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7 minutes ago, The Prophet said:

Has to be said, we looked far better at Elland Road when Joelinton came off. While he's improved greatly, he needs to learn some discipline to play in that midfield role, he's all over the show. 

I don’t necessarily think that’s a bad thing though. He’s great at winning the ball back for the team and I’m pretty such I read that the stats since moving to midfield put him number one in the league at doing that. He needs someone behind him that can sit back and have the athleticism to pick up the pieces when he finds himself out of position - Shelvey can’t do that and that’s our main problem which hopefully Bruno can help to solve

 

 

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Lascelles isn't coughing up possession though. Howe has him distributing the ball short (mainly to Trippier I think). It's clearly tactical and looking at recent passing stats Lascelles is more than capable of it. Not a chance he drops him imo, Burn will come in on the left with a licence to be a bit more possitive in possession.

 

 

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4 minutes ago, andyc35i said:

I don’t necessarily think that’s a bad thing though. He’s great at winning the ball back for the team and I’m pretty such I read that the stats since moving to midfield put him number one in the league at doing that. He needs someone behind him that can sit back and have the athleticism to pick up the pieces when he finds himself out of position - Shelvey can’t do that and that’s our main problem which hopefully Bruno can help to solve

 

 

 

 

That's why Bruno is going to be so transformative to us as a team.  It's an absolutely key role and position.  Him and Big Joe are going to boss the midfield and either Shelvey or Willock will be free to venture further up the pitch pushing us on.

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I'd like to see:

 

                       Dubravka 

 

           Schar    Lascelles      Burn

Trippier                                         Targett

                 Bruno        Joelinton 

 

              Wilson    Wood     ASM

 

I think Wilson, once back, will get the most benefit from having Wood on the pitch. Far too often, he was being marked by two CBs.

 

If you have Wilson, Wood and ASM on a front line, Bruno and Joe have enough to break up play and get the ball forward. Trippier and Targett to support in the wide areas.

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3 minutes ago, STM said:

I'd like to see:

 

                       Dubravka 

 

           Schar    Lascelles      Burn

Trippier                                         Targett

                 Bruno        Joelinton 

 

              Wilson    Wood     ASM

 

I think Wilson, once back, will get the most benefit from having Wood on the pitch. Far too often, he was being marked by two CBs.

 

If you have Wilson, Wood and ASM on a front line, Bruno and Joe have enough to break up play and get the ball forward. Trippier and Targett to support in the wide areas.

 

I think that is a decent team but again I worry about having Joelinton in a midfield 2 even if we have 3/5 at the back. He's going to have to learn extremely quickly if that's where he'll be playing. I feel like he's being used in midfield as more of a stop gap. I doubt he'd have been playing there at all if Hayden wasn't injured.

 

Edit: I'm not saying he hasn't been fantastic there btw, because he has been. It's just that it is a postion in which experience of said position is key.

 

 

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18 hours ago, Lush Vlad said:

 
A few of them seemed to stay seated and barely even look interested in the hand shake. I’m obviously just an old fashioned grump, but stand up and have a bit of respect FFS. 

Saw this yesterday and hesitated posting thinking am I just getting old but totally agree. I see it hasn’t went unnoticed on Twitter. Always defended Clark but that was very poor from him. Probably his introduction should’ve been more coordinated but thought it was very telling of the modern day footballer as Clark wasn’t the only guilty party.

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1 hour ago, STM said:

I'd like to see:

 

                       Dubravka 

 

           Schar    Lascelles      Burn

Trippier                                         Targett

                 Bruno        Joelinton 

 

              Wilson    Wood     ASM

 

I think Wilson, once back, will get the most benefit from having Wood on the pitch. Far too often, he was being marked by two CBs.

 

If you have Wilson, Wood and ASM on a front line, Bruno and Joe have enough to break up play and get the ball forward. Trippier and Targett to support in the wide areas.


 

We look a team when Wilson is back 

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1 minute ago, LFEE said:

Saw this yesterday and hesitated posting thinking am I just getting old but totally agree. I see it hasn’t went unnoticed on Twitter. Always defended Clark but that was very poor from him. Probably his introduction should’ve been more coordinated but thought it was very telling of the modern day footballer as Clark wasn’t the only guilty party.

Have to admit. My first thought when I saw the video was Clark playing on his phone.

Perhaps I should give him the benefit of the doubt, he knew there was filming going on and perhaps was a bit camera shy. On the flip side, Shelvey who gets loads of grief, seemed perfectly welcoming.

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Hi lads, first post on the forum, I'm brazilian and a fan of Paranaense, signed up here just to see how well Bruno's gonna do for the magpies and to see the repercussion .

