27 | Matheus Nunes - 2025/26

Impeccable tonight. Watched him in the first 5 minutes when they were breaking and he showed maturity a couple of times in holding/getting into position instead of jumping in. Read the play superbly at times with the notable one being in the first half where he read the run and nudged the guy off for a goal kick.

Looks like he's playing in his head in that position now which is how Pep will like it. He was guaranteed a brain fart every game up until recently so he's got a lot more to prove in that position yet but if he really is starting to 'get it' there then we're absolutely fine for that right full back position with him and Khusanov there
 
Brain farts have stopped, his passing especially in defensive areas are very positive, looks like a lot of work has been done with him, reminds me of Joe Corrigan, brain farts galore in the early days and went on to challenge two of the best keepers in the world for the England spot. MOTM
 
Haaland94 said:
Been our most consistent player in 2025. His transformation is unbelievable.
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Another who demonstrates that we need to be patient with players.
At this moment, he looks a top-tier full-back.

Even after last night, a poster described Savinho as a lost-cause...he is 21.
It is this kind of utter guff that reflects badly on fans.

Anyway, well done to Nunes, a good player who is well-loved within the squad.
 
Nunes has played excellently against some fairly average opposition recently. Which is not a slight on him, it’s a great thing to see. But the test now is how he plays (and I hope he does, he deserves to) against Villa (given us a tough time at their place the last three seasons), Bournemouth (Semenyo), Liverpool (Gakpo) and Newcastle (Gordon) who will be a much tougher test.

If we come out of these games and he’s still playing well, then we don’t need to even think about buying an new right back… he’ll be our long-term right back.
 
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oldius said:
Another who demonstrates that we need to be patient with players.
At this moment, he looks a top-tier full-back.

Even after last night, a poster described Savinho as a lost-cause...he is 21.
It is this kind of utter guff that reflects badly on fans.

Anyway, well done to Nunes, a good player who is well-loved within the squad.
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Spot on!

There’s an [un]healthy section of our fanbase who seem to crave for having members of the squad who they hate and need to berate. It’s like it’s fashionable to act this way, like they’re the ‘in’-crowd who are doing the cool thing in hating someone and not getting behind him.

Everything bad that happens is always their favourite player to hate’s fault, everything bad they do is always highlighted and laboured on, anything good they do is ignored or met with ‘this doesn’t win me over’ and they don’t get behind the player like supporters should.

I don’t know why we do it. It’s odd behaviour.
 
.db. said:
Nunes has played excellently against some fairly average opposition recently. Which is not a slight on him, it’s a great thing to see. But the test now is how he plays (and I hope he does, he deserves to) against Villa (given us a tough time at their place the last three seasons), Bournemouth (Semenyo), Liverpool (Gakpo) and Newcastle (Gordon) who will be a much tougher test.

If we come out of these games and he’s still playing well, then we don’t need to even think about buying an new right back… he’ll be our long-term right back.
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Thought Nunes played well at Arsenal (except for the first few minutes) after replacing Khusa. Plus he wasn't in that form back then.

Villa are not much better than Villarreal.

Guess Khusanov will start in some games at RB as well. Suddenly, the FB positions are more of a strength than a weakness of the team.
 
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