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2025-26 Performances


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5.9 Season Average Rating
Appearances
29
Goals
5
Assists
15
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3
Sweet jesus. Do you watch football matches? The first thing a corner taker does after taking a corner is move a few yards away from the by line so as not to be caught offside. He didn't move because of the pass. He moved because it's football 101
Really?! :lol: You do udemy courses by any chance?

I only said that he moved and that the pass didn't land at his feet, which is just factual. It doesn't mean the pass isn't great, but you implied he was stationary and it landed on top of him. Not interested in this back and forth, anyway, I'll leave you to it.
 
Really?! :lol: You do udemy courses by any chance?

I only said that he moved and that the pass didn't land at his feet, which is just factual. It doesn't mean the pass isn't great, but you implied he was stationary and it landed on top of him. Not interested in this back and forth, anyway, I'll leave you to it.
You know, I just re-read my posts, and I don't like my tone. So my apologies for being a douche :-D
 
I don't think it demonstrates great vision to be honest. One quick look and he would know Mbeumo is all alone there. Looks good but not anywhere near the pass it's made out to be.

Go on? The video is right here. He's running to the ball in front of him and kicking it backwards/side with power on the half volley, cross field to a player all alone with no players around him. Mbeumo also has to run to the ball, not like he was standing there and the pass landed perfectly at his feet.

It's a great pass, the vision, technique and precision execution to hit a 50 yard pass on the turn and half volley like that. Not many players would see it or even think of playing it, never mind actually hitting it perfectly.
 
Shouldnt be sold if we have any ambition for next season. We brought in 3 top attackers and theyre alll benefitting from playing with Bruno.
 
What happens if he does?
Not much I guess. The notorious ones in here will go into an unknown frenzy, which is worrying given what levels of praise are already achieved after a decent game or two. All the while the rest will do what they always done, appreciate a player when he does well and even better. I hope Bruno knacks the record away from Henry since he is an Arsenal player but apart from it, I don't think it will do too much. He's seen as one of the best assist givers for quite some time. And deservedly so.
 
His pass for Mbuemo was incredible. His pass for Cunha for the penalty was even better. Not to mention the cross for the goal. Best season he's had for me
 
Zola and Yorke?! Come on now, you honestly can't be serious.
Zola was absolute silk and Yorke was an amazing player in the best United side of all time, 98-01. I'm serious.

I would have Rooney and Bergkamp too for that matter.
 
Zola was absolute silk and Yorke was an amazing player in the best United side of all time, 98-01. I'm serious.

I would have Rooney and Bergkamp too for that matter.
Zola was a good player and a lovely watch but he wasn't even close to as effective as Bruno. Yorke was class for us for two seasons, so not even near Bruno's consistency. He was also a pretty different player to Bruno.

Bergkamp was another lovely player to watch but I still think Bruno was more effective and more important to us than bergkamp was to arsenal.

I think it's pretty clear from the people you are pulling out that you privilege a certain kind of play style over Bruno's and I would suggest this is colouring your opinion.
 
Zola was a good player and a lovely watch but he wasn't even close to as effective as Bruno. Yorke was class for us for two seasons, so not even near Bruno's consistency. He was also a pretty different player to Bruno.

Bergkamp was another lovely player to watch but I still think Bruno was more effective and more important to us than bergkamp was to arsenal.

I think it's pretty clear from the people you are pulling out that you privilege a certain kind of play style over Bruno's and I would suggest this is colouring your opinion.
I think they all played to the same style. Creating chances with intelligent football. Some leaned more on their athleticism and some couldn't but I would have all above Bruno. To say he's the 2nd best no.10 in PL history is a bit rich for my blood.
 
I think they all played to the same style. Creating chances with intelligent football. Some leaned more on their athleticism and some couldn't but I would have all above Bruno. To say he's the 2nd best no.10 in PL history is a bit rich for my blood.
I wouldn't say this is a 'style'. To say that Yorke and Bruno were similar players is a wild take to me. Yorke only hit double digit assists in the league twice in his entire career. He was much more of a goalscorer and nothing like Bruno imo.
 
I wouldn't say this is a 'style'. To say that Yorke and Bruno were similar players is a wild take to me. Yorke only hit double digit assists in the league twice in his entire career. He was much more of a goalscorer and nothing like Bruno imo.
I'm not saying Yorke and Bruno were similar players. Yorke did indeed have more in his locker and that's why I'd have him over Bruno as a better 10.
 
I'm not saying Yorke and Bruno were similar players. Yorke did indeed have more in his locker and that's why I'd have him over Bruno as a better 10.
He didn't though, plus his peak lasted much, much shorter.
 
