Eh…the 21/22 season he was at least as bad as he has been this season, if not worse.
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Season Average Rating
- Appearances
- 45
- Goals
- 15
- Assists
- 11
- Yellow cards
- 11
Awful player. He runs and sets a press that other players follow, causing huge spaces in midfield.
He connects the transition from Defence to Attack, and he constantly makes the wrong decision and loses the ball.
He connects the transition from Defence to Attack, and he constantly makes the wrong decision and loses the ball.
I understand people criticizing him here for the performance, but he is clearly our biggest threat in attack in games like today and he obviously knows that just about any counter attack needs to come from him the way we are set up. People say that he cannot play in a possession based system, but I would rather see him fail with us trying to do that rather than not even bother to attempt it. It would be one thing if we were consistently creating chances through structured link up play and he was needlessly giving the ball away taking risks, but most of the time we do attempt to keep it it ends up being 2 or 3 sideways passes ending up with an aimless hoof.
Hes said it before too. Point being the players do not do what the manager says all the time and Bruno was doing it before the manager got here
The main issue with him is that we don't have a midfield setup to cover how he plays. It would be much more manageable if we had people ready for when he inevitably loses the ball, but the rest of the lads are up beside him or making runs past him, as the deeper midfielders. It's crazy stuff.
It’s a narrative that has followed him from a purple patch when he first joined. At this point he’s not even good statistically.
I don't think the manager has subbed him once the whole season. If he was regularly ignoring instructions then its Eric's job to correct it, especially now that he has a literal like for like replacement in Mount. I think it is far more likely that he is doing just about exactly what he wants given chaos ball seems to be the main thing Ten Hag wants out of this team.
We don’t have a player to replace him with, the only possible one was injured all season.
Pretty sure the manager is not telling him to give the ball away every 5 minutes
I'd like to ask his defenders if you think Mainoo is our future, can you think of a third midfielder that would make a midfield three of Bruno, Kobbie and midfielder X work?
I'd say Rodri, maybe declan rice but it would need to be an absolutely world class center mid with great physical attributes and very good technique aka it's pretty much impossible . Bruno will never work in a cohesive midfield bar 1-2 times a season. It's time we build around Kobbie in the center of the midfield and find him two players he can play alongside that will enhance his attributes.
I'd say Rodri, maybe declan rice but it would need to be an absolutely world class center mid with great physical attributes and very good technique aka it's pretty much impossible . Bruno will never work in a cohesive midfield bar 1-2 times a season. It's time we build around Kobbie in the center of the midfield and find him two players he can play alongside that will enhance his attributes.
Amad could easily replace him. What has he done this season that is so hard to replace? Run around a lot?
We were laughing, the shit show of his game gets buried by that outstanding goal....
He is telling them to play transition heavy football which means you need to go right away when winning the ball back. That inherently means playing risky forward passes. We clearly have no plan on building up outside of that, so what is the purpose of even bothering to keep possession. Likely will just result in a back pass or two or Casemiro gifting the ball away to start another counter.
- The winner vs Liverpool in the 3-2 win in 2021.
- A goal in the 2-0 win vs Man City in 2021.
- A hat trick vs one of our most hated rivals Leeds in 2021.
- Scored the equaliser in the 3-2 win vs Arsenal in 2021.
- A goal in the 2-0 win vs Spurs in 2022.
- Scored the equaliser in the 2-1 win vs City in 2023.
- Sent us to Wembley when scoring vs Forest in the Carabou Cup semi in 2023.
- Sent us to Wembley again with a brace vs Fulham in the FA Cup.
- Scored the equaliser vs Liverpool today.
Awful apart from the goal. Killed almost every single promising attack with either wrong, late or misplaced passes.
Rashford is by far our best big game player despite being a bit meh.
What a terrible footballer for us. We need to move on from such technically deficient footballers that tend to hide their limitations by playing percentage passess.
I give him a lot of leeway, because what people don't realise is that his legs are starting to go, and that's primarily because he runs so much and never gets a rest. And most of that has been for United. It was the same with Rooney and Sanchez.
It doesn't help playing with a midfield that feels like it doesn't exist half the time, he was running back and forth from attack into defence all game. As has often been the case when Bruno doesn't play for us, you only realise what he brings to us when he's not there.
It doesn't help playing with a midfield that feels like it doesn't exist half the time, he was running back and forth from attack into defence all game. As has often been the case when Bruno doesn't play for us, you only realise what he brings to us when he's not there.
I would say Bruno is reading the game poorly when the team is defending. He should time his pressing together with the team , instead of always going solo to press while the team is gathering themselves and not high up enough to stay compact, t hen he is just exposing space for opponent to use.
He might think his act is setting example / leading the team into more pressing , but result wise it's usually the opposite , which gives a peek on his real leadership skills.
He might think his act is setting example / leading the team into more pressing , but result wise it's usually the opposite , which gives a peek on his real leadership skills.
