The past is no predictor of the future unless it suits my opinion.
Florian and the (Slot) Machine
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The past can be used to a degree but the parameters have to be current manager, team, sporting director and tactics.
The player part is individual and is nearly impossible to compare. But Wirtz has the correct attitude, skills, work rate and suitability to our team/tactics and desire to succeed. Can’t ask for much more.
The player part is individual and is nearly impossible to compare. But Wirtz has the correct attitude, skills, work rate and suitability to our team/tactics and desire to succeed. Can’t ask for much more.
I quite liked Albert Riera.
Tbf I did, but he's the most middling winger i could think of before going to dead shit and rather forget territory
Initially with Riera I thought "We might have got ourselves a player here", but he tailed off before too long and was typical of far too many of the signings we were making in those days - a "near enough is good enough" player who, er, wasn't in the end.
Fimpong looks and sounds like the most meme-able footballer we’ve had since the days of Divock and Bobby. He will produce classic quotes.
Looks like coutinho with better finishing. Exciting
From a recent interview his dad made with Der Spiegel:
On whether the conversation with Arne Slot was decisive: "You could say that. Arne Slot was able to convince Florian on a sporting level. He is also a very pleasant person. Florian's best coaches were always those who gave him a lot of freedom. And those with the greatest empathy have also reached Florian. He finds the game in England interesting because it thrives on pace and dynamism. Arne Slot presented his playing philosophy, the team tactics in possession and pressing, and how Florian can develop his strengths in it. That made a decisive impression on Florian. The training conditions in Liverpool were also totally impressive. Plus, Florian is now at a good age to move abroad. Once you have a family, you are no longer as independent."
On whether the conversation with Arne Slot was decisive: "You could say that. Arne Slot was able to convince Florian on a sporting level. He is also a very pleasant person. Florian's best coaches were always those who gave him a lot of freedom. And those with the greatest empathy have also reached Florian. He finds the game in England interesting because it thrives on pace and dynamism. Arne Slot presented his playing philosophy, the team tactics in possession and pressing, and how Florian can develop his strengths in it. That made a decisive impression on Florian. The training conditions in Liverpool were also totally impressive. Plus, Florian is now at a good age to move abroad. Once you have a family, you are no longer as independent."
Bumping this response just for giggles
Him and the guy we eventually flogged to Chelsea (Not Torres!!!)
No, you have it right, the guy with the daftest hairstyle in LFC history (before Harvey first arrived). We signed so many "nearly men" around that time. It wasn't that they were poor players (Meireles for example had some decent games for us), just that they weren't true Liverpool standard.
Still can’t believe we have actually signed this lad. Fucking hell what a player.
View: https://x.com/theanfieldwrap/status/1948091088587428330?s=46
View: https://x.com/theanfieldwrap/status/1948091088587428330?s=46
I only saw a few clips from that behind closed doors game, but he seems quicker than I thought.
It wasn't a "tap-in". It was a decent chance but no gimme, and he took it well.
I get that and if I was manager would definitely look to have someone like him in the squad…
…but I personally find his whole joker persona / extrovert entertainer / uber positivity irritating…(I’m sorry to say)
Seconded. He's a Liverpool player now so I'll back him of course, but TBH I'm quite glad I can do it from a distance.
*Grumpy handshake
Yeah but you're a miserable old git like most of us on here (Inc. JJ!). The u30s in that group will love him!
