I saw something in the media a few days ago where someone compared Nunez to Cole in the sense they needed a few chances to score a goal. Firstly, that Hoddle criticism of Cole was stupid and will remain so and secondly Nunez needs like 87 chances to score a goal and that’s a modest appraisal.
Just how good was Cole? He was my favourite player as a kid as for his first couple of years he was a Carrick type figure where lots of United supporters didn’t quite rate him until Teddy arrived and Cole really stepped up. His PL goalscoring record is insane - especially when his goal tally consists of just one penalty yet he’s often forgotten when the best PL strikers are spoken of.
Is Cole now underrated - especially when used to excuse Nunez’s poor ability. And Liverpool fans, are you read to cut your losses on the guy? Or will he come good?
Darwin Nunez/Andy Cole
posted on 3/1/23
comment by Pride of the North (U6803)
posted 9 minutes ago
comment by No Love. (U1282)
posted 2 hours, 21 minutes ago
comment by Pride of the North (U6803)
posted 8 minutes ago
Nunez is a very handy player, I'm not convinced he'll ever be a prolific goalscorer though.
It's very very difficult to coach finishing under pressure into somebody as a lot of it is down to instinct.
If he keeps getting himself into positions he will score goals. It's just in those critical moments in say a tight game where you're only going to get one chance, that I don't think he's a reliable player to get you a goal as he tends to rush his shots and ends up dragging them or mishitting them.
As an all round player there's no reason why he can't be successful as he has the right attitude. He'll never be a clinical finisher though.
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He doesn't really need coaching at finishing IMO. He's been pretty good at it in his previous clubs. He also started slowly in Portugal too. The whole team is in a bad place right now. When the team improves I'm sure Nunez will too.
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Has he? I haven't seen enough of him pre-Liverpool tbh.
From what I have seen, the goals he's scored have come from a pass from a team mate where he doesn't have to do anything other than take one touch to put the ball into the net.
I haven't seen him have to create a yard for himself or turn a defender. It's all come from somebody else creating the opening.
Maybe that's unfair, but I'm only judging on what I've seen of him.
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Seems you don't watch a lot of our games. And he also retrieves impossible balls and turns harmless situations into big goal scoring opportunities out of nowhere.
posted on 3/1/23
comment by No Love. (U1282)
posted 1 minute ago
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Seems you don't watch a lot of our games. And he also retrieves impossible balls and turns harmless situations into big goal scoring opportunities out of nowhere.
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Seems more like you didn't read what I wrote. I said that side of his game was good. I just said he wasn't a natural finisher, which from what I've seen he isn't.
For me he'll need more chances to score goals than somebody like Haaland or Kane. The positive is he will keep trying and trying so will probably get more opportunities to do so.
posted on 3/1/23
You also said you'd never seen him turn a defender or create a yard for himself and that he doesn't have to do anything other than one touch that puts it in the goal.
As I said, his record at previous clubs disagrees that he isn't a natural finisher, and he's only 6 months with Liverpool and has 9 goals. We'll see how it goes.
posted on 3/1/23
comment by No Love. (U1282)
posted 1 minute ago
You also said you'd never seen him turn a defender or create a yard for himself and that he doesn't have to do anything other than one touch that puts it in the goal.
As I said, his record at previous clubs disagrees that he isn't a natural finisher, and he's only 6 months with Liverpool and has 9 goals. We'll see how it goes.
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We will indeed, but I genuinely haven't seen him do that for Liverpool.
I've seen him slide in a couple of times, score some headers and side foot some past the keeper. Nothing wrong with that at all. But that isn't the same as making something from a poor pass or trying to do it on your own.
He's not a bad player and that's not what I'm saying at all. He just doesn't look like a pure goalscorer to me and it's something very very difficult to teach.
posted on 3/1/23
comment by Elvis (U7425)
posted 2 hours, 1 minute ago
comment by Diafol Coch 77 (U2462)
posted 2 hours, 23 minutes ago
I know we're probably meant to LAL here but I quite like Nunez as a player. Think we'd love him if he was at OT.
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I suspect that he will come good once he gets a few goals under his belt. However, the longer he struggles for, the more the pressure builds. It might break him. We saw what happened with Forlan.
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I think Nuñez will have phases where he scores loads. But he’ll probably always have that unpredictable element.
posted on 3/1/23
comment by No Love. (U1282)
posted 1 hour, 48 minutes ago
Forlan was a great striker at his peak in his day. If Nunez can reach peak Forlan level and stay there he will have a great career.
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100% he was. But he had to leave United to achieve his potential - which was my point.
posted on 3/1/23
comment by Elvis (U7425)
posted 24 minutes ago
comment by No Love. (U1282)
posted 1 hour, 48 minutes ago
Forlan was a great striker at his peak in his day. If Nunez can reach peak Forlan level and stay there he will have a great career.
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100% he was. But he had to leave United to achieve his potential - which was my point.
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Aah.
posted on 3/1/23
Darwin will start hitting the target more often. I have no worries about him.
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And one day he may even start scoring goals.
posted on 3/1/23
https://twitter.com/trollfootball/status/1610282663474233348?s=46&t=yWlwLQ1e1cfcieP4mIZ9Cg
posted on 3/1/23
comment by Clockwork Red: Jadon and the Argonauts (U4892)
posted 14 minutes ago
https://twitter.com/trollfootball/status/1610282663474233348?s=46&t=yWlwLQ1e1cfcieP4mIZ9Cg
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