Remember seeing Van Dijk play for Celtic when they lost against Malmö. Wasn't impressed at all.Didn't watch the game myself but could see that twitter really loved his performance too and I also noticed a while back that he won their Player of the Month award of August (his first month there) by the fans.. chuffed to see him get off to a good start, as it obviously increases his chances of being promoted to Soton's first team, Liverpool FC.
PS I have been immensely impressed by Soton's central defender Van Dijk, anyone else noticed him?
Elegant, strong, commanding, clever, fast. Really looks a marvelous prospect.
Guess you can't judge a player after one game cause he's been great since then.