He's been incredible for us. Would be nice if he was appreciated more by fans and pundits.
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Season Average Rating
- Appearances
- 42
- Goals
- 10
- Assists
- 14
- Yellow cards
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- Red cards
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik (@Rood) and Imran (@Annihilate Now!) are here to discuss three 1-1 draws.
The first got us knocked out of the FA Cup, the next puts us in a good position in our Round of 16 Europa League game, and the latest was an actual decent performance against Arsenal at Old Trafford.
All hopes for the season now rest on the Europa League - does Amorim have the squad to win it?
He's been incredible for us. Would be nice if he was appreciated more by fans and pundits.
It's so obvious to all onlookers that his performances are integral to how well we play. Our offence has ran largely through him since he joined.
So when he, and by extension the team, play well, he'll get all the plaudits. Problem is, our football is shite. As our focal point, he takes the brunt of the criticism, fairly or not.
He's undoubtedly a terrific footballer, but let's not let this purple patch make us forget that he has been wildly inconsistent for at least 2 years.
Ideally, I'd like us to be far less reliant on a streaky talisman than we are. Bruno is the type of player that needs to be this talisman to be good. When he's just a cog in the system, he's far less useful - see his performaces for Portugal.
As much as I respect him, as as much as it hurts to say, I think he needs to move on for the team to grow. A lot of the criticism of him is saying this in a roundabout way. He's a great player, but not the right player.
I do not believe you watch football
I think you need to factor in how much Bruno is doing for this team. His energy levels are incredible, he is performing the duties of other players just because he is able and willing. Sprinting across the pitch to close down the entire back 4, chasing back when countered, he is literally everywhere. I think, if we put some equally capable players around him, even just physically, he will probably flourish even more. If he was able to reserve his energy for just performing his job as best as he can, then he will for sure be even better and so will we as a team.
I also think he has really worked on his game recently too, he is less wasteful and will only take risks when they are warranted. He has been absolutely exceptional at keeping possession recently, it has been a great transformation. He honestly isn't the same player who was infuriating us over the last year or so. I don't even worry when he is being closed down because I know he has something up his sleeve.
Our only player currently who wouldn't look out of place at any team in the world.
He has carried us for the vast majority of the last 5 years - and this is evident when he has bad games. In a good team, when you inevitably have bad games - as all players do - others can step up and get the job done. However his bad games are exacerbated by the fact there is barely anyone else there to get the job done for the team.
We'd be relegated without him this season.
Also his availability is absolutely incredible!
He has carried us for the vast majority of the last 5 years - and this is evident when he has bad games. In a good team, when you inevitably have bad games - as all players do - others can step up and get the job done. However his bad games are exacerbated by the fact there is barely anyone else there to get the job done for the team.
We'd be relegated without him this season.
Also his availability is absolutely incredible!
Take him out of the team this season and we are relegated its baffling the critisicm he gets yes he gives the ball away sometimes but he scores and assists goals for fun and is our best player end of discussion.
We have him for five years now and i hope he wins a league title before he’s done with us. A player of his calibre and quality thoroughly deserves it
Such a shame he's played for us in teams that have been so bad. He's a very good player but will never be remembered as highly as others who played in top teams.
Such a boring throwaway comment. If you're going to bother to comment on the post, why not give reasons for disagreeing?
The comments with Bruno is so polarized. He played one good game then it's all that "he can walk into any team for starter" and "Man Utd can't live without him" , then after a bad game he was just called "most overrated player in PL" and "have too many flaws in his games".
He played quite good in this game with Arsenal, but with Bruno can we become a title-challenging team ? I don't think so. I would say Bruno is the main reason we can't beat high-intensity pressing and can't play dominant football. The low-block counter-attack style suit him but I don't want to be too carried away for his heroic free-kick while not seeing the real issue.
He played quite good in this game with Arsenal, but with Bruno can we become a title-challenging team ? I don't think so. I would say Bruno is the main reason we can't beat high-intensity pressing and can't play dominant football. The low-block counter-attack style suit him but I don't want to be too carried away for his heroic free-kick while not seeing the real issue.
Our best hope for this season, and for a hugely important financial change in the club, is that he drags us to the europa league.
Wow, that's quite a take. 'the main reason'
Surely then, the games we played without Bruno.. we would be playing dominating footballing, beating the press, scoring loads of goals... Oh wait.. that never happened.
So if we get rid of Bruno... do you think everyone else becomes WC and we win the PL?
