the same after this injuries. They either adapt their game to be less reliant on pace and they don't reach the same heights again.

Suarez stuff from Salah

Indeed, the lack of funds in Spain and Italy is such a gift for Liverpool. Salah will finish the best days of his career now at Liverpool. 5 or so years ago he would be Barca or Madrid player and hold all the cards, now though where can he go? I think he will get his best tally this year.
 
Joe Gomez done his ACL, ankle ligaments and broke his leg and was still pretty much the quickest CB in the League. Danny Ings done both his knees and came back the exact same high tempo pressing forward as before.

I mentioned last season, a leading knee specialist says the vast majority of players return to 100% now due to the better surgery etc and that the biggest challenge for players is mentally, while they learn to trust their body again.
 
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