The Mailbox couldn’t resist a bit of Nunez v Haaland, while Liverpool fans embarrass and Arteta’s plan is clearly clear. Send your thoughts to theeditor@football365.com.
Tasty Nunez v Haaland
I don’t think you can judge the Charity shield as a competitive game but you definitely can look at it as a good pre-season game that gets played out at a relatively high level.
I said it a week or two ago and I thought it even more today; I think Haaland will need some time to settle. A few times today he set off on runs early and ended up offside but the City team tend to transition through midfield. He didn’t seem 100% comfortable to me and that miss at the end won’t help him.
Foden is such an incredible talent. Stupid haircut, great baller.
Nunez looked pretty tasty to me. Quick, aggressive and fitted in to the way we play really well. Probably should’ve scored two today.
Diaz is a funny one. I thought preseason would be great for him to understand the team better and improve his final ball and finishing. I feel like what he was last season was similar to what he’ll be this season. Ultimately that’ll make him a very good player but not strictly world class in the way Mané has been for Liverpool. That said the quality in our squad now is such that we don’t strictly need another Mané to still be really strong.
This could be the season for Harvey Elliott to properly emerge. He’s got some real talent and last season injury completely screwed him. I think he will get a lot of chances in midfield and attack and I think he’s going to impress.
So f**king excited for the season.
Minty, LFC
Nunez mocking
Firstly I don’t really rate the charity shield or friendlies in general they’re just for improving match fitness and sharpness.
So when that clip did the rounds of Nunez looking foolish I didn’t pay much attention, I also didn’t when he scored 4. Pre season really is all about fitness and nothing more.
But there is an amusing irony that everyone mocked Nunez and said he would be a failure while simultaneously claiming haaland would be an instant success, only for haaland to do two of the most embarrassing misses ever while his opposite generally played well and scored.
Maybe next time city fans will think twice before using silly pre season clips to mock their opposition.
For the record i think haaland is an excellent player but it might take him a little to adjust to the faster and tighter marking of the premier League but I’m sure he…
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