Bruno Guimarães

[RobsonsWonderland]

They had 3 players around him at all times but if that's the case he should have pulled them out of position to free space up for others.

[huss9]

so poor.

[AyeDubbleYoo]

He wasn't the bad, half the time when the fans are shouting at him he's doing something that turns out to be good

 

He made a couple of avoidable errors, granted. 

[Kid Icarus]

Bit OTT, he was still Bruno, just a bit knackered. A lot of the good that we did cam through Bruno.

[Ellis H]

I went for something a bit different in the aftermath of the final. It’s very good for £12. I noticed after purchase that the one on the site didn’t have a Nike tick so that’s a nice bonus.
 

(I know he hasn’t been 39 for Brazil, accuracy isn’t the point)

[Lotus]

At least he was trying some creative passes. They didn't come off much but it's better to have a player having a go. Sometimes you have to criticize the receiver's positioning  as well. Or the run they take which might make the pass just a little harder. 

[Dr Venkman]

15 hours ago, Lush Vlad said:

His passing was poor. But it’s worth pointing out he’s one of our only players who even attempts through balls. Which is what most of the ‘bad’ passes were. What’s the average success rate for those? Very low I would have thought. Less than 30-40%? 
 

He seemed to be forcing it a bit and massively telegraphing it all the while, though. Which meant Lewis Potter or Pinnock just picked them off. 
 

He was also back to hanging onto it a bit too long. So the window to pass it had gone. Meaning our player was offside or the defender had closed off the space. 
 

I don’t think he was “dogshit” or “rotten” however. That seems hyperbolic in the extreme. 

Aye. There’s a massive difference between an attempt to break the lines and a ten yarder to the opposition under no pressure.

[Dr Venkman]

Double post.
 

 

 

Edited yesterday at 13:13 by Dr Venkman

[Kid Icarus]

Other people are alluding to this with their posts, but I reckon it's worth remembering that Messi was regularly near the bottom of pass completion % in La Liga because he was constantly trying passes to break the lines. I don't mind failed passes when the risk vs reward is worth it. 

[PauloGeordio]

1 hour ago, Kid Icarus said:

Other people are alluding to this with their posts, but I reckon it's worth remembering that Messi was regularly near the bottom of pass completion % in La Liga because he was constantly trying passes to break the lines. I don't mind failed passes when the risk vs reward is worth it. 

Hopefully we’ll get some players in with more footballing intelligence to anticipate these passes over the summer. 

[GEFAFWISP]

4 minutes ago, PauloGeordio said:

Hopefully we’ll get some players in with more footballing intelligence to anticipate these passes over the summer. 

Can we extend that to fans too in understanding how passing works?

[PauloGeordio]

3 minutes ago, GEFAFWISP said:

Can we extend that to fans too in understanding how passing works?