Florian Wirtz

[Steveo]

How do we do it without a messianic type manager?

Not easy - owners who don’t want to run the nations most successful club - like a buy to let would makes things easier though

[RedMagic]

Yeah, it's only the 1000th time you've mentioned it...

Only the 1000th? I thought it was a lot more than that. I'll have to pull my socks up and make sure I mention it more often.

[justme]

Pull your knickers up at the same time

[RedMagic]

Pull your knickers up at the same time

How do you know I wear knickers?!?!? Have you set up a hidden webcam in my bathroom? You pervert!!!

[justme]

Yeah, sorry your so appealing. And I couldn't resist

[miller0863]

What?? Just what is anyone seeing that makes it worth changing our formation and investing £100m??

A couple of decent short passes, 3 or 4 if I am being very generous is nowhere near enough.

I would 100% go to Bayern and say fancy a swap with Olise??

[CCTV]

He's one of the few players who plays forwards. He's all one and two touches, watch how many touches Dom, Mac or Grav make before playing a pass.

Watch how many touches the forwards need to get everything under control. Gakpo was shocking.

Wirtz made a lovely little move and a nicely weighted pass for Ekitike in Paris only for Ekitike to fall over his own feet.

He faded (as did everyone else) in the 2nd half, but he'll get fitter and stronger and will better for having this season.

There are going to be an awful lot of people backtracking at some point in the future...

Tend to agree. His goals and assist per minute this season aren't too bad. On a par with Eze, Rogers, Sobozla and Palmer (excluding 5 penalties all comps)
In an obviously shit season this young kid has stood relatively strong, in a new league too.

VVD, Salah & MacA... what a difference from last season.

[miller0863]

I think you’re all mad. Did so little again today against a good team.
Looked great in Germany as he did in a friendly with Switzerland but he hasn’t done once against a good team.
We need better and we don’t need to keep chopping and changing formation to try and find a position for him.

[jozza800]

Playing out on the wing.

Why the fuck was Mac playing as a f9 / 10.

If you're going to build the team around him then do it fucking properly.

[miller0863]

Why the fk was Macca playing??

[jozza800]

Why the fk was Macca playing??

True.

He'll still be in the team at the weekend as well...

[miller0863]

Jones has to play surely. Not sure why Frimpong went off but I wouldn’t be surprised if he felt a knock, with Gomez going off injured again we could be stuck with Szoboszlai at RB in a derby.

We are cooked ….

[jozza800]

If I was Szoboslai I'd tell Slot to get fucked.

One of the few players carrying an attacking threat and he's got him playing fucking right back...

[justme]

Slot probably plays Szoboslai at right back because hes the hardest working member of the team and Salah's work rate this season has been nonexistent
Can't blame Slot for Gomez getting injury 207666, we had no one to cover right back.so was the only player who can play that role . Its been bizarre when we've had players fit at right back and Slot still chose Dom though.

[redgold]

Wirtz seems to me to be no different from a host of other players who have moved between the Prem and the Bundeslige. Ones that go out do well (Diaz, Kane, Sancho, Bellingham); ones that come here don't (Werner, Sancho, Nkunku, Simons, Sesko etc and now Wirtz. Haaland and Hugo are the obvious exception and Frimpong, who can't hack the pace despite his obvious quality and gets injured. Perhaps we should leave the Northern European leagues alone in our future transfers. Too little opportunity to show the skill level required at the pace required, and with the strength and stamina required.

Wirtz has had a season to acclimatise. It took Hugo about 3 games. We can't build a team around maybe. Send him to Bayern and use the cash to set up a proper midfield around a replacement and Dom who we NEED to secure NOW.