Needs to go along with his mate Cas.Big personalities setting unacceptable sloppy standards the pair of them, and they can take Rashy with them.
noticed that, he triggers unnecessary press for the entire team to follow. when he press, he rashes straight to a player with the ball instead of restricting passing lanes for his team mate to maintain shape.
The thing is, he's not our biggest attacking threat in games like today. All our good attacking play over the last couple of months has had him as a pretty peripheral figure - it's been Garnacho and Hojlund with Dalot, Rashford and others occasionally being involved. Bruno has been very much on the edge of it - go and look back at our goals and performances post-Xmas.
I'd like to see him being phased out. Wasteful and unable to exert control or maturity into a game. There are several prem players I'd prefer at 8 or 10 for us - their ceiling may not be as high in moments but their consistency will bring us better results
like which game? the only game he did not play was a cup game against crystal palace which I think it was our best game of the season. we controlled the game from the start to the end
Wow you’re reaching here. Leeds Spurs Fulham Forrest. These aren’t big game big moments.Scoring a goal, in the grand scheme of things isn’t a big moment. Big game winning goals, cup winning goals. Winning goals against the biggest rivals.
Bruno isn't going to completely change how he plays at this stage of his career, no manager has a god-like grip over any of their players.
He will be wasteful, he will moan a lot, but he will never stop running and almost always guarantees to make a few big chances per game.
The only thing I would change is maybe sub him a few times and give the him a match off every now and then.
He will be wasteful, he will moan a lot, but he will never stop running and almost always guarantees to make a few big chances per game.
The only thing I would change is maybe sub him a few times and give the him a match off every now and then.
The player who was injured half the season could have replaced him?
In public he has said multiple times we should
keep the ball more and be patient
My problem is that he'll rub off on Mainoo. Expecting an 18 year old to constantly have to track back and be positioned perfectly because our captain is running loose trying to press their right back, or losing the ball so easily in a counter attacking situation.
Bad habits are hard to lost and Mainoo may start to get them with Bruno in the team. I though despite his goal today, Mainoos positioning was terrible. It's been terrible since coming back from the international break. It's one of the reasons we look even more open since the Liverpool FA cup game.
I notice you didn't answer what he does that is hard to replace. You also said only one player could replace him that being mount presumably. So go on, explain what Bruno has done that eriksen , diallo when fit or whoever else can't do
I honestly and respectfully don't understand that type of argument.
He's our biggest threat because he plays in every match in his favoured position. If he didn't play (or wasn't in our club) then someone else would be in that position and they too would probably be the "biggest threat in attack".
It's all hypothetical arguments. If we have a different #8 with a different skill set to Bruno then maybe the team will play better as a whole.
United should not be the "Bruno team". He should be there to make us play better as a whole and I honestly don't think he does.
He has an unbreakable habit of preferring to moan to the referee or writhe around on the ground after a soft challenge during open play, ignoring the fact that him not being engaged in the passage of play is leaving us a player down for that moment (Rashford does the same thing BTW).
His Captain Chaos performances do not help us.
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I get the comments on his overall performance. Some goal, mind. 50 PL goals is a great return, also.
Thought he had a really poor game, but ETH had Eriksen AND Mount on the bench but chose to keep him on.
That tells me the player is either doing exactly as the manager wants (constant risk taking) else the manager is an absolute walkover. Either way, I’ll judge him when a manager demands he is more careful in possession rather than with a manager who appears to give zero shits.
That tells me the player is either doing exactly as the manager wants (constant risk taking) else the manager is an absolute walkover. Either way, I’ll judge him when a manager demands he is more careful in possession rather than with a manager who appears to give zero shits.
He was bad, but what an insane finish. It actually needed to be near the corner like it ended up because Kelleher got very close. So so many players mess up a half chance first time shot like that.
Think I'd rather see Mount than him
So goals in the cup that send us to Wembley aren't big moments but cup winning goals are? If you're playing Millwall in the FA Cup final, is that a big game? Make up your mind.
Scoring a goal, in the grand scheme of things isn’t a big moment. Big game winning goals, cup winning goals. Winning goals against the biggest rivals.
Not sure how I'd summarise that performance. Had a few great defensive contributions in the 2nd half and Obviously scored the goal but I'm still coming away thinking he was poor
We would look miles better if we just allowed Kobbie to play as an actual midfielder rather than this false 8 role ETH is obsessed with. Whether we can accommodate Bruno in the long run is another matter but he's got no protection behind him right now.
It’s the easiest thing to summarise. That performance was Bruno in a nutshell.
That initial miss to Garnacho early in the first half should of been a no brainer..
There was a lot to hate and a lot to love about this performance. He's not the controller we're lacking and there's some really frustrating decisions from him. His commitment can never be questioned and he does have that magic in him. I would prefer we built our team with him in it than Rashford, who's just as mercurial.
Bruno needs some rest. Even two matches perhaps. He's a fit man but he needs a break.