Jacob
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What other manager would accept his level of giveaways?
I share your concerns but we don't really know. Most of us were very suprised how he played in that one game, I think against Everton. It has been just one game, granted, but in this game, we saw Bruno not playing like Bruno. So he is capable of it. Don't really know if it is worth it, but right now, he is part of the squad so try to make the most of him. I don't know, wether we can create a system that is working, but who would really guarantee it isn't possible.Maybe they'll talk to Bruno about it, but I have strong doubts that he would improve. Maybe lose possession less, but also create less, which is a problem in itself as he doesn't have many other qualities to be a great midfielder.
Again goes missing when the team needed him. Can't understand why can we not sub him off when he is having a stinker. As far as having a leader on the pitch is a concern then we have Varane, Casemiro etc. who can't be much worse than what Bruno offers in such games.
I dont think we have any other option other than Bruno as we simply dont have any other creative option in midfield and Eriksen fitness levels leaves a lot to be desired.
We have recruited and identified areas of improvement in the squad poorly.
Why are people so overly concerned about having one player responsible for the creativity? Why are Newcastle able to score 3 goals against PSG with Tonali, Bruno Guimaraes and Longstaff in the midfield? They don't have a creative number 10.
Chances will come from all angles when you control the game and build up attacks. It really isn't a complicated concept. You don't need to have a player whose sole purpose is to create as many chances as possible.
Bruno productivity is pretty good. There is no debate on that but his performance overall isnt great. And his reckless passing puts us in danger and we need players to actually cover his issues. Same goes with Rashford when he plays on left and we need someone to cover as his defensive tracking is not upto the standards required. You cant have multiple players whose deficiencies needs to be compensated. We had Rooney, one of the greatest players to ever play for us, to cover for Ronaldo. Right now we have bunch of attackers who are good at attack but ( but not world class) not doing their defensive duties and that shows in our performance.And when Bruno goes what do we do? Search the market for the next player who is supposed to come in and be ‘our creator’? This is a ridiculous approach to football. So many teams who seem to be more proficient in attack than us seem to manage without having or needing a player who creates 5 chances per match.
If you watched Warren Zaire-Emery play tonight against Newcastle, you would see a perfect demonstration of what midfield quality is. He got a brilliant assist, but that was by the way. That is not what determines whether you play well or not. He showed quality in all of his actions. First touch, ball carrying, turning away from players. That’s what we need. And he’s only 17. Anyone pretending to be completely blind to this argument is in total denial. In fact, I honestly question whether you can really want the best for the team more than you want to win an argument in this instance. You have your stats, while our play continues to be miles off it. Who wins here?
There are also rumours that our own scouts didn't want us to sign him either, because he loses the ball too much.Bruno productivity is pretty good. There is no debate on that but his performance overall isnt great. And his reckless passing puts us in danger and we need players to actually cover his issues. Same goes with Rashford when he plays on left and we need someone to cover as his defensive tracking is not upto the standards required. You cant have multiple players whose deficiencies needs to be compensated. We had Rooney, one of the greatest players to ever play for us, to cover for Ronaldo. Right now we have bunch of attackers who are good at attack but ( but not world class) not doing their defensive duties and that shows in our performance.
There were rumours when he was linked to City that City scouts thought he doesn’t have the capability to play in City’s possession based system.
We need to realise quickly that we cant play multiple passengers in attack and then play ageing midfielders behind them and expect a good balanced performance. We need to drop either one of Rashford or Bruno, or get them onboard with defensive duty required. Else we need to drop on of them and play someone like Amrabat or Hannibal who will give us more cover in central part.
Personnel are not the issue, its how much freedom that is provided to players in attack. Its why Antony plays on right because he does his defensive duties. But at the moment for some reason both Rashford and Bruno are allowed to free roam and we dont have enough legs in midfield to cover when we lose ball.
Unless he’s able to play as a #10, high up the park just off of Hojlund he’s pointless atm.
He’s rubbish on the right, and deeper he is a hindrance.
