He basically paid back his transfer fee less than 6 months after arriving.
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I also don't want him changing. It's frustrating but what makes him the player he is.
He has been phenomenal since we signed him.
Knackered today but still played pass of the match and it took some bottle to score that penalty.
Now give the poor lad a rest before the Europa League.
Knackered today but still played pass of the match and it took some bottle to score that penalty.
Now give the poor lad a rest before the Europa League.
He needs a complete break from football, he is knackered.
He has been good, but God do we need a cover urgently. Enter Jack Grealish /Thiago
He has been good, but God do we need a cover urgently. Enter Jack Grealish /Thiago
Had a shitty game, it seems exhaustion has gotten the best of him. Still class in penalties.
He really is ace at penalities isn't he?
Pretty poor again. Needs his rest, but he also needs to cut out all those inshallah passes. Gives the ball away too often
Good penalty. Even if Schmeichel did his best spider impression, Bruno was never distracted and the trick worked once again. It's like a cheat code.
Garbage today. But considering matches he played and the role he played to bring the club in this position is tremendous. great penalty as usual. Now go and get some rest.
Hope he's rested until at least the final in the EL. It'll give us an opportunity to work out whether Pogba's the right replacement #10 and Fred / McTominay can step into CM, and Fernandes doesn't seem to know his own limits so needs someone else to pull him out.
How he ended the season isn't sustainable but hopefully that's just because he's running on fumes. Huge signing he's been.
Honestly doesn't need that much rest.
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Been beyond tired in these last 3 matches, but POTY despite arriving late January.
There was someone here who said on his poor days he's like Rooney on his poor ones and I'm honestly starting to agree. He takes risks with his passes all the time and this is appreciated, but on his poor days he'll get most of his passes blocked and the end result will look really terrible.
I think we need to manage his game time next season as he can't play every game imo.
I think we need to manage his game time next season as he can't play every game imo.
watching him the last 3 games or so remind me of Sanchez playing for us, whata traumatic experience that was.
@SportingCP96 it is all your fault. but on a serious note have you seen him like this ever for Sporting?
@SportingCP96 it is all your fault. but on a serious note have you seen him like this ever for Sporting?
Tbh he had a bad game today and visibly still knackered. Even more than the last game. But that pass to Martial worth it all. Love the man 
Along with Pogba,Matic and Rashford he looked dead on his feet.
Yeah first time since his arrival I saw that many bad touch, bad pass from him. And he could barely run at all. Need a big vacation I think.
Agreed,he was genuinely struggling to run after the PK.
The first 11 should be getting a good break now,finally.
Mans a walking zombie right now
No player will be able to play every game. Hence need squad depth so that Bruno type of players are fresh and available for tough matches.
Running on empty. In a perfect world he would have been rested earlier but we had no other option really.
The pace of the PL caught with him lately, he needs to be more economical with his efforts and also not try to get someone on goal with every pass. I know he's a high-risk high reward player but at this level, ball retention is very crucial.
It's difficult to explain but it's sometimes not even about ball retention, look for example the pass where he tried to get Rashford on goal he had Greenwood on the right but a pass to him won't result in a direct chance, so he opted for the more difficult choice and didn't come off and this is just one instance but it's something he does constantly. He's a very good player but if he irons these things in his game, he'll competing for PL POTY next season.
It's difficult to explain but it's sometimes not even about ball retention, look for example the pass where he tried to get Rashford on goal he had Greenwood on the right but a pass to him won't result in a direct chance, so he opted for the more difficult choice and didn't come off and this is just one instance but it's something he does constantly. He's a very good player but if he irons these things in his game, he'll competing for PL POTY next season.
We had squad depth for this one though. Push Pogba forward as 10 and play 2 of Scott, Fred and Matic behind him. No need to play both every game imo. We'll have to go in some games with one of them.
Just looks like he hasn’t got enough in the tank to get enough power on his passes. He’s a all action player in a new league so it was bound to happen. Rest him until the final of the EL if we make it.
Has been the difference since we signed him. He needs a rest though.
We need cover for his position next season and then sign Sancho as well. Maybe a covering LB as well.
We need cover for his position next season and then sign Sancho as well. Maybe a covering LB as well.
What a signing. No doubt he got us over the line for top four in gaining the points we needed since the restart in particular.
Hope he can have a nice rest as the pace of the league has caught up to him. Want him fresh to go again next year
Hope he can have a nice rest as the pace of the league has caught up to him. Want him fresh to go again next year
Man pulled us from a mid table finish to top 3. This is what world class players do. They elevate the team and make the team better instantly. Sining of the decade for us.
Sorry, I'm not buying this he was rubbish today. His energy levels have vanished, the lad is exhausted has been obvious for the last 3 games, but he still created 2 clear cut chances which if our strikers had been able to finish, with that penalty we'd be making him man of the match again.
Pretty terrible again tonight, but it’s obvious he needs a rest. You can tell how tired he is because at the start of him coming in his work rate was demonic and our midfield was much more solidified, but these past couple weeks he’s basically been doing a Dele Alli impression playing right behind the striker and leaving Matic and PP on an island.
Hopefully he gets back to his best after a deserved rest
Hopefully he gets back to his best after a deserved rest
It’s quite obvious he is physically exhausted. Keep in Mind before coming to United and dragging them to 3rd he was literally carrying the tragic team that is Sporting the best that he could. I’ve seen every game since he joined united and I can see he is knackered and needs rest.
As for the question, yes he has had dips in form just like any other player but just like he’s doing at United he still somehow ALWAYS gets his numbers let it be by a goal or an assist.
I can guarantee he will be fine, he has shown and proven his quality already in these 6 months.
Awful again today. But ran more than most of our players still even "tired".
Seems he's become a professional at the job. Carrying tragic teams
Nowhere near his best today but it is as clear as day that he looks absolutely shattered. He has started every single game since arriving in January. Hopefully now gets his well deserved break.
But what a signing he has been! He has virtually been our turning point. Look at where we were in the league table when he first arrived. We were miles behind 3rd placed Leicester City and now we've finished above them in 3rd place. Haven't lost a league game since he arrived either.
But what a signing he has been! He has virtually been our turning point. Look at where we were in the league table when he first arrived. We were miles behind 3rd placed Leicester City and now we've finished above them in 3rd place. Haven't lost a league game since he arrived either.
We need cover for him, to rest him. Ideally we should get someone who can cover a range of positions in the MF/10 area, like Grealish or VDB.
What a player. He’s absolutely knackered but still contributed. There was a period in the second half where the commentators were talking about him being tired and he was sprinting back to track a player and looked like he was running in treacle! They both went “see!” and it was painfully obvious. I wouldn’t worry about him going in to next season - I think he will be even more influential and give us a 30+ goals and assists season. We just need some decent cover, whether that’s a new player for his position (Grealish/Sancho) or Pogba to play there and we get a back up for him.
As he was signed in January 2020, absolutely agree.
I thought his first half was a bit better than he'd been in the last few matches, but then in the second half he dropped right off again. I'd just started getting very frustrated with him when he played the through ball to Martial to win the penalty, and then of course put it away himself.
He looked so utterly out on his feet the last three or four games I thought he might actually collapse never mind complete a difficult pass. Absolute desperate measures to keep playing him under these circumstances but really just a definitive case of needs must. In the end it worked (albeit just barely) but certainly not something we should even consider risking doing again next season.
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