Florian Wirtz

[Nineteenx]

We didn’t need him, we didn’t need 2 number 9’s we certainly didn’t need to change formations from the one that restored the clubs fortunes and built a new legacy

We could have kept Diaz, signed Ekitije Semenyo Kerkez Guehi and a No6 be playing 433 and be top of the league right now

Fucks sake older crowd remember the mistakes we made with Souness and Evans changing systems a d styles and where that led us

433 pressing and counter pressing restored our status and fortunes and remains a top formation and style of play and we’ve played it highly successfully for 10 years including last season there was no need at all to change

[Kev0909]

It's a joke 19x nothing we can do about it though, going to take seasons and $$$ to sort this out, replacements for salah/chiesa VVD a LW konate replacement.... midfielder........ sigh, not to mention the one proper RB we have spends more time injured

[JockStrap]

Playing football manager on a forum is easy. No consequences and you can just ignore reality.

Diaz wanted out. Guehi wasn't for sale and we did sign two of the other 3.

Wirtz is one of the best young footballers in the world. No doubt there would be cries of WTF were we doing if he'd gone to City.

Try supporting the team you have, not the team you can assemble in footie manager.

[Kev0909]

Playing football manager on a forum is easy. No consequences and you can just ignore reality.

Diaz wanted out. Guehi wasn't for sale and we did sign two of the other 3.

Wirtz is one of the best young footballers in the world. No doubt there would be cries of WTF were we doing if he'd gone to City.

Try supporting the team you have, not the team you can assemble in footie manager.

Cherki is not doing too bad, Diaz might have wanted to go but not replacing him is a joke, and Guehi is not the only CB out there, if we was serious we'd try with a bid now i'd imagine, not sure what 30m is when we spent 135m on a broken player.

[JockStrap]

Cherki is not doing too bad, Diaz might have wanted to go but not replacing him is a joke, and Guehi is not the only CB out there, if we was serious we'd try with a bid now i'd imagine, not sure what 30m is when we spent 135m on a broken player.

The need at CB is obvious and I'm sure that will get fixed. The idea was to give Rio the chance to replace Diaz. That hasn't quite worked but nothing wrong with trying, considering we bought so many other players.

It's all ifs and buts. Isak is a proven PL player. If he goes to Utd and starts banging in goals and Ekitike flops then you're asking why we didn't buy a proven striker. All of this is easy with hindsight. Nobody can see the future. Who could forsee Mo's form falling off a cliff?

We have a good squad, a good manager and I'm sure we have a plan to fix the areas that need attention. There's so much to be positive about but you'd never think it reading this place.

[Kev0909]

I just can't go on watching gakpo much longer, it pains me, fucking boring, i'm sorry but it's a weak link and he sums a lot of boring play from us, think salah misses Diaz too, don't think gakpo does much to help him & no pace at all either, = no more room for salah.

All the top teams have pace on the flanks, we have none unless frimpong starts which is rare, and he'll probably have to play RB more.

[JockStrap]

I just can't go on watching gakpo much longer, it pains me, fucking boring, i'm sorry but it's a weak link and he sums a lot of boring play from us, think salah misses Diaz too, don't think gakpo does much to help him & no pace at all either, = no more room for salah.

All the top teams have pace on the flanks, we have none unless frimpong starts which is rare, and he'll probably have to play RB more.

Salah and Frimpong should have been devastating down the right. Kerkez and Rio the same on the other side. Then add Wirtz and Ekitike/Isak through the middle and that is a frightening lineup. We're not quite there yet and Salah is probably done but you can see the intention. Pace and goals all over the place.

[Steveo]

Beyond the obvious Shilling taking place:


Marc Guehi was for sale this summer for an asking price of around £40 million. We wouldn’t pay that and tried to game it and force their hand - leaving it until deadline day - this despite Glasner stipulating that unless he had time to find a replacement no deal would happen. We gave him one day - and he somehow still managed to find a player but the fella chose West Ham instead - and time was up…!!


And Diaz ONLY wanted out AFTER his wage demands were flatly refused by the club. The F$G leaked media bullshit for the minions to swallow in full swing early in the summer which I called it out at the time. Setting up his sale to Bayern. Kerching,,

[Kev0909]

Salah and Frimpong should have been devastating down the right. Kerkez and Rio the same on the other side. Then add Wirtz and Ekitike/Isak through the middle and that is a frightening lineup. We're not quite there yet and Salah is probably done but you can see the intention. Pace and goals all over the place.

Imagine Wirtz feeding Ekiteke/Isak.. and 2 pacey attackers that can actually run behind the other teams back4..... another thing I don't get why people moan about Wirtz...... he's not exactly getting much help, it's slow, it's boring.... noone is making them runs... we move forward in attack like a bunch of oaps at times...

Already happening with Ekitike because he actually has a bit of pace, but the others pfff, they slow things down ruin attacks it's fucking boring...

Cherkis doing well at city, but they have runners, he's racking up the assists because of it, it's why haaland scores so many it's not all about him it's the wide players that help him.

we're winning jackshit with gakpo starting every game, and noone of note on the right, hopefully salah can come back and be good, not going to have any pace though with gakpo on the left.

[Nineteenx]

Playing football manager on a forum is easy. No consequences and you can just ignore reality.

Diaz wanted out. Guehi wasn't for sale and we did sign two of the other 3.

Wirtz is one of the best young footballers in the world. No doubt there would be cries of WTF were we doing if he'd gone to City.

Try supporting the team you have, not the team you can assemble in footie manager.

Playing football manager? Do fuck off

That would be Edwards & Hughes sanctioning 430 in the spending on the wrong players based on something that to them and Slot looked good on paper

Completely disregarding the history of the club that changing from a winning formula unnecessarily before had proved very costly

Of the Premier League that the system and style Slot proposed was a system and style that became obsolete in the Premier League in 2020

It was the very height of amateur hour football manager looks good on paper never been tried and tested football manager cuntfuckery I’ve ever seen

Wirtz is a top player who we didnt need as he didn’t fit the system that made us successful and restored our standing in the game simple as we needed a Semenyo and to pay Diaz what he deserved we didn’t need a Wirtz
We didn’t need 2 No9’s either

Fantasy football bullshit was from Slit Edwards and Hughes and all 3 should have been long gone by now for that

I don’t give a fuck what you think you’re not a fucking Red you only came in here fleetingly in 2 seasons when things weren’t quite going as planned

You don’t respect lessons taught by Shsnks and Bob and you do t know or respect why we fell in the first place, Souness changing from the winning formula, selling players key to it and buying ones not suitable

You’re a know nothing gobshite troll