18 Dec 2025 17:37:00
What a shame we didn't get cherki instead of wirtz . I was excited when there was rumours we were in talks with cherki, even slot had met him apparently. Brilliant player for just 30 million. I prey wirtz can find some steady form we could really do with it.
18 Dec 2025 18:10:44
Not bothered In the slightest. I still wouldn’t swap them.
18 Dec 2025 18:11:13
Wirtz has only been with us a few months. Am ok with having Wirtz instead of cherki.
18 Dec 2025 18:18:15
As if Cherki wouldn’t have struggled more than anyone with the form Liverpool has been in. And you can stop praying, because Wirtz is in great form right now.
18 Dec 2025 18:31:24
We looked at both, chose wirtz! City also chose wirtz in fainess. Wirtz will be a top player for us.
18 Dec 2025 18:42:27
Well. these pages had been filled with arguments about how Liverpool can't afford passengers in regards to Salahs defensive contributions this season. Compared to Cherki, Salah looks like Dirk Kuyt.
Lovely technician and offensive player but my take is that only a few teams in the world can afford to field such luxury players. we are not one. Id take Wirtz any Day of the week. regardless of price.
But Cherki is a fun player to watch, definetly.
18 Dec 2025 19:42:48
I would love to defend Wirtz in this case. However, he still hasn't got a goal or assist in the Prem yet, having been involved in 15 games, and we are in late December. At this point, Wirtz has managed 0 goals and 4 assists in all competitions, and that is in 20 matches. For a player that cost us £116 million, that does not make for great reading.
We brought in Wirtz to replace Szobo, specifically because Szobo did not score or assist enough for Slot's liking. Slot mentioned this once in a press conference and it really stuck out as it was the only time I ever heard him criticize Szobo so openly.
Both Cherki and Wirtz came to the Prem at the same time, and playing largely in similar positions, so the comparisons are valid. In the short term, Cherki has had far the better impact. However, I still believe, in the long term, Wirtz will establish himself as the special talent many earmarked him for. Or, at least, I hope so for our sake.
18 Dec 2025 20:03:27
Exactly mango he has had straight forward chances to score missed them all admittedly he has been unlucky with no assists as players didn't finish there dinner. When I have watched wwirtz he is lightweight and adjusting to the league but players like cherki and others who have came from abroad have adjusted wirtz hasn't.
I want him to prove me wrong and start producing goals assists and performances.
18 Dec 2025 20:41:52
To paraphrase Sir Alex Ferguson, Wirtz is a f@#$ing great player, and you're all f@#$ing idiots.
18 Dec 2025 20:49:26
Dont need to defend Wirtz. He's top.
18 Dec 2025 21:05:29
@Op, I thought Slot met with him out of courtesy to tell him why we were signing Wirtz. At the end of their respective careers I’m willing to bet Wirtz will be remembered for a lot longer than Cheriki.
18 Dec 2025 23:00:30
What a shame for our own fans to write off our own players after only 20 games.
18 Dec 2025 23:13:14
An attacking player being hampered by tepid tactics who’d of thought it.
18 Dec 2025 23:27:05
It’s too early to call Wirtz, but it’s not comparing like for like positionally anyway with Cherki and some others. Kai Havertz may be more comparable.
Question on Wirtz is how he fits our system now and in the future, and in trying to accommodate him in a team that doesn’t play to his strengths have we limited both his impact and compromised others.
If he’s producing anyway that’s fine, it’s all part of the evolution of the team, but if not it compounds. He’s showing signs of improvement, there’s a real top player there, just hope he kicks on in the new year.
{Ed078's Note - he's also looking a bit stronger. I saw a compilation of chances he's created that should have been put away, and times when he wasn't played in when in a great position. I'm not worried about him at all.
19 Dec 2025 05:35:22
Imagine wanting cherki over wirtz lol, even city didn't have them in that order of preference.
19 Dec 2025 06:24:09
Hailstones give your head a wobble mate, Wirtz is getting better and better. Is talent is clear to see and I think he will end the season strongly.
19 Dec 2025 06:40:11
I don't understand the the whole Wirtz witch-hunt.
There are other players who have performed worse than Wirtz, yet he just seems to be the go-to guy to slap off.
He's what, 21 / 22 years old, give the lad a chance .
Of everything that is wrong currently, Wirts is the least of our problems.
19 Dec 2025 07:53:12
I think Wirtz is to far ahead in speed of thought by what's around him. He could do with being a little more selfish at times
Sir Bob Paisley once said the strangest substitution he ever made was Craige Johnson! He took him off in a game because his fitness and speed of thought was too fast for the players around him. They couldn't react quick enough to where he needed the next pass. I guess in those days it was an easy fix as not as many subs? With the amount of in game changes, time to click is is very limited.
I love him I think he will come good.
YNWA.