 

I've been watching him since his debut for my club in 2018, in 3 months, he got picked from our u-23 who plays the regionals for us, to the main team with Renan Lodi.  Both were essencial in our south american and brazilian cup titles in 18 and 19, but specially Bruno, even scoring on the first match of the Brazilian cup final. 

 

By the start of 2019 the other players were calling him and Lodi "blank check's", that's how good and important these kids were for the team (and they weren't wrong, Bruno's transfer to Lyon was the biggest my club who is known in Brazil for selling well ever had, also, the 20% from the newcastle transfer is the 3rd or 4th biggest transfer fee we ever received as well).

 

I've seen comparsions between him and the like's of Fabinho and Fernandinho here at this thread, i'd say he's neyther.

 

He's not a true anchor man like Fabinho and also lack's the physicality Fabinho has but passes and progresses way better, Fernandinho is an amazing player (and another player my club actyally formed, alongside the likes of Lodi, Alex Sandro and Otavio from Bourdeax) but for me, Bruno has something that even Fernandinho (who was a 10 here in Brazil and a excelent dribbler/ball carrier) doesn't have and that are his trough passes and ability to dictate the tempo of the game, you're gonna see, his passes are like he has the triangle button of a video game on the tip os his boots, if he adapts well you're gonna have a player to make history on the club.

 

Really hope he adapt's fast to the intensity of the EPL and the team, since I hope he can take Fred's spot on Brazil's lineup for this year world cup, I really believe he can become an amazing regista like player and make an amazing midfield trio with Casemiro and Paquetá.

 

Brazilian tip, the easiest way to pronounce his last name woud be something like "Geemarains" the ÃE sound in portuguese is fairly similar to the AIN in english.  

 

P.S. I've started a save with the Magpies in Football Manager in November, he was my first signing followed by Lodi, became THE owner of the midfield playing alongside Willock and Longstaff and later I brough C. Gallagher to complete the trio with him and Willock.

Seeing your squad today I'd go after the likes of Onana for the goal, Milenkovic (Fiorentina) or Koundé instead of Carlos as cb, Lodi for the LB (Targett is a good player but Lodi is an amazing offensive fullback) and Raphinha for the other wing, at least speaking of starting 11's your's would easilly be top 10 material in the EPL

 

A lineup like that would be amazing to watch and you certainlly got the cash to make it happen in 2 or 3 transfer windows.

 

                      Onana

Trippier, Kounde, Milenkovic, Renan Lodi

      Willock, Bruno G., Gallager

         Raphina            ASM

                     Wilson

 

 

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5 minutes ago, JNK said:

Hi lads, first post on the forum, I'm brazilian and a fan of Paranaense, signed up here just to see how well Bruno's gonna do for the magpies and to see the repercussion .

 

I've been watching him since his debut for my club in 2018, in 3 months, he got picked from our u-23 who plays the regionals for us, to the main team with Renan Lodi.  Both were essencial in our south american and brazilian cup titles in 18 and 19, but specially Bruno, even scoring on the first match of the Brazilian cup final. 

 

By the start of 2019 the other players were calling him and Lodi "blank check's", that's how good and important these kids were for the team (and they weren't wrong, Bruno's transfer to Lyon was the biggest my club who is known in Brazil for selling well ever had, also, the 20% from the newcastle transfer is the 3rd or 4th biggest transfer fee we ever received as well).

 

I've seen comparsions between him and the like's of Fabinho and Fernandinho here at this thread, i'd say he's neyther.

 

He's not a true anchor man like Fabinho and also lack's the physicality Fabinho has but passes and progresses way better, Fernandinho is an amazing player (and another player my club actyally formed, alongside the likes of Lodi, Alex Sandro and Otavio from Bourdeax) but for me, Bruno has something that even Fernandinho (who was a 10 here in Brazil and a excelent dribbler/ball carrier) doesn't have and that are his trough passes and ability to dictate the tempo of the game, you're gonna see, his passes are like he has the triangle button of a video game on the tip os his boots, if he adapts well you're gonna have a player to make history on the club.

 

Really hope he adapt's fast to the intensity of the EPL and the team, since I hope he can take Fred's spot on Brazil's lineup for this year world cup, I really believe he can become an amazing regista like player and make an amazing midfield trio with Casemiro and Paquetá.

 

Brazilian tip, the easiest way to pronounce his last name woud be something like "Geemarains" the ÃE sound in portuguese is fairly similar to the AIN in english.  

 

P.S. I've started a save with the Magpies in Football Manager in November, he was my first signing folloed by Lodi, became THE owner of the midfield playing alongside Willock and Longstaff and later I brough C. Gallagher to complete the trio with him and Willock.

