27 | Matheus Nunes - 2024/25

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Chak19 said:
Pretty sure the people bashing him here said the same thing about Alvarez when he was played on the wing at Anfield last season and looked terrible, I'm not going to say shit about him until Pep tries him in his natural position in a league game.
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Pep loves to play non-winger on the wing at Anfield doesn't him? Gundo Alvarez Cancelo all had their nightmare on the wing there....
 
Stoned Rose said:
I long for the days when a few hundred stubborn cunts were clinging onto the “he just needs a run of games” excuse rather than just calling a spade a spade.
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I was giving him the benefit of the doubt but don’t think it’s a coincidence that our shit run has happened when he’s been a mainstay of the side.

I can forgive a lot but not a lack of heart or desire, he had one decent block which he celebrated like a goal. He needs to be doing that sort of thing constantly not once a game.

He was signed to be a central midfielder and he’s never going to make it there with us.

Like Rico, and to an extent Gundogan, he looks heavily exposed playing in a team out of form, but think those three are a significant reason why we are off it. Can probably afford one of those 3 starting a game at the moment.
 
Not the worst player yesterday and I've tried to give him time, but he's just not the standard we need. Obviously doesn't help that he's been thrown into the team at a point in time where we've decided to not bother having a midfield but he's a clear case of us failing to replace outgoing players with the same level of quality.

We're pretty bad at finding players from other English teams capable of making that "step up". That's one thing Liverpool have done really well over the past few years.
 
decmancity said:
How's that worked out for them?
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They've won a title, another one on the way, won a European title and consistently reached the elatter stages of the competition. They'll be happy with that.

They haven't been as good as us but I don't think there's anything wrong with observing that Liverpool have recruited really well from mid to lower table sides. It's interesting to me that our recruitment (up until about 18 months ago) has been unbelievably good, but buying off other English clubs isn't our strength.
 
Made a goal saving challenge not long before he was hooked. He at least has the speed to get back when we're in trouble.

Not the worst player yesterday. Just not sure where he should be playing in a Pep team.
 
Mon Autre said:
They've won a title, another one on the way, won a European title and consistently reached the elatter stages of the competition. They'll be happy with that.

They haven't been as good as us but I don't think there's anything wrong with observing that Liverpool have recruited really well from mid to lower table sides. It's interesting to me that our recruitment (up until about 18 months ago) has been unbelievably good, but buying off other English clubs isn't our strength.
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Walker, Sterling and Stones say hi :)
 
Colin Bells Boots said:
Walker, Sterling and Stones say hi :)
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I think Stones is the only example applicable in this argument. Walker and Sterling were brought in as ready made elite players from teams I nand around the top 4. They were expected to hit the ground running and not bought in a "let's see if they can step up" kind of way. Stones I think you can say was one we were hoping to develop further and it worked out.

Liverpool's shopping lower down in the division has been demonstrably better than ours, there's no point even arguing about it. Do I think their recruitment on the whole over the past 10 years has matched ours? No. Have they won as much as us? No. But I think it's ok to point out that these kinds of purchases haven't worked out so well for us of late.
 
Kadour75 said:
Whoever is defending this flop needs to consider switching to another discipline.
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I don't think he's good enough to stay beyond the upcoming rebuild, but he's played well in different positions during a tough period that's seen us hit with dozens of injuries. Once Kovacic is back - and once we sign another DM in January - he'll be nowhere near the team, but when the chips have been down he's done okay.
 
robbieh said:
Made a goal saving challenge not long before he was hooked. He at least has the speed to get back when we're in trouble.

Not the worst player yesterday. Just not sure where he should be playing in a Pep team.
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He shouldn't be, no matter how hard he tries or how fast he can run he's well below the level required and what we should be aspiring to, even as a squad player
 
Pep never trusted him as a midfielder, and obviously he´s not a winger material as well. I have to say if our wingers didn't get injured, he's probably a bench warmer until his departure. If we kept bringing players that don't even match the Pep standard such as Nunes or KP, then the same shit's gonna happen over and over again, Pep will keep playing the exact same players he trusts and those players will have to play too many games. get too tired and Injury-prone at some point then there will be another catastrophe just like this season.
 
robbieh said:
Made a goal saving challenge not long before he was hooked. He at least has the speed to get back when we're in trouble.

Not the worst player yesterday. Just not sure where he should be playing in a Pep team.
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I don't understand why he's not being tried out at RB.

Despite all the people yelling he's useless.. what he can do is cover ground with pace, tackle and get passes through to Erling. No one else has done that in a month. A FUCKING MONTH and Haaland just sits there with no service.

For everyone saying he's not technical enough.. he's way more technical than Walker and doesn't shoot crosses 40 rows up into the stands!

FFS we tried Delph, Ayme, Phil, Zinny, Bernardo before settling on Ake and then Gvardiol @ LB sheesh!
 
robbieh said:
Made a goal saving challenge not long before he was hooked. He at least has the speed to get back when we're in trouble.

Not the worst player yesterday. Just not sure where he should be playing in a Pep team.
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That's it in a nutshell - he's been alright lately when compared with his previous 18 months or so, but he's still nowhere near good enough
 
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