[theo_luddite]

I never considered VLP lazy, it was just that he'd run the ball out of defence, that was his good part, then he'd fall over/dive trying to win a free kick instead of looking for a pass. Every ref knew it and never gave him a thing. A frustrating waste of space in the oppo's half rather than a lazy waste of space in my opinion. If he was a genius he'd still be employed somewhere else and have played way more than a few slack handfuls of games in the past 4-5 seasons. His 18 games in Greece this season for a team that wears Town's colours (or nearly) Apollon Smyrnis F.C. are almost as many as from the previous seasons for Boro, on loan from Town, Red Star Belgrade, UD Logroñés and Würzburger Kickers combined.

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By the way, you won't be surprised to know he's no longer playing in Greece