We used to get these kind of comments all the time. Apparently everything would be fine if we finally dropped Bruno. Then he missed a few games and we were far worse.
Of course, that doesn't stop constant comments like yours which, to be kind and in an attempt to follow forum rules, is revealing.
I do love this thread.
Our best player by a mile, has been for several seasons now, our hardest working player, best player on the ball and our most creative....yet still people try and find ways to pick him apart.
He'd walk into any team in the premiership, yet some one here seems to think he should be dropped,baffling.
Our best player by a mile, has been for several seasons now, our hardest working player, best player on the ball and our most creative....yet still people try and find ways to pick him apart.
He'd walk into any team in the premiership, yet some one here seems to think he should be dropped,baffling.
Not sure why people are so surprised by his performances in central midfield. His best display under Ten Hag - arguably his best in a United shirt from a controlled standpoint - came in that role. He has the work rate, passing range, and vision to thrive there, provided he has the right partner to complement his skill set.
Ideally, I'd like to see a Carrick-type player alongside him, allowing him to influence the final third more often rather than dropping too deep to receive the ball. But right now, he’s doing it all. The real question is whether Amorim sees him as a long-term solution in midfield or if this is just a short-term fix?
Ultimately, I think it depends on whether we can bring in a No. 10 who matches Bruno’s productivity. That, plus securing a top striker, will probably dictate his long-term position. That said, finding a productive No. 10 seems more feasible than landing a top-tier ball-playing No. 8, which feels increasingly rare in today’s game.
Ideally, I'd like to see a Carrick-type player alongside him, allowing him to influence the final third more often rather than dropping too deep to receive the ball. But right now, he’s doing it all. The real question is whether Amorim sees him as a long-term solution in midfield or if this is just a short-term fix?
Ultimately, I think it depends on whether we can bring in a No. 10 who matches Bruno’s productivity. That, plus securing a top striker, will probably dictate his long-term position. That said, finding a productive No. 10 seems more feasible than landing a top-tier ball-playing No. 8, which feels increasingly rare in today’s game.
Not sure he’d get into the Arsenal or City teams, probably would for Liverpool and all the others.
De Bruyne has fallen off a cliff and Foden is having a crap season, he probably gets into their side in this form.
Might not get into Arsenal's team, but only because Arteta starts hyperventilating at the idea of playing fewer than seven CBs and DMs.
Yep, fair points. I stand by the Arsenal bit, but thinking about it, Pep would absolutely have put him in that midfield at most points this season. A fully fit and on form KdB is the better player I’d say, but how often do we actually see that?
Nowadays we barely see any game without him, so we can't really tell. Meanwhile, just imagine if we replace Bruno with prime Modric, the football we could play .
One player wouldn't have this team playing any better in this system, maybe five or so players yes.
But Bruno with a player similar to prime Modric, now that might make more of a difference.
To everyone
I love Bruno Fernando and he is my favorite player and I have 2 jersey of him. One is a red jersey number 18 and then I have a new jersey of him last Thanksgiving 2024 and it’s a dark blue jersey!!!
I love Bruno Fernando and he is my favorite player and I have 2 jersey of him. One is a red jersey number 18 and then I have a new jersey of him last Thanksgiving 2024 and it’s a dark blue jersey!!!
This of all things is making you reply? Waiting for the same BS point to make, that is boring this thread for years by now. NOBODY is wanting us to play with 10 men. OBVIOUSLY people who don't see Bruno as the most essential piece of Man United do not want to just take him out of the team and replace him with Lindelof. FFS.
Same shit as well. There have been no critical posts around here since last few matches for performances, that were alright to good but hardly more given how the games panned out. Yet still we have this BS posts acting as if they are the voice of reason that are sooo vital on here because if it wouldn't be for them, the mood would shift completely and Bruno wouldn't be safe in England anymore after 3 days.
Thanks for the update. I am sure Fernando is happy to read that.
I agree Bruno has been out standout player amongst mediocrity.
Redknap, I know, said something though which I want to pose here.
Would Bruno make the Utd bench in our heyday?
I have came to the same conclusion too. It will be easier to find a productive 10 than it will to find an 8 to progress play from deep.
You think Bruno wouldnt play ahead of cleverly, kleberson, Veron, forlan etc. Bruno would have been a great second striker back in the day. He has both the workrate and the productivity. Over the past few weeks he is showing he can play in midfield too. Sir Alex would have loved Bruno. We have had a lot of players during our dominating periods that are nowhere near Bruno's level.
