27 | Matheus Nunes - 2023/24

[houraisen]

Portuguese Philips.

 

[OrigamiNinja]

This game alongside his Burnley one just shows where he is at, very inconsistent but tremendous ability. Won't be near the team for an important CL game but has a chance to get into the team for those next season. Just got to see how he does rest of the season. Judge him as a whole rather than game to game.

Judged as whole things arguably look worse for him. You could count on one hand the half decent/good games he’s had and I don’t remember a single one against opposition that is any good. Some got excited because he did ok against Burnley. It’s not just that he’s been poor, it’s that the likes of Foden get moved wide to accommodate him.

 

[blueparrot]

Portuguese Philips.

He might be , might not be, have to be an idiot to decide now.

 

[dhruvblue]

He was half asleep. Too early kick off for him

 

[pride in battle]

He should have started wide and Phil in the middle, he's not good enough for centre mid, wide where I think he could do a job, he's got pace and a good cross on him.

 

[WallyA]

Said this everytime Iwe've seen him play and I still am utterly convinced of it, he fits into the side as a wide midfielder on the right hand sidenright now. all his attributes point to it. It is just odd now that pep continues to push him as a central midfielder. He might end up there after a year or two with peps guidance but for now he has to play out wide.

Yeah I think that’s fair to do.

It’s very hard to play in the middle for city, because many teams sit back.

Foden has barely gotten a chance at it until this season.

Let him be part of the team out wide, but over time give him chances in the middle.

He is still a good player, this year is about adaptation for me.

 

[HypnoticBlue]

Just think he’s not good enough for City, shame, but it is what it is as they say.
You can’t back out of challenges in midfield.

 

[red 2 hats]

Thought he'd turned the corner after his performance against Burnley.
Today he was shite, no effort, no bottle, shocking performance.

 

[JewelZee]

I don’t understand what he’s good at

We know...

 

[JewelZee]

Sorry but Pep did him no favors playing Alvarez inside with him as opposed to Phil, KDB or Bernardo. He was not impactful at all today but neither was Alvarez. I love Julian but he's useless against a low block as an AM. Lacks the first touch and the extreme precision needed to unlock deep lying defenses from the midfield. JMO, but I'm super firm on this. Someone tell me where I'm wrong...

 

[ninjamonkey]

Yeah I think that’s fair to do.

It’s very hard to play in the middle for city, because many teams sit back.

Foden has barely gotten a chance at it until this season.

Let him be part of the team out wide, but over time give him chances in the middle.

He is still a good player, this year is about adaptation for me.

Bernardo is the shining example. Started wide, took a while to get going there. then once he did he moved inside and bosses it anywhere now. Should be doing the exact same thing with Nunes. His running is his best and most unique asset, he'd get to use it more from out wide.

 

[bailey_wynne]

Judged as a whole at the end of the season, that's my bad for not saying. Game to game he is up & down.

Judged as whole things arguably look worse for him. You could count on one hand the half decent/good games he’s had and I don’t remember a single one against opposition that is any good. Some got excited because he did ok against Burnley. It’s not just that he’s been poor, it’s that the likes of Foden get moved wide to accommodate him.

 

[Millwallawayveteran1988]

He was absolutely shite.

 

[HaalandEffect]

He needs time only have 10 league games

 

[B\connellblue]

Ever play in the school yard and contest a ball you have no right to win but you know the lad you're against will shierk the issue? Let a good roar and they just don't want to know.

 

[Frankie lad]

Nunez and Alvarez behind Haaland won’t win us any titles.
We would be still there tomorrow with zero if the subs hadn’t come on.

 

[Semper aggressus]

Not shown much at all really, doesn’t look influential enough to make a difference to us. But, it’s his first season, maybe next year he’ll be ready to play the Pep way.

Until then he‘d be better on the bench and start Kev instead.

 

[skillman]

Not the game for him yet, needed to be intricate and I don’t think he’s subtle enough for that yet.

Needs space and areas to run into which he wasn’t going to get today.

 

[discopop]

He might come good but one thing he seems to lack is ticker, he’s not up for the physical side of it he bottled a few challenges today.

 

[Bluewars]

If your not a top top midfielder (top 10 in the world) you can't play for City.

Pains me that we'll have people defending him on here for the next season or two when it's clear he's never making at City.