He did what is more important and what made us win the game, and people still complain. It's him who ruins the team's dynamics and bla bla bla.
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- Assists
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Fernandes has not been poor for two years. He had a bad season last year. However, he was our key man the season before.
It's also untrue to say Fernandes plays like he has free license. He's one of our hardest working players with and without the ball. The stats show this. Misplacing passes is not the same as just doing what he wants. Fernandes is a hard working player and very much conforms to the needs of the system. Ten Hag would not continue to pick him if he thought Fernandes was not willing to carry out his instructions.
As for Pep and Klopp, noticeably they've both moved away from their false #9 systems and brought in big goal poachers. That should be a reminder that football is cyclical. Fernandes goalscoring from midfield may be less common today than it was 10 years ago. However, goals are never outdated. Without Fernandes we don't win today. A statement you could make on any given weekend for much of the past few years and not be mistaken.
The goal he scored was great, other than that, it's another average overall performance
Mixed good with bad, mostly good though, crowned it with a goal.
Absobloodylutely spot on.
Put in a shift, popped up all over the pitch, took his goal very well, and was otherwise total, unadulterated shite.
Vintage Bruno.
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Man I just hope that goal gives him his past confidence back
He is everywhere but yet he is nowhere when we are building up.
Another shitty performance but this time masked with a goal.
It reminds of Rooney a bit. Rooney had to mature out of the excited puppy phase when he would just tear all over the pitch. Bruno is still doing that. Everywhere yet nowhere.
If you're inconsistent in possession you're shit in possession
no?… inconsistent - Meaning sometimes good, sometimes shit.
unless you understand a different meaning of the word?
Rooney was a far better more mature player in his application than Bruno ever was.
I get the excited puppy phase bit off the ball, but Rooney wasn't like that with the ball. Bruno treats it like a hot potato.
Hoping ETH can make him more productive on the ball… certainly has the credentials to improve him as a player
I thought he was something of a continuation of what we saw against Liverpool, only this time he scored which is nice.
A lot of effort, huff and puff, but really frustrating play at times.
A lot of effort, huff and puff, but really frustrating play at times.
I thought he did OK today. It was a good finish, hopefully he can build on it.
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it was an exceptional finish… no way rashford scores that
No arguments here, very happy the chance didn't fall to Rashford.
I know what the word means as I'm sure you can assume. But in a footballing context. For example if say, a midfielder has a 50% pass completion rate it isn't inconsistent its shit.
(Not sure if I'm explaining myself correctly)
No you’ve explained it well, I just disagree
he has an 80% pass completion rate this year so far… de bruyne has 84%
Ok cool. Its just that for me to say inconsistent in possession, which is more than pass completion, means not good in possession. Its not one of his strengths is it to be fair. I wasn't trying to be pedantic but just the logical way I process things. Not a fan of his in general however so maybe it's that.
We'll never play consistently well with this guy in the team. Too erratic and undisciplined. Seems like our scouting department was spot on about him and yet we bought him anyway.
I've felt this way for a long time and unfortunately he seems to keep proving me right. And now he's on massive money, so we cannot offload.
I've felt this way for a long time and unfortunately he seems to keep proving me right. And now he's on massive money, so we cannot offload.
What did the scouting department say
That he turns over the ball too much
The only difference is Bruno's passes are back to the players behind most of the time.
He's not surviving Ten Hag. I give it a month before he's dropped
I am sure people have already mentioned this but Bruno should be taken off the pitch as soon as Ronaldo is brought on it. He just tries unrealistic balls to Ronaldo as soon as he is on the pitch even if it is last minute. Could have cost us in both matches.
Rooney was kind of wasteful in his later years but never as much as Fernandes. Some of the things he does, like that "shot" aka pass to the goalkeeper in this match, are utterly baffling.
Bruno seems to have above average vision and the belief in that he can make it happen. Just doesn't seem to have consistency to do so. I don't know what is worse. Never having the balls for trying, or not not understanding your limits.
If he calms down a bit, there is still a half decent player in there.
If he calms down a bit, there is still a half decent player in there.
Seconded.
Bruno needs to focus on keeping it simple. Stop the Hollywood balls, stop the attempts at crosses with a 1% chance of making it to the intended recipient. He can be the heart and soul of this team. He wears his passion on his sleeve. And as we saw with his finish against Southampton, he’s capable of great heights. He just needs to tone it down.
Fabulous finish but I don't know how well ever dominate teams with the likes of Bruno, Elanga and Rashford (usually Mctominay too) unable to retain the ball. We need players who have the control and precision to maintain possession otherwise we'll always be a counter attack or failed possesion team.
Sometimes you just have to accept and adapt to a players weaknesses. Like Trent for example. Suspect defensively, dispossessed I think the most, not great passing stats but his goals and assists are crazy. Liverpool can accommodate him and cover for his weaknesses and we can do the same with Bruno. Yeah it means we might not become the best passing/control machine but that might be a weakness as well.
For instance if we only played one of them and the stats for arguments sake are like below -
Eriksen 4 goals and 3 assists good defensive positioning but low work rate
Bruno might get 10 goals and 6 assists, bad positioning but high work rate
So would that translate to more points with Eriksen or with Bruno? Who knows. In a certain team with 20 plus forwards we might be better off with Eriksen. But with our team we need goals and assists so Bruno is a necessity and we need to adapt to his erratic passing to get the goals and assists.
For instance if we only played one of them and the stats for arguments sake are like below -
Eriksen 4 goals and 3 assists good defensive positioning but low work rate
Bruno might get 10 goals and 6 assists, bad positioning but high work rate
So would that translate to more points with Eriksen or with Bruno? Who knows. In a certain team with 20 plus forwards we might be better off with Eriksen. But with our team we need goals and assists so Bruno is a necessity and we need to adapt to his erratic passing to get the goals and assists.
Think what we're doing which is smart is not having him and Fred much together, if both are playing we will lose the ball every time we get possession.
His passing is terrible. He had a great first season but we could still see that he was making lots of mistakes and losing the ball.
I think Ten Hag will love him and he'll be a mainstay all season. Works hard, a leader on the pitch and gets you goals/assists even if he's off form.
Contrary to Caf's belief I think Ten Hag likes players like him. Yeah he has been erratic in posession but I believe Ten Hag can work on it.
There’s a much better, permanent solution to that problem.
He also brings some attitude to what has been a bit of a lightweight team. Yes he's a whinger but he also shows leadership and an ability to dig in under pressure. Need some of that personality on the pitch in my opinion.
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