I have no idea how good VVD is, last season the only Saints' matches I watched were the ones they played against us.
What I will say, though, is that the defence seems to be an ongoing issue, regardless of who is playing there. It seems like no matter who we plug in there over the last few seasons, whether it was Sakho, Lovren, Skrtel, Toure, Klavan, Matip---they can't even consistently hold a decent line!
It just seems unlikely that every single one of them is awful and oh, just toss VVD in there and everything will be perfect.
What seems more likely, especially considering that these problems keep popping up no matter who is in the back four, is that they're not being coached properly, or they're not being coached enough. How is it possible that no matter who we put in there, four highly paid professional athletes can't do something as simple as hold a line together?
If they're not being drilled or coached properly at Melwood then that's not going to change just because VVD comes in.
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