Lol. It was vewwy painful.
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27 | Matheus Nunes - 2024/25
- Thread starter Haaland94
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6 maybe not. 8? He is probably better than Gundogan at it at this point. Not the passer Gundo is ( neither is Gundo late either anyway), but he makes fantastic runs and has very good movement and vision.Surprised how good he was playing left wing.
Seems versatile, remains to be seen if he can play a 6 (doubtful) or even 8 role.
We might not have as much control, but our attacks will be much more direct and quicker.
shevtheblue
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One of my best mates was born in Lisbon and is a big Sporting fan. Before he joined, he would rave about him and how Brazil & Portugal were fighting over this guy because he could play for both. When he joined City he told me Pep was going to make him into one of the best 6's or double pivot guys in the world but clearly Pep see's different from his skillset. Being physical in Portuguese league and in the PL is completely different, he didn't need to use that at Wolves as much because he was used in a more attacking capacity but at City you need to have both. Look at Bernardo now, when he was at Monaco he was purely an attacking player but at City he is everything and even last night you saw him holding players off. IMO Nunes has worked on this.I'm not sure how much of Nunes you watched when he was still at Sporting. The boy was ridiculously good, and his physicality was phenomenal. I was a huge fan then, and I still am!
Nunes needs a run of games. He can play as a supporting 6 alongside Rodri, carrying the ball forward and tracking back, or as a pure 8. I truly enjoyed watching Nunes at Sporting, and I hope he can show what he's capable of in this City shirt. Personally, I think Nunes was a good buy, and I really hope he reaches his potential here with us!One of my best mates was born in Lisbon and is a big Sporting fan. Before he joined, he would rave about him and how Brazil & Portugal were fighting over this guy because he could play for both. When he joined City he told me Pep was going to make him into one of the best 6's or double pivot guys in the world but clearly Pep see's different from his skillset. Being physical in Portuguese league and in the PL is completely different, he didn't need to use that at Wolves as much because he was used in a more attacking capacity but at City you need to have both. Look at Bernardo now, when he was at Monaco he was purely an attacking player but at City he is everything and even last night you saw him holding players off. IMO Nunes has worked on this.
Kippax Street 1880
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I'm rooting for him now. He's won me over, I can see he wants to make it here desperately, hopefully he can keep taking his chances as he has a lot of unique attributes that can be very useful. Think he can be very useful on either wing if Jack's not fit or Bernardo is playing centrally. Doku and Savinho together I feel leaves us a bit unbalanced but one of them with either Matheus or Jack I like!
Franny 1234
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On current form he must start ahead of Gundo.
shevtheblue
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Agree, he's got running power that nobody really in our team has in those areas. We just need to figure out how to use it and he's now had some time to adapt to how we break lines as well. I think there are a big few months for him incoming.Nunes needs a run of games. He can play as a supporting 6 alongside Rodri, carrying the ball forward and tracking back, or as a pure 8. I truly enjoyed watching Nunes at Sporting, and I hope he can show what he's capable of in this City shirt. Personally, I think Nunes was a good buy, and I really hope he reaches his potential here with us!
M23 Citizen
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Right, now, let’s build from the other night.
He had a decent performance in the CL Group Stage last season against Young boys but we didn’t see him again for four weeks, and when we did, he put in a really poor sub’s perfornance away at Villa where it looked like he didn’t want to be there.
He needs to play again either this weekend or against Spurs in the EFL Cup next midweek. Give him a confidence boost for the performance the other night.
He had a decent performance in the CL Group Stage last season against Young boys but we didn’t see him again for four weeks, and when we did, he put in a really poor sub’s perfornance away at Villa where it looked like he didn’t want to be there.
He needs to play again either this weekend or against Spurs in the EFL Cup next midweek. Give him a confidence boost for the performance the other night.
Gaz (FMwkdsoul)
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defo see him at LW again tomo, given Doku/Grealish still be out.Right, now, let’s build from the other night.
He had a decent performance in the CL Group Stage last season against Young boys but we didn’t see him again for four weeks, and when we did, he put in a really poor sub’s perfornance away at Villa where it looked like he didn’t want to be there.
He needs to play again either this weekend or against Spurs in the EFL Cup next midweek. Give him a confidence boost for the performance the other night.
*(awaits pep going Foden/Savio wide and Gundo/Kova/Silva in the middle)