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There’s definitely scenarios where he can play that #6 role, either coming on at 60 mins or against certain opponents. I think Howe will keep Bruno there for the majority of the time though.

Nah, not really I’m just poking some fun. I do find that he becomes one of the whipping boys fairly quickly when things arnt going our way though.

With most people it depends on if we win or lose week to week

Loves setting up man for man against big sides, got it so right today

Man seeing such a solid performance after we’ve been so slack this season is beyond satisfying

Hes out on his feet, hopefully Osula has been taking notes

Just need to ease the pressure a bit, Isak will go off asap

Put Botman in for Burn and this might be our best functioning 11

That cross will just get better everytime you see it

Pinger

I said a while ago, he will end up begin our TAA

Similar in being press resistant I agree, although I think Bruno still has the edge there. But Bruno is far more creative overall, and Tonali is superior physically. Personally I feel like they pick themselves when it comes to who is 6 and who is 8 if they are starting games together.

The way he’s come on so far this season has been so good to see, I personally had doubts about him defensively whenever he played last season and expected him to not be starting games yet. The talent was clearly there but I saw him need more time. Hes becoming the new Trippier but on the left, it’s huge for us. Impressive stuff.

Bruno will be back at #6 without doubt, he’s our most press resistant and creative midfielder so it’s a no brainer especially against a good side

Man United home would be nice for all sorts of reasons

Not seen anywhere near enough to form an opinion of him yet, but I really wanted that shot to go in off the post. You could see how bad he wanted that goal.

Sit back, soak it up and conserve energy were clearly the half time instructions. I feel like there’s at least a goal in this for Chelsea.

He’d be the only serious option there, but I’m more inclined to think we might actually see something different system wise

No Bruno is going to be interesting

Not good enough for a possession game, but he was a consistently good performer in the press we used before.

The most concerning thing is, and the stats back this up massively - we just play like a poorly coached team. Night and day from the ultra well drilled press we used to know, it’s just all gone very wrong somewhere. There are few encouraging signs that a tweak here or there could have things clicking again, I just don’t see how the current squad we have is capable of deploying the system we are going for. I wonder if Howe starting coaching the side in pre season with this possession based style expecting to have a Guehi in by the end of window, so he’d have two platforms to play off of (Guehi/Bruno).. and then obviously it didn’t happen but he’s stuck to his guns and not reverted system. If so it’s even more of a fuck up than it seemed at first.

Unfortunately that ship has sailed, he’d simply cost to much now. Would be a near perfect signing profile wise though.

It doesn’t matter who they get

I totally agree with this and it’s why that signing was so important, however we should have had a back up plan that wasn’t a desperate bid for Elanga

This change in system won’t get the most out of him, he’s at his best in the full on press we deployed that season. Having said that, he was one of our best performers today.