If improving is missing a sitter and conceding a goal then he's fucked
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27 | Matheus Nunes - 2023/24
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Johnny Mars Bar
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To be fair to him, Sam Lee made a valid point.
It's not that Nunes is shit, it's just that he hasn't been quite good enough so far that he's got sufficient credit in the bank for when he does fuck up, that the fans let him off.
Sam Lee made the point that if John Stones or Rodri had the same brain fart nobody would give it a second thought but with Nunes it's different.
Having said all that my gut feeling is that he's probs not quite at our level.
It's not that Nunes is shit, it's just that he hasn't been quite good enough so far that he's got sufficient credit in the bank for when he does fuck up, that the fans let him off.
Sam Lee made the point that if John Stones or Rodri had the same brain fart nobody would give it a second thought but with Nunes it's different.
Having said all that my gut feeling is that he's probs not quite at our level.
Thought he played quite well on Saturday, but the mistake was horrendous.
I'm not aiming high with Nunes, but I'm hoping he can achieve a level Phillips failed to reach with us - that of being able to play against lower Premier League fodder without costing us points.
If we can regularly win when he plays, I don't really give a shit what he plays like I suppose.
I'm not aiming high with Nunes, but I'm hoping he can achieve a level Phillips failed to reach with us - that of being able to play against lower Premier League fodder without costing us points.
If we can regularly win when he plays, I don't really give a shit what he plays like I suppose.
Johnny Mars Bar
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I know what you mean but the issue there is we're running Rodri into the ground, again. Already happening this season.Thought he played quite well on Saturday, but the mistake was horrendous.
I'm not aiming high with Nunes, but I'm hoping he can achieve a level Phillips failed to reach with us - that of being able to play against lower Premier League fodder without costing us points.
If we can regularly win when he plays, I don't really give a shit what he plays like I suppose.
He's done better than some people on here seem to think but with all the midfielders we're getting linked with, and the fact that he was 4th on the list of targets last summer (behind Rice, Bellingham, then Paqueta), his time here is probably a bit limited. Pep doesn't fully trust him and that's rarely a good sign. He'll either be part of a deal to bring Paqueta here (charges pending) or we'll flog him to Sporting or Benfica to improve relations with them for whenever the next Bernardo Silva or Ederson comes along. I'd be willing to give him a second season but I just don't see where he'll get the minutes to build up any consistency, especially if we're serious about Paqueta and Wirtz, or Musiala.
You'd imagine next season our midfield options are: Rodri, Kovacic, Foden, De Bruyne, Paqueta, Wirtz. Barring a mental injury crisis, where the hell does Nunes get minutes there? And if there is a mental injury crisis, surely Pep would trust Bernardo to just slot into the middle instead? Unless he fancies becoming a midfielder/winger hybrid in the Grealish sense -- like he was for Wolves sometimes -- then yeah, okay, he might get a bit more time. But then you have to consider that Savio's mostly likely coming in, Doku and Bobb are progressing, and Grealish basically has that LW position on lockdown. We'll still be able to fetch about £30-40m for him and I think it'd be worth moving him on.
You'd imagine next season our midfield options are: Rodri, Kovacic, Foden, De Bruyne, Paqueta, Wirtz. Barring a mental injury crisis, where the hell does Nunes get minutes there? And if there is a mental injury crisis, surely Pep would trust Bernardo to just slot into the middle instead? Unless he fancies becoming a midfielder/winger hybrid in the Grealish sense -- like he was for Wolves sometimes -- then yeah, okay, he might get a bit more time. But then you have to consider that Savio's mostly likely coming in, Doku and Bobb are progressing, and Grealish basically has that LW position on lockdown. We'll still be able to fetch about £30-40m for him and I think it'd be worth moving him on.
Yeah it is and it shouldn't happen. If he can become trusted (by Pep, not us), just to be able to play against bottom half Prem teams, lower CL group stage teams and in the Cup, then that should give Rodri plenty of rest next season.I know what you mean but the issue there is we're running Rodri into the ground, again. Already happening this season.
Maybe he can aim higher than that (and maybe we should too), but we've got to start somewhere...
Gabriel
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I’m pretty sure most fans aren’t particularly bothered about his lapse that led to the goal, though the keeper and defence always pride themselves on a clean sheet. I’m more concerned that in another gruelling season for the squad and one where there have been multiple injuries, he has only been called upon to chip in with 1,510 minutes, fewer than Rico Lewis and fewer than Tommy Doyle has gathered at Wolves.To be fair to him, Sam Lee made a valid point.
It's not that Nunes is shit, it's just that he hasn't been quite good enough so far that he's got sufficient credit in the bank for when he does fuck up, that the fans let him off.
Sam Lee made the point that if John Stones or Rodri had the same brain fart nobody would give it a second thought but with Nunes it's different.
Having said all that my gut feeling is that he's probs not quite at our level.
Gordyola
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Shade unfairI’m pretty sure most fans aren’t particularly bothered about his lapse that led to the goal, though the keeper and defence always pride themselves on a clean sheet. I’m more concerned that in another gruelling season for the squad and one where there have been multiple injuries, he has only been called upon to chip in with 1,510 minutes, fewer than Rico Lewis and fewer than Tommy Doyle has gathered at Wolves.
How many minutes would Tommy have gotten at City v Nunes at Wolves?
Ake had a grim start to his City career. Nunes has already had twice as many appearances as Ake managed in the whole first season.
Ake played in the 2-5 against Leicester, got injured for much of the season, came back when we were 14 points clear at the top, and we then lost two of our next three games, with him being taken off in one of them.
He's clearly not set the world alight, but there's a reasonable chance that Nunes will play more minutes this season than Ake managed in his second season.
The word I can’t get out of my head watching him is weak. And sure enough he’s physically weak it seems to me and his decision making is similarly weak in that he has a knack for picking the wrong option -in the final third it’s pretty much every single time.
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