We'll never be able to dominate these poorer sides with both Fernandes and Rashford in the team, both have really poor ball-retention. You could get away with one but not both
Honestly though, I am a bit surprised by this, but especially Bruno isn’t 100% buying into ETH’s style.
Listen to the ETH interview after Villa game. He was — very — critical of how often we went for the killer ball, our attempts at early crosses etc.
What do we do today — and Bruno more than anyone? Go for the killer ball, early crosses, Hail Marys.
Bruno made a fantastic cross to Shaw with like 10 minutes to go. We got up field, pressured hard, Bruno holds the ball up, get away from his guy, and blows the field wide open by a perfect cross the Shaw. After that we got a good hold on Fulham. He can do it. He is definitely smart enough to understand what ETH wants to do. But he simply opts to go for the killer ball instead like 90% of the time. And it’s his biggest strength, how fast he can recognize the lay of the land and put the ball in the air really fair.
Bruno get his head out of his rear on this one and buy in, he is good enough to be valuable and be a top player without risking possession as much as he does.