Just like Maguire last season?Bruno has to be droppable. As captain he is not droppable sadly
Anyhow underrating this guy continues.
He lost his head in one game last season and he's not captain material cause of that.
Just like Maguire last season?Bruno has to be droppable. As captain he is not droppable sadly
Just a little jokeThat's fair enough but please do tell me what's so great about Bruno I am all ears .
Maybe get someone else that can do both?He's one of the key reasons why we cant keep the ball. He's also one of the reasons we create anything during games.
This will always be the paradox.
Maybe get someone else that can do both?
He's one of the key reasons why we cant keep the ball. He's also one of the reasons we create anything during games.
This will always be the paradox.
Maybe ones which don’t create as much based on individual stats but may keep the ball more for others to create more overall.good luck finding players in Europe who are as creative as Bruno, and can keep the ball. There are not many.
Maybe ones which don’t create as much based on individual stats but may keep the ball more for others to create more overall.
Who exactly are these others who create chances and why aren't they in the team?
Which team? What do you mean? My reply was to someone about replacing Bruno with another player from outside the club.Who exactly are these others who create chances and why aren't they in the team?
good luck finding players in Europe who are as creative as Bruno, and can keep the ball. There are not many.
Correction: there are none. De Bruyne is literally the only one in the top leagues who comes close. And he only loses possession marginally less!
It may not be that hard to find attacking midfielders with higher pass accuracy than Bruno, but whoever you pick will create fewer chances as an individual.
Yes and that tradeoff becomes less appealing, when you have players around him like Rashford, Hojlund, Casemiro, Mount, AWB and Antony who are not really creative themselves.
But there are two issues with Bruno that tend to get lumped together.He's one of the key reasons why we cant keep the ball. He's also one of the reasons we create anything during games.
This will always be the paradox.
But Bruno also has an issue with misplacing very simple and easy 5 yard sideways passes in the middle of the park
That’s where passing stats are misleading, imo. The problem with Bruno isn’t necessarily the number of his misplaced passes, but the egregiousness of the misplaced passes - due to the situation on the pitch, the low difficultly level of the attempted pass, the need to retain possession at that moment in the game, etc. Those factors aren’t reflected in the passing stats, but anyone watching a game will spot them easily.Is this really the case? I feel that most of his missed passes are because he plays a difficult long pass. His pass accuracy is only 3 percentage points lower than De Bruyne's (last season). That's the equivalent of 1.5 passes in a whole game.
I feel that if Bruno was both overly bold with his long passes and also missed the simple 5 yard passes in the middle of the park, then it would be reflected more in his overall passing stats.
But there are two issues with Bruno that tend to get lumped together.
His creativity hinges on his ability and willingness to attempt low-percentage balls which by their nature won’t succeed all the time but when they do it’s spectacular. Losing possession when they don’t succeed is the price you pay for creativity, and I think most people get that.
But Bruno also has an issue with misplacing very simple and easy 5 yard sideways passes in the middle of the park - which can cause huge problems when you play a high defensive line like we do. I don’t think *those* mistakes are anything to do with Bruno’s creativity - it’s simply due to his carelessness. He can and should eliminate that from his game, and it wouldn’t need to sacrifice any of his creativity.
The tradeoff for his erratic passing (and moany attitude) was goals and assits. Just 8 goals last year (10 the year before). If he's not scoring or assisting, he's not very useful to the team because the other area's of his game are not very good.
This overly simplified narrative needs to end. From the PL last season:
De Bruyne:
83.5 key passes, 16 assists
Ødegaard:
73.5 key passes, 7 assists
Bruno:
118 key passes, 8 assists
Until Bruno achieves the power of mind control he won't be able to score from his own passes.
Ok, you got me. He's sooo much better than de brunye and odegaard.
I agree with this – it is the careless losing of possession that hurts us rather than him trying spectacular passes that don't always come off.But there are two issues with Bruno that tend to get lumped together.
His creativity hinges on his ability and willingness to attempt low-percentage balls which by their nature won’t succeed all the time but when they do it’s spectacular. Losing possession when they don’t succeed is the price you pay for creativity, and I think most people get that.
But Bruno also has an issue with misplacing very simple and easy 5 yard sideways passes in the middle of the park - which can cause huge problems when you play a high defensive line like we do. I don’t think *those* mistakes are anything to do with Bruno’s creativity - it’s simply due to his carelessness. He can and should eliminate that from his game, and it wouldn’t need to sacrifice any of his creativity.
People forget last season we had half a season of Weghorst donkeying it up front and Martial was in and out of the side, barely doing anything. 118 key passes that if we had a Haaland on the end of would have been a totally different thing.Ok, you got me. He's sooo much better than de brunye and odegaard.
18 expected assists from Bruno only and just one goal scored... This is beyond atrocious.
Yes, so? Still a pretty impressive stat for anyone for an entire season. Not sure if you noticed that was higher than anyone else for that same time frame, he ranks top.That's from start of last season.
18 expected assists from Bruno only and just one goal scored... This is beyond atrocious.
Yes, so? Still a pretty impressive stat for anyone for an entire season. Not sure if you noticed that was higher than anyone else for that same time frame, he ranks top.
That's from start of last season.
So let me get this straight, you werent criticising Bruno?Got the answer?
So let me get this straight, you werent criticising Bruno?
One has Haaland finishing chances (8 of his PL assists) and the other has Martial.Taking into account playing time, the difference between these two is ridiculous.
2022/2023 Prem season:
K De Bruyne:…. PL minutes 2,425
Assists 16
Goals 7
B Fernandes… PL minutes 3,318
Assists 8
Goals 8 (2 pens)
Interesting you quote Martial instead of Rashford.One has Haaland finishing chances (8 of his PL assists) and the other has Martial.
City also scored 36 more PL goals.
I gave City’s #9 and CF and United’s #9 and CF. I could have also given Weghorst as another option, he played CF a lot more occasions than Rashford.Interesting you quote Martial instead of Rashford.
De Bruyne having played approx 10 games less than Bruno.