Fernandes was very good today. We probably do indulge him a bit too much, and I'd like to see us move towards a midfield with a bit more control, but when he plays like he does today you can see why we afford him that luxury.
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Eriksen is much better CM than Bruno and also Bruno is much better AM than Eriksen, not talking about on the ball. Bruno's off the ball movement is very good, arguably best in our team. Eriksen is more static player than Bruno in final third which would be a problem playing as AM.
The issue with Bruno is that in games like this he dines like a king and against top teams his constant loss of possession means that you often never have any control of the game. Sometimes he works out in the big games but he never adds to your control. He might add or make goals but when you need a calmer head or someone to slow things down and take the sting out of the opposition he falls short.
Love the guy and hes a fantastic player but he causes a lot of issues at times and solves a lot at others at times.
Love him! guy is immense.
He must hate all our forwards today 
Some of his passes were absolutely ridiculous.
Some of his passes were absolutely ridiculous.
That's why I'd like to see us move towards a midfield with more control. He's a great option to have because he's unplayable on his day but Fernandes is fundamentally an all or nothing player. When it isn't going his way, he might as well not be on the pitch sometimes.
Was great in the last two matches in a deeper area. I really do hope that is the start of him playing slightly deeper in the future. Not as deep as he was today, but more as the most attacking of a midfield three instead of as an outright #10. I've always felt that would give the team more control and dominance.
All that really needs to be said. Some on this thread are able to act with impunity under Rishi Sunak.
Looked great in the deeper role very composed and seemed to pick out some great passes.
He's been very good in the last two games and we needed someone to help distribute the ball from deeper especially with both Casemiro and Eriksen not being available. But these are the type of games where Bruno has been at his best since arriving at United imo, because his influence is far greater on the game. And that helps the team as a collective, where Bruno didn't score or assist but his performance helped us progress the play more effectively and hence we won the game.
But having said that, we do need to sign a first phase midfielder who is comfortable at both evading the press and progressing play via passing through the lines. Against teams who are adept at applying high pressure, we will struggle to play out from the back.
But having said that, we do need to sign a first phase midfielder who is comfortable at both evading the press and progressing play via passing through the lines. Against teams who are adept at applying high pressure, we will struggle to play out from the back.
Did you watch the game to day, clealy not, he played a deep sitting role as a 6 and was superb, easily motm.
just an outstanding performance, just as Casamiro is back ETH finds the correct midfield set up.
We were terrible against Newcastle and completely overrun in midfield, the last two games ETH has moved Bruno deeper and he's been brilliant and brought some control back to our game.
Bruno is just such a fantastic footballer.
Bruno is just such a fantastic footballer.
This is how to use him against the lower table sides, hopefully in time he can adapt to be as good in midfield against the better sides, Sevilla will be another good test to see this from him
Arguably the best individual performance from a United player this season, credit to him. He ran the show.
He’s world class.
He really ain't.
Of course he is.
And of course nobody has any time to get into yet another endless row about how to define world class. But, whatever, Bruno fits the bill.
Funny how people were spouting how he should be out of the team to get some of it in our games because he does not have what it takes to do that playing for us.
There's a number of posters on here who seem very reluctant to ever give any praise to Bruno and any time he has a poor game they relish slagging him off.
Which is ridiculous when you think of his contribution over the 3 years he's been here. He's been an absolutely unbelievable signing.
Yeah he can be frustrating at times but the positives massively outweigh the negatives.
Should have had like 3+ assists today.
Fantastic performance especially in the 1st half.
Fantastic performance especially in the 1st half.
He is. His numbers do not lie. People forget just how many games/minutes this guy is playing. It’s insane that he still plays like he does despite it at this level of football. It’s no picnic.
Why? He's one of the top #10s in the world, has put in arguably the best RW performance of the season (Barca) and has absolutely run the game twice in a row at DM.
Oh and statistically his numbers are insane.
...And he plays 90 minutes of every single game, covering 11km+ each time from an attacking position and putting in a world class defensive shift.
