Barcon
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Ta. I'll have a gander.
27 | Matheus Nunes - 2023/24
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jimmygrimblesboots
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He totally bottled the 50/50 with Pickford , he is a good technician but hits the floor too easily and is a lightweight ,never worth £50m in a million years and was a last minute panic signing , in hindsight would have kept McAtee and gave him minutes.
Nunez isnt crap by any means but not good enough for our first eleven ,he might go the way of Cancelo if he is on the bench all the time , looks like he could have a bit if a stroppy attitude, time will tell
Nunez isnt crap by any means but not good enough for our first eleven ,he might go the way of Cancelo if he is on the bench all the time , looks like he could have a bit if a stroppy attitude, time will tell
Kakhaber The Great
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Unless you were focusing strictly on Nunes and looking for anything to moan about you would not have noticed it. It wasn't given a second moment's notice on the broadcast...35:40 or so...
I honestly think he saw Pickford and thought he is going to wipe me out. Given the angles and speed the only thing he could have done is poke it to his left and then taken the hit. Probably would have won a penalty. Not sure of his injury record but reckon he didn’t fancy a bad injury.
You should work as a VAR...you'd fit right in when drawing lines...
It wasn’t given a replay because Everton went straight to the other end and that attack was replayed. It was replayed on match of the day with commentator saying he seemed to duck out. He bottled it where he could have won us a pen. He also ducked out of a header he was favourite for. He gets knocked off the ball very easily too.
The same guys on MOTD who consistently speak favorably about us? Just wondering...the ball was a bit to his right if you take a good look, not in front of him...
Look, I'm not going to die on this hill. Was Nunes poor yesterday? Not any poorer than Akanji or Alvarez...Has he been lights out? Of course not, but this idea that he's shite and can never be counted as an asset to the club is quite frankly IDIOTIC, NONSENSICAL, SHORTSIGHTED, DEVOID OF FACT and further promotes the idea that many fans in England haven't caught up to the level of the prem which is the best league in the world with the most top flight international players and the best managerial talent from continental Europe directing the show..simple as...
I suggest you go and watch match of the day from Saturday then. Shows a clear full replay from a different angle of Nunes purposefully pulling up to prevent getting to the ball in which he was clearly a favourite to win. The thing I find most insane is your intent on defending a player who's shown absolutely nothing for us in 5 months and then being content watching him shit out of challenges like that. Really strange
Kakhaber The Great
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That’s pretty much my view; Nunes didn’t want to take the hit. The problem is how his team mates view that. Do they still trust him to put his body on the line for the team? Doku threw his arms up in the air – could have been in expectation of a foul, could have been exasperation at what he saw as a good opportunity gone to waste. I don’t know. In my view Nunes should’ve kept going, like you say, maybe we get a penalty or maybe Pickford gets red carded.
I’m not here to batter Nunes. He’s a good player. As with most new players he probably needs a season to get his head around Pep’s methods/tactics. We’re only seeing him in bits and pieces, he needs a run of games. Not if it means shoving Phil out wide though…