Is protein shake, and creatine now banned for footballers? Did not know, thank you for clarifing.
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Season Average Rating
- Appearances
- 50
- Goals
- 12
- Assists
- 17
- Yellow cards
- 9
- Red cards
- 3
It did to me. And Im built exactly like Bruno. Shy of 180cm tall, and skinny uder 70kg weight.
Im not saying he should gain a lot of mass, it would hamper his acceleration and stamina. It happened to me after gaining a lot of mass in short time. But to not put an ounce of muscless on his skinny body, in a decade, is not a good look. Just look at slight Ronaldo when he arrived, and compare it to when he left for Madrid.
Never did I say Bruno would go for "free". I just said that 80 (100!) milion from Saudis or Madrid is a dreamland territory. Henderson was sold for about 15mil, Bruno would be somewhere in the middle of that and that fantasy 80mil.
Still doesn't make any sense. Ronaldo was a kid when he joined, Bruno was 25 or 26 when he signed, there's a massive difference in physical build between both players as well.
He's a pro athlete, he's not looking to build show muscles. If gaining muscle mass was required for what he does I'm sure the club staff would have made sure it was achieved.
Are you a premier league athlete with a team of 20 fitness coaches and advisors both for your club, private, and national team?
Bruno is the fittest player in the team, maybe the league.
Of course he's our best player and important to us, but if someone offers us 90 million for him I think we have to take it. He's about to turn 31, it's a no-brainer.
Now whether I trust the club to reinvest that money sensibly is another matter, but we fecking need money from somewhere.
Now whether I trust the club to reinvest that money sensibly is another matter, but we fecking need money from somewhere.
Yeah, I'm calling bs that you put on 7 kilos of muscle in 3 months with protein shakes and creatine alone.
I agree. There are definitely a few indicators there for him to age better than others players. But those indicators aren't guarantees. If I would say "he will decline" thats just as speculative as you saying "he isn't going to decline". Hence why I did use the word "likely". And if you wouldn't be as eager to find anything to jump on, you could have saved yourself the effort of aforementioned jump.
Well mate, thats your projection working overhours here... Because if you have read my posts, you would have seen that I don't see any chance of him leaving. Not sure how that would make me "giddy".
Easy here soldier. You wouldn't want to give your irrationality away, don't you?
And you think mine wasn't?Its called Sarcasm!
I mean from your takes, you think that don't you? Its not sarcasm when you actually believe it.
Yes, and I can do it again. Do you fancy a bet? Looser will pay 100 quid to this forum and charity of their choice.
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Nottingham Forest 1:0 Man Utd
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It'll probably be overlooked since we lost but Bruno has an unbelievable performance today.
I gave up on Shaw a while back but this is in such bad taste, Shaw had one of the worst injuries I have ever seen in my life watching football and has since basically fought issue after issue. Praise Bruno's durability without needing to bring up Shaw.
Was ok today, lost the ball a few times in bad areas and I feel that Yates guy really got in his head early doors and rattled him. Bad first half, good second half.
We watched very different games.... Despite his decent form before the international break, I thought he was awful tonight. Gave the ball away something rotten all game
Yeah I thought he had an off game and it showed in our lack of chances. Without him on form we struggle big time.
When he has a bad game we loose.
Did the hard things well and the easy things badly.
More likely to hit a 50 yard pass than 5
More likely to hit a 50 yard pass than 5
Very hot and cold from the skipper tonight. Yates is a cheating little prick.
Thought he was decent today without being anything more. Still looked central to most of what we did well going forward.
I liked him better when he was moved into the midfield role. Did alright, not great though.
He's better in the deeper role. Sadly we have nobody who scores goals but him so...
I think his days as a 10 are numbered. Loose on the ball today also.
It makes no sense to go into yet another season with Bruno as the primary engine for our chance creation.
It makes no sense to go into yet another season with Bruno as the primary engine for our chance creation.
Huh, certainly wouldn't agree to this.
He operated in bigger space and I think Forrest started to sit a little deeper when their energy levels dropped.
