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Player Micky van de Ven
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aww bless ya. poor thing, just want to be popular on an internet forum dont ya. have a little think and come up with ideas that can get the most likes and agrees...bless.
Agree about VDV not being the worlds best CB at this point.
But strongly disagree about who is ahead - Romero or VDV.
Based on this season showings in EPL Romero is out of TOP10 CBs and Mickey is in top3. Though sample size is not too big as of yet.
VDV is more important to us and there is no question here. His incredible pace gives us extra protection to play the high line. Not to mention - I have lot more faith in VDV when it comes to heading ability. Romero is more aggressive and has better passing range though.
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Nearly 2kph quicker than the next player.
I thought you Brits had converted to the metric system a long time ago 
British Imperial System | measurement system
Imperial units;
units of measurement of the British Imperial System, the traditional system of weights and measures used officially in Great Britain from 1824 until the adoption of the metric system beginning in 1965.
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2. Anthony Elanga (22.30mph)
3. Erling Haaland (22.20mph)
4. Timo Werner (22.17mph)
5. Gabriel Martinelli (22.10mph)
6. Alejandro Garnacho (22.04mph)
7. Cameron Archer (22.04mph)
8. Pedro Neto (21.99mph)
9. Yankuba Minteh (21.98mph)
10. Marcus Rashford (21.96mph)
British Imperial System | measurement system
Imperial units;
units of measurement of the British Imperial System, the traditional system of weights and measures used officially in Great Britain from 1824 until the adoption of the metric system beginning in 1965.
Fastest Premier League players revealed... but who comes in at No 1?
The Premier League has revealed the top 10 fastest speeds set by players this season, with a defender sitting well clear at the top of the list.
Top 10 fastest Premier League players this season
1. Micky van de Ven (23.06mph)2. Anthony Elanga (22.30mph)
3. Erling Haaland (22.20mph)
4. Timo Werner (22.17mph)
5. Gabriel Martinelli (22.10mph)
6. Alejandro Garnacho (22.04mph)
7. Cameron Archer (22.04mph)
8. Pedro Neto (21.99mph)
9. Yankuba Minteh (21.98mph)
10. Marcus Rashford (21.96mph)
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Yeah, but we generally prefer KM for these purposes as it seems soo much faster!I thought you Brits had converted to the metric system a long time ago
British Imperial System | measurement system
Imperial units;
units of measurement of the British Imperial System, the traditional system of weights and measures used officially in Great Britain from 1824 until the adoption of the metric system beginning in 1965.
Fastest Premier League players revealed... but who comes in at No 1?
The Premier League has revealed the top 10 fastest speeds set by players this season, with a defender sitting well clear at the top of the list.
Top 10 fastest Premier League players this season
1. Micky van de Ven (23.06mph)
2. Anthony Elanga (22.30mph)
3. Erling Haaland (22.20mph)
4. Timo Werner (22.17mph)
5. Gabriel Martinelli (22.10mph)
6. Alejandro Garnacho (22.04mph)
7. Cameron Archer (22.04mph)
8. Pedro Neto (21.99mph)
9. Yankuba Minteh (21.98mph)
10. Marcus Rashford (21.96mph)
Exactly! Pointless being fast if you can't play the ball!!I love this kid but is everyone like me completely fed up with listening to commentators and pundits tell us how fast he is? It is fucking doing my nut in. He's a quality footballer and deserves to be analysed for how good a player he is. No one goes near saying this, all they fucking do is talk about how fast he was clocked running.
One problem with this
I hear ya - maybe this time we won't make the same mistakes at the top - hope is all we have sometimes man!
Watch the run against United he moves the ball two or three times. He is fully in control of what he is doing the cross is perfect not just thrashed. He can control the ball he's not Forest fucking Gump.
Rudiger, Saliba (I know, I know but facts is facts), VVD, Stones, Araujo, Dias, Gvardiol, Konate, Militao, Marquinhos.name 10 centre backs better than our World Cup winner
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Eric Dier beat all those when he wanted the toiletI thought you Brits had converted to the metric system a long time ago
British Imperial System | measurement system
Imperial units;
units of measurement of the British Imperial System, the traditional system of weights and measures used officially in Great Britain from 1824 until the adoption of the metric system beginning in 1965.
Fastest Premier League players revealed... but who comes in at No 1?
The Premier League has revealed the top 10 fastest speeds set by players this season, with a defender sitting well clear at the top of the list.
Top 10 fastest Premier League players this season
1. Micky van de Ven (23.06mph)
2. Anthony Elanga (22.30mph)
3. Erling Haaland (22.20mph)
4. Timo Werner (22.17mph)
5. Gabriel Martinelli (22.10mph)
6. Alejandro Garnacho (22.04mph)
7. Cameron Archer (22.04mph)
8. Pedro Neto (21.99mph)
9. Yankuba Minteh (21.98mph)
10. Marcus Rashford (21.96mph)
Seeing that run the first thing I thought of was 'Bale'.
Werner right up there too.
excellent post
VDVs pace stands out obviously but that leads people to miss how important Romero is to the way we play.
His aggression to step up and win tackles makes our press as lethal as it is and his passing between the lines and ball carrying are the key that unlocks our build up. Hes statistically the best passing CB in the prem.
A lot has been made of the mistakes he’s made but they were also team mistakes IMO and he’s been unreal the last 2 prem games. People talk about the load on Son travelling to Asia but Romero has the same with Argentina and always plays 90s. He’s looked much better getting a midweek rest.
VDV is unreal and has a ceiling way above any CB I can remember but right now, he’s also still learning his trade and there’s growth there.
I just hope the club is willing to pay the wages needed to keep both VDV and Romero. We need both. And we need Dragusin and a long term successor to Davies as well.
Nah....
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