He needs a beach
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik @Rood and Imran @Annihilate Now! start with the good news by celebrating Manchester United Women's emphatic FA Cup win over Spurs at Wembley and the future of manager Marc Skinner.
Then it's the bad news and the ever worsening form of our Men with losses to Arsenal and Palace.
Finally the main debate - ETH Out now or keep him until the end of the season - if not longer. Are you Team Nik or Team Imran?
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I hope he gets a nice holiday & relaxes after Big Rom
Knocks them out
Knocks them out
The first contact was outside. The real step was well inside and that's the one that counts. Clear pen.
It wasn't. Go to the other thread and there is a pic. I have one on my phone as well. Re wound sky. It was outside
Big plus of Portugal getting knocked out is him getting a rest.
Portugal were still crap without him. Just as usual over exaggeration after the Germany game. Why no questions asked about Jota or Bernardo Silva or Dias. Truth is bar ROnaldo's pens they all have looked awful.
This is so true ... Today Sanchez is the only player who played well for Portugal, Samedo worked hard against Mbappe .. but Jota and B.Silva were really terrible and Moutinho didn't offer much, Ronaldo of course will do his bit depending on the service he'll get which was lacking
Who gives a shit about Jota and Bernardo though ? Bruno is our player
He can't get away with shockers like he does for us. Not only will he be hooked but he won't start the next game. With us he can play how he likes, score a penalty or deflected goal and everyone will sing his praises. While he's a top player, he's just one of many in the team and several levels below the main alpha Ronaldo. He has less responsibility but a lot less margin for error and that's the problem with him for me, his game is filled with errors. We accept it as a byproduct of his goal contributions but I've always felt he needs to play a lot more responsibly and Ole lets him get away with a lot.
Truth be told he plays shit for us a lot too. Just isn’t as highlighted because it’s not a major tournament.
I wish our whole team played as shit as him.
I agree with everything. Hopefully he will find some good form next season
What an absolute mental subsistute to put him RM with 10 minutes to go.
Go 4-4-1-1 and get Dalot RM or something.
Go 4-4-1-1 and get Dalot RM or something.
Absolutely shite tournament to date, so lucky with the penalty decision and didn’t start a game Portugal really had to win. A guy who was Sub for Swansea played instead....yet he’s that good the whole world is envious? Massively over rated. He’s a class player who needs to be allowed to do what he wants when he wants. Regardless of what is best for the team. Who’s inconsistency is overlooked. If we win a major trophy he will be part of it....but he won’t be the reason for it.
In fairness, if he was here he'd be the joint top scorer at the tournament.
He is allergic to retaining possession.
Been a disaster for him. Needs a rest. Hopefully Big Rom & KDB knock them out & he gets a few weeks in a beach. Way way way off the pace. His ball retention is actually awful. For a midfielder it’s obscenely bad.
That's not the point. The way people are acting as if Portugal are playing good without Bruno is absurd. He has become an easy target. Portugal play with less ball possession so he will naturally look out of sorts as he is someone who always wants the ball. The over exaggeration in this thread is funny.
Pretty awful Euros for him. I like Bruno but his undroppable status (along with Rashford) cannot carry on next season.
You can say they are ABU but there has to be a reason why rival fans and even pundits don’t rate him as highly as some United fans do. Personally his ball retention and passing aren’t good enough to be a world class player but he benefits with lots of fans obsessions with stats because while he does put up good numbers his performances leave a lot to be desired.
You can say they are ABU but there has to be a reason why rival fans and even pundits don’t rate him as highly as some United fans do. Personally his ball retention and passing aren’t good enough to be a world class player but he benefits with lots of fans obsessions with stats because while he does put up good numbers his performances leave a lot to be desired.
Portugal play much better without Bruno. They were the better team today as well. Bruno doesn't retain possession like Moutinho does and he is more suited to this Portugal side.
Moutinho is still their best midfielder.
From what I've seen Bruno looks a bit lost in their setup.
Yeah Moutinho has been so consistently good for Portugal for years. Very underrated.
A few years before Fergie retired, there was big talk of a move for Moutinho (and Miguel Veloso). I wonder why it never happened, and he never moved to a European giant.
Not a right winger.
