15 Jun 2026 20:02:58
Has there ever been a less successful player who was more popular than Darwin?
Maybe Igor, because the Anfield crowd loved him.
15 Jun 2026 20:32:06
Nevada
40 goals in 143 appearances, quite a few of them not full games, is not what I would call unsuccessful. But his main assets were occupying defenders to create space for others, and his pressing, which made the midfield not look so wide open. We haven't replaced what he offered.
15 Jun 2026 20:20:04
Eric Meijer?
15 Jun 2026 20:58:08
Titi Camara?
15 Jun 2026 21:15:58
ArneSlop. The crowd loved Eric Meijer, the lad ran his nuts off. The Anfield faithful love a tryer.
15 Jun 2026 21:23:48
Darwin causes defences headaches, he is just chaos and no-one likes playing against someone that causes that. Big yes from me if we got him on a free. If it doesn't work, sell him on.
15 Jun 2026 22:50:12
Thiago? He was constantly injured, but was, and still is, highly regarded.
15 Jun 2026 23:12:16
Smicer, Camara, Sissoko, Meijer, Biscan, Klavan arguably fall into the same 'cult hero' bracket, possibly even Lucas, although he was often derided.
16 Jun 2026 06:19:10
Any defence would be ecstatic to be facing a player who missed as many chances and ran offside as often as Nunez did.
16 Jun 2026 06:23:12
Do any of the ITK's or Ed's know if this is likely then because quite a few are pining after Darwin on here.
Iraola must know a baller when he sees one. Or is it a case that he's desperate to work with him and bloody Hughes and Edwards won't put in a big free transfer bid.
16 Jun 2026 07:34:47
Evanilson was a key player for Iraola. He is far from a good finisher himself, and if I'm going to be perfectly honest, I'm not sure there are many things Evanilson can do that Nunez can't at the same or a higher level. As a backup forward, I think you really could do much worse than Darwin.
16 Jun 2026 07:47:59
Lofty, Sissoko at his peak was actually a superb player, as was Lucas, who was at one point one of the first names on the Brazil national team sheet.
16 Jun 2026 08:34:07
I miss Nunez. Last year we wanted pace due to the boring horse shoe style. If this is true, and he is available, we would be negligent if we missed out.
I understand his shortcomings and offsides yada yada. However, his endeavour got him into those positions ... to get caught offside to miss one on ones. No defenders are ever comfortable playing against players they cannot predict.
Darwin is chaos in droves. He had my out of my seat so many times. Admittedly, I sat down exasperated most of the time. But, I for one, would love the lad back. You never know, our new coach could be just the guy to turn this headless chicken into what we thought we got 4 years ago. Older, wiser, calmer.
Come on, what's the risk?
16 Jun 2026 09:52:38
Does Nunez still have chaos in droves even though he's older, wiser and calmer?
I haven't seen him play for ages, so has he changed?
What I can't get away from is that, at 26 years old, he had his contract in the Saudi league terminated after less than a season, after his club paid over £50m for him.
I could be wrong about him, but he wasn't very good when I watched him play for us, and he seems even less in demand now than he did then.
16 Jun 2026 10:20:15
El Hadj Diouf? ?
16 Jun 2026 11:18:02
Fabio Aurelio!!
16 Jun 2026 11:31:26
Nunez was part of a pl winning team. Ok, a bit part player, but he had his game-winning moments, so you can't say he was a total flop.
16 Jun 2026 15:14:05
Patrick, but he was less successful, the injury basically did for him, which was a shame.
Lucas used to get pelters from online fans. I remember being on the Team Talk forums, having a right old barney over Lucas with one guy who was almost exclusively negative.