Or Usain Bolt finally getting his dream job.
Darwin Núñez | Liverpool player | Sometimes maybe good, sometimes maybe shish
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik @Rood and Imran @Annihilate Now! start with the good news by celebrating Manchester United Women's emphatic FA Cup win over Spurs at Wembley and the future of manager Marc Skinner.
Then it's the bad news and the ever worsening form of our Men with losses to Arsenal and Palace.
Finally the main debate - ETH Out now or keep him until the end of the season - if not longer. Are you Team Nik or Team Imran?
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He's World class at running? Am I doing it right?
You don't spend 100M on a striker only for that
Interesting £30-40m project player bought for £64-85m.
Yeah that’s probably a fair summary. Not worth what we paid because of how erratic he is in front of goal.
Agree with both( you and @sullydnl ). Atm, he’s not worth at 85m player. At least, I see his strengths( and that shows in this game) but he must improves himself in a lot departments.
He looks far more threatening and closer to being worth the fee than our recent big money signings Sancho and Antony so far.
It's funny for now while he's missing chances but when we can barely score ourselves less so. He'd be our top scorer on 5.
A club with Liverpool’s aspirations can’t carry a player whose finishing is that poor. Simple as that. In big games every team will struggle to get clear chances and you can’t have him shanking them miles wide of the goal.
I guess that might change one day? Although I can’t think of any other striker who somehow learned how to finish in his mid to late twenties? Especially when the poor finishing seems to be fundamental technical deficiencies.
I guess that might change one day? Although I can’t think of any other striker who somehow learned how to finish in his mid to late twenties? Especially when the poor finishing seems to be fundamental technical deficiencies.
What has Manchester United got to do with Darwin Nunez?
Lewandowski also looked dire when Klopp bought him. I hope it is not the same story.
I mean perhaps in some weird universe where only PL goals count. He would be yes.
In the real world though Rashford has more goals than Nunez this season.
Doh.
Is their a memo sent about to protect Nunez?
He pure comedy out there, Townsend MOTM
He doing all my Liverpool mates heads in.
Sancho never got they excuses when he came to us,
He pure comedy out there, Townsend MOTM
He doing all my Liverpool mates heads in.
Sancho never got they excuses when he came to us,
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Whether or not he eventually becomes a lethal finisher, he far from it right now and so it's fair to comment on all the missed chances.
Even that third goal, he took a horrible touch, then had to lunge at the ball and it dropped fortuitously to a Liverpool player off the keeper. At no point was Nunez
A Going to score himself or
B trying to set up his teammate.
He's a very poor buy right now.
Even that third goal, he took a horrible touch, then had to lunge at the ball and it dropped fortuitously to a Liverpool player off the keeper. At no point was Nunez
A Going to score himself or
B trying to set up his teammate.
He's a very poor buy right now.
Check Suarez statistics 11-12 compared to 12-13 onwards.
He's the exact same player as Donyel Malen. Fast, looks busy, probably tiresome too defend, but unable to hit the broadside of a barndoor (Im not sure how that saying goes but feck it).
Well Im not obliged to shit or gush all over him.
He misses far too many easy chances but he does stretch the play and is a constant hassle to opposition defences (which in turn allows Salah to drift into space).
I don't know about silent, he's quite obviously missing tonnes of chances but the flip side is he is quite obviously getting tonnes of chances too.Silent domination
I didn't pay it and don't recall saying anyone should but at this stage the price tag is irrelevant to me.
I'm just commenting on what he is doing , not what he should be doing.
The money is already spent so I don't see much point in going on about it , same as any other player that was bought for a massively inflated fee.
I have a lot of sympathy for players who are put in that position to be honest , it can't be nice to be crushed under the pressure of unrealistic expectations.
For Manchester United fan, you seem very annoyed that people criticise Liverpool player.
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He spends most years telling us how everybody else is better than we are and how they’re going to win every game until the end of time because of it.
Mate, please. This post is so bad, if ever there was ever a post that screamed I'm a scouse fan in disguise this is it.