He’s become pretty binary, on/off, hit or miss. He’s the Portuguese Fred.
just kidding, calm down
Per 90 | Percentile | |||
Pass completion rate | 77.01% | 48 | ||
Dribble Success Rate | 30.77% | 23 | ||
Disposessed | 6 | 0.86 | 39 | |
Dribbled Past | 12 | 1.71 | 5 |
What other manager would accept his level of giveaways?
Some rather horrible statistics from his 2023&2023 campaign so far. Dribbled past 12 times in 7 games .
Per 90 Percentile Pass completion rate 77.01% 48 Dribble Success Rate 30.77% 23 Disposessed 6 0.86 39 Dribbled Past 12 1.71 5
The bolded part is the core of the issue, isn't it?Basically all of them? In amongst the legitimate criticism of Bruno there’s a hell of a lot of hysteria and myth mixed in. One of which is this idea that he is uniquely bad at giving the ball away.
Here are some stat to cut through the bluster (all from PL).
There have been 65 Premier League Players dispossessed more often than Bruno so far this season. This includes players such as Curtis Jones, Phil Foden, Evan Ferguson, Saka, Martinelli, Pahlinha, Guimaraes, Enzo Fernandes, Salah, Casemiro, Kulusevski, Maddison, Bissouma and Odegaard.
His pass completion % is not good (69%) but there are plenty of highly rated players with similar %'s. Haaland, Gibbs-White and Darwin Nunez are three of the players with a worse %. Maddison is 79%. Odegaard 80%. So not a huge difference from the best playmakers in the league this season. And Bruno's attempting more difficult passes than most. We know this because Rodri, Bissouma and Enzo Fernandez are the only midfielders who have a higher "progressive distance" to their passes (i.e. completed vertical passes) and all of them play in deeper areas of the pitch than Bruno (Odegaard's progressive distance is less than half as much) And we also know he is attempting riskier passes because he is second only to Salah (77% pass completion) for big chances created.
So yeah, plenty of managers would accept this level of giveaways. Because there's an obvious upside. And let's not forget that these stats are all from a season so far where the whole team has been playing like muck and it is obviously extremely hard for any United player to rack up impressive stats.
The bolded part is the core of the issue, isn't it?
The bolded part is the core of the issue, isn't it?
And for your first sentence - I would agree that such a general slag as the one you quoted aren't really worth anything but your first sentence isn't much better if we are honest. We don't know, which managers would like to have him in their teams - so it makes no sense to state that noone would, just like it makes no sense to say everyone would.
Basically all of them? In amongst the legitimate criticism of Bruno there’s a hell of a lot of hysteria and myth mixed in. One of which is this idea that he is uniquely bad at giving the ball away.
Here are some stat to cut through the bluster (all from PL).
There have been 65 Premier League Players dispossessed more often than Bruno so far this season. This includes players such as Curtis Jones, Phil Foden, Evan Ferguson, Saka, Martinelli, Pahlinha, Guimaraes, Enzo Fernandes, Salah, Casemiro, Kulusevski, Maddison, Bissouma and Odegaard.
His pass completion % is not good (69%) but there are plenty of highly rated players with similar %'s. Haaland, Gibbs-White and Darwin Nunez are three of the players with a worse %. Maddison is 79%. Odegaard 80%. So not a huge difference from the best playmakers in the league this season. And Bruno's attempting more difficult passes than most. We know this because Rodri, Bissouma and Enzo Fernandez are the only midfielders who have a higher "progressive distance" to their passes (i.e. completed vertical passes) and all of them play in deeper areas of the pitch than Bruno (Odegaard's progressive distance is less than half as much) And we also know he is attempting riskier passes because he is second only to Salah (77% pass completion) for big chances created.
So yeah, plenty of managers would accept this level of giveaways. Because there's an obvious upside. And let's not forget that these stats are all from a season so far where the whole team has been playing like muck and it is obviously extremely hard for any United player to rack up impressive stats.
