marrs-guitar
Just doesn't shut up
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I thought he stood up to the pressure from the crowd and the opposition keen to snap into tackles against him fairly well in all honesty (by contrast, Haaland was utterly taken out of the game and could barely get a kick). Nunes looked more of a goal threat than he pretty much ever did for us.
The situation helped us this afternoon though in giving the crowd and the players a common "enemy" to go after rather than just traipsing on to the field after asking City players to "go easy on us" as they did as the end of Lage's reign and were promptly behind after 90 seconds. The intensity was there from kick-off as a result.
I think Nunes has probably realised that you don't just down tools on a club and its supporters now though. He was always going to get his move in any case with Shi selling anything moving that could raise a profit, so it was always utterly superfluous what he did. Very silly.
The situation helped us this afternoon though in giving the crowd and the players a common "enemy" to go after rather than just traipsing on to the field after asking City players to "go easy on us" as they did as the end of Lage's reign and were promptly behind after 90 seconds. The intensity was there from kick-off as a result.
I think Nunes has probably realised that you don't just down tools on a club and its supporters now though. He was always going to get his move in any case with Shi selling anything moving that could raise a profit, so it was always utterly superfluous what he did. Very silly.