He’s Liverpool’s Bruno.
Darwin Núñez | Liverpool player | Sometimes maybe good, sometimes maybe shish
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He will be like Berbatov was for Utd. His goals will come in patches and make his stats look better than they actually are.
His xG is higher than Haalands
They can count themselves lucky if he ends up half as good
Does that mean that he has had a lot of good chances so but missed them?
It means that he's a worse finisher, at least without any context and on the face of it
Ok, yeah, that’s what I meant initially. Yeah, he’s shite.
He‘s leading the team in goals per minutes.
Says a lot about Liverpool this season, doesn't it?
Because Klopp has ripped up your entire team structure in order to feed a CF that he’s purchased.
If he’d structured the team like this around Origi, he’d probably have more goals now than Darwin has.
I noticed that too, he looked like a Sunday league player on both of those occasions. Even Firmino turned around holding his hands out nonplussed that Nuñez had managed to miss what had been served up to him on a plate
Didn't seem like he quite knew which way he was heading the ball for his goal as well.....
Thing is..... that's the third time I've seen him score with a header that didn't look quite right. Which makes me think that if Núñez doesn't know where the ball is going the goalies have absolutely no fekkin clue whatsoever, and if it's on target then that's fekkin that.
As an interesting parallel I've seen him hit some amazing strikes that have hit the post or bar or been saved brilliantly by the keeper.
It's like he's a complete Jekyll and Hyde character, at his most effective when he's at his least aethestically pleasing.
Comparisons to Lukaku are way off the mark in my opinion. Núñez runs for fun and works his socks off. And just check out the run he made which drew off a defender leaving Salah in on goal against Ajax before saying he's no use to Liverpool off the ball.
Conversely , I think he may become less effective in some areas as his football technique improves, and it's hard to imagine it won't at Pool under Klopp.
One thing that really caught my eye watching that game though was his speed. At one point it was like he was running and all around him on both sides were jogging.....and although he can look like a donkey on the ball he actually runs like a pure thoroughbred.
He's an enigma.
Be interesting watching him evolve
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It seems like a somewhat lazy comparison because they're both Uruguayan but he really does remind me of a younger Cavani.I noticed that too, he looked like a Sunday league player on both of those occasions. Even Firmino turned around holding his hands out nonplussed that Nuñez had managed to miss what had been served up to him on a plate
Didn't seem like he quite knew which way he was heading the ball for his goal as well.....
Thing is..... that's the third time I've seen him score with a header that didn't look quite right. Which makes me think that if Núñez doesn't know where the ball is going the goalies have absolutely no fekkin clue whatsoever, and if it's on target then that's fekkin that.
As an interesting parallel I've seen him hit some amazing strikes that have hit the post or bar or been saved brilliantly by the keeper.
It's like he's a complete Jekyll and Hyde character, at his most effective when he's at his least aethestically pleasing.
Comparisons to Lukaku are way off the mark in my opinion. Núñez runs for fun and works his socks off. And just check out the run he made which drew off a defender leaving Salah in on goal against Ajax before saying he's no use to Liverpool off the ball.
Conversely , I think he may become less effective in some areas as his football technique improves, and it's hard to imagine it won't at Pool under Klopp.
One thing that really caught my eye watching that game though was his speed. At one point it was like he was running and all around him on both sides were jogging.....and although he can look like a donkey on the ball he actually runs like a pure thoroughbred.
He's an enigma.
Be interesting watching him evolve
The work-rate, the propensity to run hard in the channels, the explosive off-the-ball runs looking to get in behind, and similar stature in terms of their tall but lean build that makes/made each of them both powerful but quick at the same time.
Maybe I'm misremembering completely, but I seem to remember Cavani being the butt of a few jokes because of his sometimes abysmal finishing when he was at Palermo. But you could clearly see the potential as he could produce some fantastic goals as well at the same time, and then when he moved to Napoli he seemed to become a much more consistent finisher and turned from a guy you would consider dangerous/a handful because of his traits, into a truly prolific goalscorer and one of the best CF's in the world.
I feel like Nunez is in the same boat - sometimes his finishing is comical, but his peak performances (i.e. both games v Liverpool in the CL last year, particularly the 2nd leg) are at a level where I think you can clearly see a pathway for him to get there as well, he just needs to finish more consistently.
I don't know what it is necessarily that's causing the problem but it's potentially a lack of focus/being too casual. Sometimes he misses these sitters and he just stares blankly and doesn't react, where you might expect somebody who's more focused on the outcome (i.e. Ronaldo if we're talking the extreme example) to be livid with themselves if they missed an open goal from 6 yards out.
WDYM, his headings were clearly intentional.I noticed that too, he looked like a Sunday league player on both of those occasions. Even Firmino turned around holding his hands out nonplussed that Nuñez had managed to miss what had been served up to him on a plate
Didn't seem like he quite knew which way he was heading the ball for his goal as well.....
Thing is..... that's the third time I've seen him score with a header that didn't look quite right. Which makes me think that if Núñez doesn't know where the ball is going the goalies have absolutely no fekkin clue whatsoever, and if it's on target then that's fekkin that.
As an interesting parallel I've seen him hit some amazing strikes that have hit the post or bar or been saved brilliantly by the keeper.
