- Oct 18, 2004
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It isn't that he's not a great player - he clearly is. It isn't that he cannot function in a 4-5-1 as clearly he can. (Although 4-5-1 isn't the best formation for us because of the lack of appropriate striker). However, it's clear that VDV isn't hitting the heights that he did at the start of the season. There's a few potential reasons for that: he might not have regained full match fitness since coming back from injury; he didn't have a proper pre-season so his general fitness level is down and perhaps he is just doing what Teddy Sheringham did a bit too often and is trying to win games by himself, hence dropping too deep which he's done a lot recently.