27 | Matheus Nunes - 2025/26

hilts said:
Nunes khus gvardiol oreilly would be my back 4 at moment, just more pace and energy. Not seen enough of Ait-Nouri to make a decision yet.
Nice to have Dias Stones and Ake in the squad though.

I think Donna Rodri Foden Haaland are obviously a shoe in.

The 3 remaining spots are where it becomes tricky but there are plenty of games to be played.
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Yup. That's the back 4 i settled on in the summer. I think it will eventually materialize.
 
blueparrot said:
Can't be arsed, but who would I swap him for ?
Livramento
Then I'm struggling
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How about this:

Jurrien Timber (Arsenal) – 82%
Daniel Munoz (Crystal Palace) – 77%
Pedro Porro (Tottenham Hotspur) – 68%
Kenny Tete (Fulham) – 66%
Joel Veltman (Brighton) – 64%
Matty Cash (Aston Villa) – 64%
Reece James (Chelsea) – 62%
Kyle Walker-Peters (West Ham United) – 61%
Trai Hume (Sunderland) – 60%
Matheus Nunes (Manchester City) – 57%

Nunes is - when on form - OK (last in the top 10 list) - but really? Struggling after Livameto?

To me this indicates that you have no idea of what at top class RB is capable of - and furthermore you've no ability to rank RB's - Liveramentgo first - and then no one?
 
BlueMoonAcrossThePond said:
How about this:

Jurrien Timber (Arsenal) – 82%
Daniel Munoz (Crystal Palace) – 77%
Pedro Porro (Tottenham Hotspur) – 68%
Kenny Tete (Fulham) – 66%
Joel Veltman (Brighton) – 64%
Matty Cash (Aston Villa) – 64%
Reece James (Chelsea) – 62%
Kyle Walker-Peters (West Ham United) – 61%
Trai Hume (Sunderland) – 60%
Matheus Nunes (Manchester City) – 57%

Nunes is - when on form - OK (last in the top 10 list) - but really? Struggling after Livameto?

To me this indicates that you have no idea of what at top class RB is capable of - and furthermore you've no ability to rank RB's - Liveramentgo first - and then no one?
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That is a mad list. I’d swap him for Timber and maybe James if he could stay fit, but the rest are either too old, wingbacks, bang average or unproven.
 
BlueMoonAcrossThePond said:
How about this:

Jurrien Timber (Arsenal) – 82%
Daniel Munoz (Crystal Palace) – 77%
Pedro Porro (Tottenham Hotspur) – 68%
Kenny Tete (Fulham) – 66%
Joel Veltman (Brighton) – 64%
Matty Cash (Aston Villa) – 64%
Reece James (Chelsea) – 62%
Kyle Walker-Peters (West Ham United) – 61%
Trai Hume (Sunderland) – 60%
Matheus Nunes (Manchester City) – 57%

Nunes is - when on form - OK (last in the top 10 list) - but really? Struggling after Livameto?

To me this indicates that you have no idea of what at top class RB is capable of - and furthermore you've no ability to rank RB's - Liveramentgo first - and then no one?
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Or the list is crap?

Remembering that different teams have different requirements in a position, he'd be level with Porro in that list for me.

And I wouldn't be bothered about taking Munoz because of his age and no guarantee he'd grasp/suit our tactical requirements.

Timber also doesn't play the role the same way Nunes is asked to.
 
Alan Harper's Tash said:
That is a mad list. I’d swap him for Timber and maybe James if he could stay fit, but the rest are either too old, wingbacks, bang average or unproven.
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This list is subjective - and open to criticism

You disagree.

How about you posting your top 10 right backs in the P/L as a starting point for debate?
 
To all the "this list is madness" posters - well go on. Post your top 10 right backs in the P/L. Honestly, does Nunes feature?
 
BlueMoonAcrossThePond said:
This list is subjective - and open to criticism

You disagree.

How about you posting your top 10 right backs in the P/L as a starting point for debate?
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How would it help? Teams require different attributes from their players.

We don’t need Munoz from Palace as he’s a wing back deployed in a back 5 system.

We need Nunes’ pace far more than Porro’s free kick taking ability.
 
BlueMoonAcrossThePond said:
How about this:

Jurrien Timber (Arsenal) – 82%
Daniel Munoz (Crystal Palace) – 77%
Pedro Porro (Tottenham Hotspur) – 68%
Kenny Tete (Fulham) – 66%
Joel Veltman (Brighton) – 64%
Matty Cash (Aston Villa) – 64%
Reece James (Chelsea) – 62%
Kyle Walker-Peters (West Ham United) – 61%
Trai Hume (Sunderland) – 60%
Matheus Nunes (Manchester City) – 57%

Nunes is - when on form - OK (last in the top 10 list) - but really? Struggling after Livameto?

To me this indicates that you have no idea of what at top class RB is capable of - and furthermore you've no ability to rank RB's - Liveramentgo first - and then no one?
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Nope none of them, says to me you spend too much time lookings a stats not enough watching Nunes this season. Not saying they aren't decent players in that list, but significantly better tha Nunes current form ,no.
 
