Darwin Nunez - Thoughts?

[El Rojo]

Thought this was a very good analysis piece in the same paper. 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2022/nov/06/unpredictability-of-darwin-nunez-gives-liverpool-an-extra-dimension

[etho]

39 minutes ago, Reckoner said:

This guy gets paid to write about football. I’m assuming public school boy with media connections. Probably loves rugby union.

Probably calls it ‘rugger’.

 

 

“Núñez looks ill-suited to wide role

It’s fair to say that Darwin Núñez is not the world’s most silky-smooth footballer, and indeed his doomed, ungainly scurries down the left provided Spurs fans with some rare levity in the first half. If the target man’s bungled dribbles raised the question of what he was doing out on the wing, then perhaps Mohamed Salah’s two goals – dispatched after stealing into central positions – provided the answer: an attack spearheaded by Roberto Firmino gives Liverpool’s best finisher licence to drift infield. Not that this will be much consolation to Núñez, who remains the jigsaw piece that doesn’t fit. The lineage of Liverpool players signed as thrilling goalscorers only to labour painfully out wide is a long one that stretches from Heskey to Aspas via Diouf, Cissé and Babel. If the Uruguayan is to avoid joining that list, his manager must find an effective way of playing him centrally. Whether such a solution exists, on current evidence, is far from certain” . Alex Hess (The Guardian).

Was so pissed off by that I registered to reply to it. Which really showed them 

[Reckoner]

30 minutes ago, El Rojo said:

Thought this was a very good analysis piece in the same paper. 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2022/nov/06/unpredictability-of-darwin-nunez-gives-liverpool-an-extra-dimension

Ronay is a fantastic writer.

 

“Núñez conveys this with his movements, the easy acceleration, the hunger for the ball, with which he has a passionate, if slightly on-off, relationship with – a kind of rom-com chemistry.”

 

[Joey8FrogsLegs]

7 hours ago, Reckoner said:

This guy gets paid to write about football. I’m assuming public school boy with media connections. Probably loves rugby union.

Probably calls it ‘rugger’.

 

 

“Núñez looks ill-suited to wide role

It’s fair to say that Darwin Núñez is not the world’s most silky-smooth footballer, and indeed his doomed, ungainly scurries down the left provided Spurs fans with some rare levity in the first half. If the target man’s bungled dribbles raised the question of what he was doing out on the wing, then perhaps Mohamed Salah’s two goals – dispatched after stealing into central positions – provided the answer: an attack spearheaded by Roberto Firmino gives Liverpool’s best finisher licence to drift infield. Not that this will be much consolation to Núñez, who remains the jigsaw piece that doesn’t fit. The lineage of Liverpool players signed as thrilling goalscorers only to labour painfully out wide is a long one that stretches from Heskey to Aspas via Diouf, Cissé and Babel. If the Uruguayan is to avoid joining that list, his manager must find an effective way of playing him centrally. Whether such a solution exists, on current evidence, is far from certain” . Alex Hess (The Guardian).

We should be used to football writers and pundits being clueless, or simply spouting some random shite attempting to catch some attention, but this clown takes it to a new level.

[manwiththestick]

7 hours ago, Reckoner said:

This guy gets paid to write about football. I’m assuming public school boy with media connections. Probably loves rugby union.

Probably calls it ‘rugger’.

 

 

“Núñez looks ill-suited to wide role

It’s fair to say that Darwin Núñez is not the world’s most silky-smooth footballer, and indeed his doomed, ungainly scurries down the left provided Spurs fans with some rare levity in the first half. If the target man’s bungled dribbles raised the question of what he was doing out on the wing, then perhaps Mohamed Salah’s two goals – dispatched after stealing into central positions – provided the answer: an attack spearheaded by Roberto Firmino gives Liverpool’s best finisher licence to drift infield. Not that this will be much consolation to Núñez, who remains the jigsaw piece that doesn’t fit. The lineage of Liverpool players signed as thrilling goalscorers only to labour painfully out wide is a long one that stretches from Heskey to Aspas via Diouf, Cissé and Babel. If the Uruguayan is to avoid joining that list, his manager must find an effective way of playing him centrally. Whether such a solution exists, on current evidence, is far from certain” . Alex Hess (The Guardian).

What an absolute cat fingerer.

 

Complete drivel adding more to an already lazy narrative.

[manwiththestick]

8 hours ago, Reckoner said:

This guy gets paid to write about football. I’m assuming public school boy with media connections. Probably loves rugby union.

Probably calls it ‘rugger’.

