27 | Matheus Nunes - 2023/24

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kaz7 said:
Soccer ? It is football
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Read your ‘istree, Kaz, before you look down your nose from your lofty perch! ;-)

Here, I’ll save you the trouble…

The word "soccer" originated in England in the late 19th century as a way to differentiate association football from rugby football.

When the Football Association was formed in England in 1863, they established the rules for "association football", as opposed to the "rugby football" that was also played at the time.

University students at Oxford in the 1880s started shortening "association football" to "assoccer", which eventually evolved into the term "soccer". This was a common practice among English public schoolboys to nickname sports.

While "football" became the more widely used term for the sport in England, "soccer" remained in use, especially to distinguish it from other forms of football like rugby and Gaelic football.

When the sport spread to other countries, like the United States, "soccer" became more commonly used there, due to American football, while "football" remained the dominant term in England and most of the world.

So in summary, the word "soccer" was an English invention, not an American one, that arose as a way to differentiate the sport from other forms of football in the late 19th century.


You’re welcome. ;-)
 
B\connellblue said:
Why on earth did we buy this lad? He's been a useless addition to the squad. Should have been an option yesterday when we needed a goal, of course he doesn't score any so all in all a pointless signing.
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He was injured for Portugal. Maybe it was a precaution
 
a panic buy. Txiki needs better planning, Phillips and Nunes are two signings where we could have spent the money so much better. put their fees and salaries together and we could have afforded a world class signing improving the starting line up rather not not improving the bench even...
 
nellyonthewing said:
The Portuguese Phillips
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Philips at least had a decent tournament in the last Euros and did ok for Leeds when in the prem to kind of show his level. However disastrous it has turned out for him at city and now west ham he had something on his CV to suggest he could play at a high-ish level.

This guy had a bang average season at a poor wolves side and we still shelled £50m for him. Hes nearly 26 and still has no clear attribute to his game which makes you think he can play at the very top level. People say hes a 'ball carrier' which is completely irrelevant when his career stats back up theres absolutely no end product to his game.

Dumbfounded why we didnt move for someone like Maddison for £40m over him who would have offered more competition to the established staters and would have also been a much better option to change a game off the bench which yesterday was crying out for.
 
B\connellblue said:
Why on earth did we buy this lad? He's been a useless addition to the squad. Should have been an option yesterday when we needed a goal, of course he doesn't score any so all in all a pointless signing.
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He was a panic buy. I was saying to my dad at the game yesterday that there was no way Pep was gonna bring him on in a game where we needed something different. So why sign him then?
 
Blue2202 said:
People say hes a 'ball carrier' which is completely irrelevant when his career stats back up theres absolutely no end product to his game.
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Its a good job that ball carriers aren't expected to have any end product to their game then isnt it. Otherwise they wouldn't be known as ball carriers.
 
Blue2202 said:
Dumbfounded why we didnt move for someone like Maddison for £40m over him who would have offered more competition to the established staters and would have also been a much better option to change a game off the bench which yesterday was crying out for.
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It still astounds me that more clubs weren't fighting to get Maddison when he was available for £40m, yet they'll spend more on Nunes, Mount etc.
 
have to say the next step in his career after Wolves should have been something like Newcastle or West Ham. and then if he outperforms that level maybe a jump to a top club.

same for Phillips really.
 
decmancity said:
Nowhere near good enough for City and the rags are just stupid.
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The only player that had more assists in the league in the last 3 seasons was De Bruyne, and Maddison was playing for a relegation bound side in that time.

Currently near the top of the assists for this season despite having a few months out. Got more than Foden, Bernado etc..

We could do a lot worse than Maddison.
 
Crooked_rain said:
The only player that had more assists in the league in the last 3 seasons was De Bruyne, and Maddison was playing for a relegation bound side in that time.

Currently near the top of the assists for this season despite having a few months out. Got more than Foden, Bernado etc..

We could do a lot worse than Maddison.
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Well its a good job that getting a load of assists isn't everything then!
 
decmancity said:
Not for me. Anyway, It isn't a comparison though is it. Completely different players.
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Completely different how? Because one has end product and the other doesn't?
The positions Nunes has played so far for city would have suited Maddison down to the ground and I'm certain he'd have had much more of an impact. I'd say its quite telling that hes had zero minutes against United, Liverpool and Arsenal as to what pep thinks he can offer
 
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