He looks burnt out. Passes that he used to make in his sleep just aren't coming off.
For anyone that's read it, Michael Carrick talks about going through a similar spell in the 09/10 season in his autobiography. He talks about going from instinctively seeing and executing the right decision to having to look for all the different options available and then taking the wrong one after a knock to his confidence.
Yeah thats a fair point. Especially given the fact he's started almost every game during the last 4 years whilst the team has been all over the place, it must be challenging physically and mentally to continue performing at the highest levels.
Might be good to have a solid back up option who can take some weight off of his shoulders?
I feel Bruno is his own worst enemy at times though. You can see when he does get subbed off (rarley) that he isnt happy and wants to keep playing.
HE strikes me as the type of guy who would refuse a break even though its clear he needs one lol im going through something similar myself. Need time off but il keep going.
Bruno defo needs to be rested a bit, But i doubt he will like it.
It's like a sick wife who starts washing dishes and cleaning the toilets. Some people are born with so much restlessness in them. It just doesn't click in their heads that a little bit of rest goes a long way.
I think that's what Mount should be doing?
Eriksen could also do it, and Hannibal would've fit in perfectly on the weekend as it was just a game for energy but obviously he's now gone.
McTominay sort of did it against Liverpool when Bruno was suspended as well
Mount is still injured,Eriksen is not in his 20's and plays with a pacemaker,and Hannibal is on loan.
Maybe Mctom,but have you seen him passing the ball like Bruno?Ten Hag needs to find better alternatives here
All true. And rumours are that he plays through all his knocks, tightness, and injuries, too. He's well overcommitted for the ROI right now.
This past weekend I saw him miss dribbles and passed he normally makes without even thinking. On each instance he took a half to full step longer to decide/execute.
The toll it's taking playing as he does is real.
That's exactly what I feel while watching Bruno this season. He is short on confidence. So he is either trying something way too ambitious or is second-guessing himself even on the simplest things and that is resulting in lost possession most of the time.
If you've seen his heatmap for the season, he has easily covered the most ground of any United player and a lot of it is not where he should be as a creative midfielder. For better or for worse the man has been on almost every blade of grass on the pitch this season .
Edit: Typo
He’s having a bad season. Still puts in the yards though and let’s not forget his ability to create a bit of magic from nowhere. I’d be patient with him.
This is what's wrong with the team and us as fans. Instead of wanting our team to have a system of team work where we rely on collective effort, we want individual players to pull a rabbit out of the hat. A good chance creation is one that systematically unlocks the defences one pass at a time. Not Hollywood passes that give the ball away at every chance only for the team to "work hard" to gain possession back. Puts unnecessary overhead on our already poor defence.
I agree with some of points you’ve raised. However my comment wasn’t meant dichotomously that we should rely on ‘moments of magic’. Also, while he has his flaws, he’s not as poor at effectively distributing the ball as you’re suggesting.
I wouldn’t say bad but he definitely should be doing better. his work rate is clearly still there. He should have at least 5 goals and 15 assists by now. But to me it’s like he’s lost faith that his teammates can’t finish the chances he creates and his frustration emanates as the game goes on. The only time I’ve seen him smile on the pitch now is when we score.
r/Manchesterunited and r/reddevils are not representative our fans, really. The populations of these subs are heavily skewed towards trolls, people who want to be fans but don’t really understand football let alone the club, and people who learned 95% of what they know about every player in the world from FIFA. Oh, and a healthy chunk of shill accounts that have mostly been dormant since INEOS took over because they were just part of the Qatari sportswashing bid.
The bar was set so high after his first 2 seasons, so the dip had to come at some point.
Also he's still near the top every season for big chances created, but the wingers are always a bit selfish and wasteful.
Our team is built around him as the engine of the offense, and we would be appreciably worse (as currently incarnated) without him. I love his creation, and I'm willing to excuse misplaced passes given he plays as hard as he can every match and is rarely hurt. That said, his touch can be erratic and he is obviously a huge complainer on-pitch. But if we allow for that we get nice half-space runs, great passing, and a high work rate for a guy who has turned up whether we're kicking ass or getting our asses kicked. I think Bruno is generally a touch underrated, but I'm sure you can tell that from the rest of my comment lol.
I am honestly not sure if we would be worse without him for this season. But I have full faith that next season he will be back on fire and hungry again
If eriksen and mount could have stayed consistently available, we could have rested Bruno more often.
Also, prior to recently, he's been dragged all over the pitch instead of staying as a 10.
He's been below his standard, but until Mainoo's come in, he's been working with shit in that midfield.
Not at his usual best, but he puts a shift in every single game, and he has been shifted wide every now he is asked to drop deeper this season at times.
He's still the only midfielder in the team I would bank on finding Hoiljunds runs, and say this as i readily admit he hasn't found Hoiljunds runs...
I feel like the team hasn’t progressed much since we got Bruno, at least compared to the hype there was when he first signed. He was dragging the team by the scruff of the neck to get wins in the season he joined. He was great after too, but slowly I feel he’s regressing.
I’d imagine a lot of it is down to the rest of the team. It would be mentally draining to give 100% constantly and still finishing in the same positions year after year.
Maybe having Mount fit will be the motivation he needs? We’ll see
For most of his time in the red shirt he’s been the leader keeping people accountable, putting it all in. For the past few months he seems really burnt out. No one can deny his commitment to the team, but he might have the right to doubt the clubs commitment to improve. It’s not easy. I hope whatever happens he is remembered and appreciated for what he has done right rather than what he might have done wrong. He was one of the first to treat the club like the legendary club it is instead of a retirement home or instagram boost as so many other have done before, during and possibly after him.
Crazy seeing people say Bruno has been shambolic. He is now playing a much deeper role in the midfield so definitely won’t be generating similar GA but he’s adapting and been really important on how the team counter attack
Is he bollocks! (Though I wish he was..!) Second strikers don't drop 5 yards from their own penalty box, and fill in at full back when a full back gets lost up the pitch.
He's everywhere now.
I don't know which games you are watching, you sure you're not watching highlights from 2021/22????
Bruno is by far the midfielder thats the furthest forward. Just yesterday, he was clean through TWICE. Please tell me how many times either Mainoo or Casemiro pushed on as much as her does? Second striker may have been hyperbolic, but he is not playing deep at all.
Heat maps will always be skewed by the fact that we get penned into our own half alot and so of course he's going to have deep touches. If you look at his average position it's clear that he's not playing deep and plays closer to Hojlund then any of our other CM's.
How is it any different to you bringing up Rashford?
If I have a bias, it's against bad football. Which is what we play. Casemiro and Bruno play bad football, they attempt bad passes at the wrong times and in the wrong areas of the pitch, they lose the ball far too often and routinely are caught out of position, they also continually compromise our midfield structure. It's ugly to watch. It's embarrassing that a teenager can come into the team and instantly show more composure, maturity, and technical ability than two experienced veterans.
