Darwin Núñez

[Venton]

He almost wants it too badly. He is soo unbelievably eager to impress and be a hero. It’s very endearing. However, a cooler, more calculated approach might pay dividends. He seems to be 100000% at all times.

Yeah, he's a proper barnstormer our Darwin. Not sure he'll ever unlearn that though, it feels more like a personality trait.

[Harv]

He almost wants it too badly. He is soo unbelievably eager to impress and be a hero. It’s very endearing. However, a cooler, more calculated approach might pay dividends. He seems to be 100000% at all times.

Yeah, I think what goes unnoticed is he's generally running at warp speed to get on the end of these through balls or just made a lung bursting run from our half to catch up to the play etc. Its hard to hit balls cleanly when youre going full throttle.

[Fivex]

old man yells at cloud.

good thing he gives absolutely zero ****s what you think

This sounds exactly like what someone with pigtails would say

[Exiled_red]

He almost wants it too badly. He is soo unbelievably eager to impress and be a hero. It’s very endearing. However, a cooler, more calculated approach might pay dividends. He seems to be 100000% at all times.

Isn't this basically the problem Rafa had with Gerrard that he felt he played too much with his heart and not enough with his head?

[Buzzo]

Yeah, I think what goes unnoticed is he's generally running at warp speed to get on the end of these through balls or just made a lung bursting run from our half to catch up to the play etc. Its hard to hit balls cleanly when youre going full throttle.

We don't want him to lose that edge... but. If it meant him getting a few more goals it is worth it, he is a confidence player. He needs to channel it - he works so much harder than Haaland, but obvs gets so many fewer goals.

If he can kick on over Christmas and NY, then.... ANYTHING is possible for us this season.

He is 'almost' scoring so many screamers. He needs one to pop in off his arse or something to get going. The shot he hit the bar with was an absolute missile.

[RichC]

The positive with him is that he's getting into the positions to score but he needs a bit more guile sometimes rather than trying to smash everything a la Cisse.

Still hopeful with him

[Harv]

This sounds exactly like what someone with pigtails would say

i like the braids instead of the bun thing he had

[Mark79]

Yeah, I think what goes unnoticed is he's generally running at warp speed to get on the end of these through balls or just made a lung bursting run from our half to catch up to the play etc. Its hard to hit balls cleanly when youre going full throttle.

So Nunez is the only player who has to run to get involved in scoring chances?

Running at breakneck speed might account for a couple of instances, but there’s plenty that were nothing to do with the speed he was travelling at - the scuffed mis-hit yesterday, the close range sitter vs Luton, one vs West Ham, another vs Leicester in the League Cup.

I think it’s in his head. We’ve seen he has the finishing ability to score all kinds of goals. He just seems to panic at the last second sometimes which results in him smashing the shot, usually off the goal frame, or fluffing it completely.

If he had ice in his veins he’d be unstoppable.

[RedReet]

Is it worth pointing out that our 3rd and 4th goals today were in no small part helped by Nunez? The third with a nicely cushioned header to Salah who layed it off to Endo, and the 4th when he was alive to the Gakpo shot to lift the ball back into the danger area where it fell to Trent?

It was his lovely pass which sent Szobo on his way, when he got fouled for the 1st.

Poor performance overall, but as always, he's always involved and making things happen.

[Charly]

i like the braids instead of the bun thing he had

Heard that about you...

The topknot is better for accuracy.

An undercut is too Voronin. Need some whispy bits or you lose the spideysense.

Bleaching it would be the way to go. Fowler was at his best as a blonde.

[Harv]

So Nunez is the only player who has to run to get involved in scoring chances?

Running at breakneck speed might account for a couple of instances, but there’s plenty that were nothing to do with the speed he was travelling at - the scuffed mis-hit yesterday, the close range sitter vs Luton, one vs West Ham, another vs Leicester in the League Cup.

I think it’s in his head. We’ve seen he has the finishing ability to score all kinds of goals. He just seems to panic at the last second sometimes which results in him smashing the shot, usually off the goal frame, or fluffing it completely.

If he had ice in his veins he’d be unstoppable.

Thats not what I said though is it...

[Mark79]

Thats not what I said though is it...

Well yeah, it basically is

You made out like Darwin is playing under some sort of exceptional physical conditions and that's the reason for failing to convert chances.

[Slinky Skills]

Why's everyone over thinking every single thing he does. Just let him form his own path, he's playing well for me. Yes he misses some chances but he's working his arse off and the goals will come in time so I'm not worried in the slightest.

[danperkins]

Most are not, most are just attempting to point out positive and negative aspects of his game. The things he is good at, the things he needs to improve on, what he excels at, what he doesn't. This really should be an easy, balanced and rational conversation & for some reason it's not.

[Mark79]

Why's everyone over thinking every single thing he does. Just let him form his own path, he's playing well for me. Yes he misses some chances but he's working his arse off and the goals will come in time so I'm not worried in the slightest.

It’s really only his finishing that’s getting scrutinised, not everything else.

He’s impacting games, but he needs to start putting these chances away.