27 | Matheus Nunes - 2025/26

Odd socks said:
Thought I'd get in early, he was chasing down over on the left hand side, but never mind that "we need a rb nonsense", you should be looking at who should have been closing it down.
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Why are you acting like it wasn't from a set piece where he was defending the front post?
 
I have been critical of Nunes in the past but he is unlucky in that any mistake invariably ends up in a goal.
 
He was very weak in challenges and I did my nut with that half arsed, neither hear nor there tackle/close down effort at the end when their winger went straight past him
 
Second shite game in a row but tbf he had no support at all.
 
Got roasted by Kevin a few times. I'm a nunes fan for the record, but today he looked a bit slovenly, dropped behind the line a bit. He did ok but when the game ramped up he struggled a bit
 
Easily the better fullback today in what is a game that is easy to blame on the defenders, but the bigger problem was the midfield in 2nd half.

He had 12 defensive contributions vs O Reillys 7 and was much better.
 
Time for a break. Played a lot of football recently and it's showing.

Khusanov for Sunderland and Madrid.
 
youngbob said:
Time for a break. Played a lot of football recently and it's showing.

Khusanov for Sunderland and Madrid.
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Would love to see Khusonov develop but feel it would at centre half. Think Nunez is generally doing okay, although I expect us to go for a specialist at some point.
 
Thought he was exceptional until they put the pressure on but he had no support and got roasted a few times. Still learningn
 
BLOOMUEN said:
Would love to see Khusonov develop but feel it would at centre half. Think Nunez is generally doing okay, although I expect us to go for a specialist at some point.
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Yeah, Nunes is doing fine for me, he's just a bit leggy after being played a lot recently. Mistakes are creeping in again as a result. Recharge him and let him go again in the Palace game.
 
youngbob said:
Time for a break. Played a lot of football recently and it's showing.

Khusanov for Sunderland and Madrid.
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Agreed. Get AK some fitness against Sunderland because we need him for Madrid.

AK is for the big games imo.
 
Stelea said:
Think you were watching another game
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What exactly did he do wrong?

He got done on the outside once by a fresh sub, hardly the end of the world. He even defended that situation properly by forcing the player down the outside and backing his pace and power to get a block in. Okay he got done on that instance but he got back enough to pressure the player into a rushed pass straight to one of our players. They had far more joy down our left than down our right.

It seems like unless he has a game where he isn't taken on even once, he's had a bad game, it's evidence he isn't a natural defender and we need to replace him urgently and all the good performances instantly go out the window. Perhaps some are just so used to seeing a prime Walker who was a generational freak that they cannot re-adjust.

I imagine if we stuck a prime zabaleta into this side right now, who was one of the best fullbacks around yet got done far more often than Nunes has been during his right back career so far, there would be many calling him shit too.
 
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