Topic: Darwin Núñez (Darwin Gabriel Núñez Ribeiro)

[Linudden]

If Núñez grabs a brace at Craven Cottage on August 7, no-one will remember pre-season anyway.

[sminp]

Actually thought he showed some good stuff today, I’m baffled by the criticism. Looks like he’s already developed a good link with Mo, they were combining nicely early on and he was getting into some good positions and making good runs but the pass to him was poor each time and to the wrong side.

[AmanShah21]

Actually thought he showed some good stuff today, I’m baffled by the criticism. Looks like he’s already developed a good link with Mo, they were combining nicely early on and he was getting into some good positions and making good runs but the pass to him was poor each time and to the wrong side.

Thought he was good. A bit of a pest on the shoulder of the last defender. Brilliant in the air, probably the best in the frontline we have seen for ages. Showed good pace too. The touch is rusty and the positioning and passing need work, but that takes time and he's not even been a week with the squad yet. The upcoming training camp is where he'll get to work on those. I see no reason to be worried. If anything, I think he's trying too hard to impress when he needs to be a little more comfortable/natural and play his game. That will come.

[Hij]

It's nailed on that he hasn't scored after Palace and everyone's creaming themselves about him being a flop.

And then he scores a hat trick at Old Trafford.

[T.Mills]

Hes shit HOT!!!

[ScubaSteve]

Andy Carroll is trending again on Twitter. He gets himself into good areas to get all these chances. He’s going to score 20+ this season for sure

[ScubaSteve]

If Núñez grabs a brace at Craven Cottage on August 7, no-one will remember pre-season anyway.

Exactly, Aspas had a great pre season and scored loads and look what happened to him at our club. Pre season doesn’t mean much at all..not like he’s had very much match time yet

[S]

You lot are watching footy in the summer? I’m loving the break personally. Don’t know how those of you on social media keep sane with all the trash being spouted. I’ve heard there’s a load of fuss about Darwin’s form. I genuinely don’t give a fuck, none of these games mean anything unless you’re a 14 year old trolling on Twitter.

[Chris~]

Actually thought he showed some good stuff today, I’m baffled by the criticism. Looks like he’s already developed a good link with Mo, they were combining nicely early on and he was getting into some good positions and making good runs but the pass to him was poor each time and to the wrong side.

Fans and pundits can be really dumb. Remember all the shit that was levelled at Thiago for most of his first season, changes nothing in his game, we win more matches and suddenly he's in the team of the year.

[Elzar]

Andy Carroll is trending again on Twitter. He gets himself into good areas to get all these chances. He’s going to score 20+ this season for sure

I’m more worried that opposition fans are watching our pre season friendlies than Nunez settling in straight away.

I couldn’t even tell you who any other team has played.

[marmite sw]

ive seen enough to think he will fit it fine and go on and be a brill purchase  hes had a few days training with a team he dont know let alone a set up completely different to the one hes used to ... he will pick up more in Austria at the training camp when klopp and the coaches along with his new teamates will guilde in into the set up more ...... we all know how fickle todays fans are they are the type that will wear a shirt of another team in a heartbeat when things are not right ... ie not real fans  just like the city fans who are oh lets support them they are winning lol ....

pre season games like the last 2 mean nothing what happens after the training camp is what matters and lets not forget its not just us who need to adjust the rest will have to as well ... by a couple games in i think he will be firing on all cylinders ..

also im not sure being a pro and having blisters cant be very conferrable not that i would know the only football i ever played was 5 a side as being a 6ft4 tall gut at 19 stone i played rugby and never 80mins lol so how unconformable must that be 


ps just remember no question is too stupid and not everybody knows everything

[Hij]

You lot are watching footy in the summer? I’m loving the break personally. Don’t know how those of you on social media keep sane with all the trash being spouted. I’ve heard there’s a load of fuss about Darwin’s form. I genuinely don’t give a fuck, none of these games mean anything unless you’re a 14 year old trolling on Twitter.

Not watched a single game yet

[Samie]

You lot are watching footy in the summer? I’m loving the break personally. Don’t know how those of you on social media keep sane with all the trash being spouted. I’ve heard there’s a load of fuss about Darwin’s form. I genuinely don’t give a fuck, none of these games mean anything unless you’re a 14 year old trolling on Twitter.

I thnik this heat is getting to me mate but I agree with ya.

Fuck knows who the other teams are playing in pre season but it seems like everyone knows who we are playing. 

[Schmidt]

I thought it was a solid cameo, he got into plenty of shooting positions and hammered a few on target. Seems like a lot of the first teamers are burned out from those double training sessions, hence only getting 30 mins in each game.

We'll see something closer to his real level in a couple of weeks maybe.

[Andar]

You lot are watching footy in the summer? I’m loving the break personally. Don’t know how those of you on social media keep sane with all the trash being spouted. I’ve heard there’s a load of fuss about Darwin’s form. I genuinely don’t give a fuck, none of these games mean anything unless you’re a 14 year old trolling on Twitter.

This 1000x

Why the hell are his performances from pre-season even being analysed?! We've now reached a point in where a new signing is being judged before the real football kicks in? Social media and to be fair the age of the internet really does my head in at times.

[clinical]

I thnik this heat is getting to me mate but I agree with ya.

Fuck knows who the other teams are playing in pre season but it seems like everyone knows who we are playing. 

We've got rival fans watching our preseason games just to try and make fun of Nunez. Mental stuff. We're massive. He should see it as a compliment but him reacting on twitter will make it even worse.

[Son of Spion]

You lot are watching footy in the summer? I’m loving the break personally. Don’t know how those of you on social media keep sane with all the trash being spouted. I’ve heard there’s a load of fuss about Darwin’s form. I genuinely don’t give a fuck, none of these games mean anything unless you’re a 14 year old trolling on Twitter.

