Darwin Nunez

[miller0863]

Our last No9 was hardly prolific

[justincredible]

In my eyes, Klopp's take on the strikers (not including the AM role of Gakpo) in order is;

1) Salah
2) Núñez
3) Jota
4) Diaz
5) Gakpo

[jozza800]

His pace and energy up front will always cause defenses problems, so he deserves to start based on that. He's never going to be a prolific goal scorer for us though, he's just not a natural finisher.

Exactly.

My comments were not to dismiss him. He is effective, but as Pob said he's never going to be a prolific goalscorer.

[Kev0909]

Exactly.

My comments were not to dismiss him. He is effective, but as Pob said he's never going to be a prolific goalscorer.

Which is all well and good now, but a future without salah, the goals will need to come from somewhere.

Not many out there that can score often as a RWF

[jozza800]

Our last No9 was hardly prolific

Very true. And if Darwin is equally as effective as Bobby during games (in a different way to Bobby) then his goal scoring wont be an issue, as it wasn't an issue with the smiling Brazilan.

Again, very much like Heskey. He did a lot of other stuff during games to facilitate Owen.

[jozza800]

Which is all well and good now, but a future without salah, the goals will need to come from somewhere.

Not many out there that can score often as a RWF

There's always someone else to step in.

Keegan > Dalglish > Rush > Fowler > Owen > Torres > Suarez > Salah > etc.

[Kev0909]

There's always someone else to step in.

Keegan > Dalglish > Rush > Fowler > Owen > Torres > Suarez > Salah > etc.

Yeah.. but a right winger that scores goals like salah?

Either a prolific striker.... or find a gem from somewhere that scores goals for fun on the right (Change of system if a prolific striker) i guess.

[Steveo]

Yep Salah will be hugely tough to replace. Not like replacing an orthodox forward. See what happened after Barnes had peaked… Think we will be looking at a system change there.

Would require a clinical striker like a Torres or a one man demolition squad ala Luis Suarez. Neither will come cheap…

[JockStrap]

I think half the battle with Núñez is not to compare him to the fastest striker to reach 50 Premier League goals - we can only set him up for failure in our minds by doing that.

He's a different player. He scores and assists with regularity and he is improving. So long as this remains to be the case we can be delighted to have him - plus he has a long time ahead of him (injuries permitting) to continue his development.

Why wouldn't ye compare a £65m striker wi' anither striker? Ah ken they're different types o' players bit goals count in that role.

Ah lik' Nunez bit he needs tae be mair clinical.

[CCTV]

Suarez is now 36 in 2023 & Darwin is 24 in 2023

12 years ago rougly speaking in 2011/12 Suarez was at Liverpool.

11/12 Scored 17 assisted 9 in 3,254 minutes
10/11 Scored 16 assisted 16 in 3,213 minutes
9/10 Scored 49 assisted 21 in 4,101 minutes
8/9 Scored 28 assisted 19 in 3,806 minutes
7/8 Scored 22 assisted 14 in 3,317 minutes
6/7 Scored 15 assisted 10 in 2,929minutes
5/6 0 in 116 mins
4/5 0 in 5 mins

Scored 147 assisted 89 in 20,741 minutes
Goal or Assist per 87.9 minutes

He joined Ajax in 2007/08 his first big club.

Darwin
23/24 Scored 7 assisted 6 in 957 minutes
Goal or Assist per 73.6 minutes

Total Scored 90 assisted 32 in 12,278 minutes
Goal or Assist per 100.6 minutes

He joined Benfica in 2020/21 his first big club.

Suarez went on to

12/13 Scored 30 assisted 13 in 3,720 minutes
Goal or Assist per 86.5 minutes

13/14 Scored 31 assisted 19 in 3,249 minutes
Goal or Assist per 65 minutes

Darwin at his current rate in 2023/24 season, should he hit 3,000 minutes..
Would score 22 & Assist 19

He needs to play more and get the time to mature.