I'm annoyed they won comfortably despite 'carrying' a player as bad as you lot say.
The misses are hilarious. It's unlikely to last though.
Ok done.
Those stats confirm that Suarez is basically the exact opposite of Nunez. When you look at his stats that low scoring 11/12 season stands out as an aberration. He’d been banging in 30 goals/season for five seasons before that one.
For Nunez it’s a single high scoring season that stands out as the anomaly.
I actually do think the misses will last though.
I think he will be a guy that scores loads and misses loads and will end up being more of a **** figure than a top quality striker.
If we want to compare him to recent Liverpool strikers I think he will be more of a Dirk Kuyt (actually reminds me more of Joelinton physically) than a Suarez.
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It’s strange when purported United fans pipe up when we take the piss out of pool in any aspect. Be it rawk or one of their players. It’s a caf tradition i guess. Posters do it regularly in the rawk meltdown thread and are doing it here now.
He’ll reply when he takes his tongue from Klopp’s ring piece.
Possibly some point in 2024
He’s just an Uruguayan Dan James. Lots of pace, but has nothing else in his arsenal.
We are not looking very good either with Pogba, Maguire, Lukaku and maybe Sancho on the way.
There's so many of them these days too. Never used to be this bad.
Removes some of the enjoyment from taking the p*ss out of Pool when you end up having to argue with supposed Utd fans instead.
AntonyWe are not looking very good either with Pogba, Maguire, Lukaku and maybe Sancho on the way.
?And he was MOTM?
At the moment it looks like they paid money for an elite striker, found out he is nowhere near what they need from a striker and is turning him into mote of a winger. To be fair to him he looks more at home out wide when he can just run to the byline and whip it in, but given his obvious limitations as an actual footballer surely they'd be better off with another one out on the wing. Not a huge fan of Diaz either but he is on another planet talent wise.
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Darwina looks alright it’s gotta be said.
I'd do her
Thinking about it, part of it is probably just built into the profile of striker he is too, isn't it?
Imagine you have two strikers who generate 1xG per game. Over 30 games both strikers are expected to score 30 goals. But if one averages 3 shots per game and the other averages 6 shots then in any given game the latter striker is both more likely to score 3+ goals (obviously) but also more likely to score 0. The average over time is the same, but the distribution is different.
With football being a low-scoring game, that makes the 6-shot striker's output less valuable. Because all else being equal you would prefer the greater chance of at least one goal in a game.
With that in mind, Nunez tops Europe's big 5 leagues for shots per 90. Which means that even if he was an average finisher, you'd expect more variance game to game compared to a player who shoots less. And if he's a worse than average finisher....
Or more simply: scoring at a good rate per game is good, but doing so while not being wildly inefficient would be better. And even if he does the former, he won't do the latter.
Imagine you have two strikers who generate 1xG per game. Over 30 games both strikers are expected to score 30 goals. But if one averages 3 shots per game and the other averages 6 shots then in any given game the latter striker is both more likely to score 3+ goals (obviously) but also more likely to score 0. The average over time is the same, but the distribution is different.
With football being a low-scoring game, that makes the 6-shot striker's output less valuable. Because all else being equal you would prefer the greater chance of at least one goal in a game.
With that in mind, Nunez tops Europe's big 5 leagues for shots per 90. Which means that even if he was an average finisher, you'd expect more variance game to game compared to a player who shoots less. And if he's a worse than average finisher....
Or more simply: scoring at a good rate per game is good, but doing so while not being wildly inefficient would be better. And even if he does the former, he won't do the latter.
People look for what he could be instead of what he is this which leads to awards like this. All you have to do is show a bit of pace and power and they pretend he had a good game, It can be qualified as causing problems or being a handful or such nonsense.
As long as they have at least one standout moment in a game they win then he had a good game. I just can’t think of any today apart from getting behind the defence and not finding a man after.
They’re both on 9 this season. Nunez in 19 appearances and Rashford in 20. Both on 3 assists.