Jan Vertonghen

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Five

Five

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He's gone full Greta
Five
Knightbillynick said:
Never backed down?? Obviously forgot the gutless performance at anfield when he was leaning against the wall in the tunnel
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I have no recollection of that, but I heard it being discussed on a football podcast in the last week or two. 'Tis said that Poch later took him aside to speak about his poor body language.
 

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Kiwi

Kiwi
Knightbillynick said:
Was before the game that he was leaning against the wall. Not fired up and didn't give a f&#k that day. Unforgivable
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havent watched his total career... but could it be we're letting one moment (we're all allowed one off day at work - not everyone can be up 100%) affect our perception?
 

GDG

GDG
Kiwi said:
havent watched his total career... but could it be we're letting one moment (we're all allowed one off day at work - not everyone can be up 100%) affect our perception?
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It’s always interesting with older players. They have a poor season and they’re “shot”. 22 year old has a poor season and “we need to find a way to get them back to their best”.

I’m not saying Jan isn’t done at the top level, but equally I wouldn’t be shocked if he went to Inter and won the league starting at CB for them next season.

He could just be in poor form. It happens.
 

Pippins

Pippins
Five said:
I have no recollection of that, but I heard it being discussed on a football podcast in the last week or two. 'Tis said that Poch later took him aside to speak about his poor body language.
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Maybe his was trying to stop the wall from falling down in that dump
 

prinmemo

prinmemo
GDG said:
It’s always interesting with older players. They have a poor season and they’re “shot”. 22 year old has a poor season and “we need to find a way to get them back to their best”.

I’m not saying Jan isn’t done at the top level, but equally I wouldn’t be shocked if he went to Inter and won the league starting at CB for them next season.

He could just be in poor form. It happens.
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Most of the time the 22 year old is in his way up and headed towards his prime. The 32 year old is past his prime and declining.
 

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Bazali

Bazali

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Bazali
GDG said:
It’s always interesting with older players. They have a poor season and they’re “shot”. 22 year old has a poor season and “we need to find a way to get them back to their best”.

I’m not saying Jan isn’t done at the top level, but equally I wouldn’t be shocked if he went to Inter and won the league starting at CB for them next season.

He could just be in poor form. It happens.
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He could but I’ve seen him several times this season and he looks to have lost a couple of yards of pace

Sadly as he’s been great for us
 
Five

Five

Supporter
He's gone full Greta
Five
GDG said:
Of course. But the answer isn’t absolute. Older players can have bad runs of form too.
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This is different. His mobility has gone to the dogs. We knew he was slowing down, but the decline in recent times has been alarming.
 
Reidy

Reidy

Reidy
Five said:
This is different. His mobility has gone to the dogs. We knew he was slowing down, but the decline in recent times has been alarming.
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Teams are now targeting the space in behind him and Alderweireld and I said a good while ago you can't play them together anywhere along the back line.
 

GDG

GDG
Five said:
This is different. His mobility has gone to the dogs. We knew he was slowing down, but the decline in recent times has been alarming.
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I wasn’t saying it was the case about Jan. Just a general statement about how quick people are to write older footballers off when they have a bad patch.
 

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