Florian Wirtz - Welcome to LFC

[Buzzo]

'at goal' but not on target surely

Yeah, I mean you defo watch enough football to know we aren’t having 20 or 27 shots on target during a game. No team is doing that.

[Norbs]

Yeah, I mean you defo watch enough football to know we aren’t having 20 or 27 shots on target during a game. No team is doing that.

My son's youth team conceded that amount in some games and I'm pretty sure they didn't all go in

[Deano]

Calm down Deano lad.

Just listened to the Kenny podcast with Neville and Co - Pretty much agrees with me

[Charly]

Just listened to the Kenny podcast with Neville and Co - Pretty much agrees with me

If only he had Kenny's arse.

[Slinky Skills]

Wirtz is going to bum Chelsea tomorrow, you've heard it here first. Lol

[Corndog]

https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/articles/c62z1wd5drjo

This is a good article imo.

I’d like to see wirtz run less, walk more and be receiving no the ball on the edge of the box more often.

Currently he’s doing wee runs all the time (a lot of which aren’t spotted by his teammates in time) but I think it’s harder to be marked out of a game sometimes when you slow down and sit in the blind spots of those trying to mark you before accelerating quickly vs just running all over the show.

Initially I didn’t understand the rumours of Wirtz because I thought szobo was phenomenal at pressing behind the centre forward last season. Early on last season there were lots of examples where szobo salah and gakpo/diaz would be in parrallel with Diaz/jota/nunez ahead during the press.

I think he’ll come good but he has to be found more around the box and not gassed when he gets on the ball. Needs to build those combinations with Salah and Isak/Ekitike and it may mean others around him like gakpo and the two behind have to share more of the pressing burden.

I don’t think the press is as good without szobo but surely that was a planned trade off for wirtzs skill around the box.

[Norbs]

Wirtz is going to bum Chelsea tomorrow, you've heard it here first. Lol

Are they partying before Sunday's game? No wonder he's been crap

[fidget]

Who's playing on Sunday?
We're tomorrow 5.30pm

[Norbs]

Really? Oops, sorry Slinks

[Slinky Skills]

[Norbs]

[Buzzo]

[ame="https://youtu.be/dJzHXbNMQLE"]Florian Wirtz REACTS to messages about his journey so far | The Florian Wirtz Story - YouTube[/ame]

[Mark79]

https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/a...s/c62z1wd5drjo

This is a good article imo.

I’d like to see wirtz run less, walk more and be receiving no the ball on the edge of the box more often.

Currently he’s doing wee runs all the time (a lot of which aren’t spotted by his teammates in time) but I think it’s harder to be marked out of a game sometimes when you slow down and sit in the blind spots of those trying to mark you before accelerating quickly vs just running all over the show.

Initially I didn’t understand the rumours of Wirtz because I thought szobo was phenomenal at pressing behind the centre forward last season. Early on last season there were lots of examples where szobo salah and gakpo/diaz would be in parrallel with Diaz/jota/nunez ahead during the press.

I think he’ll come good but he has to be found more around the box and not gassed when he gets on the ball. Needs to build those combinations with Salah and Isak/Ekitike and it may mean others around him like gakpo and the two behind have to share more of the pressing burden.

I don’t think the press is as good without szobo but surely that was a planned trade off for wirtzs skill around the box.

We can’t be playing Wirtz in a midfield berth and then give him licence to run less and occupy the edge of the opposition box.

If you want to keep Wirtz closer to the opposition box and to relieve him of the midfield legwork, then it would make more sense to have him take a forward spot.

[Charly]

Agreed. Rotate him with Gakpo. Rotate Salah with Ekitike

[Corndog]

We can’t be playing Wirtz in a midfield berth and then give him licence to run less and occupy the edge of the opposition box.

If you want to keep Wirtz closer to the opposition box and to relieve him of the midfield legwork, then it would make more sense to have him take a forward spot.

Nah he’d be fine to take up positions on the edge of the box if the team has control of the game and is dominating the opponent.

Obviously that’s not currently happening.

If the running was such a key component to the team, I’ve no idea why they signed anyone and didn’t just like szobo keep his place as AM