Seeing your squad today I'd go after the likes of Onana for the goal, Milenkovic (Fiorentina) or Koundé instead of Carlos as cb, Lodi for the LB (Targett is a good player but Lodi is an amazing offensive fullback) and Raphinha for the other wing, at least speaking of starting 11's your's would easilly be top 10 material in the EPL

 

A lineup like that would be amazing to watch and you certainlly got the cash to make it happen in 2 or 3 transfer windows.

 

                      Onana

Trippier, Kounde, Milenkovic, Renan Lodi

      Willock, Bruno G., Gallager

         Raphina            ASM

                     Wilson

Welcome and thanks for the incite. We’re so excited to see what Bruno can do. Cannot wait for him to feel the love  :smitten:

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42 minutes ago, Kid Icarus said:

Class post! Love this line:

 

 

 

 

It's totally true, wait till he adapts, i've always got the feeling he has a knack for even knowing how fast his teammates are so he can pick the right weight on the pass. 

 

42 minutes ago, PauloGeordio said:

Welcome and thanks for the incite. We’re so excited to see what Bruno can do. Cannot wait for him to feel the love  :smitten:

 

 

I'm gonna leave two highlight videos of him playing in the red and black shirt. I haven't even seen the long one yet, but that's some of the magic he created for us in less than 2 years as a starter, mind you he was 20/21 at the time and 2018 was his first year in top level football (as good as it get's here at least).

 

 

At 2:20 the assist against the white team is a game with Boca Juniors on the group stage of the Libertadores we won 3-0.

 

 

This last video has all 10 goals he scored for us, the second was against our local and bigest rivals with our u23 and they with the main squad, the last one at 3:40 was the goal on the Brazilian Cup final.

 

here's the goals on the second leg, he didn't assist or score but was essencial to the team, I'd recommend watching the second goal around 1:34, it's one of the most beaultiful goals i've ever seen in a top tier final. (the dribble our player does is even hard to describe, just fine football, the guy who was dribbled was so shocked he couldn't even run after our attacker)

 

Other 2 things you should know, we call him Bruxo(Wizard) Guimarães in our town. Yesterday we were comenting on a whatsapp group the video of his arrival, saying that he clearly wants to play so much in the EPL that he arrived yesterday wearing his "game clothes" for the presentation.

btw there's an expression in Brazil that says "Joga de terno" wich translates to "Plays in a suit". 

 

The other and really important one, he loves the big games! 

 

Thanks for the wellcome guys! Gonna be checking in kinda frequentlly, I'm really excited about this transfer (even for my club it was really good $) and like I said, I wanna see how well he does in the EPL so we can have him start for Brazil.

He needs to experience these big games more often if he wants to start at the World Cup and the EPL is sure the place for that, god forbid if we have to start Fred in November.  

 

 

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54 minutes ago, JNK said:

 

The other and really important one, he loves the big games! 

 

This is fucking class. I just know he's gonna be amazing for us. Thank you for the wonderful posts, JNK, and welcome to the forum!

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2 hours ago, JNK said:

Hi lads, first post on the forum, I'm brazilian and a fan of Paranaense, signed up here just to see how well Bruno's gonna do for the magpies and to see the repercussion .

 

I've been watching him since his debut for my club in 2018, in 3 months, he got picked from our u-23 who plays the regionals for us, to the main team with Renan Lodi.  Both were essencial in our south american and brazilian cup titles in 18 and 19, but specially Bruno, even scoring on the first match of the Brazilian cup final. 

 

By the start of 2019 the other players were calling him and Lodi "blank check's", that's how good and important these kids were for the team (and they weren't wrong, Bruno's transfer to Lyon was the biggest my club who is known in Brazil for selling well ever had, also, the 20% from the newcastle transfer is the 3rd or 4th biggest transfer fee we ever received as well).

 

I've seen comparsions between him and the like's of Fabinho and Fernandinho here at this thread, i'd say he's neyther.

 

He's not a true anchor man like Fabinho and also lack's the physicality Fabinho has but passes and progresses way better, Fernandinho is an amazing player (and another player my club actyally formed, alongside the likes of Lodi, Alex Sandro and Otavio from Bourdeax) but for me, Bruno has something that even Fernandinho (who was a 10 here in Brazil and a excelent dribbler/ball carrier) doesn't have and that are his trough passes and ability to dictate the tempo of the game, you're gonna see, his passes are like he has the triangle button of a video game on the tip os his boots, if he adapts well you're gonna have a player to make history on the club.

 

Really hope he adapt's fast to the intensity of the EPL and the team, since I hope he can take Fred's spot on Brazil's lineup for this year world cup, I really believe he can become an amazing regista like player and make an amazing midfield trio with Casemiro and Paquetá.

