The Darwin evolution
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You know what ? - none of us should worry, we know what he can do - as he did it against us, and it was not a one off thing for him last season. I could not give a shit if the guy did not touch the ball in the 90 minutes or whatever he played in these pre-season games. But seriously, lets just give him 5 actual PL games before we even make any judgement. I think he will be brilliant for us when the season starts.
To be fair, if Adama swings one in from Goodison, it might come down to head height by the time it reaches Anfield.
I think it might take him a while to accumulate those 5 PL starts. He's looked like he may get the 4 months on the bench treatment that some signings get when they struggle to get onto Klopps wavelength.
It’s almost like he isn’t adapting to change very well.
Yeah, cant believe he hasnt adapted yet after being with the team for 9 days, not speaking English, flying straight to Bangkok and Singapore and playing 60 mins of pre season football so far.
He should be a full on scouser by now and on the same wave length as the rest of the team.
He should be a full on scouser by now and on the same wave length as the rest of the team.
I think it was a evolution joke mate.
Don’t worry, his great-grandson will be a scouser fully capable of playing as a #9 in Klopp’s system.
Oh so nunez was a boyhood Liverpool fan too
We I think he has improved from the utd to the Palace game. It was so obvious that he has been working on his breathing or maybe he genuinely has asthma and we just happened to have a spare inhaler lying around
@Hansern I know that English isn’t your first language mate - but that was a joke. Darwin. Not adapting to change. Because evolution is all about oh never mind.
Are you really being serious?
See Rosco or Dreamy's void has been filled then. Maybe both.
Do you like nuggets? You tick every other box.
He cost just €4.5m though. Darwin will have to cope with the pressure of his price tag.
Chicken or fish?
He’s gonna win the Ballon D’Or f’shure.
^^^^ LOLZ
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It was clearly a 4-3-3. The group delight at Nunez's 2nd goal (and 1st from open play) was great to see. Even Mo had a huge smile.
Nunez could have had another headed goal (@ 8:30 below) and Elliot too missed a good headed chance.
I've mentioned before how good Nunez is at poaching goals, or should I say 6 yd box player, (stats here : http://www.sixcrazyminutes.com/threads/the-darwin-evolution.188705/page-2#post-2151836 ) and his 3rd highlighted that. He's a much better poacher than anyone we've had for a long time.
This is a 9+ mins highlights (so not just the goals) :
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It was clearly a 4-3-3. The group delight at Nunez's 2nd goal (and 1st from open play) was great to see. Even Mo had a huge smile.
Nunez could have had another headed goal (@ 8:30 below) and Elliot too missed a good headed chance.
I've mentioned before how good Nunez is at poaching goals, or should I say 6 yd box player, (stats here : http://www.sixcrazyminutes.com/threads/the-darwin-evolution.188705/page-2#post-2151836 ) and his 3rd highlighted that. He's a much better poacher than anyone we've had for a long time.
This is a 9+ mins highlights (so not just the goals) :
Sounds like the complete opposite of what we've had for the longest time. A trio of forwards who craft chances out of thin air and make the impossible possible, but don't take all the simple chances.
For all the Darwin haterz.....
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It was a good half and the 2nd and 3rd goal, plus the header that was saved showed what he's got in his locker. He definitely has an instinct to take up good positions in and around the 6 yard box and he knows how to not overcomplicate a finish. If he sticks his toe or head on anything that goes into that area he's going to get alot of goals, because he'll be there every time. The fourth goal was a tired shot that the keeper fucked up on, any other day and it's not a goal, but that's not a criticism of Nunez, everything just went right for him last night. By comparison, the cool finish for the second goal showed he knows how to place a shot in the bottom corner - no fuss, clinical.
The downside and where Klopp has to work on him is with his passing and first touch. For a side that are great at quick, one touch passing I think he will frustrate us a little in his quite rusty build up play. He gives the ball away a lot and loses control when trying to lay off passes quickly. But the instinct is there to play the correct pass, it's just the execution that needs work, and he's in the best hands to improve on that. It's something that will turn his raw potential into him becoming a quality forward, as he has the hold up play, the finishing ability, plus the pace to be the complete striker. He'll take a bit of indulgence and arguably some adjusting to, from us as a team.
The downside and where Klopp has to work on him is with his passing and first touch. For a side that are great at quick, one touch passing I think he will frustrate us a little in his quite rusty build up play. He gives the ball away a lot and loses control when trying to lay off passes quickly. But the instinct is there to play the correct pass, it's just the execution that needs work, and he's in the best hands to improve on that. It's something that will turn his raw potential into him becoming a quality forward, as he has the hold up play, the finishing ability, plus the pace to be the complete striker. He'll take a bit of indulgence and arguably some adjusting to, from us as a team.
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He’s shite. The keeper took a dropsy.
The positions he took up around the box, and the way he finished was super encouraging, but I still think he looks awkward in the team, but thats to be expected, as the thread Rurik posted explains, we've got to adapt to him as a team, and hes got to adapt to us, when that happens he's gonna click like Torres mark 2.
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