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Did he lose it 34 times? That also feels like an exaggerated claim.
Our only attackers that can really do that are Eriksen, Mount, Antony, Amad and Zirzkee. Their output is crap though. That's fine if you want to play that style, but we don't have players in our squad conducive to that who will actually score enough. Like it or not, Bruno still is good at turnovers and more creative than anyone in the squad and the idea of we just get of rid him and all of sudden we control games is naive. We also lose a lot too.
It's gaslighting to pretend he give us little output for all the chaos. We don't play a possession based style though, because we don't have the players in our squad.
I kid you not, there was a period early in the second half when he gave the ball away three times in under a minute. It's ridiculous.
Exactly. If everyone else was firing and he was just giving it away, I get the argument. That's just not the case though.
Yes and I recall similar situation in the 1st half too.
It really is crazy. He's playing in the position that requires the most technically. Players in that position are usually amazing in possession and only give it away when trying something really difficult. Imagine if Bergkamp couldn't keep hold of the ball and kept missing 10 yard passes.
He knew the defender would catch him up because he has no speed or strength. To be fair to him he does know his limitations and makes the very most of his abilities.
It's not and he's probably lucky it's not more considering how many underhit and overhit passes that found their target he made yesterday.
Which is fair. I still think he could have controlled it and set himself up for a better shot than the craziness he attempted
Says somebody who ‘supports Martial’
No, without Eriksen we are toothless. Without Eriksen and with Bruno we are useless.
That's not down to the players we have at our disposal, that's down to the style of play we've played for years and us insisting on making most of our attack to go through one player. We should never have made Bruno out to be this footballing God and the talisman of our team. He was never that good. Unless you're Messi, Neymar, Ronaldinho, Kaka, Salah then you don't build the team around one player. It has to be played as a team, which is why teams like Aston Villa and Newcastle can create so many chances and score so much without their Bruno. They don't have better players than us other than having a better forward, so how do they do it? They just play simple football and involve the team, play it out wide, through the centre, cut backs. Simple goals and effective football without trying to make as much YouTube highlights content as often as possible. And to posters that say we can't do it with Bruno, you're wrong. We could, but it is too late now after having allowed him to play like this for years.
What? Since when has Eriksen become an important player for us? This seems extremely knee-jerky.
Fernandes of about 18 months ago, perhaps. He’s regressing from game to game and it’s only going to get worse.
Since Bruno stopped being productive. Eriksen is the brain of this outfit, until we find a new one in summer. Bruno lost his sometime in 2022.
Around the 55th minute. I took note of it as it was so disgusting.
Bruno hasn't stopped being productive though and certainly hasn't been unproductive since 2022. Eriksen has only really showed he's any good against poor opposition and he's not the creator.
He deserves criticism for missing his chances, but as Keane always says, it's a team game. If everyone else is missing their chances too, you can't just say Bruno has to take his and the others are allowed to miss as they're young. They all have to be better and help each other out.
This is the part I find weird. No one seems to be able to get hold of him. He plays like he’s not accountable.
On the other hand, he has no issue shouting at his teammates
There’s a strange implication that if we bench him or remove him from the side we would be entirely bereft of any sort of creativity and the squad would cease to stop scoring goals. (We don’t really score any with him anyway, but that’s another point)
Short memories, Rooney was equally as frustrating at times, Giggs also missed some howlers in his time.. honestly, acting like other players were perfect isn't helping.
He got taken off against Brighton and I personally thought that was a mistake at the time. If we had a creative or goal threat from midfield player on the bench, then fine. We just don't have that though. A half fit Mount isn't exactly an inspiring sub.
