Darwin Nunez - Thoughts?

[Carra_is_legend]

Every transfer has a risk like we know well with all the failed ones in the past.

 

We cannot keep pointing at money though, Klopp has earned it and much much more. If anything we have not spent much, thanks to Klopp's genius!

[Babb'sBurstNad]

12 minutes ago, Strontium said:

 

It seems like a much riskier signing than we usually make. You are right to be concerned. Recruiting a player off the back of one good season is the sort of thing 2012 FSG would have done. I can only presume that the stats gurus have seen something that is not immediately visible.

I wonder if Bowen's ascendancy has played a part here too, galvanising trust in their approach / the data. They were clearly keen on him, and most of us balked at the figures quoted, but he's since gone on to prove them right. It's a tough gig, finding talent before it really shines, so they must see something that indicates Nunez will take a similar leap in his development.

[3 Stacks]

25 minutes ago, Strontium said:

 

It seems like a much riskier signing than we usually make. You are right to be concerned. Recruiting a player off the back of one good season is the sort of thing 2012 FSG would have done. I can only presume that the stats gurus have seen something that is not immediately visible.

I think the big factor in the thinking is that he's in that profile of attacker that goes wide and central that we like, with the added quality that he adds this huge physical presence we don't have. So it's at the same time coherent with what we do and also additive. 

 

And best case, especially with his size and pace and goals, we may believe he's a real alternative to a presence like Haaland, which City got. 

[El Rojo]

23 minutes ago, Strontium said:

 

It seems like a much riskier signing than we usually make. You are right to be concerned. Recruiting a player off the back of one good season is the sort of thing 2012 FSG would have done. I can only presume that the stats gurus have seen something that is not immediately visible.

At fractions of the Nunez fee, I thought we were paying way over the odds for Mane and Salah.

 

The stat crunchers will have done their due diligence on this one too. 

 

Still, I've a slight fear that we'll be caught out at some point with one of our attacking players, because how can scouts and statisticians guarantee absolutely everything? We were with Keita, the one nobody would have predicted, who looked like a generational midfielder rather than a brittle squad player. 

 

Diaz received an avalanche of praise since he joined us, but he really needs to step on and be more prolific from next season in the way that Suarez and Salah improved with us. 

 

Anyway, our transfer business has generally been remarkable. Long may it continue. 

[Anubis]

On the downside, spare a thought for the poor little newborn babies who are about to be lumbered with the name Darwin.

[Bobby Hundreds]

Nunez stats suggest a forward often on the left, with Diaz and Jota preferring that side... what gives! When Salah is not around I don't want jota on the right he's dogshit there, diaz looks worse there too. Is the plan Nunez central.

[Anubis]

 

 

[TheHowieLama]

DAR WIN NUN NEZ

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DAR WIN NUN NEZ

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[gkmacca]

20 minutes ago, TheHowieLama said:

DAR WIN NUN NEZ

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DAR WIN NUN NEZ

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At least it's not monkeypox.

[TheHowieLama]

inset vuvuzuela sound

 

[Reckoner]

 

[Numero Veinticinco]

55 minutes ago, Anubis said:

For a minute there he was back to being the Uruguayan Andy Carroll.

We should have a song for him to the tune of Fog on the Tyne. 

[DalyanPete]

8 minutes ago, Reckoner said:

 

So fuckin funny 

[Numero Veinticinco]

Missing a wee bit of plane tracking for me

[Dundalis]

1 hour ago, Bobby Hundreds said:

I heard somewhere Manes conversion rate is 16 percent. Nunes is 27 percent. Son is 28 percent. None of it means shit like as Mane would hit triple figures in the Portuguese league. Klopp and the analytics team know their onions the money won't matter too much if most of it is recouped by flogging dead wood.

One positive is he played in a Benfica team that were not remotely dominant like they usually are, meaning he wasn't playing in a team in a shit league that were dominating the competition. Still a shit league, but he would get higher volume of chances to make up for a likely inevitable drop in conversion rate.

[Reckoner]

Sean Dundee

We got the lad from sunny Germany

Running down the wing

[bizzle10]

Announcement video should be pretty simple just have him boo the national anthem job done 

[JohnnyH]

32 minutes ago, Numero Veinticinco said:

Missing a wee bit of plane tracking for me

That’s Nunez in the top one and Mane in the other one. 
 

[Paulie Dangerously]

2 hours ago, El Rojo said:

Fair play, @Paulie Dangerously. Numbers as you had them earlier in the week. 

Thanks mate. I just call them as I see them

1 hour ago, AngryOfTuebrook said:

Where do you think Pedro Sepulveda gets his information?

He literally copied my tweet. Chancer.

[Trojan1892]

Have we signed the cunt yet !?!!

[AngryOfTuebrook]

57 minutes ago, Numero Veinticinco said:

We should have a song for him to the tune of Fog on the Tyne. 

Fog on the Rio Quarai.

[gkmacca]

The bell tolls - it's a Donne deal.

[Scott_M]

2 minutes ago, gkmacca said:

The bell tolls - it's a Donne deal.

For Whom The Bell Tolls.

 

One of the best intros ever.

[Numero Veinticinco]

6 minutes ago, AngryOfTuebrook said:

Fog on the Rio Quarai.

Is that a Uruguayan river? You either looked it up or have incredible general knowledge. Either way, worth a rep,  

[YorkshireRed]

At what point does this become a transfer saga? 
 

It feels like a while since we’ve had a proper saga. We’ve been boringly good at transfers for too long now. We need this young man boarding planes and then disembarking planes, without them taking off, a minimum six times. 
 

A rumoured ride on the log flume at Alton Towers with Jurgen Klopp wouldn’t go amiss as well.