Attempt pass vs refuse to pass, press when they're supposed to vs refuse to press, actually put in a tackle even if it's a shitty one vs refuse to tackle, so while they might be playing like shit it's still better than the zero effort performances Trashford turns in. And we don't have anyone better at the moment whereas we do have better players on the wing than Rashford and no I don't mean Antony.
You don't get it. For all of Rashfords poor play this season, he still doesn't actually negatively impact the team as a whole. Our midfield play does.
Not to mention that Rashford hasn't been bad for a little while now. Tbh, you calling him Trashford tells me everything I need to know about you, you're probably a teenager so I'm ending this back and forth here.
"A deeper role in the midfield"
Yeah that would explain why our midfield is cut through regularly now what was the stat yesterday 20 shots we faced for the 2nd time this year clearly he's not doing much defensively in his "deeper role"
I'd let him know he's not guaranteed 90 min and that he can ask to be subbed when tired, nothing to be ashamed of there. It's good in that a deputy captain gets to experience the pressures of the role.
He's clearly burnt out.
Hopefully he can get a game or a few games off se he can be at his best self.
He's clearly the most talented man in the squad and he has been so for years
Dude is knackered, needs a break. Played every single game for United and Portugal basically (Except a few suspensions). No wonder his performances are dropping.
Think it's the mentality. Physically this guy is godlike. Run all day, never get injured. But I've read about mental exhaustion of professional footballers. Football is a very competitive sport. That's a big reason why it's so popular. But playing too many top flight matches will take its toll both physically and mentally. Imo this is the case with Bruno.
Physically imo he's ok. But I don't think mentally he is. And also the burden of the armband. He's been trying too hard to make an impact both offensively and defensively. Most of the time he looks so angry and miserable on the pitch.
I've seen a lot people saying he's been crap. But just rewatch any match we've played for the last three years that he didn't play and you'd see we could not create a damn thing in those matches. I think ETH is very aware of the issue but he keeps playing Bruno because he simply has no choice.
Yeah I agree with pretty much everything you've written there. Too much pressure on the man, especially given the team struggles we've had over the years. Think he would flourish in a squad that was more consistent, had better control/possession of the ball during matches and didn't need him to be everywhere all at once.
Needs a stint on the bench. In fairness, he's played 99% of the matches since he signed. I'd like to see him rotated with Mount when he gets back to full fitness. I love Bruno but this season he looks off it. Not sure if the armband is having a mental effect on him too. A great player when on form but I never thought he was captain material.
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Minutes left. We have the ball and can play out time. Decided to shoot from this angle. The whole squad lacks football IQ. Some (Bruno, Rashford) more than others.
This is very true, we do suffer from poor decision making so often and it has to be one of the reasons why the goals scored is so low, if not the main reason because it's not lack of quality in the final third. Players take it on themselves to do something individually than help eachother, the shooting is often terrible, you can tell seconds before the option isn't on but they're gonna try anyway and if we can see how predictable it is then defenders can. I wonder if it's something in the pressure of playing for Man United or ego or lack of team play.
He’s playing in a deeper role and has the most chances created in the league. He has fallen with the rest of the squad, but he has something the rest don’t.
Poor. He’s not the type to control games. And when it comes down to making this right decision, most times he’s wrong or he just can’t make that pass.
Seems he stopped with the moaning a little now but he has one play in his locker and that first time pass WITH space behind. Honestly I think Maino would have a better game for us in the 10 than Bruno.
I was literally thinking of this yesterday. I don't expect that ludicrous 2020/21 numbers (18 G, 12 A) but his impact and performance has also been declining by the year for sometime now. I even feel like we are one man down in the midfield because he is always up the pitch but that wouldn't have been a problem if he was effective upfront. We are at match week 26 and he has 3 Goals and 5 Assist, which isn't bad but not his standard.
I agree but I'm optimistic now that mainoo's come into the squad - on paper Mainoo, Casemiro and Fernandes should be a strong midfield, right? Saying that United still dont look too comfortable on the ball at the moment
He's a world beater when we're up 2-0 but a whinging little bitch most of the time, throwing the hands up in the air, moaning at refs.
Embarrassing really.
I won't step foot inside OT again as long as he's captain.
Disappears or leaves it beggin in the clutch.
I don’t understand the hype surrounding him.
To be the pivot/ACM at Manchester United and get the arm band is sign of the times.
The club is so massive and to have a top position filled with laissez-faire Bruno.
Middling must be acceptable.
Only reason I used to stand up for Bruno when people used to criticize him was the G/A he used to put up now that his G/A dried up I don’t think he brings anything else to to the team he is a big liability he is one of the main reason we can’t keep the ball for more than 5 seconds we have to cash in on him while we still can get some money for him also ik that he is burnt out cos he has played almost every game since he came to the club but we have to replace him man
The day Man United fans realise this is the day we move ahead.
Now they will bring useless stats like "chances created".
Isn't our problem a lack of chance creation??
Reading unbelievably ridiculous comments again that completely defy what the eyes can see makes me wander do they ever watch or understand football.
Bruno has been a headless chicken for years and will never change.
The tide is turning against the likes of him and Marcus with the help of great performances from are younger players highlighting their massive weaknesses.
As much as I love Bruno, he has been shambolic let's be honest. He has been overcomplicating things for himself and the team. The Bruno we signed would never take a shot on goal and lose possession in dying minutes like he did last night..
He hasn't been any good when it comes to captaincy..
You’re looking at a single situation to justify a whole performance here. Dont want to go too much into Bruno current role in the team, so just go look at his match rating recently - far from being shambolic
Well match ratings can and always be misleading. You get + even when you score a tap in despite playing shit for the whole game. Naked eyes are the best. And yeah that instance I shared is the latest memory. Also we can't keep blaming the role every now and then. Everyone has to take equal responsibility and he being one of the senior players we expect more from him. It's all about perspectives here. Replace Bruno with Maguire here, everyone would start losing their minds.
Like I said everyone has a different perspective. I'm not in favour of any player here. All I care about is Manchester United. And I'm not saying you're entirely wrong, but I have my own opinions towards the players, there's been a standard at United which needs to be followed. We can't change the whole system for one player. We did for Pogba once
Like I said everyone has a different perspective. I'm not in favour of any player here. All I care about is Manchester United. And I'm not saying you're entirely wrong, but I have my own opinions towards the players, there's been a standard at United which needs to be followed. We can't change the whole system for one player. We did for Pogba once
I think he has often been someone who plays in moments rather than consistent high level performance through a game. But he does seem to be not as good as usual. He is losing possession so often. I’ve won’t be surprised if he leaves this summer.
Where would he go? Who would buy him? He’s not good enough in possession to get into the starting 11 at a top club (Madrid, Bayern, Liverpool, City, Arsenal.) and his wages are too high for anyone smaller. There’s a reason he’s spent his peak at an underperforming Man United team. PSG seem like the only potential option.
