27 | Matheus Nunes - 2024/25

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Looked rather hesitant and colourless in the early matches, but started to develop in the later matches in which he was given minutes. I think there's quite a skilful player there, though he'll obviously never be a game changer. Question is, how many minutes can Pep give him, realistically?
Midfield, whether deep lying or forward lying (I avoid the terms “attacking” and “defensive” midfielders): Rod, Gundo, Kova, McAtee, Kev, Bernardo (potentially), Phil (!! potentially). Even Johnny, on occasions. I just don't really see where you're going to fit Nunes into that, unless we get a horrendous run of injuries. Pep doesn't half love his midfielders, though…
 
I think last year's signings of Doku, Kovacic and Nunes were all based on teams going to man to man against us all over the pitch. All 3 of them can receive the ball and beat their player to break the press.

However, I think particular to Nunes is that he maybe isn't quite good enough at other parts of how City play. So if a team is going 1v1 then he can be useful, but if they arent, we've better options.

If teams stop going 1v1 against us, he'll become less useful also.
 
waspish said:
Not if it's tight game
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True, but if we create and take our opportunities, as one would expect, then we need the likes of Nunes and McAtee on the pitch and integrated as soon as possible. In the Fulham game last season, fourth league game of the season, we managed to get Lewis, Bobb, Phillips, and Gomez on, and I’m hoping we can do something similar today with the fringe players.
 
Lovebitesandeveryfing said:
Looked rather hesitant and colourless in the early matches, but started to develop in the later matches in which he was given minutes. I think there's quite a skilful player there, though he'll obviously never be a game changer. Question is, how many minutes can Pep give him, realistically?
Midfield, whether deep lying or forward lying (I avoid the terms “attacking” and “defensive” midfielders): Rod, Gundo, Kova, McAtee, Kev, Bernardo (potentially), Phil (!! potentially). Even Johnny, on occasions. I just don't really see where you're going to fit Nunes into that, unless we get a horrendous run of injuries. Pep doesn't half love his midfielders, though…
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Huge amount of games, if we go deep in the cups. Pep's going to rotate even more than previous seasons.

All players will get a chance, including McAtee and Nunes. McAtee is better in and around the box, Nunes is more athletic and versatile (Pep played him on the left wing vs Bournemouth away!).
 
I hope he gets a chance this season. I might be in the minority, but I believe he might turn out fine for us. He has shown glimpses in a few performances last season, even got MOTM once. I know he can be frustrating at times, but let's back him up and be patient with him since he is staying with us.
 
Haaland94 said:
I hope he gets a chance this season. I might be in the minority, but I believe he might turn out fine for us. He has shown glimpses in a few performances last season, even got MOTM once. I know he can be frustrating at times, but let's back him up and be patient with him since he is staying with us.
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I agree. I think he is a talented player and certainly offers an athleticism that we don't generally have. I do not like to judge any player negatively after so few minutes, and I would like fans to support him to become a success.
 
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