Nothing controversial about it, he’s brilliant. United and Portugal’s best player.
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- Appearances
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- Goals
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- Assists
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- Yellow cards
- 12
That's a good point. I remember when Suarez scored a similar one vs Norwich and people were rimming him for weeks afterwards.
Pep loves to convert players and mix things up. Bruno would start very often for City.
Arsenal would play Rice, Ødegaard and Bruno and I think it would work really well.
But I agree that Bellingham, at least after this season, would send Bruno to the Real bench.
Gets alot of hate but I dont know why. Genuinely, a nice guy too, never hear anything controversial about him off the pitch.
I have never seen him fall out with any manager, I mean even at United during tough times, he is the go to guy for Ole, Rangnick, Ten Hag.
Always gives it his all for the club too.
I would love to see him win a Premier League or a Champions League with Man United to make him a undisputed legend of the club. Unfortunately, it is unlikely, and he will probably win another FA Cup or a Europa League. Still a Man United legend in my eyes.
So did I. And I reckon I would look decent playing up front against the current Ireland side.
that's fair. Probably not the best opposition to assess his current level. The goal was a neat finish though.That game should, however, put all the worries about Bruno and Neves playing together to bed. Brilliant partnership
His first goal was more than a neat finish. It was an excellent goal. It is impressive that someone his age can still score goals like that but when he’s up against world class defenders (and not someone who was playing LOI football 3 years ago) he’ll find it all much more difficult. Which we know because we’ve seen him struggle for club and country, when he was younger than he is now.
That game should, however, put all the worries about Bruno and Neves playing together to bed. Brilliant partnership
It’s just about possible Portugal can carry him and go deep in the Euros with 10 men when not in possession. I think that’s unlikely though. Although, as you say, the Neves/Bruno combination gives them a chance. Neves would be such an amazing signing for us. Now watch us balls it up.
Don't think Pep would play him that often. He's very much function over flair.
We need to be absolutely ruthless in the market. No place for nostalgia or sentiment. Our midfield is desperate for an upgrade and Id argue we need a central defender and a second striker as well. Players like Mc T and Maguire that are actually worth something now but really dont fit how we should play should be sold.
It goes without saying that Sancho and Greenwood need to be sold as well.
Neves would elevate us instantly.
That's how he started in last few games against Newcastle and Brighton when we won both games. Hojlund came as subs and he did great that way.
We didn’t play great in those games though. Newcastle we were ok I guess but we’ve seen the false 9 a number of times apart from that as well as Bruno on RW and I’ve never been convinced by it. I feel like maybe if we had 2 truly elite wide attackers like Salah/Mane it might be ok but it’s just not what I think is best for us as a team.
Fair enough.
Exactly
Pep did figure it out in the 2nd half. They were far more effective when he subbed in Doku, it was just too late. It was still a great tactical plan from Ten Hag and the coaches and an incredible effort from the players to hold on to the lead after the halftime adjustments against a far more talented and deeper squad.
Yeah I don’t know why he didn’t start Doku and, arguably, not start Haaland given he always struggles in big games. Also should have swapped doku to dalot’s side given AWB being RB. It shouldn’t take a whole half and going 2-0 down to see it ain’t working.
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My Euro fantasy captain comes down to Bruno so hoping he scores and assists a bunch
Same for me... so far my Euro fantasy hasnt gone great at all. Mbappe and Kane both not scoring. Switched Wirtz out for Gundogan because i expected Gundogan to take penalties but Havertz all of a sudden took it.
Familiar territory now... hoping that Bruno will bring in the points. It is almost like Manchester United!
Think he’ll score and assist tonight
The possession stats are clearly rigged. No way Portugal has 70%. We all know no team can have that much possession with Bruno playing!
Imagine how much control they'd have if they didn't play Bruno!
Very disappointing performance tonight.
Thought he played well. Created some of their best chances.
He's so sloppy with the ball, if he cut those silly passes out he'd be a much more well rounded player
Best player in the first half, was the worst player in the second.
In the first half Dalot was constantly presenting an option for Bruno and Vitinha to pass to. Bernardo was like a headless chicken. As soon as Dalot was subbed you could see Bruno struggling because Bernardo wasnt really moving correctly and he had no options to play to. Yes he lost the ball a few times but thats why you should not play him as an 8. Allow him to play in his best position and you get the magic of the first half all the time.
The whole setup of the team was weird.
The whole setup of the team was weird.
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Seen a few digging him out. I feel like I must be watching a different game. Thought he played really well.
He did. The issue wasnt Bruno. it was the subs and setup.
Don't get me wrong, I thought he played well but dominating possession against Czech isn't the type of evidence needed for that argument.
That said, I don't think the set up was particularly good for the team. I think if you take out a CB and Bring in Palinha, that's a much more balanced set up for them and it would be interesting to see how Bruno does.
Predictably their best player when the game was flowing. His level dropped in the second half, but overall he may have been Portugal's best.
He was very good in the first half. In the second half it was frustrating and reminded me of some of the worst United performances. Careless in possession with bad passing. Our commentators were getting frustrated with some of his decision making.
He looked gassed
It may not be the best game to feed that argument, but the Portuguese team is a good proof that Bruno can of course work in an dominating team, that's not dependent on counter attacks. You can afford your most creative players, that will create a couple of chances every game, to loose some balls.
Sofascore has him on exactly one tackle, 100% tackles won ---> Box-to-Box. Statman-Dave performing his numbers magic, a bit odd that he couldn't squeeze a magnifico next to it, isn't it? I mean, he crossed the most and he created two chances, what has a guy to do to get some recognition?!
I am sure, Peter Crouch wouldn't have looked too bad at tiki taka Barcelona. The question is, do you still get the best out of him. There aren't many reasonable people thinking he will just burst into flames in a possession side. But his strength during his time with us have been speed of thought, vision and ability to quick execution. Those strenghts found a very good environment in our transition-heavy playstyle. Maybe he would flourish in a more controlled setup as well, but he may as well look a little restricted and it would emphasize some of the bad sides of his passing - we just don't know. Lets hope we'll get some actual input to work with next season. I kind of doubt, that ETH will go that route though. At least not to the same extent many fans would like to see it.
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The question in this forum is rarely if we can be prime tiki-taka-Barcelona but if we play a dominant, active way or just counter attacking way of football. He obviously can. I think he could as well flourish, when he has a competent set of defenders and midfielders to build the play around him. Maybe not beeing that much on the focus but provide the team with sparkles when needed.
He is excellent when there is space in front of him, counters are his bread and butter. He struggles a lot against low block teams, because he doesn't have that Odeaard or De Bruyne type of a pass in him when everyone is defending behind the ball.