Darwin Nunez
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As long as he has a great attitude I’m all in. LFG !
I agree with you! That’s what I was trying to explain to @moron and others; I think the Cavani comparison is superficial as well. I think Nunez will replace Mane in terms of ball-carrying and finishing.
I just want to play devil’s advocate for a minute and point out that Carroll had his own strengths and I never particularly hated him as a player - it’s his own laziness and injuries that were his undoing, but the boy had talent. Had he been as driven and professional as someone like Harry Kane, we’d have totally different conversations about him.
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We’re prepping for life after Mo I reckon
Steak & kidney?
Totally agree on that point - see the impact he had on the FA Cup final game when he came on at the end against Chelsea. I just wish the c*nt had the self pride to be professional enough to make it.
Anyway - with all this talk of Darwin, I decided to lookup the Youtube highlights, and I have to say - he has various abilities for a tall guy. There seems to be dribbling, awareness and trickery in him which I was not expecting at all. This might work out for us given that he has both pace and strength to go with his talents. Also watched the clips against Konate (I missed that game and his goals) - looks like he gave Konate and VVD a really bad time. I really hope this works out.
I fear for every defense up against Diaz, Nunez and Robbo down that left side. Good luck trying to stop them.
Why do we have to keep mentioning these old flops !!! - not helping my imagination at all.
It would certainly make horse racing more exciting.
From watching the various misleading YouTube videos, I actually see him as a bit of Bobby, but with pace. He has all sorts of goals and an eye for the pass, even if that is not his job at Benfica. I can definitely see him dropping deep a bit and then running at defenders, not just in behind.
Mostly excited about this, which worries me.
Mostly excited about this, which worries me.
If he's got a decent first touch, he'll be a Diego Costa/Nando Torres type (Liverpool version).
If he's not got a decent first touch, he'll be a Lukaku/Torres type (Chelsea version).
Either way, YouTube videos don't excite me, and maybe I'm unfair on him cos I'm comparing him to a 2-footed, pacey, hard-working, skilful, goalscoring legend in Sadio.
I also don't know how a wnumber 9 is going to play well with Salah or Diogo.
But I suppose, in Klopp I trust.
If he's not got a decent first touch, he'll be a Lukaku/Torres type (Chelsea version).
Either way, YouTube videos don't excite me, and maybe I'm unfair on him cos I'm comparing him to a 2-footed, pacey, hard-working, skilful, goalscoring legend in Sadio.
I also don't know how a wnumber 9 is going to play well with Salah or Diogo.
But I suppose, in Klopp I trust.
I know he wears the no.9 for his current side, but doesn't he play predominantly off the left like Mane has for most of his time here?
Wow - this is one of the only times I've ever really disagreed with your position, rurik. Carrol was proper shite. I don't mean that in just a humorous, superficial way either. I mean he was not even a championship standard footballer. No timing, stamina, will-to-win, on-field intelligence, can't pass, limited technical ability. Fucking. Shite.
Are you comparing him to peak left wing Mane? Or number 9 central Mane?
Peak Mane then fair enough. Number 9 Mane not so much
I asked my Uruguayan friend and he said the jury is out there.
"He's meant to pick up for Cavani and Suarez but he's not there yet. There's only one standout player now in Uruguay (Valverde) so we're due another one or two. Uruguay is quite crap these days so hard to judge how good he is since other than Valverde there's nobody that good at playmaking. "
"He's meant to pick up for Cavani and Suarez but he's not there yet. There's only one standout player now in Uruguay (Valverde) so we're due another one or two. Uruguay is quite crap these days so hard to judge how good he is since other than Valverde there's nobody that good at playmaking. "
No, those are actually misleading - they managed to find a few nice passes from across the season for the compilation, but in reality he’s proper shite at passing and link-up play, nothing like Bobby. This is why I think Klopp will use him like Mane - help progress the ball by running and lay it off to a teammate who’s better at passing. Or isolate him on a flank 1 on 1 against a defender - in that situation he’s really dangerous and hard to stop.
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He can play on the LW, but he mostly plays at CF who often drops into the left channel or drifts to the wing in order to create space to cut inside.
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