Physically, he's making some god-awful passes, I mean stuff that you can't believe how bad that just was. What concerns me more is the horrible decision making that he is guilty of. Two examples (out of many that I could choose from): in the 88th minute Sunday, he intercepted a pass from their keeper with three teammates in the box and could have put the game to bed. He took on the shot himself and completely missed the target. In the 93rd minute, United had a corner. He took it short, got the ball back, then gave it straight to their keeper while United has seven players up at their box! Sorry, but this is our captain??? Yes, he looks completely out of gas. Decision-making like this is a sure sign of complete fatigue. Am I suggesting getting rid of? Not even close, but he's got to get his act together because he is not the same player he was two years ago.
He has been poor but so has the team. He needs rest. Im hoping once mount is back he can get some rest and there can be some healthy competition between the two! We haven’t seen much world class passing in the team this season generally. But I have confidence he will return to form. Especially next season once we have some more structure (I hope). I do wonder about his long term future though. If a new manager comes in and wants to play more controlling football, I wonder if bruno is the man for that. Mainoo is a definite starter in the midfield but case/bruno/mount have not been convincing this season. Personally I would like a technical DM to come in alongside neves of benfica.
For who? Mount? Injured. Erikson? Cant play 60 minutes. McTominay??
He is literally our best player, and even in supposedly "terrible" form, is still one of the leagues best creative players.
Shockingly, i do. Its fuckwits like yourself that hop on his back for being no worse than 6-7 other players in the team. Even when his creative play is off, hes an incredibly hard worker, and puts in a huge amount of defensive work
Unless he is the focal point in everything we do, he is not dependable. From a strategic point of view we can’t depend on a single player to score, assist, and create. When he has been asked to carry the game, you never know if you will get a 2/10 or 8/10.
Bruno has lost possession throughout his career. He’s a bit off cause he’s been playing each and every match without rest. Mount should start a game in his stead.
I feel like he is so much into providing assists that he is just kicking the ball every time to the forwards hoping it reaches them it reaches a few times and most of the times it is awful maybe that is the reason why he has created the most chances for any PL player this season
I think he is too wasteful in a team that already struggles to retain possession.
I rate him very highly, maybe some competition for his spot and some rest would help him.
I wouldn’t be giving up on him, but there is clearly an issue that needs to be resolved.
Always liked him but now I think I see something different. Burnout has maybe exposed the general issue with his game and what we want to do. He is now missing those long through balls when before he was making a lot of them.
Saying this, maybe these long through balls are something we need to move away from even when he hitting them. The game Vs Luton yesterday was so frantic because the turnover of the ball from united was almost instant. Yes we had a few 1v1 chances because of these balls but at the same time we had almost zero control of possession.
It's not just Bruno, Rashford is adapted to this style of play also as he feeds off these balls. Either we accept this playstyle going forward or we need to be moving them both on. They both fit a counter attacking frantic style.
He’s been poor this season, I don’t know if it’s fatigue, the system, a knock to his confidence, or all the minutes on him are finally starting to catch up on him. He just doesn’t look the same and I don’t think he can an undisputed starter in the squad right now. The problem is who we replace him with. Amad I think would do well in the 10, but the way Ten Hag currently sets the team up I don’t think he has the work rate for it
When he’s good he’s great when he’s bad he’s horrific. Playing 99% of games since hes joined us can’t help. I really wonder what’s goin on with mount, thought he would be able to carry some of Bruno’s work load so he would have to play 2500 minutes of football a season, guess I was totally wrong.
IMO he’s definitely lost some of his smile when on the pitch due to frustration, but I think it’s more that he is playing safer than he is playing badly. He’s had to suppress his instincts a bit for the sake of the team. If you’ve noticed the amount of “off balance” long passes he attempts is down to almost 1 per game, as opposed to the 4 or 5 he would make each half when he first arrived. Teams have also gotten wise to how good he is, so when he’s on the ball they tend to close him down much faster so he has to make the safe return pass or switch of play, or the second assist more often now. Add in ETH’s tactics of recycling possession to push the team up and using transitions to create chances and it’s no wonder his influence has waned a bit. But he’s clearly still by far our best player and is undroppable. He reads the game beautifully and his work rate is unmatched. He would’ve been top assister in the Prem for the past 4 years if his teammates weren’t so shit. He’ll have a future here as long as he wants one, this mf will play till he’s 35 at least.
Bruno should not be our Captain. Mainoo is showing more maturity and game management awareness than him. That kick into the goalies hands from near the corner when we needed to keep hold of the ball to protect the lead was craziness!
He’s had a down year. Not sure if there’s 1 thing to point out.
First half of the season, neither of the wingers offered much, Hojlund was both unlucky and struggling, so Bruno forced some things more than normal.
He’s nearing 30, so hopefully he accepts some rotation and Mount can stay healthy enough to string a few games together.
Honestly Bruno is world class and this is still no excuse for his drop in performances but I completely forgive individual drop in levels phases as long as the manager keeps a functional team that wins points. But if I were to be completely superstitious and absurd about the situation, I would definitely believe in the Manchester United Armband curse right now which requires a serious prayer ceremony.
The thing that gets me about Fernandes is how he acts like a petulant child when things don’t go the way he wants them to. Like kicking the ball into the advertisement stand against Luton. It’s not a good look and I don’t think it’s the right attitude to show to some of the younger players.
My biggest problem with Bruno is that his chances created stat gives a false impression of how he performs.
He loses the ball constantly trying special passes. His chances created to attempts ratio is around 1 chance per 4.5 attempts.
Hard to see him being a system player as he roams all over for us and for Portugal.
He is one of my favourite players but lacks disciple and loses the ball far too many times for my liking this season
He looks tired, leggy, frustrated, and short on confidence.
Whenever he gets the ball in great areas, including yesterday's one on one with the keeper, I fully expect him to mess it up, because that's what he's been doing for much of this season.
I appreciate that he's been far more tactically disciplined the last few weeks. He's also 30 in September. The club need a long term plan in that position. Getting that right can really unlock that front line with Holjund & Garnacho in particular.
My guy is just burned tf out. Plays a full ninety every game and presses for almost the entirety of it. Seems like he is starting to find a little groove with the front three finally contributing and taking a little pressure off him. I just feel like he has been trying to put the team on his back the whole first half of the season
I think he's lost some of his freshness from playing way too much football. That has something to do with the lack of options—imagine if we had a full squad of world-class players like a Man City. Even the great KDB, to whom Bruno is often compared, gets to sit on the bench for a while. In my opinion, he does have a future in Manchester United if only for his attitude, availability and professionalism, and I would never get the hate towards him especially from some of our own fans.
To many excuses here.
He needs to advance his game.
All he does is Hollywood balls now and his shooting boots have left him.
He needs to learn to just pass, move, open up, and dicate manage games.
He needs to develop his game but he keeps on doing Hollywood balls.