It's like he's a complete Jekyll and Hyde character, at his most effective when he's at his least aethestically pleasing.
Comparisons to Lukaku are way off the mark in my opinion. Núñez runs for fun and works his socks off. And just check out the run he made which drew off a defender leaving Salah in on goal against Ajax before saying he's no use to Liverpool off the ball.
Conversely , I think he may become less effective in some areas as his football technique improves, and it's hard to imagine it won't at Pool under Klopp.
One thing that really caught my eye watching that game though was his speed. At one point it was like he was running and all around him on both sides were jogging.....and although he can look like a donkey on the ball he actually runs like a pure thoroughbred.
He's an enigma.
Be interesting watching him evolve
The last one was he breaking through 2 Ajax player clutch to get to the ball.
He aimed for far corner and it actually went there.
Terrifically headed goal that Bierhoff would have approved
The one against WH was in similar vein.
The ball swung in with decent pace but he needed something extra.
So he bounced it to the ground and Fabianski duly fumbled as the ball trajectory got tricky; an excellent finish.
It is his kicks that are rubbish.
He seems slow to look up and just blasting shots left and right.
He is surprisingly two-footed with good strike timing, but no finesse at all right now.
Reminds me of their past striker, Djibril Cisse.
This is Cavani at Palermo. You can see his first touch and technique are levels above Nunez. Nunez might have a decent career but he's his own player with different qualities and weaknesses.
Which is why you should just watch football and decide for yourself instead of looking at made up numbers on a computer.
I like him. Would have loved him at United
He's grown on me. I now love his chaos (as long as there is nearly always an end result). I can't believe I'm actually going to be sad when he becomes a run of the mill 25-30 goals a season striker with decent technique and 'nothing else'.
He’s literally everything Ten Hag would not want in a forward.
I’ve loved him since day 1. As have many United fans.He's grown on me. I now love his chaos (as long as there is nearly always an end result). I can't believe I'm actually going to be sad when he becomes a run of the mill 25-30 goals a season striker with decent technique and 'nothing else'.
Hope he starts tomorrow.
So that he can score again? He's got four in his last five starts.
Me too!
Cyberman doesn't look at stats. He uses his own eyes, as do the others on this forum. As long as he scores one, likely yet another winning goal, but misses a handful and falls over ungracefully then everything is fine.
Ronaldo tends to score too. He has 3 in whatever few starts he stormed off about last week.
It’s the chances he misses that costs you in the league that I absolutely love. End to end game v Leeds who will get 2/3 chances to get in behind Trent because Nunez won’t punish them when they should has my Saturday night sorted.
Not just the chances but the play that repeatedly falls down through the middle because he has the technique of a Zebra. Another plus there’s no threat through the middle because of your midfield and Nunez which means all opposition do is crowd the wings, press Nunez passing options then have Liverpool fans wonder how why they get in behind your fullbacks time and time again because they have to do so much going forward.
It’ll be put down to Klopps seven season curse or poor midfield recruitment. I really love Nunez. It’s the pretending not to know the problem that’s staring fans right in the face that gets me going.
That's harsh on Zebras, they don't have aspirations to be footballers.
not really. Most fans of other clubs think Bruno isn’t great, but there are many united fans who put up with all his blunders and mishaps because of the statistical return and work ethic.Two of the most bizarre comparisons I’ve seen on the Caf
So the where are the similarities then? That they both aren’t great? Weird.
I continually see threads on social media and forums where rival fans insist Beckham, Ferdinand, Yorke, Giggs, Scholes, Keane etc weren't great players, they just had great players around them. Yet never admit who these great players were.
You can't go off bitter rival fans comments.
To compare Nunez, who has tapped a couple of goals in, but equally looked like a poor man's Andy Carroll with Bruno, who had a superb 18 months with us smashing goals - not just pens - but all sorts of quality goals in is an absolutely daft comparison.
I find the perceptions similar, nothing to do with playstyle.
Wouldn’t be surprised if he gets more goals than any of our players this season.
So Leeds will definitely get at least a point from tomorrow's game then? You're absolutely sure of it?
Not that farfetched. He's currently level on 6 with Rashford and Martial is fairly injury prone. Doesn't look like Ronaldo is getting many this season either. Depends how both teams get on after the world cup.
i reckon they’ll score so many goals that the fa will be forced to award them 5 points.
I'm not ready for that experience.
He’s still worth nowhere near 100m
which shows he's good at getting in goal-scoring positions but poor at finishing
I mean, not a lot to disagree with there is there?
It's hard to say, he's 22 with decent numbers and potential and strikers are hard to come by these days. United will probably need one in the summer. You'll probably be spending 100m +
I think they’ll give you too much trouble than they should. You might get by today but Spurs front 3 would punish you next week as all teams who you have played away have this season. You aren’t a bad team which is why you aren’t going to lose every game by being exposed but the worst that can come of it is inconsistency which you have in spades.
Thats the reason why Leeds will have you on here saying how we’re going to lose this or how crap we are in almost every game day thread you’ve been on here this season.
I’m expecting Leeds to miss a boat load of chances as a lot of teams at Anfield have this season so scrapping by wouldn’t prove anything.
Exactly. But a Berbatov would be near perfect for ETH.
Rooney. A young Rooney in his hands and we’re winning the league imo