 

 

“Núñez looks ill-suited to wide role

It’s fair to say that Darwin Núñez is not the world’s most silky-smooth footballer, and indeed his doomed, ungainly scurries down the left provided Spurs fans with some rare levity in the first half. If the target man’s bungled dribbles raised the question of what he was doing out on the wing, then perhaps Mohamed Salah’s two goals – dispatched after stealing into central positions – provided the answer: an attack spearheaded by Roberto Firmino gives Liverpool’s best finisher licence to drift infield. Not that this will be much consolation to Núñez, who remains the jigsaw piece that doesn’t fit. The lineage of Liverpool players signed as thrilling goalscorers only to labour painfully out wide is a long one that stretches from Heskey to Aspas via Diouf, Cissé and Babel. If the Uruguayan is to avoid joining that list, his manager must find an effective way of playing him centrally. Whether such a solution exists, on current evidence, is far from certain” . Alex Hess (The Guardian).

Double post.

[TheHowieLama]

6 minutes ago, manwiththestick said:

Double post.

Two fingers.

[El Rojo]

Didn’t Nunez do his ACL a few years ago too? And he’s still one of the fastest ever players to play in England, the daft machine. 

[Fugitive]

I fucking love Nunez.

 

It took a while but Salah is starting to understand him and they will score a shit load between them.

[Supremolad]

19 hours ago, Fugitive said:

I fucking love Nunez.

 

It took a while but Salah is starting to understand him and they will score a shit load between them.

They have been linking well since the start of the season though. Salah and Nunez were directly involved in goals for each other during the first league game, away at Fulham. And it was fairly clear at that point that they had an understanding of each other. There have been more examples of their link up play since that time but people tend to forget because those didn't lead directly to goals. 

[Supremolad]

[Kevin D]

Really don’t like making my mind up about players until I’ve seen Klopp groom them for a year and work his magic, but this fella’s numbers definitely speak for themselves.

 

Once Klopp gets the chance to craft him and Diaz, it’s going to be absolute dynamite.

 

 

[waddy78]

The lad is brilliant, raw and a bit hot-headed but brilliant goals per game ratio just imagine what he would have scored had he not missed 3 games.

[sir roger]

Thought the first half today was his best and most composed 45 minutes for us.

[Leyton388]

He's starting to click now. Looking very good and will only get better. 

[Barrington Womble]

I know this will seem a strange comparison as he didn't last long with us, but his style reminds me of collymore. That period where collymore and Fowler just clicked I think we see now with him and Salah. Hopefully Darwin isn't a complete bellend and certainly klopp isn't evans. I wouldn't be shocked in January is Diaz picked up that more central position Bobby played today.  

[El Rojo]

11 minutes ago, Kevin D said:

Really don’t like making my mind up about players until I’ve seen Klopp groom them for a year and work his magic, but this fella’s numbers definitely speak for themselves.

 

Once Klopp gets the chance to craft him and Diaz, it’s going to be absolute dynamite.

 

 

Just get behind the kid and stop writing him off. 

[TheHowieLama]

He would be world class if he could finish.

[Kevin D]

12 minutes ago, El Rojo said:

Just get behind the kid and stop writing him off. 

I’ll be honest, even though it didn’t help our title aspirations, I really liked when he headbutted that Palace lad.

 

He tried to slap him, as well, prior to that which let me know I’d be a fan.

[an tha]

Another step forward today....as much as 6 week break is probably overall likely to be good for us, i hope it does not set him back/halt his momentum - he is just building up a head of steam and he and his team mates are getting a better understanding game by game.

[magicrat]

He was class in the first half today but like the rest of them faded in the 2nd ( Ali excluded)

[manwiththestick]

I pray he comes back unscathed from that World Cup thing.

[Bjornebye]

1 minute ago, manwiththestick said:

I pray he comes back unscathed from that World Cup thing.

 

I want them to win the thing. 

[Ne Moe Imya]

59 minutes ago, Kevin D said:

Really don’t like making my mind up about players until I’ve seen Klopp groom them for a year and work his magic, but this fella’s numbers definitely speak for themselves.

 

Once Klopp gets the chance to craft him and Diaz, it’s going to be absolute dynamite.

 

You can already see the Klopp crafting taking effect, actually.

 

A couple of times today (and against Spurs as well) we've seen him pick out a pass when a teammate is in a better position instead of having a wild shot. That might take his shot numbers down to 4 or 4.5/game instead of 5.5/game where he is now, but if it means he adds 6 assists/season to his tally, it'll be completely worth it for the team. He has already improved in this so much in just a few months, I'm very optimistic that it will continue.

 

Some of the posts early on in this thread are going to look pretty foolish, for sure. A lot of people were writing him off as a waste after 5 games!

[Tj hooker]

Really starting to see why we paid the money we did for this lad , You can see the difference Jurgen is making to him already,  we probably won't see him at his peak till next season what with this stupid World Cup and all .

I really like the cut of his jib so far though.