Bruno Guimarães

[TRon]

5 minutes ago, Flip said:

Definitely not as popular as he’s been for Newcastle. Quite criticized lately tbh. He’s been quite hit and miss for the national team. I expected more from him, not sure he has developed much lately and seems to have the same errors in him as he had two-three years ago.

 

Is any of that criticism ever directed at his lack of pace or is that not as much of a factor outside of English football?

 

 

[AyeDubbleYoo]

30 minutes ago, TRon said:

 

 

He plays for their national side doesn't he? I would think he's pretty famous then.

You know what I mean though, he’s not a star player. 

[TRon]

14 minutes ago, AyeDubbleYoo said:

You know what I mean though, he’s not a star player. 

 

Honestly I thought playing as a midfield anchor he would be a star player. But then I don't really know where he plays for Brazil or even if he's a regular tbh.

[Astroblack]

Brazil are going through a rough patch at the moment and he’s labeled as one of their “ordinary players”. I’ve watched him for Brazil. Looks like he’s pretty much instructed to fetch the ball back and pass to one of their more decisive players. But he has started 80-90% of their games in the last two years. World Cups, Copas, friendlies. 
 

edit: not Word Cup, was a sub there, Fred and Paqueta were preferred. 

 

 

Edited December 1, 2024 by Astroblack

[Displayname]

2 hours ago, Smal said:

If they thought Trippier was on his away out in the summer then just… promote Bruno after he’s gone?

 

And even if not, just let Bruno be the third choice captain after Lascelles and Trippier. I think that’s what I’d expect any club to do normally. It just seemed like a really weird thing to do and I’ve never seen it before apart from when a club’s changed manager or something.

Would be silly to give the captaincy from one bench warmer to another

[Nine]

When Tonali played centrally it was a glimpse into why Howe won’t start Bruno anywhere but #6 in this formation, I’ve pointed out before that I don’t think he is physically capable for the further forward role in our current system and I won’t change my mind.

 

 

[Rod]

2 hours ago, Astroblack said:

Brazil are going through a rough patch at the moment and he’s labeled as one of their “ordinary players”. I’ve watched him for Brazil. Looks like he’s pretty much instructed to fetch the ball back and pass to one of their more decisive players. But he has started 80-90% of their games in the last two years. World Cups, Copas, friendlies. 
 

edit: not Word Cup, was a sub there, Fred and Paqueta were preferred. 

 

 

 

I didn't even know he was on the pitch until about the 25th minute.  Even then I only noticed because he dropped another bollock by losing the ball.  He's having a nightmare season so far.  I'll bite my tongue in case I say too much.

[TheBrownBottle]

14 hours ago, Lush Vlad said:

He has been below par this season. But I don’t think he’s been as bad as people have made out.
 

He was dreadful yesterday, mind. Most of his forward passes seemed like they were straight to a Palace player. When it wasn’t even a hard ball to play. Especially for someone as good as him.  
 

Like the rest of our team. He seemed to panic and struggle with his attacking passes. Moving him further forward didn’t help us yesterday. Even though Tonali was our best player by a country mile in the deeper role. His lack of mobility certainly stood out on the right. Perhaps why Howe has been so reluctant to play him there in this system?

Bruno is an excellent footballer so shite for him means he’s performing like a bang-average PL footballer.  
 

But by his standards he’s been shite. 

[Rod]

1 minute ago, TheBrownBottle said:

Bruno is an excellent footballer so shite for him means he’s performing like a bang-average PL footballer.  
 

But by his standards he’s been shite. 

He's been nowhere near bang average.  He's been awful most of the season ......... oh shit, I said that I would bite my tongue.

[TheBrownBottle]

Just now, Rod said:

He's been nowhere near bang average.  He's been awful most of the season ......... oh shit, I said that I would bite my tongue.

Haha you did - and I think you’re probably right tbf.  I was trying to be generous  

[mattypnufc]

Another cryptic message today.  

[Roids]

You guys are watching a different Bruno to me, he's been our best player all season, very consistent performer. 

 

 

Edited December 5, 2024 by Roids

[PauloGeordio]

1 hour ago, mattypnufc said:

Another cryptic message today.  

What was it? 

[HawK]

22 minutes ago, Roids said:

You guys are watching Bruno to me, he's been our best player all season, very consistent performer. 

[Gallowgate Toon]

Is his lack of mobility really an issue at CM? We'd have plenty of legs in and around him, the squad is full of good athletes.

 

For me, you want him pressing high because he's really good at nicking the ball, and you want him handling things in the final third as much as possible because he's got genuine vision, touch, and control in there. 

[Sima]

5 minutes ago, PauloGeordio said:

What was it? 

[jack j]

7 minutes ago, PauloGeordio said:

What was it? 

"They say you don't know what you have until it's gone. Truth is, you knew what you had, you just thought you'd never lose it"

 

Source; u ok hun/instagram

 

 

Edited December 2, 2024 by jack j

[PauloGeordio]

Somebody nicked his Kinder stash?  

[TBG]

12 minutes ago, PauloGeordio said:

What was it? 

 

[PauloGeordio]

4 minutes ago, TBG said:

 

Cheers for clarifying that for me TBG 

[The Butcher]

1 hour ago, Sima said:

Sell the cunt.

[80]

1 hour ago, Gallowgate Toon said:

Is his lack of mobility really an issue at CM? We'd have plenty of legs in and around him, the squad is full of good athletes.

 

For me, you want him pressing high because he's really good at nicking the ball, and you want him handling things in the final third as much as possible because he's got genuine vision, touch, and control in there. 

Agreed, although I think he's gotten weaker at it over the past couple of years. Think that's just from lack of usage due to where he's been positioned though... I'm confident it would come back with a bit of time and encouragement.

[PauloGeordio]

Not 100th appearance in the black and white shirt! Worrying 

[The College Dropout]

I think he's played fairly fatigued for a long time now which isn't helping his mobility, speed and athleticism.

 

I remember when people were in denial about his lack of athleticism  he's a brilliant player but that much was obvious from the compilations.

[Aiston]

4 minutes ago, The College Dropout said:

I think he's played fairly fatigued for a long time now which isn't helping his mobility, speed and athleticism.

 

I remember when people were in denial about his lack of athleticism  he's a brilliant player but that much was obvious from the compilations.

 

If only we had another midfielder to share the load.