 

Brazilian tip, the easiest way to pronounce his last name woud be something like "Geemarains" the ÃE sound in portuguese is fairly similar to the AIN in english.  

 

P.S. I've started a save with the Magpies in Football Manager in November, he was my first signing followed by Lodi, became THE owner of the midfield playing alongside Willock and Longstaff and later I brough C. Gallagher to complete the trio with him and Willock.

Seeing your squad today I'd go after the likes of Onana for the goal, Milenkovic (Fiorentina) or Koundé instead of Carlos as cb, Lodi for the LB (Targett is a good player but Lodi is an amazing offensive fullback) and Raphinha for the other wing, at least speaking of starting 11's your's would easilly be top 10 material in the EPL

 

A lineup like that would be amazing to watch and you certainlly got the cash to make it happen in 2 or 3 transfer windows.

 

                      Onana

Trippier, Kounde, Milenkovic, Renan Lodi

      Willock, Bruno G., Gallager

         Raphina            ASM

                     Wilson

 

 

 

 

Great info.

 

As for your line up, is that for FM or real life?

 

If real life then unfortunately Onana has already signed for Inter Milan. And the midfield you have works on FM but in real life, Gallagher and Willock would be overun - besides Willock seems like a daisy player - some days he does, some days he doesn't - he's also much better in the game.

 

This is one of the most successful tactics in FM22: https://beta.fm-base.co.uk/tactics/22.2.0/modeerf-2220-573719-5963. I've managed many invincible seasons but as you can see, you can have literally have no midfield and overpower teams because of how the game engine works.

 

Milenkovic is one the best defenders in the game but isn't as good in real life for Fiorentina. Kounde is more likely to go to Chelsea and would be £60m+ so not sure if its the best way to spend. Antony might be a cheaper option than Raphinha but most people in the EPL rate Raphinha very highly - actually many CL clubs want him. 

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1 hour ago, POOT 2.0 said:

@JNK is poster of the year, already :lol: 

LOL, haven't done nothing, I just like football and like talking about the game [emoji38]

1 hour ago, bobbydazzla said:

Bom dia JNK you are pure lush as owt man 

Boa noite Bobby! (it's already 7PM here)

59 minutes ago, Phoenix711 said:

 

Great info.

 

As for your line up, is that for FM or real life?

 

If real life then unfortunately Onana has already signed for Inter Milan. And the midfield you have works on FM but in real life, Gallagher and Willock would be overun - besides Willock seems like a daisy player - some days he does, some days he doesn't - he's also much better in the game.

 

This is one of the most successful tactics in FM22: https://beta.fm-base.co.uk/tactics/22.2.0/modeerf-2220-573719-5963. I've managed many invincible seasons but as you can see, you can have literally have no midfield and overpower teams because of how the game engine works.

 

Milenkovic is one the best defenders in the game but isn't as good in real life for Fiorentina. Kounde is more likely to go to Chelsea and would be £60m+ so not sure if its the best way to spend. Antony might be a cheaper option than Raphinha but most people in the EPL rate Raphinha very highly - actually many CL clubs want him. 

 

 

Was a little of both actually, I hadn't heard about Onana to Inter tbh neither about the Kounde - Chelsea link, and I still think Milenkovic would be a real asset for the magpies IRL.

Willock is young, but he has the talent, i'd give him more time before rulling him out of a mid trio like that, all three are young prospects and their playstiles complement each other.

 

About Raphinha, Antony would also be a GREAT signing, since Raphinha could be out of reach by the game he is playing for Brazil.

 

Other FM prospects that i think could do well irl for you are guys like Adeyemi, Esposito and T. Livramento (RB), all really young but really promissing. 

 

Other transfer i'd go if I was Howe would be Ceballos. I think he would be the a great asset for you guys, specially playing alongside Bruno.  

 

About FM, i've been playing since the 98/99 version of CM, my save with newcastle in FM22 I'm going for an undefeated EPL run on my second year :smitten: Also, I used to be part of the official research, on behalf of my Paranaense.

1 hour ago, SiLvOR said:

 

This is fucking class. I just know he's gonna be amazing for us. Thank you for the wonderful posts, JNK, and welcome to the forum!

I really hope so, for the sake of our world cup intentions later this year! :Jonny2J:

 

 

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4 hours ago, Kid Icarus said:

Class post! Love this line:

 

 

 

If you look at the goal Brazil scored where he got the assist, that seems like a very decent description. His pass is what starts that attack, and it's exactly like a "through ball" on FIFA :lol:

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On 04/02/2022 at 18:08, GeordieDazzler said:

 

 

 

 

Love this. Seems to have a really cool personality. 

 

God willing a healthy run of no injuries the rest of the way now, and I think this guy will be a massive hit.

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