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2024-25 Performances


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5.5 Season Average Rating
Appearances
25
Goals
5
Assists
11
Yellow cards
4
Red cards
2
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Big chance number 1:
A perfect cross to the back post where Rashford stands completely alone roughly 5 yards from goal and fires off a volley. It hits the woodwork.

Big chance number 2:
Inside the box he pretends to cross, cuts back and squares the ball on a platter to Garnacho who has an open shot on goal from roughly 10 yards out. But his shot is shit and the goalkeeper has no problem catching it.

Big chance number 3:
This is not a chance according to stats, but it should be. Bruno plays an perfect volleyed through-ball with his heel and our striker is alone on goal. The problem is that the striker is Zirkzee with a top speed of roughly 8 mph. The defenders catch up to him almost instantly and the chance is gone.
Big chances?
 
Mostly good today, the guy would rack up insane assist stats if our top 3 had some finishing skills.
Jesus they are wasteful. Bruno lacks composure and quality in the end product as well unfortunately.
Ridiculous how many chances we waste.
That back heel volley throughball to Zirkzee was pure filth. Such a creative player
 
Would have been some player if he could take care of the ball.
 
Him and Mazraoui were our best players today. Can't believe how some are still blaming him for this draw. Totally stupid.
 
He's been decent recently. I think most on here don't seem to realise take him out of the team and we create absolutely zilch.
THere was a talk of replacing him with Zirkzee in the past. Probably having Neville's mentality of not owning their mistake, thus keep drowning him at every opportunity.
 
Last corner of the game and to potentially win and he cant even beat the first man
Happens to some of the best corner takers sometimes. I can't imagine it helped that the ref made him stand stationary in the cold for well over a minute whilst he talked to some of the players scuffling in the box. Man, that ref was unbareable today.
 
Happens to some of the best corner takers sometimes. I can't imagine it helped that the ref made him stand stationary in the cold for well over a minute whilst he talked to some of the players scuffling in the box. Man, that ref was unbareable today.
Ref was shit but Bruno should be able to deliver much better crosses
 
Happens to some of the best corner takers sometimes. I can't imagine it helped that the ref made him stand stationary in the cold for well over a minute whilst he talked to some of the players scuffling in the box. Man, that ref was unbareable today.
He's a terrible set piece taker.

I can't think of many other teams in the Prem who have a worse main set piece taker in terms of product.
 
You realize that most top teams don't necessarily create that many big chances across a game of football right? It's not uncommon to leave the pitch with 2 or 3 big chances created, even when you win and have more possession.
Hence why the “big chances” were in inverted commas. Nobody is agreeing with your assessment in this thread - somewhat unsurprisingly.

Fernandes was a player where the juice was worth the squeeze - you accept his shortcomings because he runs like a mad fecker and would score and assist at an alarming rate. He barely does the latter anymore.
I'd argue that it's as useful as a clinical striker.
It’s also as useful to have midfielders who are comfortable under pressure and don’t play so instinctively. Swings and roundabouts.
 
He's a terrible set piece taker.

I can't think of many other teams in the Prem who have a worse main set piece taker in terms of product.
I would take him off set pieces if Eriksen was a regular starter. I'm not sure who else should take them though. Rashford's free kick technique doesn't lend itself to a high conversion rate.
 
Feel for him, since the rest of our attackers are just extremely bad and it's making him look worse than he is
 
I would take him off set pieces if Eriksen was a regular starter. I'm not sure who else should take them though. Rashford's free kick technique doesn't lend itself to a high conversion rate.
Eriksen is better yes. Bruno has a monopoly on them to the extent that even when we had a set piece specialist in Sabitzer, he still dominated
 
He's the most creative and hardworking player we have. There's nothing about nationality in play here.
Hardworking can equate to running around like a fool after a ball while upsetting the formation etc. I would say Casemiro was hardworking today definitely covered less KM’s but had more interceptions and influence on the game.
 
Hardworking can equate to running around like a fool after a ball while upsetting the formation etc. I would say Casemiro was hardworking today definitely covered less KM’s but had more interceptions and influence on the game.

I think Amorim would love Casemiro also, just like Bruno. The other poster saying that Bruno would be a starter under Amorim just because they share same nationality, of which I disagree with.
 
Nani was a better set piece taker.
That corner at the end like the countless other ones down through the years where he hits the 1st man. I’ll never understand why we never have a player at the front post
 
That corner at the end like the countless other ones down through the years where he hits the 1st man. I’ll never understand why we never have a player at the front post

Exactly where Nani used to hit them, Vidic would arrive there and throw his head at it.

It's not hard to put in a decent corner. Genuinely can't understand how a professional player can be so poor at it and still take every one.
 
Decent performance today from him. Set up a sitter for Garnacho who messed it up. Put the world's slowest man through on goal and he messed it up too. But he also messed up his own great chance. The ball dropped perfectly for him, he's got to be hitting the target from there, scandalous how much he missed it by.

For the love of God, can someone take him off set pieces too. He scored a fluky free kick via a deflection against Leicester so that's probably him on fks for the next 3 years but his free kicks on goal are absolutely shit.

And that corner at the end. Last kick of the game, overhit it if you have to because someone might keep it alive at the back post. But to not beat the first man is terrible at that stage of the game.
 
Light and shadow. Think he was decent and yes, maybe that was enough to be up there with the best players TODAY. Don't like the complaining once again. He spent time complaining and asking for a card while an attack was still going, if the captain loses his head like that, I can't see that not having an effect on the others. Few of his passes were ok but boy I hope that Amorim brings football where I don't have to see that on a regular basis. Very professional pen though, I'll give him that.
 
You can debate how well or how badly he played until you're blue in the face but we would be fecked without him.
 
Reality check Eriksen been far better this season, Bruno still gave the ball with silly Hollywood passes and he needs to be taken off all direct free kicks, he’s actually really poor at them?
 
You can debate how well or how badly he played until you're blue in the face but we would be fecked without him.
How we doing with him? Guy has been consistent garbage three years straight. He has four or five Stan’s here for sure but majority see through him.
 
You can debate how well or how badly he played until you're blue in the face but we would be fecked without him.
Nonsense

Like we were fecked without Cantona. Or Ruud’s goals…or Beckham…or without Ince perhaps

Much much better players than Bruno have left the club and we have arguably performed better after leaving.

Bruno is a luxury player we can ill afford
 
Nonsense

Like we were fecked without Cantona. Or Ruud’s goals…or Beckham…or without Ince perhaps

Much much better players than Bruno have left the club and we have arguably performed better after leaving.
The slight difference being that we had world class talents like Scholes, Giggs and Rooney ready to fill their shoes after they left.