West Ham need a striker
The Donkey
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I'd keep him through the end of season if for no other reason than not to upset Mo.
I’m sure if we fucked Nunez off for his Egyptian mate from Germany, he’ll be fine.
Is it safe to assume that two people will like each other if they are from the same country or play in the same position?
Mo is always friends with the misfits / slightly deranged ones. Lovren / Tsimikas / Nunez...
Think he'd have loved Richarlison or Emi Martinez if they played for us.
Good.. they’ll be used to paying for tits that look good but disappoint when you get your hands on them.
To be fair, I hadn’t put that much thought into it. I was just saying what I thought I had to say to get Nunez out the door. Maybe Edward’s reading this…
Fair enough.
I've seen enough* of Omar Marmoush to want him over Nunez even if he was Malaysian.
*by enough I mean a couple youtube vids
Especially right now.
And Downing. They're good at buying expensive rejects like that, mostly English but I think we can fool them with this one due to him using "Darwin" on the back of his shirt
they took titi camara and song way back too, maybe we’ve cycled back to exotic
i reckon we advertise him as two players, darwin and nunez. underperforming old fashioned no. 9 and frustrated south american live wire. should be fine as long as we don’t actually describe him as a goal scorer.
I don’t think we’re selling him in Jan or bringing in a new striker.
50:50 we’ll do it in the summer.
I mean, I’m not his biggest fan, but at least part of what’s happening this season is down to the way Slot sets up.
It really will depend on who’s available, whether Salah stays and whether we can get a suitable fee for him.
50:50 we’ll do it in the summer.
I mean, I’m not his biggest fan, but at least part of what’s happening this season is down to the way Slot sets up.
It really will depend on who’s available, whether Salah stays and whether we can get a suitable fee for him.
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Liverpool created four big chances, as defined by Opta, against the Champions League rookies last night, and the 25-year-old squandered two of them. Just like against Newcastle in the Premier League draw at St James’ Park a week ago, he displayed an alarming lack of composure in the final third.
During his 71 minutes on the field, he had just 16 touches, completed only four of his eight passes and won one out of four duels.
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It was telling that against both German champions Bayer Leverkusen and English counterparts Manchester City, Slot opted to play Luis Diaz through the centre with Nunez relegated to the bench. He believed the versatile Colombian could better carry out his tactical plan — and that idea worked a treat.
Nunez’s work ethic has ensured that the crowd at Anfield have remained fully behind him. His name is chanted repeatedly, and there’s a desperation to see him succeed. They love how he wears his heart on his sleeve.
However, patience among even his most avid backers is currently being pushed to the limit.
Having gained a reputation during his Liverpool career for thrilling and infuriating their supporters in equal measure, currently, he’s only specialising in the latter. The brutal reality is that Christmas is approaching and the most expensive signing in the club’s history has just three goals to his name in 19 appearances (11 starts) this season.
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As for Nunez, it feels like there’s a huge decision looming on the horizon for Liverpool next summer. They need someone with that kind of price tag to be much more than a decent impact sub. We’re approaching the midway point of his third season at Anfield, and he turns 26 in June. At what point do you just accept that what we’re seeing is him and give up trying to smooth over all those rough edges?
Slot will want to put his own stamp on the squad he inherited back in the summer, and it wouldn’t be a surprise if a new No 9 featured on his wish list in the upcoming windows.
A very fair assestment, one which I myself have tried to point out(albeit not as articulate or as eloquently as yourself...)
All too often you see him making runs and pointing where he wants the ball played, and it never seem to arrive.
Too often it is either just held up too long by the midfield, knock around, or they seem to seek out Salah instead.
Another bthing that I have been saying for sometime is that the more time he has to think the likelyhood of him miss is greater
He wasn't highly regarded by the spreadsheet squad, but there were more than a few high calibre sides looking at him. We're the ones who took the plunge
Hindsight is 20/20.
Why do you keep saying this? Data Factory loved him too. Just wasn't sure about where he fitted in. Do you honestly think Klopp started pushing around players he saw in Fifa 23? Everything would have gone through a comittee regardless. Remeber, Arthur or our lack of transfers in Jan 2021 when we had 5 CBs out, did Klopp insist on that too?
I know all those chances against us for Benfica were called back for offside. But am I remembering correctly that he found the back of the net for most/all of them?
Where did that Darwin Nunez go? The lethal finisher who just needed to learn the offside rule.
Where did that Darwin Nunez go? The lethal finisher who just needed to learn the offside rule.
Maybe but doesn't mean he was the only one making calls on signings in 2022. I doubt we went from someone else buying Arthur in the same summer to Klopp being the only voice asking for Nunez, maybe he had a louder voice but version of Nunez has got progressively worse so that's not down to Klopp anyway.
Maybe we just saw what we wanted to back then. He hit the keeper everytime he was through on goal against us and he is doing the same now.
From what I understand, they liked him, but knew he was a departure from the system, and the type of player he was, and were thus reluctant, and unsure if he would work out. Kloppo loved him, and had so much power at that point, he was able to get the signing without the full agreement of the anoraks. Arthur was Jan 22 I think?
I know man, but the data nerds seem to be decent at least at avoiding signings that don't fit. That lesson should have been learned a while back - not to overrule their analysis.
Search option in the forum doesn't seem to be working but in Apr this year, there was an article from Joyce "revealing" the recruitment team preferred Nkunku.
Misfiring Núñez, ailing Salah – Arne Slot already has Liverpool issues
Misfiring Núñez, ailing Salah – Arne Slot already has Liverpool issues
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I dont want to pile on. He's not a good fit but I don't dislike him.
But this made me laugh.
