Press resistant as a concept doesn't exist.
No one is immune to a press, it's how they deal with it that is the difference, the simple fact of the matter is that every player is affected by the press, be that changing direction, passing the ball or a bit of skill, they have their minds changed and thus are then affected by the press.
In the most literal sense, you might be right. But as I said, it isn't a technical term that has some sort of DIN norm. So if 50 out of a 100 people have a mostly aligned understanding of the term, it would be a bit weird if you'd stand there telling them, that their shared understanding of a real thing is not a concept. But for arguments sake - if you don't want to use the term, thats fine. Most other people understand it means a player has a certain skillset, that allows him to deal with pressure. And some players, i.e. FDJ, do it way better than others i.e. back in the day. You wouldn't say Carrick wasn't good on the ball. You also would say he wasn't a technical player. The term in question gives you the possibility to distinguish the player without the need of an overly long explanation.
As for the last section, I have been involved in several discussions throughout this thread, there's been a lot of blister from both sides,
You are right. Which should lead to everybody trying their bit to unfuel the fire and not pouring more into it.
We have had people try to deny that achieving the metrics he is achieving means he is producing.
The simple fact is attacking wise we are pretty good bar the finishing aspect which is more attributed to the lack of strikers more than anything, part of this reason is Bruno, so much so we have players such as KDB calling him a creative machine.
We are not pretty good compared with the teams we are up against. Hopefully the xG concept is something you find useful because it can tell us about the quality of chances we are producing. The system has its flaws but over the course of a season and applied in the same way to every match, it lets you compare the offensive output from teams.
in 2020/21, the lauded season of Ole, we were 4th best team in terms of xG with 63. Closer to Westham and Leeds than Chelsea, Liverpool and City. City ended with 77.
in 2021/22, last season of Ole, we were the 6th best team with 57. Closer to Westham and Brentford behind us than to Arsenal, Tottenham, Chelsea, Liverpool and City. Last two ended with with an xG of 93 by the way.
in 2022/23, 1st season of ETH, we were again the 6th best team with 72. Rest of the pack well below, but interestingly enough, behind Liverpool (80) and Brighton (77) who ended up behind us in the actual league table.
in 2023/23 after mostly 5 matches played, we are 8th...But small sample size.
Obviously, the chances created are not only Brunos are of interest but also from every other player. It still gives an impression of where we are. Compared to the the thing that matters: the teams we are up against for league points. We might be pretty good (as this is a bit subjective) but our rivals are even better.
(all data from understat btw. and yes, I know they might not be the best with it, but as I said, as long as they are applying their thing the same way to us and our rivals, a comparison is still possible)
Take Bruno out of the equation and we would lose a lot of that creativity.
To say we would improve in other areas could well be true, but that's conjecture as no one really knows what would happen.
What we do know is United would have to gain a lot of assists and creativity elsewhere due to the figures and metrics that Bruno consistently puts in.
You are right here. But also, as nobody knows what happens, we could find ourselves in a better situation than now.
But you are certainly right, it obviously isn't the case that simply taking Bruno out will get us there. But to be honest, thats not really what people in here are asking for.