put a proper midfield behind him and he’ll do great. He currently has to do a lot more as there is no proper link between the back and the forwards
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Which manager would come to United and look at the squad and decide there is no place for Bruno?????
Mind boggling!
I can only put it down to Bruno and his agent probably questioning his wage under his current contract in comparison to others at the club and then the club agreeing to upgrade the wage and get him for a further two years in the process.
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Man Utd 1:1 Leicester
Another phoned in performance from Bruno today against Leicester. He's become comfortable with mediocrity
surprised he's not criticised more, but since his first 12 games purple patch, he can always escape criticism because he's the closest to cantona we have had since the frenchman retired.
Not only poor finisher, super weak in everything he did today. If he wasn't such a coward he would have slid and make Fred go 1 on 1 in a big chance instead he pulls out of the tackle staying on his feet and let the leicester player commit winning the crucial ball before we conceded from the counter.
Sick of all the players who can't commit, other than to a big pay check for performing only roughly in 20% of games and not being up to the standard in the rest...
Not only poor finisher, super weak in everything he did today. If he wasn't such a coward he would have slid and make Fred go 1 on 1 in a big chance instead he pulls out of the tackle staying on his feet and let the leicester player commit winning the crucial ball before we conceded from the counter.
Sick of all the players who can't commit, other than to a big pay check for performing only roughly in 20% of games and not being up to the standard in the rest...
Missed a chance, was all over the place, poor.
Chickened out from the challenge which the Leicester player wanted it more and they scored from that play
With nothing else on the line for the club, he appeared to be intent on saving himself for World Cup. A hugely disappointing performance, especially after the news of the contract extension.
Loved the sliding tackle near the edge of our box. Looks up. Hoof!! We lose the ball.
Eric Fernandes
Zero midfield battles won with this guy.
Eric Fernandes
Zero midfield battles won with this guy.
Is it that he is trying too hard, runs all over the pitch, you see him right/left back, midfield, left wing, right wing, as striker. There is no way a player can function like that in a proper team even though I admire his work rate it’s a bit all over the place.
Another poor game. Expected something different after getting a massive pay rise.
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Dare I say it, but he is becoming an average midfielder.
I think he’s always been an average midfielder, in the sense of his general handling of the ball. He has an exceptionally high end product though, and the question will remain whether that end product can be harvested within a team structure that makes sense.
But as a ‘midfielder’, he’s not that good at all. Compare his ability to a player like Pedri, for example, it’s night and day. But players exist within a wider context of a team, and that is what we need to get right. I’ve shared my views on this enough. I don’t think Bruno makes a team play better, but he often makes the scoreline better. Pedri makes a team play better, which probably more indirectly makes the scoreline better, but without as many direct contributions to it. United have a tradition of wanting match winners and heroes - this ‘catalyst’ to inspire, ‘drive’ and all that stuff. But I think we have overlooked the boring stuff, the nuts and bolts, the details for longer than we can get away with, and until we start from scratch and build a machine piece by piece that works with one another symbiotically - I can’t see us being successful, because our model requires us to have significantly better individuals than every other team, which we won’t do.
And that is why he's never injured...
Good post, and I totally agree with that. I think this Summer we need to buy for what will suit the teams needs going forward, even if it is less 'glamorous' names.
Could hear a pin drop in here
Everton 1:0 Man Utd
went and gave him a new contract instead of moving him on whilst some folks are still blinkered by the first season and can't see his limitations, and now stuck with this guy
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Very interested to see how someone like Ten Hag would put up with his shit.
Another rubbish performance, wayward passing, whinging and all round mediocrity. Has caught the United shit bug that players catch when they join the club these days.
5-year contract, by the way. Convince me this was sensible decision, please!
Convince me this was sensible decision, please!I said we shouldn’t have given him a new contract until a new manager comes in and people were getting in their feelings
Plays football like he is in a game of hot potato. No composure or calmness, just boots the ball upfield for absolutely no reason at least 3 times per game.
Awful, awful performance today. Passing was truly abysmal.
Hope his form improves under Ten Hag or we are looking at a 300k per week deadwood.
He's a big problem..
To be honest the whole team has been bad, however, I still can't get my head around the rush to give him an improved contract when his limitations are there for all to see. While the people who are making the decisions like this remain under employment at this club, we are not going anywhere no matter who happens to be the fall guy on the sidelines.
He plays like a drunkard.
So basically he gave the ball away every 225 seconds. Quality.
I was literally about to post in here that he must have lost the ball about 20 times today!
I'm not exaggerating when I say he's the most overrated player I've ever seen at this club.
People said he was as good - or even better - than Scholes.
People said he was as influential as Cantona.
Is called world class but nevermind disappearing in big games; he's an actual hindrance in them.
Give me a break. Give me a kitkat.
People said he was as good - or even better - than Scholes.
People said he was as influential as Cantona.
Is called world class but nevermind disappearing in big games; he's an actual hindrance in them.
Give me a break. Give me a kitkat.
He is simultaneously one of our better players and holding us back. We're never going to play fluid football with such an erratic playmaker. He has no football intelligence.
Hoof! 5 years ffs.
The way he gives the ball away at times is an art. He really destroys any chance of us dominating possession or building momentum as everything has to be forward no matter where he is on the pitch or who's ahead of him
He, like a lot of our other players, need set instructions, because if you give them a free role - like it seemed to be the case with Bruno today, they'll be detriment to the team.
If ETH comes in, then I'd want to see him play Bruno in a similar role to Berghuis. Stick him on the right of a three, as a mezzala. That way, he can make those runs in behind in to the channels, thus creating overloads on the right hand side with the right winger and right back.
As it stands, all we do is prioritize the left hand side and when that doesn't work, we simply have no other ideas.
If ETH comes in, then I'd want to see him play Bruno in a similar role to Berghuis. Stick him on the right of a three, as a mezzala. That way, he can make those runs in behind in to the channels, thus creating overloads on the right hand side with the right winger and right back.
As it stands, all we do is prioritize the left hand side and when that doesn't work, we simply have no other ideas.
And we gave him a big fat contract.
He is actually one of are biggest problems
I honestly can't stand him. It still amazes me how I see posts saying we should build around him. Imagine building around the most dysfunctional player there is.
I've consistently said he's a No.10 that would be playing for one of the money clubs in Turkey and Russia in years gone by. The type that people would always ask why he never played for a top team. Well Bruno is a clear example of what his kind of player looks like in a team looking to complete for the highest honours.
We're stuck with him now.
I've consistently said he's a No.10 that would be playing for one of the money clubs in Turkey and Russia in years gone by. The type that people would always ask why he never played for a top team. Well Bruno is a clear example of what his kind of player looks like in a team looking to complete for the highest honours.
We're stuck with him now.
He started the game well but he's too erratic. To be a fluid team which is great in possession you need precision and Bruno needs to learn this fast. People kept saying we need him to be the risk taken as we don't have any. It's nonsense - great players can find the right balance.
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