Bruno Guimarães

[TRon]

21 hours ago, Wallsendmag said:

 

Foden was absolutely superb last night. He's a better player than Bruno tbf and there'll be many more central midfielders this season who will come up well short against him so it's certainly no disgrace to be coming off 2nd best.

 

We are still a fair way behind Man City but I'm confident that slowly but surely we will catch up.

 

It wasn't just Bruno who struggled to impose himself, Tonali, who was superb last week, and Joelinton were the same. Kovacic and Rodri dominated along with Foden, but I think that's not only because they are class players, but Pep's coaching which has been drilled into his squad for many seasons now. They are one of the few teams who can pass their way around our press, and considering how much they've spent on their personnel down the last few years, there's no shame in it.

[alexf]

Still showed for the ball always and happy to receive it. Stronger game for him than Villa was. The missed shot was simple symptom of what alot of our players did on the night, snatched at it because he was rushing, scared to lose possession or waste a chance of a shot at goal against a formidable opponent.

 

Bruno whilst he has had a few ofcourse, isn't a player for individual moments to turn a game generally. 

He is there to control a game. Control our tempo, keep possession etc. 

 

When we had our brief spells in the game in the 1st half and 2nd, he was at the heart of it, keeping the ball moving and looking for angles. 

 

He's not gonna go on fast powerful driving runs or hit many long range thunderbastards. He needs willing runners and people to play combinations with. 

[Wallsendmag]

20 minutes ago, TRon said:

 

It wasn't just Bruno who struggled to impose himself, Tonali, who was superb last week, and Joelinton were the same. Kovacic and Rodri dominated along with Foden, but I think that's not only because they are class players, but Pep's coaching which has been drilled into his squad for many seasons now. They are one of the few teams who can pass their way around our press, and considering how much they've spent on their personnel down the last few years, there's no shame in it.

 

None at all. Our midfield won't come up against another rmidfield as good as that (ability or tactically wise) all season. No shame coming 2nd best to that.

[TRon]

58 minutes ago, Wallsendmag said:

 

None at all. Our midfield won't come up against another rmidfield as good as that (ability or tactically wise) all season. No shame coming 2nd best to that.

 

Not to mention players who support their midfield like the full backs who are also the best of the best which adds to their dominance. They buy at the top of the market, we are shopping from a lower tier which means youngsters who will take a year or two to mature.

 

Even so, you could see Howe was still disappointed we couldn't get at them more, will be interesting to see how we do against them at our place. Eddie doesn't accept being second best even if it's excusable.

[huss9]

murphy coming on would have helped greatly.

miggy was getting joy down the right but would stop dead or cut back.

[The Prophet]

Interesting snippetS from Edit Kev's article:

 

 

[Erikse]

It's okay, if Joelinton has another stinker in the next game then he will be the new target.

 

 

Edited August 21, 2023 by Erikse

[GEFAFWISP]

7 hours ago, Erikse said:

It's okay, if Joelinton has another stinker in the next game then he will be the new target.

 

 

 

True. There can be only one. It's either a naff Highlander or Sith Lord attempt from some of our support.

[Sufi]

I'm outraged by the outrage.

He's an incredible player. Its the best team we've ever had. We just lost 1-0 to the best side in the world. 

I guess its a privilege to have such tiny problems. I have no doubt he will be back to his best in the next few matches. 

Never been a better time in recent history to be a NUFC supporter. Enjoy it. 

[Conjo]

14 hours ago, TRon said:

They buy at the top of the market, we are shopping from a lower tier which means youngsters who will take a year or two to mature.

 

Not entirely correct. Man City tend to buy quite a lot of young 20-21 year olds. They are buying players a tier over us in term of quality though.

[buzza]

18 hours ago, The Prophet said:

Interesting snippetS from Edit Kev's article:

 

 

Agree a lot with this.

Most probably our expectations have now ratcheted up a couple of levels hence the rumblings about his "dip" in form.

[nbthree3]

 

[TBG]

Not the right way to go about it, but he ain't wrong 

[Ronson333]

1 minute ago, nbthree3 said:

 

Agree with Bruno here, embarrassing from NUFC360

[gbandit]

They just wanted some clicks, the endless need to try to create “content” and talking points is fucking dreadful 

[Hanshithispantz]

Shit got real for NUFC360 there like 

 

 

Edited August 22, 2023 by Hanshithispantz

[Smal]

bit of an overreaction tbh

[jack j]

Hes got a point but it doesn't bode well for the future imo

 

[r0cafella]

nufc360 should stick to aggregating links. 

[Choppy Chop Chop]

I suppose in this day and age we have to put up with the numpties, block em all I say. Its not as if you can walk out of the pub.  

[Erikse]

I reacted to that post once I saw it, putting specific players into the picture and such.. If it was a random account with barely any followers then sure, but this account has 143k followers..

[r0cafella]

It’s deleted?

[Erikse]

He deleted it already

[gbandit]

Just now, r0cafella said:

It’s deleted?

 class, kegs immediately dripping with shit

[LV]

It’s fucking embarrassing that some of the completely unwarranted criticism is getting to the players. I know it’s only a vocal few but seriously, they need to fuck off with the negativity. 
 

Maybe he shouldn’t have publicly bitten but Bruno is an emotional character and wants to be loved and it looks like he’s been a bit shocked by the reaction from some loony elements of our fan base. Embarrassing.