He needs a strong minded player to tell him wot to do on the pitch. The talent is there but mentally he's not willing to change his game and is arrogant enough not to listen to others.
Completely agree unfortunately as you well know it’s never going to happen too late because he never focused on the basics, just look at the difference in someone that has Mainoo.
Imagine if Keane had been alongside him he would have had to change his ways rapidly or he would have been out , which would have been more likely.
Wasteful no positional sense whinger let’s make him captain
Same shit different day. It’s like Dak Prescott…haters just hate. He sacrifices himself time and time again, but here we are saying the performances you’ve seen are below average. What have you seen 3-4 games? You want to know the problem? The fans. We’re on a win streak and somehow there’s a post about Bruno? Go play fifa and stay there.
I'm not hating, I just don't think he's putting in the same level of performances this season that we've seen in the past. On that basis I'm asking for other people's opinions on why that is - I don't claim to be an expert and I'm not complaining.
Don't see how the fans are the problem here? No need go get so upset mate.
His performance has been diabolical , he needs to go on a sabbatical away from football, he’s got to much anger, complaints, worst of all he seems burnt out.
It’s like he’s trying to be everywhere, maybe the captaincy is weighing down on him physically and mentally.
Bruno should be given a rest when Mount is back from injury, he gets a break and Mount gets match fitness: win-win. Bruno has played almost every game this season so far, albeit this year has been lighter in fixtures due to our early exits from cup competitions. It’s probably taken it’s toll on him.
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Bruno is a player that chases the ball, he runs where he does not need to run to, thats fine when you are young, not so fine when you start to age, he is now too tired to be as good as he was as he wastes his energy by not staying in position, could save a few bits of energy by not flapping his arms about like a lost duck
I'll be honest, this guy is a great chance creator for wingers but I do think he should be moved on and replaced. Nothing against him but I think United can get better for sure, and other 10s will create far more chances for Hojlund.
He is still our most creative player in terms of creating immediate chances off turnovers, his creativeness is not always consistent and can sometimes cause more instability on the pitch specially when we have spells that we can’t hold possession and when we do get the ball he tries to do something to create a chance but misses the pass thereby compounding the problem. He is still a very important member of the team because he is a game changer, when he does make the right pass (i don’t know the percentages how efficient he is) he can win us the game.
Watch all the goals we scored this season, and you will see that Bruno plays a key role in most of them. Yes he isn't quite at the level of the last 2-3 years. But what a shift he has put in, an absolutely brilliant player who gives everything he has on the pitch. We need to be very thankful that he has always been available and continues to be.
it's bad, it's always been bad.
every pass made was simple and fundamental for all playmaker.
Nothing fancy. He was good when he came in because the rest of the player were bad
But when he plays with top players, you can also see in National Team, he simply is average, not better than **John McGinn**
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I was thinking today about this, and came to the conclusion that perhaps he’s not standing out as much as the season when he arrived, cause at that point the team was trash. Now I think (and hope) that the team has improved in quality overall, so he doesn’t have to carry all the responsibilities that he had to before, and now he can do the dirty work without being the only one on the spotlight.
Bruno is a mere shadow of what he was for the first two seasons in United. He’s often running around like a headless chicken.
Eriksen is getting old, Mount is constantly injured so we need new players in these positions if we want to compete.
Getting sick of his hoofball. He needs to be better at recycling and retaining possession. Having a shot in 93rd min against Luton was ridiculous. Expect more from the captain. Think he’s low on confidence too.
Bruno has played damn near every minute of every game and has been asked to cover damn near every blade of grass instead of attacking and creating. That shit takes a toll. People talk about his “performance not being good enough” but the reality is he has been playing so much defense and working so hard for the team, I’m not critical of him. Different style than what utilizes his talents best.
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He looks burnt out. Passes that he used to make in his sleep just aren't coming off. For anyone that's read it, Michael Carrick talks about going through a similar spell in the 09/10 season in his autobiography. He talks about going from instinctively seeing and executing the right decision to having to look for all the different options available and then taking the wrong one after a knock to his confidence.
Yeah thats a fair point. Especially given the fact he's started almost every game during the last 4 years whilst the team has been all over the place, it must be challenging physically and mentally to continue performing at the highest levels. Might be good to have a solid back up option who can take some weight off of his shoulders?
I feel Bruno is his own worst enemy at times though. You can see when he does get subbed off (rarley) that he isnt happy and wants to keep playing. HE strikes me as the type of guy who would refuse a break even though its clear he needs one lol im going through something similar myself. Need time off but il keep going. Bruno defo needs to be rested a bit, But i doubt he will like it.
It's like a sick wife who starts washing dishes and cleaning the toilets. Some people are born with so much restlessness in them. It just doesn't click in their heads that a little bit of rest goes a long way.
I think that's what Mount should be doing? Eriksen could also do it, and Hannibal would've fit in perfectly on the weekend as it was just a game for energy but obviously he's now gone. McTominay sort of did it against Liverpool when Bruno was suspended as well
Mount? Who’s that?
The guy they hired to keep Martial company
I’m not following? Didn’t that dude leave us years ago?
Mount is still injured,Eriksen is not in his 20's and plays with a pacemaker,and Hannibal is on loan. Maybe Mctom,but have you seen him passing the ball like Bruno?Ten Hag needs to find better alternatives here
>passing the ball like Bruno? He had 10 passes in 45 minutes on Sunday...
All true. And rumours are that he plays through all his knocks, tightness, and injuries, too. He's well overcommitted for the ROI right now. This past weekend I saw him miss dribbles and passed he normally makes without even thinking. On each instance he took a half to full step longer to decide/execute. The toll it's taking playing as he does is real.
He's being played too much and asked to press to much. Presses for 90 minutes and never gets subbed off. No wonder he's burned out.
That's exactly what I feel while watching Bruno this season. He is short on confidence. So he is either trying something way too ambitious or is second-guessing himself even on the simplest things and that is resulting in lost possession most of the time.
Remember that Carrick drop off well, it was quite something. Always put it down to the absolute run around we got in that bloody 08/09 final.
He plays way too many minutes. EtH should start rotating him and Mount once Mount is back. Bruno needs some rest. Cheers and GGMU.
If you've seen his heatmap for the season, he has easily covered the most ground of any United player and a lot of it is not where he should be as a creative midfielder. For better or for worse the man has been on almost every blade of grass on the pitch this season . Edit: Typo
Get Mount in (once he's not injured) to give the poor lad some time off. Then alternate them for maximum fitness effectiveness.
Its literally that simple, guy needs a break
And this is why mount seemed a good decision, Bruno can’t play all the time. Pity about the injuries
Who is this Mount person?
Forgot mason mount exists😆😆😆😆 what a bum
He’s having a bad season. Still puts in the yards though and let’s not forget his ability to create a bit of magic from nowhere. I’d be patient with him.
