Nunez has not reached the standards we hoped he would, footballing wise although I would say his attitude is commendable.
However, in my ideal mind, I hope he stays and take inspiration from players like Hendo. Never seen as good enough, almost sold, dig in, play like a crazy man running around as long as he could, found a great coach who found a formula to harness his strength and became one of the key players in our best team in probably the PL era.
Not sure it will happen but always love an underdog story so typical of the LFC spirit.
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Sorry but I have to call you out on this. Darwin is nothing like Jordan. Jordan was instrumental in our 13-14 almost season and we likely would have won it if he didnât miss the Chelsea and Palace games.
At no point was Jordan ever questioned mentally and, stupid as his Saudi move was, he never appeared to lack brains (in a football sense) in a way that Darwin does. Running around like a headless chicken some of time does not a good attitude make.
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Depends how you see football, I guess; an hegemony of bad actors, or Darwin. I know which I prefer, and itâs fuck all to do with a silly little trophy.
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If this guy was at the helm of the Titanic, thousands of lives wouldâve been saved 
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I donât think the Titanic actively went out to hit an iceberg.
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Yeah if anything Iâd say the joke works the other way. He must have been at the helm of the Titanic because anywhere else would have been fine, but the Titanic hit it directly at the goalkeeper, as it were.
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Well it sort of it didnât it swerved.
If it had hit it straight on itâs likely many more lives would have been saved and it May even have been able to stay afloat and make New York.
Anyhow Nunez
I mean I guess it sort of works because itâs not as though NĂșñez shoots directly at the goalkeeper on purpose eitherâŠ
I remember so many of his misses in the first two seasons were either woodwork or just some really good goalkeeping.
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I have to say his finishing is a puzzle. I donât actually think itâs a bad signing from the metric point of view.
Though potentially there was something we missed at Benfica.
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His conversion rate (and Jota"s) is around 13%. Salah and Isaak are i think around 45 - 50%. Thatâs a substantial difference.
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I said from a Metric point of view.
What was his finishing at Benfica if it was those numbers then itâs poor signing. As for Jota itâs been a lot better at times.
We didnât sign him on this form and if we did someone fucked up, itâs also why I am wary of signing one season types we often see a clamber for on here.
I know. Conversion rate is a metric.
Thanks for correcting me. Not sure where i got the earlier figures from.
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Thatâs a fascinating list. Jota (0.14) isnât even on there.
I wonder if DĂazâs numbers will see a significant difference depending on where heâs playing. If so, Iâd suggest then that perhaps leading the line for us is just inevitably going to see worse chances.
For the record, Jotaâs Liverpool average is 0.186, NĂșñezâs is 0.113. Firmino is on 0.138 for the seasons for which FBref has recorded shots. Salahâs is 0.139.
Isakâs Newcastle average is 0.218. Haaland 0.207 for City.
I do wonder though, if you put Isak and Haaland in our team, whether theyâd see as good an average as they currently have.
I would expect Isak to match if not better his average. He has been a consistent finisher across his career, and we create a lot of chances.
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We create a lot of chances yes, but the quality of the chances? I think we play rather differently to Newcastle, no?
I said from Benfica
We didnât fucking sign him based on this years strike rate did we?
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