27 | Matheus Nunes - 2025/26

[johnny crossan]

It's like when we played Ake at LB. If we can work the team around it isn't bad as he offers great defensive positioning and recovery he's just not a RB, especially as we seem to be trying to actually play with full backs now.

Lewis was great at RB when he came in because Ake did the same at LB and allowed him to invert, now Lewis looks out of place as he just like Nico is a midfielder so him being a overlapping full back and defending wingers as a last man isn't his game. Thankfully Nico has more size, physicality and his game being a box to box player so what suits being a full back more.

Id love to see Lewis in midfield for that reason and until we buy a RB have Nunes operating as a full back and Khusanov playing right back as basically a wide centre back - like Ake did to great success.

We finally have LB sorted with Nico, Josko and Ait Nouri all being able to play there effectively and Ake being able to cover like Khusanov can the right.

Rico against Leverkusen was a new low for him, shocking game but his partners in midfield were as bad.

 

[bell_mcfc]

Rico against Leverkusen was a new low for him, shocking game but his partners in midfield were as bad.

That was one of the worst games I’ve seen us play in a long time and we actually have bad games in us fairly often

 

[samuelyeboah]

another solid game

 

[mccity]

Thought he was very impressive in the first half. He shut down a lot of their potential attacks

 

[WallyA]

Thought he was very impressive in the first half. He shut down a lot of their potential attacks

He is really solid as a 3rd CB/sometimes wide FB role where his buildup with passing is important.

He plays deeper than O Reilly most of the time.

 

[Nightmare Walking]

Hes brilliant

 

[ninjamonkey]

Hopefully he's shaken off what was a nasty challenge and has no lasting damage. Another solid game from him.

He did misplace a pass by about an inch that caused Dias to stretch slightly at one point though so relegate him to the eds squad and sell him on Jan for a fiver...

 

[super_city_si]

Will make a fuck up every now and then but outside that hes great. Seems to need to drop a bollock in order to re focus.

No problem seeing him line up at right back.

 

[FromPollockToSilva]

He covers so much ground on that side of the field. That four of Nunes, Bernardo, Nico G and Nico O'R get through so much work across the middle third of then pitch

 

[King Jay]

Will make a fuck up every now and then but outside that hes great. Seems to need to drop a bollock in order to re focus.

No problem seeing him line up at right back.

What fuck up did he had today? Because everyone in Defence does? Or is it only mentioned when it’s him?

 

[super_city_si]

What fuck up did he had today? Because everyone in Defence does? Or is it only mentioned when it’s him?

Nothing today, hence the ‘now and then’. I like him but he fucked up last week v leeds. He has one in him. Despite that I still think he’s a very good choice for right back.

 

[TurboDuo]

He was near asf to become new Kalvin Phillips in first Man City season. But after that made huge comeback

 

[5 Hit Gibbon]

I think he's been brilliant this season, he was solid again today.

 

[Xhavenjoe]

Good point. By my calculations, however, that would only remove 4 of the 16 who got on the pitch today.

I think it was that poor pass in the first half that Dias blocked. No, that was Gvardiol.
Or maybe that poor touch that let them in but Donnarumma came to the rescue. No, I'm wrong again. That was Dias.

 

[Xhavenjoe]

What fuck up did he had today? Because everyone in Defence does? Or is it only mentioned when it’s him?

I think it was that poor pass in the first half that Dias blocked. No, that was Gvardiol.
Or maybe that poor touch that let them in but Donnarumma came to the rescue. No, I'm wrong again. That was Dias.

 

[Gabriel]

I think it was that poor pass in the first half that Dias blocked. No, that was Gvardiol.
Or maybe that poor touch that let them in but Donnarumma came to the rescue. No, I'm wrong again. That was Dias.

I’m guessing your response wasn’t intended to quote my post.

 

[Xhavenjoe]

I’m guessing your response wasn’t intended to quote my post.

No
I sent in the same response to 2 different posts.
VAR are currently checking my faux pas

 

[samuelyeboah]

we have to stop overanalyzing every error he makes, we have to stop with this "yeah he's okay and i'll keep him as backup but we need a real RB". any RB you get will make mistakes. i guarantee you. most of them will make more mistakes than he does. you have to evaluate him by his average performance level, not the variance. his average is very high and even his consistency level has been very good for a while now.