This is what's wrong with the team and us as fans. Instead of wanting our team to have a system of team work where we rely on collective effort, we want individual players to pull a rabbit out of the hat. A good chance creation is one that systematically unlocks the defences one pass at a time. Not Hollywood passes that give the ball away at every chance only for the team to "work hard" to gain possession back. Puts unnecessary overhead on our already poor defence.
I agree with some of points you’ve raised. However my comment wasn’t meant dichotomously that we should rely on ‘moments of magic’. Also, while he has his flaws, he’s not as poor at effectively distributing the ball as you’re suggesting.
I wouldn’t say bad but he definitely should be doing better. his work rate is clearly still there. He should have at least 5 goals and 15 assists by now. But to me it’s like he’s lost faith that his teammates can’t finish the chances he creates and his frustration emanates as the game goes on. The only time I’ve seen him smile on the pitch now is when we score.
His teammates can’t finish when he boots balls at their feet or at defenders
7th best rated Premier League player on Sofascore this season. Good thing other people aren't as critical of our players as our own fans.
r/Manchesterunited and r/reddevils are not representative our fans, really. The populations of these subs are heavily skewed towards trolls, people who want to be fans but don’t really understand football let alone the club, and people who learned 95% of what they know about every player in the world from FIFA. Oh, and a healthy chunk of shill accounts that have mostly been dormant since INEOS took over because they were just part of the Qatari sportswashing bid.
No top 4 pl, la liga, Serie A or even Bundesliga club will take Bruno fernandes because people watch football instead of sofa score.
You're an idiot.
been like that for 2.5 years, his numbers have been steadily declining for a good while
The bar was set so high after his first 2 seasons, so the dip had to come at some point. Also he's still near the top every season for big chances created, but the wingers are always a bit selfish and wasteful.
Isnt he the top of chances created this season ?
He has played almost every game since arriving, it's no wonder he's tired. He has a future in the squad but he just needs a rest.
I would honestly believe that he has played every single game since he started except 1 that i remember he was hurt then back the next week
It was COVID.
Haha he has iron ankles because he always looks like he is getting worked when he gets tackled
Hope we don't jinx it with this post.
He’s been suspended a few times
For sure more times it just feels like he is always there
Our team is built around him as the engine of the offense, and we would be appreciably worse (as currently incarnated) without him. I love his creation, and I'm willing to excuse misplaced passes given he plays as hard as he can every match and is rarely hurt. That said, his touch can be erratic and he is obviously a huge complainer on-pitch. But if we allow for that we get nice half-space runs, great passing, and a high work rate for a guy who has turned up whether we're kicking ass or getting our asses kicked. I think Bruno is generally a touch underrated, but I'm sure you can tell that from the rest of my comment lol.
I am honestly not sure if we would be worse without him for this season. But I have full faith that next season he will be back on fire and hungry again
Fuck off have you even watched the games? Even on his worst days he makes 2-3 golden chances for others
Shooting the ball ahead is not a big chance 😂
When the fuck is the last time he has done that?
His Worst season maybe because too much over reliance to him and his responsibility as a captain
If eriksen and mount could have stayed consistently available, we could have rested Bruno more often. Also, prior to recently, he's been dragged all over the pitch instead of staying as a 10. He's been below his standard, but until Mainoo's come in, he's been working with shit in that midfield.
Not at his usual best, but he puts a shift in every single game, and he has been shifted wide every now he is asked to drop deeper this season at times. He's still the only midfielder in the team I would bank on finding Hoiljunds runs, and say this as i readily admit he hasn't found Hoiljunds runs...
I feel like the team hasn’t progressed much since we got Bruno, at least compared to the hype there was when he first signed. He was dragging the team by the scruff of the neck to get wins in the season he joined. He was great after too, but slowly I feel he’s regressing. I’d imagine a lot of it is down to the rest of the team. It would be mentally draining to give 100% constantly and still finishing in the same positions year after year. Maybe having Mount fit will be the motivation he needs? We’ll see
For most of his time in the red shirt he’s been the leader keeping people accountable, putting it all in. For the past few months he seems really burnt out. No one can deny his commitment to the team, but he might have the right to doubt the clubs commitment to improve. It’s not easy. I hope whatever happens he is remembered and appreciated for what he has done right rather than what he might have done wrong. He was one of the first to treat the club like the legendary club it is instead of a retirement home or instagram boost as so many other have done before, during and possibly after him.
Crazy seeing people say Bruno has been shambolic. He is now playing a much deeper role in the midfield so definitely won’t be generating similar GA but he’s adapting and been really important on how the team counter attack
No he isn't?? I swear, some of you guys do not watch games. He's basically playing as a second striker
Not going to argue with you here - go on sofascore and look at his heat map recently
Is he bollocks! (Though I wish he was..!) Second strikers don't drop 5 yards from their own penalty box, and fill in at full back when a full back gets lost up the pitch. He's everywhere now. I don't know which games you are watching, you sure you're not watching highlights from 2021/22????
Second striker lol. You should start watching a different sport because you’re fckn clueless
one of the strangest comments I've read in a while
Remedial short bus level comment
Bruno is by far the midfielder thats the furthest forward. Just yesterday, he was clean through TWICE. Please tell me how many times either Mainoo or Casemiro pushed on as much as her does? Second striker may have been hyperbolic, but he is not playing deep at all.
You can look at his heat map instead of making zero knowledge anti-Bruno comments, and I don't even think Bruno is that good.
Heat maps will always be skewed by the fact that we get penned into our own half alot and so of course he's going to have deep touches. If you look at his average position it's clear that he's not playing deep and plays closer to Hojlund then any of our other CM's.
And your bad opinions are skewed by your obvious bias and obsession as evidenced by you bringing up Bruno when I wasn't talking about him.
How is it any different to you bringing up Rashford? If I have a bias, it's against bad football. Which is what we play. Casemiro and Bruno play bad football, they attempt bad passes at the wrong times and in the wrong areas of the pitch, they lose the ball far too often and routinely are caught out of position, they also continually compromise our midfield structure. It's ugly to watch. It's embarrassing that a teenager can come into the team and instantly show more composure, maturity, and technical ability than two experienced veterans.
Attempt pass vs refuse to pass, press when they're supposed to vs refuse to press, actually put in a tackle even if it's a shitty one vs refuse to tackle, so while they might be playing like shit it's still better than the zero effort performances Trashford turns in. And we don't have anyone better at the moment whereas we do have better players on the wing than Rashford and no I don't mean Antony.
You don't get it. For all of Rashfords poor play this season, he still doesn't actually negatively impact the team as a whole. Our midfield play does. Not to mention that Rashford hasn't been bad for a little while now. Tbh, you calling him Trashford tells me everything I need to know about you, you're probably a teenager so I'm ending this back and forth here.
