[Leif GW]

Probably his biggest game so for this afternoon. Come on Lindelof!

 

[7even]

Today it’s all about his mental strength. Viggo needs to step up, take responsibility and dominate his area of the pitch. He must have a offensive approach where he delivers the ball with accuracy and speed.

If we see a shy and nervous Lindelöf then we are in deep trouble.

 

[Slevs]

Taken responsibility so far. Defending well, mean physical battles. Trying to get it forward when he has the ball.

 

[Bwuk]

Playing well imo.

Only one of our back 4 who can say that.

 

[kr0nix]

He's been pretty good so far.

 

[AshRK]

He needs to tackle more and not just follow his man. But having said I feel he is the only one who is communicating and trying to organise the back. Shameful to see smalling who has been with us for almost 7 years, and then also he is still crap.

 

[Fredrik.A]

Seen some people in the match thread blaming him for the goal. Not his fault either Scott or Ash couldnt bother with Willian or Valencia fecking up the offside line.

 

[A-man]

Seen some people in the match thread blaming him for the goal. Not his fault either Scott or Ash couldnt bother with Willian or Valencia fecking up the offside line.

Yes that’s ridiculous. Hadn’t he taken care of Hazard, he would probably have scored. I think his first half was great, the best so far in United. Then I take into acount he is facing some world class players like Hazard, Willian, and Morata.

 

[TsuWave]

he has too many shaky moments. hopefully he can get rid of them. i think he was the one keeping Morata in play for that offside call that we were lucky to get

 

[Gusjaros]

Nice performance. First goal not only his fault.

 

[Slevs]

Didn't take any shit, was very mean with their attackers, really liked his performance today.

 

[JohnnyLaw]

One of our best players today, only Lukaku and Matic better imo. Well done Vic.

 

[3KDré]

Good performance. I want to see him pass the ball forward more because that's what he was bought for.

 

[jungledrums]

Good stuff, looking forward to him partnering Bailly.

 

[Godfather]

He was decent indeed.

 

[haram]

Did ok bar the mistake at the end. He has potential, I believe in him.

 

[Raw]

I'd really like to see him start more games.

 

[Devil may care]

He was ok for the most part, couple of shaky moments but not bad given he's still fairly new to the PL.

 

[Silas]

Good game from him, apart from that attempted clearance. Hopefully he begins to start consistently and builds confidence. Then we'll see him become more adventurous on the ball.

 

[ivaldo]

Another good game for him. Starting to settle in now.

 

[Ekeke]

Thought he was fine today. One or two decent passes, made a couple of clearances and looked like he knew what he was doing most of the time. Smalling - Lindelof looked pretty solid today, the fullbacks are another story

 

[Litch]

Under the radar today but proves he has the quality to succeed here.....

 

[Kostur]

Would be nice if he actually cemented the spot and we could get rid of Jones. I like him.

 

[Yorkeontop]

Here was settled already but Jose is so in love with his boys Jones and Smalling. Victor is the antidote to all that bumbling we get back there courtesy of Jose's boys. He's not flawless but his ceiling is waaaay higher than those 2.

 

[Web of Bissaka]

If we ignore that only one costly mistake, he had a great game. Well done. I would start and continue to play him next game.

 

[K2K]

Looks a far cry from that rabbit caught in the headlines earlier this season.

 

[buckooo1978]

he's looked solid enough the last several times he's played

too many knee jerk reactions to mistakes early on

 

[stepic]

Hope we see him and Bailly together soon as our regular starting pair.

 

[Loublaze]

Here was settled already but Jose is so in love with his boys Jones and Smalling. Victor is the antidote to all that bumbling we get back there courtesy of Jose's boys. He's not flawless but his ceiling is waaaay higher than those 2.

A bit over the top. Lindelof doesn't have enough physicality IMO, he's like Darmian and Blind in this regard. Jury is still out for me. Next season will be the best time to judge him properly as he's taking his time to fully adapt to this league.

 

[MadDogg]

Tempted to say he was our best player in the first half. Admittedly that wasn't a high standard as nobody else really stood out.

Hopefully he continues with this slow but steady improvement.

 

[James Peril]

Here was settled already but Jose is so in love with his boys Jones and Smalling. Victor is the antidote to all that bumbling we get back there courtesy of Jose's boys. He's not flawless but his ceiling is waaaay higher than those 2.

There is literally nothing to suggest that Lindelof had a higher ceiling than Jones, absolutely nothing.

 

[Smores]

Overall he had a decent game but Rojo, Bailey or Jones would have fouled the attacker to prevent Chelsea's first goal from occuring.

Intrigued to see if he can progress

 

[Yorkeontop]

A bit over the top. Lindelof doesn't have enough physicality IMO, he's like Darmian and Blind in this regard. Jury is still out for me. Next season will be the best time to judge him properly as he's taking his time to fully adapt to this league.

Yeah probably. The lack of physicality can be overcome considering the other CB are fine in that department .

There is literally nothing to suggest that Lindelof had a higher ceiling than Jones, absolutely nothing.

Jones has reached his ceiling imo, injuries have seen to that. Lindelof is a superior footballer and by design comes with the better football brain.

 

[Adisa]

We simply have to keep faith in him. A CB tat can play and doesn't get injured.

 

[MikeKing]

He showed real talent today. I now have some faith he will come good

 

[Adam-Utd]

If he can just giving it away as soon as he makes a tackle or interception then he will be a good defender.

Played pretty well but I notice he always passes it away to the other team which is quite frustrating as he does all the hard work.

He definitely makes a better pairing with Smalling than Jones.

 

[A-man]

Tempted to say he was our best player in the first half. Admittedly that wasn't a high standard as nobody else really stood out.

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I agree, think he did great in first. In second there was not so much to do plus he had that poor clearance.

A question about that. Lindelöf kicked the ball on a Chelsea player and it rebounded to another who was 1 meter offside. What are the rules? If Lindelöf kicks the ball and it totally changes direction after bouncing on a blue player and ends up with another blue in offside position. Is that offside? Or not?

 

[Ekeke]

Yeah probably. The lack of physicality can be overcome considering the other CB are fine in that department .

Jones has reached his ceiling imo, injuries have seen to that. Lindelof is a superior footballer and by design comes with the better football brain.

So you're saying a midfielder or striker who is better on the ball than Jones is a better CB than Jones?

 

[MadDogg]

A question about that. Lindelöf kicked the ball on a Chelsea player and it rebounded to another who was 1 meter offside. What are the rules? If Lindelöf kicks the ball and it totally changes direction after bouncing on a blue player and ends up with another blue in offside position. Is that offside? Or not?

It should have been offside, yes.

 

[NinjaFletch]

I agree, think he did great in first. In second there was not so much to do plus he had that poor clearance.

A question about that. Lindelöf kicked the ball on a Chelsea player and it rebounded to another who was 1 meter offside. What are the rules? If Lindelöf kicks the ball and it totally changes direction after bouncing on a blue player and ends up with another blue in offside position. Is that offside? Or not?

Wouldn't count as a deliberate touch because it was a deflection so it would go back to the next deliberate touch which the player couldn't be offside from because Lindelöf was the one that kicked it.