People watch him with a preconceived notion that he’s overly wasteful, he created plenty of chances in that second half especially.
I think for him to be rated on here he’d have to play perfect matches which no player really does.
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I think for him to be rated on here he’d have to play perfect matches which no player really does.
Not great for the first 70 minutes, much better when the game opened up.
He had an awful game in my opinion. Always involved but the amount of horrendous passes and decisions is mental.
Whatever you think of Bruno he's involved in everything good we do.
He's a menace.
He's a menace.
No one is asking for perfection everyone loses the ball and makes mistake espeicslly up the top end of the pitch, but if you can't see the difference between the first 70 and last 20 minutes I'm not sure what you were watching.
82% pass completion, 4 key passes, one brilliant assist.
But sure, couldn’t make a successful pass to save his life. I swear you lot deserve a midfielder that gets 95% pass completion a game going sideways and backwards to wank over.
An awful game for Bruno is still productive. He's just so involved in everything we do.
The difference between RW Bruno and AM Bruno is a chasm
I feel like there's a section of the fanbase who automatically claim one to have an agenda at the slightest criticism of Bruno. Let's see if he can actually start playing his best against the big teams.
No one can argue with his ability to create chances, especially on the counter. The problem is when the game is still tight, the team needs someone better in possession and under pressure. Today, we had 3 players who can play as a no.10 and not one of them is good enough at carrying the ball forward.
He was better in the second half which is what I said, but I’ve already seen you being overly negative about him in the match forum. Like I said, it’s a preconceived notion that he’s overly wasteful when today he wasn’t really. Struggled a bit more in the first half but he will do when he’s not a right winger? Even then he looked a lot better before half time when moving to the left.
Some loose passing but that is par for the course with Bruno. Ultimately he makes things happen and is key to our pressing in defence as well. Key player for us, even if frustrating some times.
He fecks up twice as many as he gets right, but he only needs to get it right a few times a match.
Whether you like it or not the whole team is.
Bruno was very good tonight. It's really helping now there's much more movement around him.
He seems to be playing on different wavelength. It's a wild idea but maybe that's the reason he's being kept in the team, he offers directness and craziness what sometimes pays off.
I'd like to see a team without Bruno to be honest, I'm not a greatest fan as but ETH seems to adore him. He never drops him, he actually isn't even subbed at all.
I think he's been a bit like Antony of late. Very important out of possession and pretty profligate in possession. I would have thought ETH would want him to stop forcing things and being a bit more measured.
No surprise he looked better when the game became chaotic and end to end.
Works tirelessly and obviously has great ability to pull off key passes but he is not the number 10 or attacking No.8 this team needs long term.
Works tirelessly and obviously has great ability to pull off key passes but he is not the number 10 or attacking No.8 this team needs long term.
If only he could be like Odegaard eh?
vs. Newcastle tonight : 66% pass completion.
Keep thinking the grass is greener pal.
I normally leave the most of my criticism in the match thread and don't like carrying it over into performance threads much, especially after wins but we were sort of mid convo. I just know he can play like that last 20 for the full 90. It's the expectation that leads to the criticism, on my part anyway.
What kind of number 10 do we need? An Odegaard with his 66% pass completion tonight?
Numpties don’t deserve such an incredibly productive player like Bruno.
Works his socks off. Not his best game tonight but still around most of our good stuff. That's a talent.
My thinking as well, he was frustrating to watch until last 20 minutes. Another assist though.
You seem troubled by the thought that Odegaard or a player like him could be a better fit for the team than Bruno.What kind of number 10 do we need? An Odegaard with his 66% pass completion tonight?
Numpties don’t deserve such an incredibly productive player like Bruno.
Kevin De Bruyne has a 71.9% pass rate this year in the Premier League, Bruno has 75.7%. I genuinely think people just don't understand the difference between attacking players and midfielders.What kind of number 10 do we need? An Odegaard with his 66% pass completion tonight?
Numpties don’t deserve such an incredibly productive player like Bruno.
Awful in the first half, but in the second half he was the only one who wasn't messing in every counter. He could have gotten 1 more assist (Rashford fluffled the cross without even making contact) and really should have got 2/3 pre assists.
Now I just want him to learn how to shoot again
Now I just want him to learn how to shoot again
He might be, he's certainly more of a threat running with the ball. It's not because he's brilliant at keeping possession like Modric or Kroos though, they're totally different players.
I understand that he is productive and his style suits an open game, but from around the 55th-70th minute, he gave the ball away countless times. Every time he gave it away it presented a dangerous situation and Bournemouth could have scored.
I think he had an okay game, but that's unacceptable at the top level. A better team (Fulham did), would punish us
I think he had an okay game, but that's unacceptable at the top level. A better team (Fulham did), would punish us
He’s a better than average footballer but with an elite work ethic. Any flicks/tricks that don’t come off are generally made up for by his determination to track back and recover the situation.
He misplaced 9 passes in the entire game, one every 10 minutes.
You sound like you're describing Scott Mctominay.
Not his greatest game but no matter how he’s playing everything goes through him
He is such a high volume player. Jesus!
And still lost the ball 23 times.
He also tries passes that others wont try or dont have the ability to try. Sometimes you have to accept a certain number of failures from players who make things happen. He had a part in all three goals today. Wasnt his best game but he never stops and when he does click again which he will we will be very happy.
9 of those were crosses. If we're judging a player by losing a ball from a cross then this place really has lost it's mind.
My instinct is always to defend Bruno but I thought he was hopeless tonight. Can’t fault his workrate but everything else was pish. Despite the assist. He never seems to play well wide right and didn’t turn things round when he moved more centrally. We should have put 4 or 5 past those useless twats. At least. Bruno’s poor performance was a big factor in our lack of goals.
Strange disparity here tonight. MEN gave him a 7 which is one of the best in the team, with only Casemiro and DDG higher.
I love how high standards he sets for himself. We're 2-0 up, there's less than 10 minutes left, he's not played a particularly bad game and yet he's still cursing and kicking the ground in disappointment over his own performance. The assist he made a minute later barely put a smile on his face.
It's not about how many times you give it away (9 is a fair amount btw), its about when and where you give it away.
If you're losing the ball in dangerous positions, just when Bournemouth are cranking up the pressure, then he deserves criticism. Go watch that period again. He kept trying little flicks and Hollywood passes when we desperately needed someone to put their foot on the ball.
He almost single handedly turned it into an end to end game for about 10 mins. I'm a massive fan of Bruno, but that will cost us and has cost us many times before.
Thought he got better as the game went on. Lovely run and assist for rashford
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