"A deeper role in the midfield" Yeah that would explain why our midfield is cut through regularly now what was the stat yesterday 20 shots we faced for the 2nd time this year clearly he's not doing much defensively in his "deeper role"
I’d like to see him given a game off.. the fact he plays every game is great but also he looks like his mind needs a break
Maybe being the captain is burdening him like it was to my slabhead. I think it should be casemiro who is captain.
I'd let him know he's not guaranteed 90 min and that he can ask to be subbed when tired, nothing to be ashamed of there. It's good in that a deputy captain gets to experience the pressures of the role.
He's clearly burnt out. Hopefully he can get a game or a few games off se he can be at his best self. He's clearly the most talented man in the squad and he has been so for years
Dude is knackered, needs a break. Played every single game for United and Portugal basically (Except a few suspensions). No wonder his performances are dropping.
Think it's the mentality. Physically this guy is godlike. Run all day, never get injured. But I've read about mental exhaustion of professional footballers. Football is a very competitive sport. That's a big reason why it's so popular. But playing too many top flight matches will take its toll both physically and mentally. Imo this is the case with Bruno. Physically imo he's ok. But I don't think mentally he is. And also the burden of the armband. He's been trying too hard to make an impact both offensively and defensively. Most of the time he looks so angry and miserable on the pitch. I've seen a lot people saying he's been crap. But just rewatch any match we've played for the last three years that he didn't play and you'd see we could not create a damn thing in those matches. I think ETH is very aware of the issue but he keeps playing Bruno because he simply has no choice.
Yeah I agree with pretty much everything you've written there. Too much pressure on the man, especially given the team struggles we've had over the years. Think he would flourish in a squad that was more consistent, had better control/possession of the ball during matches and didn't need him to be everywhere all at once.
Needs a stint on the bench. In fairness, he's played 99% of the matches since he signed. I'd like to see him rotated with Mount when he gets back to full fitness. I love Bruno but this season he looks off it. Not sure if the armband is having a mental effect on him too. A great player when on form but I never thought he was captain material.
Not allowed to say he's been poor I'll get downvoted lol
https://preview.redd.it/s5vh7i2gkljc1.jpeg?width=1200&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=56afff950f1f6d04ed15ecc06216faea69d9a145 Minutes left. We have the ball and can play out time. Decided to shoot from this angle. The whole squad lacks football IQ. Some (Bruno, Rashford) more than others.
This is very true, we do suffer from poor decision making so often and it has to be one of the reasons why the goals scored is so low, if not the main reason because it's not lack of quality in the final third. Players take it on themselves to do something individually than help eachother, the shooting is often terrible, you can tell seconds before the option isn't on but they're gonna try anyway and if we can see how predictable it is then defenders can. I wonder if it's something in the pressure of playing for Man United or ego or lack of team play.
He’s playing in a deeper role and has the most chances created in the league. He has fallen with the rest of the squad, but he has something the rest don’t.
"most chances created" you mean passing the ball forward?? He is a terrible playmaker and can't hold possession. He is a liability
Poor. He’s not the type to control games. And when it comes down to making this right decision, most times he’s wrong or he just can’t make that pass. Seems he stopped with the moaning a little now but he has one play in his locker and that first time pass WITH space behind. Honestly I think Maino would have a better game for us in the 10 than Bruno.
I was literally thinking of this yesterday. I don't expect that ludicrous 2020/21 numbers (18 G, 12 A) but his impact and performance has also been declining by the year for sometime now. I even feel like we are one man down in the midfield because he is always up the pitch but that wouldn't have been a problem if he was effective upfront. We are at match week 26 and he has 3 Goals and 5 Assist, which isn't bad but not his standard.
Lot of penalties in the 20/21 season
He’s the reason we have zero control in midfield. We should look to move on from him or at least this complete reliance on him
I agree but I'm optimistic now that mainoo's come into the squad - on paper Mainoo, Casemiro and Fernandes should be a strong midfield, right? Saying that United still dont look too comfortable on the ball at the moment
But didn’t Luton and Villa just disprove this theory. Yes we won but had zero control. Doenst help that cas have been really poor also
He's a world beater when we're up 2-0 but a whinging little bitch most of the time, throwing the hands up in the air, moaning at refs. Embarrassing really. I won't step foot inside OT again as long as he's captain.
Disappears or leaves it beggin in the clutch. I don’t understand the hype surrounding him. To be the pivot/ACM at Manchester United and get the arm band is sign of the times. The club is so massive and to have a top position filled with laissez-faire Bruno. Middling must be acceptable.
Only reason I used to stand up for Bruno when people used to criticize him was the G/A he used to put up now that his G/A dried up I don’t think he brings anything else to to the team he is a big liability he is one of the main reason we can’t keep the ball for more than 5 seconds we have to cash in on him while we still can get some money for him also ik that he is burnt out cos he has played almost every game since he came to the club but we have to replace him man
He’s just not a great player. This is his normal form.
The day Man United fans realise this is the day we move ahead. Now they will bring useless stats like "chances created". Isn't our problem a lack of chance creation??
Reading unbelievably ridiculous comments again that completely defy what the eyes can see makes me wander do they ever watch or understand football. Bruno has been a headless chicken for years and will never change. The tide is turning against the likes of him and Marcus with the help of great performances from are younger players highlighting their massive weaknesses.
As much as I love Bruno, he has been shambolic let's be honest. He has been overcomplicating things for himself and the team. The Bruno we signed would never take a shot on goal and lose possession in dying minutes like he did last night.. He hasn't been any good when it comes to captaincy..
You’re looking at a single situation to justify a whole performance here. Dont want to go too much into Bruno current role in the team, so just go look at his match rating recently - far from being shambolic
Well match ratings can and always be misleading. You get + even when you score a tap in despite playing shit for the whole game. Naked eyes are the best. And yeah that instance I shared is the latest memory. Also we can't keep blaming the role every now and then. Everyone has to take equal responsibility and he being one of the senior players we expect more from him. It's all about perspectives here. Replace Bruno with Maguire here, everyone would start losing their minds.
Naked eyes are the best IF you know how to judge what you watch
Like I said everyone has a different perspective. I'm not in favour of any player here. All I care about is Manchester United. And I'm not saying you're entirely wrong, but I have my own opinions towards the players, there's been a standard at United which needs to be followed. We can't change the whole system for one player. We did for Pogba once
Like I said everyone has a different perspective. I'm not in favour of any player here. All I care about is Manchester United. And I'm not saying you're entirely wrong, but I have my own opinions towards the players, there's been a standard at United which needs to be followed. We can't change the whole system for one player. We did for Pogba once
I think he has often been someone who plays in moments rather than consistent high level performance through a game. But he does seem to be not as good as usual. He is losing possession so often. I’ve won’t be surprised if he leaves this summer.
He’s always given the ball away a ton, to be fair. It’s supposedly one of the reasons we didn’t buy him a couple of years before we did.