Fecking Darron Gibson put up 60 appearances for us.
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I've been watching him quite closely for a couple of games and honestly he's really good. One of the standout performers in the squad
Finally we can go to a peaceful sleep. Thanks for solving this mystery for us
Wasn't making a judgement. Heard redknap say Bruno would have made the bench in the days of Keano and Nev. Thought it was interesting.
That said With our best 11 out he maybe would have made the bench. Wouldn't be a starter for me under SAF.
The bench? How is that even a question?!
May or may not have made our best XI when we were at our very strongest. Although would definitely have been a number of seasons under SAF when he would have started most games.
SAF would’ve absolutely love him
I am not sure if Redknapp was watching Djemba, Kleberson, Fortune, Chadwick get first team minutes, never mind make the bench.
If he had been playing like this for the past 3 years, then I don't think there would have been any criticism. He has been fantastic for the last 3 months. He seems to have gotten quicker and more agile somehow. Maybe Casemiro can take whatever Bruno is taking.
Bench yes. TBF he said Bruno is the only one who would make the squad.
Are you ok? You seem very emotional.
Bruno is our best player, you should probably just accept it.
You know what’s boring? Talking in circles about how getting rid of our best player will somehow make us better.
Tedious and stupid.
Bruno is the one player in our squad who has a claim to being in the best premier league 11 and some people want rid of him!
Do you know how fecking hard it is to cover the amount of ground he does week in week out and then pick out a pass with quality? And remain injury free?
Perhaps the most ridiculous argument against Fernandes, one that has almost become a meme, is ‘we will never win the league with fernandes.’ Forget for a second that we will likely never win the league during his career regardless of where he plays – the best way to assess this is look at previous title winning sides, see where Fernandes would fit, and see if his presence would cost that team a title.
If we look at current Liverpool, Szoboszlai has started almost all of their league games this season. It is frankly ridiculous to assert that Fernandes wouldn’t take his place or that swapping the two would cost Liverpool a title.
For City’s most recent title, clearly Rodri was the basis playing 34 games with Kovacic on 30. Bernardo Silva, Foden, and Alvarez all played almost every game and once again, assuming the City line up is otherwise unchanged the idea that Fernandes being in for any of them, with a Rodri held midfield behind him, would cost a title, is laughable.
Im not arguing about the individual players, or how they might tweak things, Im arguing against the idea that Fernandes is some sort of title kryptonite.
You can go back through recent years looking at teams and swap Fernandes for whoever you like – personally I think he’d have excelled under Klopp – and the argument just doesn’t hold weight. The simple fact is that there are too many players in our current team that aren’t good enough to challenge for a title and this has been the case since 2020. Fernandes though, is plainly not one of them.
If we look at current Liverpool, Szoboszlai has started almost all of their league games this season. It is frankly ridiculous to assert that Fernandes wouldn’t take his place or that swapping the two would cost Liverpool a title.
For City’s most recent title, clearly Rodri was the basis playing 34 games with Kovacic on 30. Bernardo Silva, Foden, and Alvarez all played almost every game and once again, assuming the City line up is otherwise unchanged the idea that Fernandes being in for any of them, with a Rodri held midfield behind him, would cost a title, is laughable.
Im not arguing about the individual players, or how they might tweak things, Im arguing against the idea that Fernandes is some sort of title kryptonite.
You can go back through recent years looking at teams and swap Fernandes for whoever you like – personally I think he’d have excelled under Klopp – and the argument just doesn’t hold weight. The simple fact is that there are too many players in our current team that aren’t good enough to challenge for a title and this has been the case since 2020. Fernandes though, is plainly not one of them.
Firstly, I have no idea what you babbling about... no one has said take him out and not replace him... so no idea where this 10 men stuff is coming from.
if you read the post I commented on.. the poster is saying, Bruno is the MAIN reason which means, if you put Bruno on the bench and play anyone else, we would be much higher..
If you feel that, then you must think its simple, replace Bruno and we win the league.... nonsense.
For Klopp, Bruno would be spoilt for choice in terms of willing offensive runners all around him.
For Pep, Bruno would be spoilt for choice when finding players in the box due to smart movement all around.
For Ancelotti, Bruno would be spoilt for choice because of all the world class players around him. He'd probably get 20-30 assists or something absurd like that.
And for Fergie, he'd be valued for his versatility and tenacity (as well as quality of course).
Mourinho would love him too. He loves a hard worker who can unlock players on the counter.
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