Kalvin Phillips

IrishBloodEnglishHeart said:
People will be going on about this goal 10 years from now hahaha
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It's easy for people to jump on the bandwagon because Nunes is number 1 boo boy, but it wouldn't be nice if people would give him some credit as he's had to learn how to play RB on the fly in a team that had forgotten how to defend & when our supposed captain & RB fucked off to Italy
 
foggy1974 said:
It's easy for people to jump on the bandwagon because Nunes is number 1 boo boy, but it wouldn't be nice if people would give him some credit as he's had to learn how to play RB on the fly in a team that had forgotten how to defend & when our supposed captain & RB fucked off to Italy
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He's a footballer. Doesn't matter what position he's playing, hes still a footballer and should have basic footballing skills. Nico O'Reilly isn't a LB, but he's done a very good job there and has been solid.
 
foggy1974 said:
Now your just being stupid & let's see if you can name a player who has never under hit a pass
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Eh? We're talking about Nunes. You said it wasn't his fault he's being forced to play RB. I've said he's a footballer, same as O'Reilly, however one of them has excelled and one hasn't.

Is that you Matheus
 
foggy1974 said:
Yet Nunes scored the last minute goal v Villa that probably made the difference between finishing in the champions league & not the Europa League
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I have no issue with Nunes, I just don’t think he’s good enough.

A last minute goal doesn’t change that, but great for him he had his moment.
 
foggy1974 said:
Are you seriously saying Nunes doesnt have basic football skills
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Compared to us mere mortals he is light years away.
Compared to top level footballers, he is a way away.
The amount of fuck ups arent down to him playing out of position, they are down to him just not having a top level brain to think quick enough.
The pen against brighton being a great example

I dont have an agenda against any city player, i want them ALL to be brilliant and succeed. But im struggling where to see nunes will ultimately fit in because he aint an RB and he definitely aint a midfielder
 
Bluesince1979 said:
Compared to us mere mortals he is light years away.
Compared to top level footballers, he is a way away.
The amount of fuck ups arent down to him playing out of position, they are down to him just not having a top level brain to think quick enough.
The pen against brighton being a great example

I dont have an agenda against any city player, i want them ALL to be brilliant and succeed. But im struggling where to see nunes will ultimately fit in because he aint an RB and he definitely aint a midfielder
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Gvardiol made a similar amount of fuck ups last season and won our poty, are you saying that he doesn't have a top level brain.

If Pep was being serious about Kushanov not being the long term RB then I have no problem with Nunes playing as a wingback similar to Alt Nouri on the left, but that leaves Dias's lack of pace exposed if he's defending on the halfway line
 
foggy1974 said:
Gvardiol made a similar amount of fuck ups last season and won our poty, are you saying that he doesn't have a top level brain.

If Pep was being serious about Kushanov not being the long term RB then I have no problem with Nunes playing as a wingback similar to Alt Nouri on the left, but that leaves Dias's lack of pace exposed if he's defending on the halfway line
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Gvardiol didnt make nunes level mistakes that nunes makes oftenZ
Gvardiol is also capable of world class displays, nunes ismt

Silly comparison
 
Bluesince1979 said:
Gvardiol didnt make nunes level mistakes that nunes makes oftenZ
Gvardiol is also capable of world class displays, nunes ismt

Silly comparison
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Was at fault for first 2 goals v Spurs & 2nd v Dippers at home & played many blind passes inside last season so it's not silly but he's not Nunes so doesnt get the same abuse
 
foggy1974 said:
Was at fault for first 2 goals v Spurs & 2nd v Dippers at home & played many blind passes inside last season so it's not silly but he's not Nunes so doesnt get the same abuse
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Mate, Nunes isn't good enough to play for City in his specialist position. He only got to put his boots on last season because we were desperate for a right back. He improved as the season progressed, & I think those performances earned him a reprieve.

HOWEVER, there are far better specialist RB's out there, & it beggars belief why Guardiola has swapped our perennial LB problem, for a RB problem.

The fact that Nunes did OK at RB for the final ⅓ of the season, says more about City's poor season, than it does about how good at RB Matheus is.

Just like Kalvin Philips, Nunes will get games in the CC & lower grade CL & PL matches. Again, this isn't because he's a great RB, it's because we'll need to rotate & rest Khusanov.

Lewis has already made it perfectly clear that he's a midfielder & prefers not to play at RB or in the inverted hybrid role which Guardiola loves.

We don't even have a right back at the club, & even then Nunes isn't first choice to fill in. Pep would rather shoehorn Lewis or Khusanov in there.

The quicker we get away from this 'Can do a job' quick fix bollocks that has diluted our squad's gene pool to the point it's become unrecognisable in two years, the quicker we'll begin to progress & start looking like Manchester City again.

In short, we need a proper, world rated right back. At that point, of what use will Matheus Nunes be to Manchester City? Unfortunately, that's the long & short of Nunes' career at the Etihad.
 
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