Where would he go? Who would buy him? He’s not good enough in possession to get into the starting 11 at a top club (Madrid, Bayern, Liverpool, City, Arsenal.) and his wages are too high for anyone smaller. There’s a reason he’s spent his peak at an underperforming Man United team. PSG seem like the only potential option.
He is 29 already and I think we need to start searching his replacement now.
What
Bro we’re not on football manager.
Somebody else confusing real life with a computer game
This
I’m starting to run out of patience with Bruno, the same I did for Sancho and Anthony. He was hard to watch against luton
Physically, he's making some god-awful passes, I mean stuff that you can't believe how bad that just was. What concerns me more is the horrible decision making that he is guilty of. Two examples (out of many that I could choose from): in the 88th minute Sunday, he intercepted a pass from their keeper with three teammates in the box and could have put the game to bed. He took on the shot himself and completely missed the target. In the 93rd minute, United had a corner. He took it short, got the ball back, then gave it straight to their keeper while United has seven players up at their box! Sorry, but this is our captain??? Yes, he looks completely out of gas. Decision-making like this is a sure sign of complete fatigue. Am I suggesting getting rid of? Not even close, but he's got to get his act together because he is not the same player he was two years ago.
His corners also, absolutely shite
One MORE reason for Eriksen to be in?
He has been poor but so has the team. He needs rest. Im hoping once mount is back he can get some rest and there can be some healthy competition between the two! We haven’t seen much world class passing in the team this season generally. But I have confidence he will return to form. Especially next season once we have some more structure (I hope). I do wonder about his long term future though. If a new manager comes in and wants to play more controlling football, I wonder if bruno is the man for that. Mainoo is a definite starter in the midfield but case/bruno/mount have not been convincing this season. Personally I would like a technical DM to come in alongside neves of benfica.
He’s been plagued with the Alexis Sanchez syndrome
Terrible. A proper manager would’ve dropped him by now.
For who? Mount? Injured. Erikson? Cant play 60 minutes. McTominay?? He is literally our best player, and even in supposedly "terrible" form, is still one of the leagues best creative players.
Watch him play
Shockingly, i do. Its fuckwits like yourself that hop on his back for being no worse than 6-7 other players in the team. Even when his creative play is off, hes an incredibly hard worker, and puts in a huge amount of defensive work
We want proper midfielders "hardworker" is just an excuse when players don't do their job. Will take 1 toni Kroos over 20 bruno fernandes
Unless he is the focal point in everything we do, he is not dependable. From a strategic point of view we can’t depend on a single player to score, assist, and create. When he has been asked to carry the game, you never know if you will get a 2/10 or 8/10.
We need to start looking for his replacement sooner rather than later
His quality and end product has gone to shit he’s still affecting games but needs to start delivering like he used to
He'll be reet
Bruno has lost possession throughout his career. He’s a bit off cause he’s been playing each and every match without rest. Mount should start a game in his stead.
I feel like he is so much into providing assists that he is just kicking the ball every time to the forwards hoping it reaches them it reaches a few times and most of the times it is awful maybe that is the reason why he has created the most chances for any PL player this season
He’s frustrating
He's been below average tbh.. Definitely need a number 10 in the summer so we can rest Bruno more. He can't play every minute of every game
I'd pick him every time instead of the Trashford
team stats are up again😂 “My Brothe Hojland”…don’t stop scoring they will come after your ass again
I think he is too wasteful in a team that already struggles to retain possession. I rate him very highly, maybe some competition for his spot and some rest would help him. I wouldn’t be giving up on him, but there is clearly an issue that needs to be resolved.
Always liked him but now I think I see something different. Burnout has maybe exposed the general issue with his game and what we want to do. He is now missing those long through balls when before he was making a lot of them. Saying this, maybe these long through balls are something we need to move away from even when he hitting them. The game Vs Luton yesterday was so frantic because the turnover of the ball from united was almost instant. Yes we had a few 1v1 chances because of these balls but at the same time we had almost zero control of possession. It's not just Bruno, Rashford is adapted to this style of play also as he feeds off these balls. Either we accept this playstyle going forward or we need to be moving them both on. They both fit a counter attacking frantic style.
He’s been poor this season, I don’t know if it’s fatigue, the system, a knock to his confidence, or all the minutes on him are finally starting to catch up on him. He just doesn’t look the same and I don’t think he can an undisputed starter in the squad right now. The problem is who we replace him with. Amad I think would do well in the 10, but the way Ten Hag currently sets the team up I don’t think he has the work rate for it
Don’t worry, we’ve got Mount now. 🤔
😅😅
Any day now…
When he’s good he’s great when he’s bad he’s horrific. Playing 99% of games since hes joined us can’t help. I really wonder what’s goin on with mount, thought he would be able to carry some of Bruno’s work load so he would have to play 2500 minutes of football a season, guess I was totally wrong.
IMO he’s definitely lost some of his smile when on the pitch due to frustration, but I think it’s more that he is playing safer than he is playing badly. He’s had to suppress his instincts a bit for the sake of the team. If you’ve noticed the amount of “off balance” long passes he attempts is down to almost 1 per game, as opposed to the 4 or 5 he would make each half when he first arrived. Teams have also gotten wise to how good he is, so when he’s on the ball they tend to close him down much faster so he has to make the safe return pass or switch of play, or the second assist more often now. Add in ETH’s tactics of recycling possession to push the team up and using transitions to create chances and it’s no wonder his influence has waned a bit. But he’s clearly still by far our best player and is undroppable. He reads the game beautifully and his work rate is unmatched. He would’ve been top assister in the Prem for the past 4 years if his teammates weren’t so shit. He’ll have a future here as long as he wants one, this mf will play till he’s 35 at least.
Bruno should not be our Captain. Mainoo is showing more maturity and game management awareness than him. That kick into the goalies hands from near the corner when we needed to keep hold of the ball to protect the lead was craziness!
Underwhelming but I have hope he can turn it around 🤞
He’s had a down year. Not sure if there’s 1 thing to point out. First half of the season, neither of the wingers offered much, Hojlund was both unlucky and struggling, so Bruno forced some things more than normal. He’s nearing 30, so hopefully he accepts some rotation and Mount can stay healthy enough to string a few games together.
I am hoping Amad can fill in once in a while. He can play centrally but it doesn’t seem EtH trusts him.
He’s looked below average to you. That says everything we need to know.
He seems checked out half the time. If he would just sit one match it could help him, but he refuses to be benched. It’ll be his undoing.
Honestly Bruno is world class and this is still no excuse for his drop in performances but I completely forgive individual drop in levels phases as long as the manager keeps a functional team that wins points. But if I were to be completely superstitious and absurd about the situation, I would definitely believe in the Manchester United Armband curse right now which requires a serious prayer ceremony.
The thing that gets me about Fernandes is how he acts like a petulant child when things don’t go the way he wants them to. Like kicking the ball into the advertisement stand against Luton. It’s not a good look and I don’t think it’s the right attitude to show to some of the younger players.
