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LFEE

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On 06/04/2023 at 12:20, LFEE said:

No he wasn’t ? He was better second half and more so because WHU had dropped off badly after conceding the third but was overrun the first half.

 

Still waiting for him to dominate a top team away from home. Watched Enzo properly for the first time on Tuesday and you can see what the extra £65m gives you as ridiculous as that fee was. The extra pace, power and mobility. That bit extra top midfielders have.

 

Still love him though ? Hope he makes me eat my words at Stamford Bridge last game of the season if there’s something to play for.

Couldn’t be bothered to re type. He’s very good but let’s not blind ourselves.

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9 hours ago, LFEE said:

Couldn’t be bothered to re type. He’s very good but let’s not blind ourselves.

 

I said something along the same lines early on about his only weakness being lack of athleticism and got roasted for it, but he does lack a bit of pace, and that's his only fault. Never really seen us get overrun like that before in midfield though, so I think we just got our shape wrong in general, none of the midfielders had a good game.

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It’s not just Bruno’s lack of pace, it’s that none of our midfielders ever effectively sit in front or back 4. With our system and our use of the high press, all the midfielders need to move up to cover the passing options through the middle.

It does mean though that a team can go diagonally from the back, miss out our press and then find a massive gap in front of our back 4. 
I mean, Bournemouth did it to us with some ease if we’re honest. They just didn’t have the quality to capitalise.

 

We need to be a bit more flexible tactically. I’m sure that’s kind of obvious by now.

EH will, I have no doubt seen it. Hopefully we’ll start to see the plan b and c options take shape next season.

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3 hours ago, Lotus said:

It’s not just Bruno’s lack of pace, it’s that none of our midfielders ever effectively sit in front or back 4. With our system and our use of the high press, all the midfielders need to move up to cover the passing options through the middle.

It does mean though that a team can go diagonally from the back, miss out our press and then find a massive gap in front of our back 4. 
I mean, Bournemouth did it to us with some ease if we’re honest. They just didn’t have the quality to capitalise.

 

We need to be a bit more flexible tactically. I’m sure that’s kind of obvious by now.

EH will, I have no doubt seen it. Hopefully we’ll start to see the plan b and c options take shape next season.

 

I think that's a decent observation. The press is great if we can rattle teams with that intensity, but if it's slightly off then it can be picked apart as happened yesterday.

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Just now, Kid Icarus said:

As Mike said in the match thread, have Spurs never watched Bruno? :lol: Sometimes marking him isn't enough anyway, but not doing it is proper suicide 

Also didnt bother with Trippier. So Bruno and Trippier had a free game. The story of our success, and you give them all freedom they want 

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The way he was limping at about 25 minutes was terrifying and I was worried that'd take the shine off the result, but he just recovered and was running about the rest of the game like it never happened. Love him.

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1 minute ago, Kanji said:

Legitimately one of the best players in the PL. He was elite today. 

And that's with him playing at like 50% to not injure himself more. Wouldn't be surprised if he ends up being the best midfielder I've seen for us, he is already pretty fucking close like. 

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5 minutes ago, LiquidAK said:

The way he was limping at about 25 minutes was terrifying and I was worried that'd take the shine off the result, but he just recovered and was running about the rest of the game like it never happened. Love him.

He limped until half time. I thought it was crazy not to take him off at 5-0. But second half he was fine. 

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1 minute ago, Nobody said:

 

And that's with him playing at like 50% to not injure himself more. Wouldn't be surprised if he ends up being the best midfielder I've seen for us, he is already pretty fucking close like. 


idk I’m already there. He’s the best I’ve ever seen for us. He does the dirty and beautiful and when we’re pressed high he’s absolutely running the entire thing. 

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3 minutes ago, Nobody said:

 

And that's with him playing at like 50% to not injure himself more. Wouldn't be surprised if he ends up being the best midfielder I've seen for us, he is already pretty fucking close like. 

 

Who would he have to pass? i.e who do you have in #1 at present?

 

Not being a dick and suggesting Bruno is by miles #1 already. Genuinely curious as to who you have as his closest competition.

 

Question open to everyone [emoji38]

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For me, in CM and in my lifetime it's Speed, Lee and Cabaye.

 

I loved all three for different reasons.

 

Edit: Not saying they're ahead BTW. Just that, before Bruno, these were my top 3 CMs

 

 

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1 minute ago, BlazeT44 said:

 

Who would he have to pass? i.e who do you have in #1 at present?

 

Not being a dick and suggesting Bruno is by miles #1 already. Genuinely curious as to who you have as his closest competition.

 

Question open to everyone [emoji38]

I don't even know :lol:

I'm in that age bracket where I've seen the likes of Speed and Lee, but nowhere near enough to really compare them to how much I've seen of Bruno. Since I've been old enough to bother analysing football, it's Bruno by a mile like. Probably used to be Cabaye, but he's legit absolutely miles behind Bruno. 

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Was absolutely convinced I wanted to see him in the number 8 role so he got in and around the box more, but seeing him play the number 6 role and dictate the game like he did today just makes me think that I might have it completely wrong.

 

 

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37 minutes ago, Nobody said:

 

And that's with him playing at like 50% to not injure himself more. Wouldn't be surprised if he ends up being the best midfielder I've seen for us, he is already pretty fucking close like. 


Only Rob Lee is better for me.

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Little word for the touch and pass to Willock for the Isak goal. 
 

A normal midfielder just knocks that to Willock’s feet to be safe, and Willock isn’t able to play the forward pass. 
 

But Bruno rolls his studs over it under pressure and plays it ahead of Willock, starting off the whole move. 
 

So many examples of those little added value things he does. 

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