How's it not recency bias? Would people still be 'glad to see the back of Bruno!' at the end of his first 6 months with us? Is anyone even TALKING about Bruno's first 6 months where he was unbelievable? Football fans have short memories, and sometimes you even see it lasting as short as the last game. People in this thread are unironically judging him based on the Crystal Palace match where he gave the ball away for a goal. I Doubt their brains can think back past yesterday, so I don't BLAME them, but the thing about statements like is that that might be true in a vacuum, but when you can -directly compare them with other footballers- (in this case de Bruyne) it's a pretty useful too. And otherwise all you have is anecdotal he-says-she-says.
I think you’ll find there are many supporters who just maybe view football in a different way from you and maybe understand it differently. Take Rashford when he was being lauded as an outstanding player as good as Mbappe and scoring goals, there were people pointing out the many many many issues within his game. These people were laughed at and abused and told they didn’t have a clue.
Same when people questioned Bruno’s actual ability when he again was doing a Rashford. Now neither are without talent, both I believe happen to be quite talented, but somewhere along the line got lost and confused and don’t do the correct things that makes you and your team a better team. You say KDB and Bruno are similar but ask anyone who they’d rather have in their team and it will be KDB because he is actually a far better footballer tham Bruno who understands and plays the game in a way Bruno at this moment can’t do.
People like to use stats all the time and yes, they have uses but you still have to watch the players because there are other pieces to a pass, a cross, a shot, a tackle, a chance, a run that just aren’t measured by stats. Until people can get their heads around that simple fact that sports and performance in sports isn’t just a statistical break down model then their is no hope.
I seem to recall when Modric was at Spurs many didn’t want him Because his stats weren’t good enough. Didn’t get enough assists, didn’t score enough goals and so on. But these people clearly don’t watch the game and understand that the man was a must have then and a do not miss because all they cared about was the stats and can’t actually spot a good or bad player to save their lives.
Now I’m not writing Bruno off, as I’ve said many a time he was a far better player when he was playing for Sporting. Maybe the lack of leadership at the club and coaching allowed him to go down this path he finds himself on now where all his worst qualities are the the things he relies heavily on in games and just making stupid decisions after stupid decision but hey, hopefully ETH can improve Bruno. Like I said he undoubtedly has quality but he is nowhere near the likes of your Silva, KDB, Iniesta, Modric, Scholes types.
But hey it’s a game of opinions.