I'm not saying Yorke and Bruno were similar players. Yorke did indeed have more in his locker and that's why I'd have him over Bruno as a better 10.
That's a wild take and I can't disagree with that more, Bruno has 100x more to his game than Yorke but Yorke was a better goalscorer (He also played in a lot more dominant team closer to goal), Bruno's capitaincy (You can see him coaching on the pitch), his vision, passing, defensive work are much better but it's odd to compare the two where they play different positions in different eras and occupy different places on the pitch
 
With 10 games to (there are more players in the lower categories, but I'm focusing on the biggest names):

Already matched (13 assists):
Bergkamp, Gerrard, Yorke

14 assists:

Kane, Eriksen, Nani

15 assists:
Beckham, D. Silva, Hazard, Le Tissier

16 assists:
Cantona

18 assists:
Lampard, Fàbregas, Salah

19 assists:
Özil

20 assists:
Henry, De Bruyne

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Seeing as Bruno spent half the season playing in a midfield two, I think even 15-16 assists would be crazy. Especially when you consider the overall team quality.
 
That's a wild take and I can't disagree with that more, Bruno has 100x more to his game than Yorke but Yorke was a better goalscorer (He also played in a lot more dominant team closer to goal), Bruno's capitaincy (You can see him coaching on the pitch), his vision, passing, defensive work are much better but it's odd to compare the two where they play different positions in different eras and occupy different places on the pitch
I would agree that Bruno has better vision and reading of the game but Yorke was better on the ball, dribbling and obviously goalscoring especially heading. I prefer prime Yorke over prime Bruno. He was a key part in a treble winning team. It's not a crazy take.
 
I would agree that Bruno has better vision and reading of the game but Yorke was better on the ball, dribbling and obviously goalscoring especially heading. I prefer prime Yorke over prime Bruno. He was a key part in a treble winning team. It's not a crazy take.
To say he was better isn't a crazy take (I disagree as I value Bruno's availability so highly) but to say that Yorke had more in his locker is something I completely disagree with, Bruno is decent at most things and is a very rounded player, that doesn't mean he was as good as the things that Yorke was brilliant at hence why you could argue Yorke was better but he wasn't more varied in his abilities.
 
With 10 games to (there are more players in the lower categories, but I'm focusing on the biggest names):

Already matched (13 assists):
Bergkamp, Gerrard, Yorke

14 assists:
Kane, Eriksen, Nani

15 assists:
Beckham, D. Silva, Hazard, Le Tissier

16 assists:
Cantona

18 assists:
Lampard, Fàbregas, Salah

19 assists:
Özil

20 assists:
Henry, De Bruyne

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Seeing as Bruno spent half the season playing in a midfield two, I think even 15-16 assists would be crazy. Especially when you consider the overall team quality.
Why would that be crazy? I believe 5 of his assists came from corners, and most, if not all, came from when he was a CM. His position is irrelevant when his assists come from corners.
 
Why would that be crazy? I believe 5 of his assists came from corners, and most, if not all, came from when he was a CM. His position is irrelevant when his assists come from corners.
:D what kind of answer do you expect? I'd say "crazy good" is only a half-point better than the base-level for this poster for any given game.

I think, he'll get close to the record. He's taking most of the set-pieces and given the rest of the fixtures, there is a good chance, that we won't face too many deep blocks, which will help him on top.
 
In case there happens to be multiple posters on ignore:

1. Why do corners not count?
2. You do realise that many of the players above Bruno also had many corner assists, right?
3. If breaking the 15 assist mark isn't "crazy", then how come so few players have done it? Not to mention, most of them were world class attackers or AMs (not CM) for the whole season.

I don't think that Bruno will break the record. He's on pace for 17 right now and I don't think we score that much more under Carrick? We seem to have shaped up defensively and in the overall play, though.

But my point is that he doesn't need to break the record. Beckham and Cantona "only" made 15 and 16 assists. Giggs never managed more than 11. Scholes never more than 6. All of them were world class legends and played for far better teams.
 
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In case there happens to be multiple posters on ignore:

1. Why do corners not count?
2. You do realise that many of the players above Bruno also had many corner assists, right?
3. If breaking the 15 assist mark isn't "crazy", then how come so few players have done it? Not to mention, most of them were world class attackers or AMs (not CM) for the whole season.

I don't think that Bruno will break the record. He's on pace for 17 right now and I don't think we score that much more under Carrick? We seem to have shaped up defensively and in the overall play, though.

But he doesn't need to either. Beckham and Cantona "only" made 15 and 16. Giggs never managed more than 11. Scholes never more than 6. All of them were world class legends and played for far better teams.
It's the old 'penalty goals aren't goals' argument reframed!
 
Also, I just noticed that his average rating (season average performance rating) here is still under 6. Wild.
 
He’s world class. Good enough to have played for any top club in the world and if he had he would have had multiple league titles and potential European trophies which would then have people calling him one of the absolute best. It’s only because he’s played for us during one of our worst periods that he doesn’t have the league titles to back up being one of the best.

He’s hands down one of the best in his position in the history of this league.
 
I found another freak stat (I haven't fact-checked it):

If we set the cut-off at 100 G+A to avoid short-term superstars, then Bruno has the 2nd best G+A ratio of all time in Manchester United. And that's regardless of whether we divide by apps or minutes played. Only Van Nistelrooy is in front of him.

