He couldn't have placed it any better could he?
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Season Average Rating
- Appearances
- 58
- Goals
- 28
- Assists
- 17
- Yellow cards
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik and Imran hold a long overdue conversation about United's awful league form with 1 win in 7. They discuss a disappointing draw at Bournemouth, a not so disappointing draw against Liverpool and a crushing defeat at Chelsea - Is time nearly over for Erik Ten Hag?
Then in a special second half of the pod, Nik welcomes Natalie ( https://twitter.com/natalie_17) to discuss the fortunes of Manchester United Women as they booked a place in the FA Cup Final after a historic first ever win vs. Chelsea.
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He's doing what he's doing becuase they are covering. It's called balance. Thought he was fantastic. He can be much more measured when playing as an 8.
Yep. Given it's the 86th minute and he had missed a penalty previously I was actually quite surprised at his confidence and calmness. It was a very difficult finish.
To those that are criticising him for being wasteful, as I have in the past, are right to do so. But remember he pulls the strings, he links the play, he plays the killer balls to unlock defences, he won't get them all right but at least he tries them.
Some posters on here need to remind themselves how we played before he came and our attempts to beat the 'low block' as opposed to what we get with Bruno now. Its night and day, he's a winner and now adventuring into world class status for me. I'd rather we get what we did last night from Bruno, rather than watch Lingard and Pereira come up with what they did the beginning of last season.
Some posters on here need to remind themselves how we played before he came and our attempts to beat the 'low block' as opposed to what we get with Bruno now. Its night and day, he's a winner and now adventuring into world class status for me. I'd rather we get what we did last night from Bruno, rather than watch Lingard and Pereira come up with what they did the beginning of last season.
That finish was immaculate. His mental strength is incredible!
I agree, he needs licence to miss quute a few passes, because he is the only one in team that can break a defence with a pass on a regular basis. It’s woth the risk, particularily as he only tends to cede possesion in their third, as opposed to Pogs (who is looking better today, though.)
Reliable, clinical & looks world class
It was almost unnecessarily top bins
Should use the hop when taking pens.
Excellent goal. Even the disallowed goal was a good one actually.
Excellent goal. Even the disallowed goal was a good one actually.
A) No he was great, with a penalty miss and a few misplaced passes his only black marks
B) They really didnt. They struggled greatly with Newcastle's breaks and attacks, or affecting them in any way. So McTominay and Fred are lucky that Bruno was winning the ball more than they did higher up the pitch so they didnt have twice as many attacks to struggle against
Scott and Fred weren't lucky when Bruno was doing his job.
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He reminds me a bit of Rooney tbh.
I'm glad we have him. He is the difference. You could buy good players but it's hard to find one who actually cares about the club and wants to push others around him.
JonnoWhite is that you?
Bolded part was pointed out. But probably worth posting a few times more. 'Cause Bruno stuff.
Reminds me of Rooney or Rio (I think it was the latter) talking about Park and how Park's weirdly good tackling ability helped the five or so defensive-minded players play on the front foot since everyone could cheat just that much more towards their man and force them just that much more higher up the pitch, compressing space and contesting much less accurate passes.
A tornado amongst snowflakes. Hopefully his passion will rub off on those around him. Our most influencial signing since RVP.
That off side robbed him of one of the goals of the season.
He got better after the PK miss. Very rare for us in these times to have a player that responds in that manner.
The 10 min period before he goal he was horrendous but you can never sub him
Same with Valencia. On the right wing his quality was very questionable in the final third, but he used to make the most tackles in the team which meant less defending for other people to do
None of our AMs have ever been our biggest ball winner. That was Ander in DM and then we lacked ball winners till we signed Bruno and he's helped pick up the slack, but not in the DM position you would normally expect a ball winner to be in
I fecking love him. His interviews are so interesting.
Best signing for a long long time.
Best signing for a long long time.
God, did he do that while he was still playing forward? Guess it's his own fault he got moved back there. (Still love him)
Same. 3 parts Rooney, 1 Part Nani, 1 Part Keane in the head. By far our best player post-SAF, the kind of blend of mentality and ability we've been missing for a while. He gets it and he is it.
That lung bursting run in the 84th minute.....started of 20 yards behind Rashers and ended up 10yards ahead of him to give Rashers an extra option and received the return pass for incredible finish. Not even KDB could have had similar effect since Fernandes arrival.
A few clueless United fans used to claim Rooney was better than Ronaldo because Ronnie lost the ball a lot more and misplaced passes too.
A few clueless United fans used to claim Rooney was better than Ronaldo because Ronnie lost the ball a lot more and misplaced passes too.
It was one of the great United goals.
His game intelligence (no stats can account for that) has noticeably transformed a lot of our players like Rashford and Martial( who now moves better) and that return pass from Rashford where previously Rashford would just shoot. Yes he's every bit as good as KDB and will only get better playing alongside better players like VDB who can pass and move.
Lost count of how many times he's in a good shooting position and players like Dan James completely ignore him due to their poor game intelligence (keep head down and shoot from distance when there are better options).
Lost count of how many times he's in a good shooting position and players like Dan James completely ignore him due to their poor game intelligence (keep head down and shoot from distance when there are better options).
With the goal ruled out for offside, you can see James delaying making the pass and as soon as it reaches Bruno and Mata it's one touch. James delay was probably long enough to make Mata onside. Having said that I thought James had one of his better games yesterday, in relation to his form for the past 6-7 months anyway.
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I was screaming at the screen JAMES LAY IT OFF FFS!
As you say that seconds could make all the difference in the future, that's unfortunately why I don't like James, fast in the body but not in the head.
But what about his passing stats
Yeah he was a very aggressive tackler on the wing, you could never sneer at that
Such an incredible player. Can always count on him getting either a goal or an assist. Unreal output.
Rashford makes those passes to Shaw all the time, just not quite as centrally
Just on a side note, I recall having an argument with some posters as to how James is still a quality player at the very least on Bruno's level.
In hindsight, it is mind-boggling that Real offered James, Odegaard and Vasquez for Pogba and Utd turned it down.
In the box I never feel like he is going to miss. He can play really poorly in a game but when it comes to the crucial moment he will deliver.
He's also set up Martial a couple of time like that.
Sometimes highlights packages give you the wrong impression of a player.
Sometimes...
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