I do wonder if his extension was based off from ETH recommendation? It’s insane when he still had 3 years left on his contract and we could easily have waited for at least another year.
Bruno Fernandes | New contract until 2027
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik (@Rood) and Jamie (@Vault Dweller) are here to talk about United's dreadful home defeat at the hands of Big Ange's Tottenham Hotspur. Should this have been the end of Ten Hag? How long does he actually have left? And does Nik finally want ETH out?!
Him and Rashford are the equivalent of Rooney after his renewal in 2013. Average, some good moments, most well paid players in the squad, stuck with them.
On the OneFootball app, the United fans have him as the player of the match. It’s genuinely crazy.
I think Bruno was tragic all season so far. Few weeks rest will definitely help him. Somehow I feel like we are going to do 9 points during that time.
He slipped spat out his dummy and tried to foul
He’s an idiot and terrible captain
The most overrated player in years along with Martinez.
Bellend.
How does a guy who has played almost every game for club and country for at least 5 years not need a break? And also most those being a full 90?
Of course he hasn't played his best recently, but ridiculous to think it's not cos he's been run into the ground for a bit. He himself needs to understand he doesn't have to be a 'hero' each time but he needs to be fresh as well
Jfc it clearly wasn't deliberate.
He has no emotional control. It’s obvious from the way he plays.
Yeah, when I saw that it was him, I knew Bruno had lashed out. He does that kind of thing when he's rattled.
Before the red card, and before the goal, he'd started the game making 2-3 passes that were under hit or misplaced.
Just Bruno things. That's what you get for trusting someone like him.
At least technically it was not an extension but a pay raise. Still it is time to turn the page and move him on and I imagine whoever replaces ETH will feel that way.
Another mistake.
Creating chances aside he’s mentally poor and generally a pretty footballer with little pace, strength or dribbling ability to speak of. Need to move on and building him as this icon of the club serves only him.
Creating chances aside he’s mentally poor and generally a pretty footballer with little pace, strength or dribbling ability to speak of. Need to move on and building him as this icon of the club serves only him.
He's been rubbish for a while now
Take any saudi offer this summer.
Time to move on.
Time to move on.
It was 100%
It was deliberate, the same way any trip when a player is through is. It wasn't serious foul play though, the red card was nonsense.
It will be a blessing for us though, he's been a negative for a while now.
Agreed, it will only be a blessing if Eric ten hag gets sacked but I worry people will say this result doesn’t count because of the red
Even without him getting sacked, Bruno has been awful this season and his frustrating tendency to boot the ball to the opposition has rubbed off on the rest of the team.
Him having an enforced absence will benefit us either way.
It it was deliberate he would f*ck it up.
Still a top player. Still lots of quality there. The way we play does not do him any favours.
How have you come to this conclusion? The way we play is a result of the way he plays.
Not a red but he was shite. Isn’t the same player anymore unfortunately
in an ideal world he should be a squad player for a tema like ours, unfrotunately, he is good in flashes, which make every manager think about him that we got a chance if hes on the pitch. It absolutely doesnt compensate for the lack of control we have and he also misses so many easy chances with bad decision making. Hes basically in ideal position, hes allowed to play one hollywood pass after another. Roy Keane would fckin kill him for being so wasteful. At least Giggs was 39 when he played like that.
I hope his lovers are happy now that he's got his extension despite his constant awful performances since the beginning of 2021-22 season. This is nothing new and he's been absolutely awful for 4 years running (maybe less so in 22-23).
He never was what his fans made him out to be but being the a statpadder in a monumetally failing United team warrants a legend status for some. It is embarrassing. For years, I've been an advocate of getting rid of him and build for a 4-3-3 with a proper midfielder in place of him. These are my posts in his performance thread just from the last season :
Is there any doubt that we should've sold him to Saudi in the summer now? The real question is why we don't do the obvious (like with EtH) and still do the stupid mistakes?
They also worship Ole and see his awful stint as a positive period
They're the definition of the word "deluded". I'm serious when I say RAWK is better than that place.
I don't want to be discriminatroy to any group of people but I can sorrily say that that sub is full of people from US or Canada who have zero ounce of understanding of football.
He never was what his fans made him out to be but being the a statpadder in a monumetally failing United team warrants a legend status for some. It is embarrassing. For years, I've been an advocate of getting rid of him and build for a 4-3-3 with a proper midfielder in place of him. These are my posts in his performance thread just from the last season :
- Mar 18, 2024
Is there any doubt that we should've sold him to Saudi in the summer now? The real question is why we don't do the obvious (like with EtH) and still do the stupid mistakes?
They also worship Ole and see his awful stint as a positive period
They're the definition of the word "deluded". I'm serious when I say RAWK is better than that place.I don't want to be discriminatroy to any group of people but I can sorrily say that that sub is full of people from US or Canada who have zero ounce of understanding of football.
He is the end of any manager at United, and that ETH can't see that is equally damning.
I was totally against his contract raise as I think his legs are going.
Never rated him that highly anyway and to honest, Ineos haven't impressed thus far either.
Never rated him that highly anyway and to honest, Ineos haven't impressed thus far either.
The person who decided it was wise to give him a new contract when we finished 8th last season with him playing all games should be fired. INEOS biggest mistake till now
It was a terrible decision to make him captain, he is such a poor example to the rest of the squad, the captain should be strong mentally and a leader, neither can be attributed fernandes, who sulks and moans too much.
He looks tired this season. Hopefully this rest will help him and he'll be rejuvenated under the new manager
Why are people freaking out about the contract? He was widely seen as our best player so giving him a year extension and a raise was logical. We'll still get plenty of interest in the summer from the Saudis if he'll be willing to go, it's not like Casemiro, Bruno will be in demand.
I hope the red card doesn't get overturned so we see the team without him for a few games.
I hope the red card doesn't get overturned so we see the team without him for a few games.
Fair play to him for at least having the courage to take the interview and apologise to his team.
We’ve had plenty of players who wouldn’t do that
We’ve had plenty of players who wouldn’t do that
Kind of a weird one in the sense he apologised then said it wasn't a red. Could ask what he's apologising for if that's the case.
I agree with him about it not being a red too, and was surprised to see him apologise. Thought he was about to say it was one when the first thing he did was to say sorry.
Fair play though like you say. Maybe we could say the apology is for giving an overzealous ref the opportunity to send him off?
Ok. We were better with 10 men without Bruno, then with 11 men including Bruno.
Hopefully ETH can use the suspension as an excuse to drop him vs Porto and give the team a few matches without bruno to see how we do.
Hopefully ETH can use the suspension as an excuse to drop him vs Porto and give the team a few matches without bruno to see how we do.
blessing in disguised ?
Unless if ETH decides to play Rashford as 10
This match sums up his season so far and he himself epitomises the state of our team - capable of moments of magic but on average just a bunch of calamitous displays.
Knowing our luck we’ll appeal the red card and it will be rescinded
I think they were listening on ETH too much as he had a good end of season and some interest. In hindsight, they should have sold him which many fans actually have foreseen
He’s just taking the flack to protect the team