Similar to Rashford, our problem is making these players untouchable and not dropping them. They're both absolute liabilities when they're playing badly.
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So your mighty Bruno is poor in Stats this days, poor in eye ball test, poor in games but he's a World class creator
. If you are keen you will see without Penalties this days, he doesn't have goals anymore. Surprise Surprise TMDaines. He's not even better than Eriksen in United. Yet Eriksen is a washed up, back to life, footballer.
Good thing many of the fans have started to see Bruno for who he is as a footballer.
Moaner who lacks accountability and now has the armband
My captain always plays FC
My captain always plays FC
Whats nonsense? Say it here we argue.He has been poorer this season than last, but this is just nonsense.
He can't both create and score the same opportunities.
That Bruno had less assists than Eriksen, Haaland, or Gibbs White?
Create and score what? You want to say Bruno created big chances? Which Bruno fanboys cling on forever.
How comes Eriksen in the same team, same poor strikers (martial etc) , in less minutes, without losing double the ball was able to get more assist than Bruno? Why?
Can you give me a tangible verifiable reason why Eriksen had more assist than Bruno in the same team in less minutes but Bruno is a world class creator
Bruno loses most of the possession from actually simple passes and bad touches. He is also bit weak on the ball and get dispossessed more than he should
I don't know to be honest. You watch this and tell me why those idiots are missing. (these are chances, not all of them counted as "big")
I still cant quite believe how absolutely absurdly bad he was last night. Worst performance of a United captain in my time supporting United.
Was shocking, but Maguire has had about 5 worse games in the last two years alone. And that's being kind.
I am probably one of Maguires biggest critics on here, but even in his worst performances at least he did one or two things right. EVERYTHING Bruno touched yesterday turned to poop. From that abysmal attempt on Rasmus excellent cross to every single damn freekick and corner he scuffed and losing the ball 27!!! times.
And then he had the audacity to moan at his team mates. Nah man not having that.
The fact that he plays every game 90 minutes for us pretty much describes us as a team. Hot and cold through 90 minutes as you get, watching him is perfect example why we are shite. He wouldn't play for any top club regulary if he plays like this, but he would play for shite teams where would people think he is their hero (e.g. Manchester United).
Even at his best, I doubt he'd start for a top team
He has been terrible yet keeps starting. He is the elephant in the room. Also, there is no way he should be captain. His attitude is not right as showed last night
He has been an excellent servant of the club, and for a time was one of the only good things.
But I long to see us with a different 10. One that offers something different. Play Mount or Van de Beek there. Let's at least see if anything changes.
But I long to see us with a different 10. One that offers something different. Play Mount or Van de Beek there. Let's at least see if anything changes.
Love his effort and passion plus his stats speak for themselves but I'm still convinced having Bruno in the starting 11 hurts us massively.
Bruno does a lot of pressing but to my untrained eye it seems uncoordinated and often leaves him out of position and a lot of gaps through the center of the pitch. He is also such a high risk taker we often lose the ball and are open to a counter.
He would work fine in a team that has a more solid CM and is better at retaining possession but I feel for us right now his style of play is causing us some problems.
Bruno does a lot of pressing but to my untrained eye it seems uncoordinated and often leaves him out of position and a lot of gaps through the center of the pitch. He is also such a high risk taker we often lose the ball and are open to a counter.
He would work fine in a team that has a more solid CM and is better at retaining possession but I feel for us right now his style of play is causing us some problems.
I’m beginning to come to this opinion too. I don’t see what can be done though. It’s the kind of thing Pep would have done in his first month or two in charge, we can’t get bench our captain and most creative player in October of year two, just in the hope the system benefits.
It's kind of similar to the Ruud situation. Fantastic player and tremendous output but as a team we were probably better when he left and we had a more fluid front line. Realise of course the situation for him leaving was also related to falling out with Ronaldo.
Drop him
They’ll be back when he gets an assist against Brentford. Or in a few months when Statman David has collated some more chance creation graphs.
Him on the right wing needs to stop. He is fecking crap there.
Either play him or Mount at ten. Currently Mount deserves a shot. So bench Bruno. Not exactly rocket science.
Either play him or Mount at ten. Currently Mount deserves a shot. So bench Bruno. Not exactly rocket science.
Lost the ball 27 times last night. That is simply unacceptable at any level in football. Needs a spell on the bench
What is this tremendous output you speak of, other than his 20+ penalties?
He scores and assists less than Maddison, Ødegaard and De Bruyne.
It is clear. We are never controlling games with this player. Not athletic enough to carry the ball/evade pressure, and tends to get frustrated and attempt pointless long passes. I'd drop him for Mason Mount at this point in time. We're far more likely to control possession with him imo.
Noone should be untouchable. I'm a huge Bruno fan and since he's been here, in large he's been one of our best players. He is not playing well at the moment and has competition for the 10 role. Drop him to the bench and let him build his form from there. Same with Rashford.