BlueMoonAcrossThePond said:
To all the "this list is madness" posters - well go on. Post your top 10 right backs in the P/L. Honestly, does Nunes feature?
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You're the one who brought up top 10. Then you said some guy called Trai Hume who almost no one on here, including yourself, will have seen a minute of. You're embarrassing yourself.
 
blueparrot said:
Nope none of them, says to me you spend too much time lookings a stats not enough watching Nunes this season. Not saying they aren't decent players in that list, but significantly better tha Nunes current form ,no.
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I rate a players performance by seeing with my eyes, I know it's old fashioned but hey ho.
 
blueparrot said:
Nope none of them, says to me you spend too much time lookings a stats not enough watching Nunes this season. Not saying they aren't decent players in that list, but significantly better tha Nunes current form ,no.
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And yet... all credible analysis site agrees with you. Hell, a majority (I guess) of Bluemoon thinks that Rico Lewis is the better RB.

Nunes is adequate at backup LB. He's not at all terrible. He's great on defense mostly - but is prone to a huge mistake especially an uncalled for foul deep in our territory - after this sort of foul, we're defending a set piece near enough for a shot on goal or failing that - for a dangerous set play into our box.

Nunes is poor going forward. He can't consistently make a killer pass; he can't consistently make a great shot on goal; his on the ball play is OK - but nothing spectacular. Nunes is for sure a top player - and I value him as a backup RB.

But come on... as the best RB in the P/L other than Livramento...
 
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Mancini’s Pastilles said:
Timber
James
Porro
Livramento
Spence
Munoz
White
Gusto
Cash
Aina
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Good list.

And yet, numerous posters on this forum suggest that Nunes is excellent; certainly, they suggest, we'd be stupid to trade him for anyone but Livramento.
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For what it's worth, I think that Nunes is our best RB. At the same time, I think that he's no where near the quality we need at a starting RB role. As a backup RB, Nunes isn't ideal - but he's OK. As a first choice RB in a side hoping to win the P/L - he's far, far, far from ideal... let alone OK.
 
hcblue95 said:
You're the one who brought up top 10. Then you said some guy called Trai Hume who almost no one on here, including yourself, will have seen a minute of. You're embarrassing yourself.
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So... it seems that you think that Nunes is a top 10 P/L RB... and that Lewis isn't better. And then, you've made a remarkable post - indicating that I'm embarrassing myself for presumably not ranking Nunes in the top 10 RB's in the P/L... without actually posting your top 10 right backs.

I welcome disagreement - but the "no you" style of disagreement completely lacking in a factual counter to what I've posted - is merely - a "no you" post.

If you want to debate me on the merits, post your top 10 RB's in the P/L and we'll go from there. Does Nunes make your list?
 
BlueMoonAcrossThePond said:
And yet... all credible analysis site agrees with you. Hell, a majority (I guess) of Bluemoon thinks that Rico Lewis is the better RB.

Nunes is adequate at backup LB. He's not at all terrible. He's great on defense mostly - but is prone to a huge mistake especially an uncalled for foul deep in our territory - after this sort of foul, we're defending a set piece near enough for a shot on goal or failing that - for a dangerous set play into our box.

Nunes is poor going forward. He can't consistently make a killer pass; he can't consistently make a great shot on goal; his on the ball play is OK - but nothing spectacular. Nunes is for sure a top player - and I value him as a backup RB.

But come on... as the best RB in the P/L other than Livramento...
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Didn't say best ,not significantly worse and if or when we come to replace him and in the summer we might well if Khusonov moves to centre back other than Livramento I wouldn't be looking at the premier league because I don't think any are enough of a step up. I'd caveat that with James ,except he is too unreliable and think the injuries have taken a toll on his potential level.
 
blueparrot said:
Didn't say best ,not significantly worse and if or when we come to replace him and in the summer we might well if Khusonov moves to centre back other than Livramento I wouldn't be looking at the premier league because I don't think any are enough of a step up. I'd caveat that with James ,except he is too unreliable and think the injuries have taken a toll on his potential level.
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Nunes isn't a natural RB - he's been asked to fill in at that position and he's done OK mostly.

At RB, Nunes' strength is defensive solidity. He's a very capable defender, he's above average size and will bully smaller attackers, and he can read the game defensively - getting into position at least most of the time.

Nune's weaknesses are - over aggression when not called for. Giving away needless fouls, sometimes deep in our half leading to dangerous set piece opportunities.

Another, weakness of Nunes, is that he'll once a game or more, make some bonehead pass/tackle/whatever, that instantly leads to a major goal scoring opportunity for the opposition.

And, Nunes is not good at all going forward. If we're facing a side where we have most of the ball, we need gifted passers/driplers at as many positions as we can afford in order to break a parked bus - and Nunes is a liability in this regard.
 
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