Of course, the ratio for Giggs, Scholes and Charlton suffer because they stayed for so many seasons. But even if we just go by total numbers then Bruno is already 8th. And if he stays for another season he definitely makes 7th and has a good chance at 6th. But 5th (George Best) is probably out of reach, unless he retires here and keeps up the good work for minimum 2-3 more years before slowing down.
 


The parts that we don't see...

...but he waves his arms so it doesn't matter, right?
 
Quality yesterday, proper captain's performance in the second half especially.
 
His crossing has improved a lot. That was a Trent/KDB level style in the middle third like that. Imagine we get a Diouf style LB on the other side…
 
Between his ability to create goals and assists out of nothing, in ANY game and inhuman ability to always be fit - Bruno is seriously priceless.

There may be some players who have equally good skills, or who may even suit better what you are looking for, or whatever but name a single top-level player who is never injured like Bruno? We do not appreciate enough how much that means to us. Somehow forgetting another quality midfielder we have, Mason Mount, who is never available. Imagine if Mount was available like Bruno... Or Bruno was always injured like Mount...
 
Lisandro is a quality inside the lines passer to feet, don’t really think he has that whip and bend on crosses like that
I remember him putting a beauty onto Bruno's boot to win us a late European match. Maybe against rangers
 
With 10 games to (there are more players in the lower categories, but I'm focusing on the biggest names):

Already matched (13 assists):
Bergkamp, Gerrard, Yorke

14 assists:
Kane, Eriksen, Nani

15 assists:
Beckham, D. Silva, Hazard, Le Tissier

16 assists:
Cantona

18 assists:
Lampard, Fàbregas, Salah

19 assists:
Özil

20 assists:
Henry, De Bruyne

---

Seeing as Bruno spent half the season playing in a midfield two, I think even 15-16 assists would be crazy. Especially when you consider the overall team quality.
Position is somewhat irrelevant as long as they aren't a defender, given it will likely even out set piece takers/players who are farther forwards. Makes it more fair. I feel like Cantona might not have been corner taker or regular set piece taker so that number seems much more impressive, same as with Hazard.

He's on track to be very close, his switch to AM has increased his output but we've got hard games. I reckon he'll get 17.
 


The parts that we don't see...

...but he waves his arms so it doesn't matter, right?


Well of course this a positive from him. But it also doesn't help morale if your captain is throwing his arms into the air after you make a mistake.

Sometimes encouragement goes a long way so you don't fixate on the fact if you do make mistake, you're captain won't be furious with you in front of 70k people on a regular basis.
 
In case there happens to be multiple posters on ignore:

1. Why do corners not count?
2. You do realise that many of the players above Bruno also had many corner assists, right?
3. If breaking the 15 assist mark isn't "crazy", then how come so few players have done it? Not to mention, most of them were world class attackers or AMs (not CM) for the whole season.

I don't think that Bruno will break the record. He's on pace for 17 right now and I don't think we score that much more under Carrick? We seem to have shaped up defensively and in the overall play, though.

But my point is that he doesn't need to break the record. Beckham and Cantona "only" made 15 and 16 assists. Giggs never managed more than 11. Scholes never more than 6. All of them were world class legends and played for far better teams.
1. I never implied corners don't count. You specifically said: "Seeing as Bruno spent half the season playing in a midfield two, I think even 15-16 assists would be crazy."

Him playing CM for a lot of the season doesn't really matter when he got like 5 assists from that position and they came largely from corners. He could be playing CB and it wouldn't be any more impressive.

2. Yes, some do. The ones at the top don't have many assists from their corners. Thierry Henry had 2 corner assists in his 20 assists season. De Bruyne had 1 corner assist from his 20 assists season. Salah had 0 corner assists from his 18 assists season. Özil had 1 corner assist in his 18 assists season. Fabregas had 4 corner assists in his 18 assists season. David Silva had 2 corner assists from his 15 assists season. Bruno has 6 or 7 already.

3: He won't break the record. He is overperforming assists in relation to goal scoring opportunities created by a fair distance, and he has the assists because we've been on a freak season in terms of set-piece goals. It helps that we have the most deadly set-piece goal threat in the league too, although he will be gone next season.

Crazy is Haaland breaking PL goal scoring record in his debut season as a 22 (?) year old or Salah having almost 50 G+A in a league season. Hitting 15 assists isn't "crazy", especially when half of them are from corners. Harry Kane, a striker meant to finish these chances had 14 assists in a season.
 
Well of course this a positive from him. But it also doesn't help morale if your captain is throwing his arms into the air after you make a mistake.

Sometimes encouragement goes a long way so you don't fixate on the fact if you do make mistake, you're captain won't be furious with you in front of 70k people on a regular basis.
I mean I am annoyed sometimes by his dramatic arms moving around.

But if you talk about how other players will feel when getting told off for making a mistake or not doing the job well enough on the pitch, they all have to deal with it at this level and actually have to improve at the same time.