He was really shite tbh. No wonder they didn't start vs France, he is too wasteful
A bit disappointing how United fans are always the first to crucify their best players. Bruno has been nothing short of superb for us, game in and game out. He's at times practically our only creative source and is actually pretty consistent. I don't even think he's wasteful, he fulfills his role of making things happen. He's not a Tempo setter or a player who connects the dots, he's a classic playmaker who has the touch and balance to be found in attacking areas, creates chances, has a good shot and makes excellent runs in behind. He's also excellent at roaming, connecting with our wingers consistently. Most importantly, he's an attacker and people have to start paying attention to that fact. Yes he works hard enough off the ball to look like more of a midfielder at times, but at his best he operates higher up the pitch. Which is why we should continue to still use a 4231...he's a beneficiary of us playing that system.
It's ironic, as for years we had gutless players scared if making that final pass, yet we have creativity and risk taking personified and choose to look at it as a flaw. We're not City, we're not built to be a team to possess 60 percent of the ball, we've never been that team and there are many teams in Europe that play good football without retaining possession aimlessly. Our problem since Carrick stopped being a starting option in our team has been our ability to move the ball from defence to attack. The biggest highlight in this weakness has been our inability to quickly beat the oppositions initial press, hence forcing us to have a slow build up, which makes it difficult to find attackers in the bigger games ( hence forced to release possession quickly) or face a deep organized block in big games( that isn't stretched), making attacks take more time to orchestrate. We also have some games where the lack of consistency on the flanks means we fail to stretch the opposition, so Bruno becomes our only source of creativity. If he simply passed sideways in these games, we'd hardly score any goals. Appreciate that and stop complaining.
It's ironic, as for years we had gutless players scared if making that final pass, yet we have creativity and risk taking personified and choose to look at it as a flaw. We're not City, we're not built to be a team to possess 60 percent of the ball, we've never been that team and there are many teams in Europe that play good football without retaining possession aimlessly. Our problem since Carrick stopped being a starting option in our team has been our ability to move the ball from defence to attack. The biggest highlight in this weakness has been our inability to quickly beat the oppositions initial press, hence forcing us to have a slow build up, which makes it difficult to find attackers in the bigger games ( hence forced to release possession quickly) or face a deep organized block in big games( that isn't stretched), making attacks take more time to orchestrate. We also have some games where the lack of consistency on the flanks means we fail to stretch the opposition, so Bruno becomes our only source of creativity. If he simply passed sideways in these games, we'd hardly score any goals. Appreciate that and stop complaining.
He continued stepping on the calf inside. Definite penalty when you see the replay.
Also Scholes and Carrick were shite for England but WC for us. Bruno is WC for us. It would be nice if he was as good for Portugal, but eventually United what matters to me.
Yes I agree that we should drop our best players and hopefully we can make a good strike for 5th. Honestly feck your opinions he has been nothing but incredible for us you plank.
But but Tielemans is great…Such overrating of other team players whilst we put down our own
He needs to improve his ball retention for is as well. People keep giving him an easy pass for it but that does neither us or him any good. He's hugely important to us but it's about the collective not his stats. And it's not impossible for a creative player to my be loose on the ball. Hopefully he improves in this regard for us.
Guy needs a break and hope Big Rom can do it.
I still remember Scholes was the best player for England in a tournament I’ve watched. Forgot whether it’s WC or Euro, but opponents at that time all highly praised his performance and even named him as the main reason why England is winning in some games.
Scholes wasn't totally shite. But for his stature as player, he should be up there with Zidane, Xavi, and Modric in terms of NT influence.
Why is it okay for Kane to play shit and people would still want him here?
You think people don't want Fernandes here?
Yeah but it's England. And in that generation England were a completely dysfunctional and terrible managed. Players don't operate in some vacuum.
His performances for the national team had actually been getting much better in the past couple of years but he's been poor this tournament so far. Part of it is his fault but we've had tough games and not always got it right tactically. I think he'll still be important, not the kind of player to have mental issues.
I'd like to see him with Palhinha and Moutinho/Sanches in midfield, Danilo-William wasn't working and he suffered because of it too so hopefully the struggles we've had so far makes the team grow and Bruno shows up at his best.
I'd like to see him with Palhinha and Moutinho/Sanches in midfield, Danilo-William wasn't working and he suffered because of it too so hopefully the struggles we've had so far makes the team grow and Bruno shows up at his best.
He's been run into the ground. Played far too many games this year and not had any periods of rest.
Been bad for Portugal but honestly has been quite poor for us for months. Even his technique has gone, makes too many basic mistakes.
He needs rest. And he needs Ole to arrange a squad that doesn't require him to start every single game.
Been bad for Portugal but honestly has been quite poor for us for months. Even his technique has gone, makes too many basic mistakes.
He needs rest. And he needs Ole to arrange a squad that doesn't require him to start every single game.
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