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Think he looked a little subpar today. Hooped the ball in blindly a few times and was part of a midfield unit that was outfought once again. I think it was good to see though that he didn't lose his cool. Game had the potential and a few years ago, I think he might have lost it. Overall, a game without new insights. Apart from adding another team to the list of teams that seem to be more courageous than we are when they move the ball around and out of tight spaces.
He's much better in the midfield, and the team is much better when he plays there.
He was crap, lost so many stupid balls. Infuriating.
Lost a lot of possession I thought
Was poor as a 10 yesterday, but when we made the subs and moved him back, he played much better.
Yes as opposed to arguing with everybody else as per tha majority of your recent posts by the look of it
He has been better while playing deeper this season. The question is whether that will continue, or whether that's a symptom of us not having anyone else in the deeper position who can control the team around? If we sign somebody who can do that next season will Bruno's performances at #10 pick up again? Or is the deeper role where he's going to mostly play from this point forward?
Now level with Rooney and Van Persie on five of these.
Here is hoping we sign some good players in the summer (Cherki, Cunha, Larsson, Ait Nouri, Mateta), then we can see what Bruno is really capable of in a functioning team.
Interesting how they read this one out to him and none of my ones where I tell him that the next time he tries a Hollywood pass that doesn’t come off, that i’m gonna find him and force him to east a Scotch egg made of dogshit. And because none of our coaches have told him to bulk up over the last 6 years, I’ll be easily able to over power him and make him.
Say we loose to Lyon and Bruno throws in the towel and demands a move. Would you be sad, angry or not caring? Would you want him to leave?
Since he is our captain, plays more or less all the time, shoots the most, has the most points in total and most goals and assist. He, for me, would be a big loss. Not just in quality, but also in morale. He would be the flag carrier leaving.
He would also be darn expensive to replace.
You think he could do this? Do you think he would do it? Do you even think he should do it?
Since he is our captain, plays more or less all the time, shoots the most, has the most points in total and most goals and assist. He, for me, would be a big loss. Not just in quality, but also in morale. He would be the flag carrier leaving.
He would also be darn expensive to replace.
You think he could do this? Do you think he would do it? Do you even think he should do it?
I wouldn't care, as long as we got a huge fee for him and replaced him with a genuinely exciting, high potential player.
I don't see him pushing to leave. That was last summer and he made his bed by signing a new contract.
And thank goodness he did sign that contract.
I think, it is mostly this. I mean, progressing the ball is one of the most relevant aspects of football and our midfield is made from players who are mostly really bad at this. Add to that that none our attacking players bar Amad had a season that would at least be considered above average and you see how vital Bruno capabilities are. He could be played at WB or at CB and he would still stick out positively because of it.
Difficult to say and depends on what Amorim wants his 10s to do. He can be absolutely deadly with his passing and he is good for a goal here and there, so it certainly isn't impossible come up with a plan that makes use of it. That said, his abilities with the ball at his feet aren't great. Which potentially would even be emphasized the further forward he plays.
As long as we don't go for a top class midfielder, I don't see how we could overcome our issues short-term. I think, we have to add a player that is better on the ball and stronger overall, but combined with a passing ability that doesn't have to be close to Brunos but 80-85% of it. I hope he isn't seen as a long term solution in the centre of the pitch.
For sure. I think, the teams that have a high likelyhood of winning trophies wouldn't go for him due to age and wages and I think he has a very comfortable position with us that he isn't going to throw away. He could have half his goals and assists and he'd still be considered the best player in the team. He has fans in here where he could rob their homes and they'd still celebrate him "working his socks off".
The guy isn't going anywhere.
On the flip side he has united 'fans' in here where he could score a CL final hat trick and save their mothers from a burning building and they'd still say he's overrated and holding us back.
I would have preferred that he didn't. Don't get me wrong, he has stepped it up recently in Amad's absence. However, he had time remaining on his previous deal. The new contract was all about Bruno threatening to leave and the club bowing to his demands. That's not a good position to be in as a club. I would have preferred it if we had called his bluff, accepted a huge fee and reinvested accordingly. We may even have ended up becoming a better team as a result.