and the games he played elsewhere? He's not been RB all season
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he has 4 from RB
Ake has been superb for us. 100% effort key, performed in big games, and played through injuries. Great character to have in the squad.Absolutely correct, never agreed with the Ake narrative, he’s generally been very reliable, not like he has had multiple soft tissue injuries!
Much better. Shame we didnt see more of that Haaland/Cancelo hookup.He also has a goal/assist every 372 minutes at RB.
Cancelo had a goal/assist every 449 minutes at RB.
Cancelo's average across LB/RB was 384 minutes per goal/assist, so not a huge amount in it (although obviously Nunes has such a small number of minutes/goals that it's not a hugely useful comparison - we really don't know what he'd be like across multiple seasons).
We've also had one of the best right backs in the world for the past 7-8 years so I think that's pretty fair a barometer to use when people say we need a right back.If you use last season as a barometer yes, except using last season is stupid when we have the last 9 years to see what we are capable of.
Just out of interest, if Rico did go, how much do you reckon he would fetch? Genuine question, cos I find it really difficult to assess his market value.Carnt see Rico going he has a big value for us
But no left back,we used different types of players at left back,and won everything,now we have a left back ,maybe we’ll now have a left back and no right back and win everything or maybe we’ll have 2 fullbacks. Whatever we'll see..We've also had one of the best right backs in the world for the past 7-8 years so I think that's pretty fair a barometer to use when people say we need a right back.
Even in those seasons, our best option for a fullback wasn't Mattheus Nunes. Akanji I'm not even that confident in playing right back unless he plays the role Stones did in the treble season.But no left back,we used different types of players at left back,and won everything,now we have a left back ,maybe we’ll now have a left back and no right back and win everything or maybe we’ll have 2 fullbacks. Whatever we'll see..
What you think of Nunes wasn’t the point though was it.Even in those seasons, our best option for a fullback wasn't Mattheus Nunes. Akanji I'm not even that confident in playing right back unless he plays the role Stones did in the treble season.
Oh if I had a pound for every time people were wrong about this!We only need to lose 2 if we want to register them all for the CL squad. We're perfectly fine for the league. I wouldn't dismiss the idea of leaving somebody out of the initial CL squad, it's 8 games until registration reopens it's not the end of the world.
I said this last season but I firmly believe teams will treat the league phase less seriously and will play second string sides to get through and not worry about placement, PSG won the thing after scraping through the league in last place proving it matters little, there's more benefit to resting players to prevent burn out and injury than finishing high in the table. With that in mind, omitting a player or two at least until the group phase is done isn't going to be a big deal.
I know it would appear he might be off but as an example, lets say gundo stays and hes left out of the CL squad but still features in the league, given that he expects limited game time due to his age, Is it going to be a problem? I doubt it and we get much needed cover.
Alternatively, one of the younger lads still learning who is unlikely to play in those games anyway is left off, is that really going to harm his development?
I can see this becoming a more popular practice with the expanded calender and more injuries to contend with, it just needs 1 club to do it and be successful before everybody does it. Chelsea shown the theory of it could work reasonably well with their conference league stroll with their B team albeit at an extreme number and at a substantially inferior level.
That was the point of my original post. If you're fine with proceeding with Nunes as our first choice right back then we can agree to disagree.What you think of Nunes wasn’t the point though was it.
No ,it wasn’t you were saying we couldn’t be successful with one full back and different on the other side, Pep has proved that wrong many times as have other teams. If he decides to go with Nunes on the right or Akanji, or whoever he’ll prove you wrong again.That was the point of my original post. If you're fine with proceeding with Nunes as our first choice right back then we can agree to disagree.
Fundamentally misunderstanding my post, but whatever you say. I was talking about the quality of fullback, not whether they're there or not.No ,it wasn’t you were saying we couldn’t be successful with one full back and different on the other side, Pep has proved that wrong many times as have other teams. If he decides to go with Nunes on the right or Akanji, or whoever he’ll prove you wrong again.
We moved on.I wonder if Cambiasso is still on our radar, what happened to that proposed deal?
So did Gvardiol, and others.He did it several times to remind us tbf
Nunes went from being roundly hated to having some really good performances at the tail end... the part of our season we actually got right. Not even the numbedt skulls here thought we had any shot in CL.
He played in a new position and now knows going into CWC and the off-season that this is where he will play. I think he makes good and alot here completely forget they slagged him off and claim they were fans all along.