We are so lucky to have Bruno in our team and I'm glad he's appreciated by our match going fans.
Well, the term 'world class' means all things to all people. I tink we have to admit that Bruno was really excellent today though. In my opinion, anyway.
His body must be made of steel to endure all the amount of running back and forth, tackling, being tackled etc every fecking match. Someone here called him ironman and imo that's a pretty good nickname. Definitely suit him imo.
Outstanding today. Bossed the game. Did not expect such a precise performance to run the show
An absolute World Class player, with an incredible work-rate to match it.
He is a very good player but imo he would look out of place in any hypothetical world 11. His weaknesses are too pronounced. His main strengths are shooting, finishing, spamming through balls and pressing. That's simply not a world class player in any era imo. Has glaring weaknesses which include very important and somewhat simple aspects of football. He is kinda a poor mans Lampard and many here didn't even class Lamps as world class
He had a sensational performance, but what part of his statistics are "insane"?
Minutes played, appearances, distance covered, key passes per game, goals, assists,
Minutes played and appearances doesn't say anything about your qualities, just that you stay free of injuries and that the manager likes playing you. I'm not sure regarding distance covered but I'm fairly certain he's not top 20 for distance covered in PL.
Key passes per game is the only great stat, but nothing insane about it. Kieran Trippier has created more chances than him.
As for goals and assists, they're not even great. Of all the top 10s in PL, he's got the least goals/assists, even behind James Maddison.
Don't see why you post in this thread. It's clear you have an agenda against Bruno and will perform all sorts of mental gymnastics to support any half argument.
No cherry picking of statistics or variables makes Bruno Fernandes NOT a top player, sorry.
Agenda? I was literally praising him the other day. But posts like yours claiming his goals and assists stats are insane is just wrong.
Thought he was brilliant on Saturday but I have one burning question I need to ask him. Why near the start of the game when we‘Ve moved the entire Everton team to the left to leave Antony in acres of space why instead of slipping the pass in to space for Antony allowing him to run on to it and possibly have a shot, did he instead for no apparent reason whatsoever decide to loft the ball to him slowing all momentum and kill the move.
It honestly makes no sense and I can’t figure out why he did it. It wasn’t a miss hit, he just decided to chip a ball to him for some reason.
Anyway apart from that one annoying moment he was fantastic.
It honestly makes no sense and I can’t figure out why he did it. It wasn’t a miss hit, he just decided to chip a ball to him for some reason.
Anyway apart from that one annoying moment he was fantastic.
Nah, he's very good but go watch Modric and Kroos play if you want to see world-class midfielders in action.
Yep. That's why so many United fans rate Bruno. Because he scored a bunch of penalties. Nothing to do with him consistently being one of the top chance creators in the PL season after season, where we're watching him clip perfectly weighted passes on a plate for our attackers on a regular basis.
Honestly, it was getting a bit old seeing rival fans on Twitter refer to Bruno as a penalty merchant, but it's great to see some of our own fans revive that sort of nonsense after a bad performance vs Newcastle, only to then inevitably look foolish 6 days later.
I'm glad I wasn't the only one who noticed that. It's such a stark contrast to matchgoing fans where his name gets sung more than any other United player, and all the comments I overhear from people sat in my section are praising him. Then I'll go on my phone on the way home and see people on the caf do all sorts of mental gymnastics to avoid giving him credit.
Is that really his strength? His shooting was very impressive when he was joined but that seems like a purple patch now.
And if we aspire to be a title winning team I wonder if Fernandes can be a regular starter in that team.
not because he’s not good enough because he can be the best player on the pitch in many games but some games/situations demand control and not headless chicken stuff.
I don’t buy all or nothing/gambler as being his only trait. Some games when he’s off he’ll get extremely basic no risk passes wrong as well
I don't ever recall Lampard sitting in front of his back 4 and clipping perfectly weighted through balls on a plate for his attackers.
Awesome. Fantastic on Saturday and excellent v Brentford too. Wouldn't be against him playing that role more often against teams we need to try and carve through.
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