I know your standpoint on the matter and I know you are a fan of the player and another one I am very critical of. I'll happily try to close the distance between us by saying, the issue isn't just Brunos passing behaviour. It seems to be some faulty instruction given that even Casemiro fell victim to it against Galatasaray.If it means one less pass out of every ten he attempts reaching its target (compared to Odegaard/Maddison) in order to create the second highest number of big chances this season, is that really such a terrible burden for the team to bear?
69% Vs 79/80% IS a significant difference though - especially in a game where small margins are the difference between 3 points and none
Those stats really are proof that he is too wasteful
The players you mention who are more wasteful are generally attackers rather than midfielders so not a good comparison
Worrying to see Casemiro name on the dispossessed list too
Basically all of them? In amongst the legitimate criticism of Bruno there’s a hell of a lot of hysteria and myth mixed in. One of which is this idea that he is uniquely bad at giving the ball away.
Here are some stat to cut through the bluster (all from PL).
There have been 65 Premier League Players dispossessed more often than Bruno so far this season. This includes players such as Curtis Jones, Phil Foden, Evan Ferguson, Saka, Martinelli, Pahlinha, Guimaraes, Enzo Fernandes, Salah, Casemiro, Kulusevski, Maddison, Bissouma and Odegaard.
His pass completion % is not good (69%) but there are plenty of highly rated players with similar %'s. Haaland, Gibbs-White and Darwin Nunez are three of the players with a worse %. Maddison is 79%. Odegaard 80%. So not a huge difference from the best playmakers in the league this season. And Bruno's attempting more difficult passes than most. We know this because Rodri, Bissouma and Enzo Fernandez are the only midfielders who have a higher "progressive distance" to their passes (i.e. completed vertical passes) and all of them play in deeper areas of the pitch than Bruno (Odegaard's progressive distance is less than half as much) And we also know he is attempting riskier passes because he is second only to Salah (77% pass completion) for big chances created.
So yeah, plenty of managers would accept this level of giveaways. Because there's an obvious upside. And let's not forget that these stats are all from a season so far where the whole team has been playing like muck and it is obviously extremely hard for any United player to rack up impressive stats.
I wouldn't mind us going back to basics and perhaps sacrificing a bit of creativity for solidity, just to see if that would change anything.For me the season is already a write off so I hope Bruno gets dropped for a couple of games just so you lot feel what its like supporting a team that creates very little.
I wouldn't mind us going back to basics and perhaps sacrificing a bit of creativity for solidity, just to see if that would change anything.
Some sort of midfield comprising of any three of: Casemiro, Amrabat, Hannibal and Mainoo.
So what harm can it do? We should try and make ourselves a bit more difficult to play against, especially with the absence of three of our starting back four. I'd probably suggest pairing Amrabat and Casemiro with one of Hannibal or Mainoo.God help us if that happens. 13 PL teams have scored more goals than us so far this season.
God help us if that happens. 13 PL teams have scored more goals than us so far this season.
I wouldn't mind us going back to basics and perhaps sacrificing a bit of creativity for solidity, just to see if that would change anything.
Some sort of midfield comprising of any three of: Casemiro, Amrabat, Hannibal and Mainoo.
I doubt it would work but anything is worth a try at this point.I wouldn't mind us going back to basics and perhaps sacrificing a bit of creativity for solidity, just to see if that would change anything.
Some sort of midfield comprising of any three of: Casemiro, Amrabat, Hannibal and Mainoo.
Exactly. What we have been attempting clearly hasn't been working. A bit of extra solidity in the midfield might be a bit uninspiring, but could allow us to eke out some results.Yeah it would make sense to do this with the injuries to three of the best four defenders in the team.
I doubt it would work but anything is worth a try at this point.
You are ignoring the fact Bruno does his fair share of defensive work. He’s hardly an Ozil or Pogba type player.
And he doesn’t give the ball away in the center circle, its more him trying a cross or through ball that doesn’t reach its target.
Are we just going to play keep ball for 90 minutes with sideways passing.