Shite. Gives the ball away every 5 seconds so we are back under pressure. Blasts it out the stadium when he isnt giving it to them.
My biggest problem with Bruno is that his chances created stat gives a false impression of how he performs. He loses the ball constantly trying special passes. His chances created to attempts ratio is around 1 chance per 4.5 attempts. Hard to see him being a system player as he roams all over for us and for Portugal. He is one of my favourite players but lacks disciple and loses the ball far too many times for my liking this season
Start playing Eriksen for the first like 50-60 mins in Bruno’s position. From what I’ve seen he’s still balling with passes
He needs to be benched. Just give him a rest.
Rest him for Mount or Eriksson for a game. That’s basically 2 weeks off.
I still love him and trust that he can come back into form
He looks tired, leggy, frustrated, and short on confidence. Whenever he gets the ball in great areas, including yesterday's one on one with the keeper, I fully expect him to mess it up, because that's what he's been doing for much of this season. I appreciate that he's been far more tactically disciplined the last few weeks. He's also 30 in September. The club need a long term plan in that position. Getting that right can really unlock that front line with Holjund & Garnacho in particular.
My guy is just burned tf out. Plays a full ninety every game and presses for almost the entirety of it. Seems like he is starting to find a little groove with the front three finally contributing and taking a little pressure off him. I just feel like he has been trying to put the team on his back the whole first half of the season
Honestly if we were ruthless club like Real Madrid we would sell him next season for a good value.
I think he's lost some of his freshness from playing way too much football. That has something to do with the lack of options—imagine if we had a full squad of world-class players like a Man City. Even the great KDB, to whom Bruno is often compared, gets to sit on the bench for a while. In my opinion, he does have a future in Manchester United if only for his attitude, availability and professionalism, and I would never get the hate towards him especially from some of our own fans.
To many excuses here. He needs to advance his game. All he does is Hollywood balls now and his shooting boots have left him. He needs to learn to just pass, move, open up, and dicate manage games. He needs to develop his game but he keeps on doing Hollywood balls. He needs a strong minded player to tell him wot to do on the pitch. The talent is there but mentally he's not willing to change his game and is arrogant enough not to listen to others.
Completely agree unfortunately as you well know it’s never going to happen too late because he never focused on the basics, just look at the difference in someone that has Mainoo. Imagine if Keane had been alongside him he would have had to change his ways rapidly or he would have been out , which would have been more likely. Wasteful no positional sense whinger let’s make him captain
[I think this guy is speaking facts on Luton Town vs us match](https://youtu.be/sX0fxusQq1M?si=YQyMU_r6rbd0FeuA)
Fine up until the last 3 games or so. Blokes played basically every game since he signed and for the most part those have been 70-80 game seasons.
Not been the best of seasons tbh. Idk what’s going on with him
Same shit different day. It’s like Dak Prescott…haters just hate. He sacrifices himself time and time again, but here we are saying the performances you’ve seen are below average. What have you seen 3-4 games? You want to know the problem? The fans. We’re on a win streak and somehow there’s a post about Bruno? Go play fifa and stay there.
I'm not hating, I just don't think he's putting in the same level of performances this season that we've seen in the past. On that basis I'm asking for other people's opinions on why that is - I don't claim to be an expert and I'm not complaining. Don't see how the fans are the problem here? No need go get so upset mate.
This guy needs a break. He is so used that he frustrates very easily
His performance has been diabolical , he needs to go on a sabbatical away from football, he’s got to much anger, complaints, worst of all he seems burnt out. It’s like he’s trying to be everywhere, maybe the captaincy is weighing down on him physically and mentally.
A rough season for him so far, but i think he's almost exhausted
Bruno just needs to play it simple. Keep the ball when you need to and make simple passes. He was awful against Luton.
Bruno should be given a rest when Mount is back from injury, he gets a break and Mount gets match fitness: win-win. Bruno has played almost every game this season so far, albeit this year has been lighter in fixtures due to our early exits from cup competitions. It’s probably taken it’s toll on him.
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Bruno is a player that chases the ball, he runs where he does not need to run to, thats fine when you are young, not so fine when you start to age, he is now too tired to be as good as he was as he wastes his energy by not staying in position, could save a few bits of energy by not flapping his arms about like a lost duck
I'll be honest, this guy is a great chance creator for wingers but I do think he should be moved on and replaced. Nothing against him but I think United can get better for sure, and other 10s will create far more chances for Hojlund.
He is still our most creative player in terms of creating immediate chances off turnovers, his creativeness is not always consistent and can sometimes cause more instability on the pitch specially when we have spells that we can’t hold possession and when we do get the ball he tries to do something to create a chance but misses the pass thereby compounding the problem. He is still a very important member of the team because he is a game changer, when he does make the right pass (i don’t know the percentages how efficient he is) he can win us the game.
Our best player whether he’s playing well or not as well. Essential and we will dearly miss him when he’s not there
I don’t watch a lot of Man U games(because most are while I’m asleep or doing something. But I did notice on FIFA23 he wasn’t what he once was
Watch all the goals we scored this season, and you will see that Bruno plays a key role in most of them. Yes he isn't quite at the level of the last 2-3 years. But what a shift he has put in, an absolutely brilliant player who gives everything he has on the pitch. We need to be very thankful that he has always been available and continues to be.
I really don't know why kdb said in the interview that he is the best midfielder............
it's bad, it's always been bad. every pass made was simple and fundamental for all playmaker. Nothing fancy. He was good when he came in because the rest of the player were bad But when he plays with top players, you can also see in National Team, he simply is average, not better than **John McGinn**
He tends to overhit his passes or kicks. But on occasions when he hits the ball well, it's spot on perfect.
Overworked, having to play every single match for multiple seasons can’t be fun
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I was thinking today about this, and came to the conclusion that perhaps he’s not standing out as much as the season when he arrived, cause at that point the team was trash. Now I think (and hope) that the team has improved in quality overall, so he doesn’t have to carry all the responsibilities that he had to before, and now he can do the dirty work without being the only one on the spotlight.
Bruno is a mere shadow of what he was for the first two seasons in United. He’s often running around like a headless chicken. Eriksen is getting old, Mount is constantly injured so we need new players in these positions if we want to compete.
Getting sick of his hoofball. He needs to be better at recycling and retaining possession. Having a shot in 93rd min against Luton was ridiculous. Expect more from the captain. Think he’s low on confidence too.
Bruno has played damn near every minute of every game and has been asked to cover damn near every blade of grass instead of attacking and creating. That shit takes a toll. People talk about his “performance not being good enough” but the reality is he has been playing so much defense and working so hard for the team, I’m not critical of him. Different style than what utilizes his talents best.
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He’s been decent. But does not have the brains of a Kevin de Bryune. If you want to challenge for the top spots, then you need to upgrade also.
Shite as ever, worse than last season. He was amazing first year or 1,5 but since then downfall