One thing I've noticed with Bruno is his game management is shocking.
There was a period where we were under the cosh massively last night, and the ball would come to him and rather than recycle possession, he'd just aimlessly give it away trying a hollywood ball. I'm fine with him trying these ambitious balls and them being cut out, that's part of his game, he's never going to have a high success rate but knowing that when it works it's a good chance then that's ok.
But sometimes he just needs to keep possession, take the sting out of the game, and allow us to keep the ball for 5minutes but he never seems to recognise this.
There was a period where we were under the cosh massively last night, and the ball would come to him and rather than recycle possession, he'd just aimlessly give it away trying a hollywood ball. I'm fine with him trying these ambitious balls and them being cut out, that's part of his game, he's never going to have a high success rate but knowing that when it works it's a good chance then that's ok.
But sometimes he just needs to keep possession, take the sting out of the game, and allow us to keep the ball for 5minutes but he never seems to recognise this.
Bruno is where possession goes to die. I have never seen a player more careless in possession. We win the ball, he get's it, gives a cheap pass and we are defending again.
After Onana, i think he could be our number 1 problem.
Needs to be dropped and Mount played in his position.
After Onana, i think he could be our number 1 problem.
Needs to be dropped and Mount played in his position.
Yup. They don’t work together.
Great decision to buy a replacement for an undroppable player…….
The most unnecessary acquisition since VdB. Brainless. Especially when you are working on a budget. And that's not a dig at Mount. He can be a useful player. But when you have a seemingly undroppable player and captain in his position you don't go out and spend that much money on him.
We pretty much have 3 players that should be fighting over one position. Bruno, Eriksen and Mount. None of them are traditional midfielders and they all operate at best further forward. It’s complete neglect to leave our midfield again this summer and bring in Amrabat on the last day. Mount might be an alright player but we are squeezing players into roles they don’t have the tools for and wondering why performances don’t match.
He's an immense player in very specific circumstances, which means that in the grand scheme of things, he isn't all that.
If there's enough chaos in a certain game, and the game is even or we're in the lead, then sure, he can look world-class.
When the game is played at a slower pace, when we face a low block, and most importantly, when we're trailing, he's appalling.
He can look like the best and worst footballer on the pitch in the space of 5 minutes (Pogba, anyone?).
A team that builds itself around him will always fluctuate.
If there's enough chaos in a certain game, and the game is even or we're in the lead, then sure, he can look world-class.
When the game is played at a slower pace, when we face a low block, and most importantly, when we're trailing, he's appalling.
He can look like the best and worst footballer on the pitch in the space of 5 minutes (Pogba, anyone?).
A team that builds itself around him will always fluctuate.
We all knew this in the summer. But apparently ETH and the recruitment team didnt. Also our fullback profiles dont support the way we want to play a 4-3-3 w/ advanced #8s.
He's been terrible for the past 2 years. Once the goals dried up, he offers nothing.
I think that was the strategy last night. Casemiro, Eriksen, Amrabat and Eriksen were all doing the same thing.
My take is that Bruno is likely the most talented player in the team. He does amazing things sometimes.
Here comes the 'But...'
But he is not a man to build a team around, not the man to look to when things are rough and we need to rally and come together, not the man to look up, see things aren't working and change them.
Here comes the 'But...'
But he is not a man to build a team around, not the man to look to when things are rough and we need to rally and come together, not the man to look up, see things aren't working and change them.
For that reason many of our fans thought Mount would be a bad idea to be played next to Casemiro and instead wanted Rice or Caicedo. ETH has tried to reinvent the wheel and it doesn't seem to work.
Hailed our best player without actually being our best performer on any given night. Just stats.
He’s a long way from being our most talented player. He’s not even a particularly talented player, he’s s player with a particular talent. A party trick. Outside of that, he’s not a very good footballer at all. One of the strangest midfielders I’ve ever seen at this level. Such profile is usually more common amongst forwards. May be amazing in the air, or have poor touch, passing, dribbling but are strong and can score goals. But I can’t recall a midfield player, especially a 10, with such a poor spread of qualities and then a sudden spike with exceptional ability in one metric.
You cannot be a midfielder in a top team relying upon a party trick. Otherwise that team will suffer. To be a top midfielder (part of a midfield 3) in a top team you must first and foremost be a top midfielder. Bruno is a long way from being that. There are so many key midfield attributes that he is very poor at.
It’s simple negligence like this that makes me lose massive faith in Hag. I don’t see how any top tier manager would make such a baffling signing and not anticipate these flaws and failings
He's not even the best midfielder in the club, leave alone most talented.
But this united team is at Brunos level, a Europa football level.
Appalling captain if anything. Maguire was lambasted for his leadership, this guy is just as bad if not worse with his constant moaning.
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