It's not September 2025 though is it? Whole back half of last season he was fantastic, easily one of our best and most consistent performers and a huge reason why we managed to clinch champions league football. He's been great for the best part of a year now, not half a dozen performances.It is reasonable to call him a nothing player based on August 2023 to September 2025.
I acknowledge his good form and hope it continues, but I'm not going to start saying he's a quality PL footballer based on half a dozen good performances.
But that's not right. He started only one of our first 5 league games and cost us three points in it (against Brighton).It's much more than half a dozen, maybe half a dozen since you started to notice.
He was average at best last year. For instance, he scored the winner against Villa after giving away the ball for their equaliser.It's not September 2025 though is it? Whole back half of last season he was fantastic, easily one of our best and most consistent performers and a huge reason why we managed to clinch champions league football. He's been great for the best part of a year now, not half a dozen performances.
But he wasn't average at best, far from it, he was very good over the whole 90 minutes, it just so happened the few mistakes that were made during that period, we were punished for nearly every single one of them. That was just unfortunate. Other players were making the same mistakes and getting away with it.He was average at best last year. For instance, he scored the winner against Villa after giving away the ball for their equaliser.
We went into the summer with a view to signing a RB for a reason.
Was he poor at RB in March, April, May though? Was he even playing at RB before 2025?Oh right, he wasn't poor the last two years and wasn't frequently left out the matchday squad. I accordingly have an agenda.
Numpty.
Wow, a football player gave the ball away. Scandalous, really. Should be deducted wages i reckon.A couple of good games following two poor years. Calm down. He gave the ball away in poor places a couple of times yesterday but we fortunately weren't punished.
Closer to 2 dozen but why let facts get in the way of an agenda?It's much more than half a dozen, maybe half a dozen since you started to notice.
Are you genuinely arguing that Nunes is a player of sufficient quality for a team aspiring to be the world's best?Closer to 2 dozen but why let facts get in the way of an agenda?
Are you genuinely arguing that Nunes is a player of sufficient quality for a team aspiring to be the world's best?
Need I remind you of the quality of our previous right backs in Zaba, Walker and Cancelo?
Or our central midfielders, of whom we've had so many of world class ability that I can't even be arsed listing them?
I just don't think this is an accurate assessment at all.A couple of good games following two poor years. Calm down. He gave the ball away in poor places a couple of times yesterday but we fortunately weren't punished.
I think he’s a better all-round fullback than Cancelo alreadyAre you genuinely arguing that Nunes is a player of sufficient quality for a team aspiring to be the world's best?
Need I remind you of the quality of our previous right backs in Zaba, Walker and Cancelo?
You basically just described how he's been poor up until the start of October this year, which is what I've been saying all along.I just don't think this is an accurate assessment at all.
I was largely done with him after his display at Brentford away last season (the 2-2 draw), but that was the last naff game I actually remember him having. He's not a long-term first-choice RB for us, but he's kept his head down, worked hard, and is now making valuable contributions at both ends of the pitch.
Last season he contributed 15 G/A in 47 appearances (great figures for a RB/CM hybrid), was largely our best performer during that rough Christmas period, and then he finished the season in decent form. I wanted us to sign a main RB in front of Nunes, but I was fine with us going into the new season with him as back-up.
He started this season a bit up and down. He was very unlucky against Brighton, with the handball for the penalty, and I remember the dismal reaction when he came on for Khusanov against Arsenal. But he was great against Arsenal and has taken his opportunity ever since, allowing Khusanov to recover without hurting the team.
Things really started picking up when he got us the lead against Burnley a few weeks ago and sent us on our way in that game, then the fans were chanting his name against Everton after another good performance, and two great performances against Bournemouth and now Liverpool have deservedly got everyone on his side again.
His good form also means Pep has stopped playing Lewis at RB, which we've all known for months now isn't his position. That was costing us big-time last season and I don't think it's a coincidence that our form has improved so much ever since Pep started playing Lewis as a CM instead - that's down to Nunes filling in, alongside O'Reilly.
In what way does me sayingYou basically just described how he's been poor up until the start of October this year, which is what I've been saying all along.
Sorry, misread. Thought you said 'things started turning round for him against Burnley' (early October) but you actually meant for the team.In what way does me saying
- Brentford away (in January) was his last naff game
- He contributed 15 G/A in 47 apps last season
- He was our best player around Christmas last year
- He finished the season in decent form
- He turned the game around against Burnley in September
constitute me saying "he's been poor until October this year"?
You're just making things up.
But why are you going on about it!You basically just described how he's been poor up until the start of October this year, which is what I've been saying all along.