Not Bruno, no — my mind skipped past him without even processing his inclusion. As for Pogba over McTominay — if we count the gap between the expectations/ability and the end result… I’d pick Pogba. If we compare them side by side then of course, McTominay is a worse footballer by a long mile.
This is absolutely ridiculous. Pogba has missed 18 league games due to injury. He’s featured in the other 20. Straight off the bat he’s played somewhere between sensational and very well in 8 of those games, namely his first four of the season and the first four back after injury. He’s been irrelevant due to injuries but I’ve never seen a player included in these teams due to injury.
Your complete dismissal of Bruno is laughable. He’s been a train wreck this season. His performances have been abysmal week in week out. I doubt he’s had 8 good games all season. He’s also cost us in massive moments from his penalty miss vs Villa, his misses including an open net in the fa cup, his misses against Watford at home, his abysmal performance against arsenal coupled with the penalty miss and moments later gifting Arsenal a third, cost us top four. His assist for Palace on Saturday is typical of his entire season, see the same vs Watford away. Sloppy play leading to goals for the opposition against Southampton, Leeds, Arsenal and probably more.
His constant moaning and whinging and rolling about on the floor when he gets tackled….coupled with terrible performances, crucial misses and ridiculously wreckless decisions in his own half make his inclusion a certainty.