Florian and the (Slot) Machine

[keniget]

Ha, that's amazing. Fingers crossed.

 

[Mamma Mia]

I think Modric was also almost 23 when he joined Spurs, and he got 3 goals in 34 appearances in his first season in the PL.

 

[tombrown]

I think Modric was also almost 23 when he joined Spurs, and he got 3 goals in 34 appearances in his first season in the PL.

That headline is from when he joined Madrid, at which stage he was already an "established star"

 

[Mamma Mia]

That headline is from when he joined Madrid, at which stage he was already an "established star"

Yeah, I get that, just drawing further parallels

 

[binomial]

"Former Tottenham striker"

Lol. Wouldn't happen to be the Daily Fail would it?

 

[Halmeister]

Oh no. We could have really made use of his physical presence against a Sean Dyche side this weekend...

 

[FreshRed]

Holding onto this thought

Me too!

 

[darkstarexodus]

Going to put it out here: how different would this season have been if we'd spent a Premier League record fee on McTominay instead of Wirtz? Perennial Ballon d'Or talent in our midfield.

 

[keniget]

Going to put it out here: how different would this season have been if we'd spent a Premier League record fee on McTominay instead of Wirtz? Perennial Ballon d'Or talent in our midfield.

That's a really odd proposition.

Still shit. We don't need that profile of player and whilst he was underrated during his time in the PL, he's not as good as Serie A makes him out to be.

 

[darkstarexodus]

That's a really odd proposition.

Still shit. We don't need that profile of player and whilst he was underrated during his time in the PL, he's not as good as Serie A makes him out to be.

I'm just engagement farming here. But I'm too lazy to commit to the bit.

 

[Squiggles]

View: https://x.com/FlorianFocus/status/1995157646274650343?t=j-sCcX3GOxZfpxc4Vp1ptQ&s=19

Probably the first full game where I felt he really made the difference. This is more like the player I saw for Leverkusen in the CL. Impactful on the ball all over the pitch, strong work ethic, consistently good interplay and efficient, non-fussy creativity on the final third. Today really should be the bare minimum for the fee paid, but it'll help his confidence he can do his thing in this league.

 

[iseered]

He was MoM until Gakpo got his goal.

 

[Buddha]

He’s got so much quality…he just needs a little time and a team around him that isn’t in a collective breakdown.

He’s going to be absolutely world class for us.

 

[MomoWASright]

He was man of the match, but that was a low bar. It would’ve been better had Isak anticipated the cross in the first half. I thought he was better against Frankfurt, but yesterday was decent.

 

[Judge Jules]

I haven't checked just recently but apparently his numbers have been OK for a while. Agree he was yesterday's MOTM.