I like the break too. To be honest, I didn't even know we had a training session today until the result popped up on my phone.

I saw the insanity after the training session with the Mancs, so I assume there is similar today because Nunez is yet to score?

It's utterly ridiculous. All that matters is he's settling in, getting to know his squadmates, getting to know our system and is building up his fitness in preparation for when the season starts.

[Clint Eastwood]

Hasn’t even played 90 minutes in total and the grief has been enough for him to tweet about it. The most staggering thing is how much viewership our pre-season games are getting.

[Son of Spion]

We've got rival fans watching our preseason games just to try and make fun of Nunez. Mental stuff. We're massive. He should see it as a compliment but him reacting on twitter will make it even worse.

Much humble pie will be consumed this coming season. 

[Son of Spion]

Hasn’t even played 90 minutes in total and the grief has been enough for him to tweet about it. The most staggering thing is how much viewership our pre-season games are getting.

I'm not on Twitter. What did he say?

[Samie]

Basically a shush emoji. 

[So… Howard Philips]

Not watched a single game yet

I’ve watched bits and pieces, mainly to see how the youngsters are getting on.

And jinxed it today watching the last ten minutes of the first half and poor, unlucky AOC limped off. Hope it’s nothing serious.

[Son of Spion]

Basically a shush emoji. 

Thanks Samie.

[slaphead]

hahaha what on earth is this about criticism, during a training session. I miss the days where you had to look bloody hard to find out the result of a pre season game, the first glimpse you got of new signings was in the charity shield and you didn't see the league table until after about 10 games in.
It's the way of the world I know but it's amusing how everyone dissects every touch and make stupid "can they win the league" radio phone in's after a shit team gets off to a good start after 5 games.

[Egyptian36]

Just small minded rival fans trolling which is normal and like usual at the end we will laugh at them.

[lfc_col]

Just small minded rival fans trolling which is normal and like usual at the end we will laugh at them.

Honestly i dont think a lot of them understand how football works these days since when has not scoring in a couple of friendly games ever counted for anything 

[JasonF]

Honestly i dont think a lot of them understand how football works these days since when has not scoring in a couple of friendly games ever counted for anything 

We should have arranged a game against some Austrian farmers for Núñez' first game like Everton did a few years ago. Cenk Tosun bagged 4 for them in a 22-0 win and that worked out well for them.

[Ghost Town]

What's that got to do with Mexico?

Apparently they speak Uraguayan in Mexico

[Magz50]

Loving his passion! He looks so frustrated when a move doesn’t pull off for him. That’s the fire he needs!

[elsewhere]

Hes shit HOT!!!

it's a shame he is still here after 60 minutes drought

[elsewhere]

Even Klopp is laughing at his "skills"

[The G in Gerrard]

no-one will remember pre-season anyway.

Unless a major injury occurs I tend not to think of any pre seasons.

[No666]

Unless a major injury occurs I tend not to think of any pre seasons.

I remember the pre-season Klopp brought Dortmund over and he was clearly entranced by Anfield. I thought, 'he's probably going to be romantic enough to pick us over all the other destinations he'll be offered...'

[Gerry Attrick]

For his sake he should leave the internet for a bit. He’s clearly read stuff to be posting “resilencia” with a shushing emoji. Don’t get how it’d be helpful for him at this time but eh, I’m not a life coach.

[Hazell]

Honestly i dont think a lot of them understand how football works these days since when has not scoring in a couple of friendly games ever counted for anything 

I remember a Liverpool fan once complained about Torres' penalty record being rubbish for us, based on him missing one in a pre-season friendly.

[Hazell]

I remember the pre-season Klopp brought Dortmund over and he was clearly entranced by Anfield. I thought, 'he's probably going to be romantic enough to pick us over all the other destinations he'll be offered...'

Nice. I remember Grujic scoring a wonder header in 4-0 pre-season victory over Barcelona and afterwards I thought, what a header, hope he carries that kind of thing on in games that actually matter.

[wige]

Has there been any criticism of him? I thought he looked overly keen to impress and a few touches/passes/presses/tackles suffered as a result - BUT - this is just an observation, from 20 minutes of watching the lad for the first time in a red shirt. It's not saying 'he's gonna be crap, can't pass, tackle, press, control the ball'. No implication to it, no long term judgment, no writing off of a player. Simply, in that game, in those moments, that's what it looked like. Maybe a further qualification of 'as to be expected from a 22 yr old lad playing his first few minutes for a massive club, after a big money move, whilst clearly wanting to impress his new team mates, manager and fans' should have followed, but I'm watching a stream on my phone whilst pretending to participate in a work meeting .

Saw other posts along same lines and then a few people saying that i/we had clearly been influenced by all the social media banter accounts etc. Think people need to calm down and read the posts at face value.

The lads been signed for 6 years. Not 60 minutes of a pre-season tour. He'll be fine.

Still think he'll be used sparingly in the first few months though, along lines of Fab/Robbo. Again, not because he's shite, but because we're brilliant already and our approach - shape, press, triggers, patterns etc have evolved over 6 years and will take time to adapt to, usually. Especially as its been a while since we've regularly lined up with a legit central 9.

[Wool]

Once we sort his asthma out he’ll be fine 

[Hedley Lamarr]

Nunez won't be used sparingly at the start of the coming season, we don't have the numbers to allow that with Jota being injured.  I didn't watch yesterday because these matches are a bit of a farce, just a money-making exercise.  Proper pre-season starts when the club goes to Austria in my opinion, most of the work gets done at these training camps away from prying eyes, things step up then and we start playing a more settled XI.

Nunez will be fine.

[MonsLibpool]

I'm going to be so unbearable to people when he starts scoring.