Squad player with rotation and competition maybe. We have the two midfield slots behind him to sort out first (Mainoo should also be a rotation player to give him space to develop), and many other gaping holes elsewhere
He’s been frustrating, but perhaps a better manager can bring more focus to his play
The question is, is this really going to work in 2024 anymore. The whole idea of having a ten who is then supported by a double pivot isn't the most recent and many sides move away from it. Also, Bruno for all his qualities misses a few key skills for that position, i.e. dribbling and touch. Putting a double pivot behind makes us a good team in theory when we would still be in the year 2014-2016. These days, probably not so much anymore. Also, it isn't like we weren't there before - we all remember the talks about him making Oles 4-2-3-1 look like a 4-2-0-4.
I see the overall point though, if deployed he should be deployed at the tip of the midfield, but I don't think, that is so ideal as many on here make it look like.
I kind of liked Jamie Redknapp's comments yesterday. Yes, Bruno can be frustrating to watch, but he works his butt off, is always available and provides goals and assists. He can improve his overall level, but he is low on our list of problems.
Yesterday's performance was quite good, because he kept things simple and rarely went for the hopeful long balls. Hope to see more of that.
I think, that is the conundrum isn't it. He works his butt off and is available - makes sense and yes, should be prerequisites. And I would agree that he alone isn't in the top3 of our current issues. I think, even the ones promoting selling him in here indicate that he is that big of a problem - the thing is, selling him now would bring in funds, keeping him will not do that.
I can see the points of all his fans, he certainly tried yesterday and his output was good. But at the end of the day, he is part of the team that is producing the results it produces. Granted: the system, his team mates obviously all play their roles but Bruno is just as much part of that dysfunctional as others are. He just can't be deployed as a CM, he is too weak for it. He has be to be part of the attack, even though I have no idea how to make a setup look like that also takes care of his weaknesses. I probably would put him in the right channel instead of Garnacho. He can move to the left and Rashford goes to the bench. Bruno can play similar to Mata back in the day. This way his stamina can be used and he can chip into midfield. The centre of the pitch can then be assembled with players who have more quality on the ball like our Captain.