Florian and the (Slot) Machine

[Modo]

Imo Wirtz has proven himself and is starting to pay off his massive fee.
It's just unfortunate that he's sharing the pitch with with Gakpo and a declining Salah.
Imagine if Jota was around and we still had Diaz.

 

[Brizzle]

Wirtz is showing lots of great attributes. One thing I value over most is also his hunger and work rate. The ball often sticks to his feet, and he can beat a man with flair. He isn't quite a player who can win games on his own, and that is fine. Those players are rare. But I think he's a brilliant signing and I hope we sort the squad out so that we are solid enough at the back to allow our attackers like Wirtz, Ekitike, Isak, Mo, Szob to do the business up top

 

[Hansern]

Wirtz will be even better next season in a more balanced team and with a new manager. Can't wait.

 

[King Binny]

 

[Mystic]

I love him, I'll always hate Jurgen never got a chance to coach him for us.

 

[BishBashBosh]

I love him, I'll always hate Jurgen never got a chance to coach him for us.

Definitely starting to find his rhythm and feet….hes what 22? Wow, compare him to Stevie at 22 and he’s doing just fine right now.

Consistency is building, I think we’ll see a player of the year contender next season.

 

[Mystic]

Definitely starting to find his rhythm and feet….hes what 22? Wow, compare him to Stevie at 22 and he’s doing just fine right now.

Consistency is building, I think we’ll see a player of the year contender next season.

Yep hard agree, Xabi is gonna take him to the next level in the Premier league.

 

[King Binny]

View: https://x.com/footballontnt/status/2016608471903359087

View: https://x.com/Squawka_Live/status/2016610109829296490

View: https://x.com/SkySportsPL/status/2012259943554912357

View: https://x.com/michael_reid11/status/2016607891143221731

 

[Momo]

View: https://youtu.be/ZzZqIiI5CN4?si=JJBsPTGPcgTYkhQA

 

[binomial]

Bino ❤️Flo

 

[Cerberus]

Going with the flo. What a player.

 

[Momo]

Maybe Mo should’ve passed to him more before he went to AFCON.

 

[ibromurph]

I called Nunez in preseason.
I called Ryan last year in preseason as a 6.
I called Hugo was boss in preseason. (I still think he needs to bulk up and get stronger too)

I'm calling Wirtz. Quality player, but he needs to bulk up and get stronger - I think he will. The last 2 games will have been a massive wake up call for him, and he's got an intelligent team of people around him that will see this. I don't see him getting faster, but I do see him getting stronger and being able to ride tackles. Once he's able to do that, he will be getting us a lot of fouls (Grealish) or creating a lot of danger in/around opposition box (scoring/assisting/key passes). Right now, his lack of pace/strength hasn't earned him the right to show his technique.

We also need to utilise him better between the lines. Our defenders and midfielders are failing to pass him the ball early enough or with the right timing. Like it or not, but I see him having an average first half to the season, and a strong end to it.

Prediction coming along nicely. He's growing. This german has an elite mentality. We're starting to see it.

Flo needs to look at Bruno as an example of a diminutive player who has a big effect on games.

He's much better at 22 than Bruno was at 22, which gives me great hope.

But he needs to start showing some courage on the ball. Take risk. Shoot. He passed up at least 3 very presentable opportunities to shoot against Bournemouth.

I look at his attributes, and he's def got the raw characteristics to succeed in the PL, in a big way. This is no Lazar Markovic, but I really want to see him step up between now and the end of the season.

At the start of the season, he was getting brushed off the ball. Now, he's not. Then he was finding it hard to get space. Now, he's finding the pockets and the space to be able to shoot/assist. We need him to start shooting more in/around the box. He's getting better, but for his ability, I really expected a 10-15G/10-15A minimum PL season.

He's now shooting more too. The next step is for him to start affecting games away from home. Once that starts to happen, the league is on notice.

I think he'll get even better when we have explosive wingers surrounding him, and creating space for him. He's a top, top, talent.