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Nine

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I take back what I said about him not being physically up to the RCM position, he might not be able to do it for 90 mins every game but you can see the upside to it.

 

Howe knows best 

 

 

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thought it was his better games of the season. Obviously playing a different role but played some really dangerous and creative passes that we’ve been missing. Assist for Isak is probably a pass that nobody else in our squad can make other than Isak himself.

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Been dying to see him in positions to thread balls through to Isak, and finally we had that today from the outset.

 

Will become a lethal weapon with more game time with him in that position.

 

Love seeing him higher up the pitch.

 

Not a bad free kick for our equaliser at the end too.

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Funtime Frankie

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1 minute ago, KaKa said:

Been dying to see him in positions to thread balls through to Isak, and finally we had that today from the outset.

 

Will become a lethal weapon with more game time with him in that position.

 

Love seeing him higher up the pitch.

 

Not a bad free kick for our equaliser at the end too.

He will be even more dangerous with a top RW too, just hope we get one in January 

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I think we take it for granted how good he is. He loves being on the ball and dictating play and he can be very good at it but he has such a sixth sense for the game in general that I think he's much better being on the ball less but being further forward. 2 assists tonight. 

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The obvious advantage of him playing higher up is the creativity he adds to our attack. 

 

But I think having him be one of the "trigger" men on the press was very effective today. He's not the most athletic, but his reading of the game and timing was critical to us winning the ball back on several occasions. Interested to see if that's another plus  of him playing higher up, or if he just happened to be up against one of the only few CMs in the league as immobile as him. [emoji38]

 

Regardless I think having the game in front of him and using his IQ to know when to charge and cut off angles will be a better use of his abilities off the ball. Rather than trying to chase counter attacks as the last man in midfield. 

 

 

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buzza

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Mcallister had two fierce shots from outside the area, his shooting skills are pretty good.

Bruno looks better in the 8 and or double pivot position. So we dont depend on him being the recovery midfielder as he just doesnt have the pace...

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KingArthur

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35 minutes ago, buzza said:

Mcallister had two fierce shots from outside the area, his shooting skills are pretty good.

Bruno looks better in the 8 and or double pivot position. So we dont depend on him being the recovery midfielder as he just doesnt have the pace...

Bruno's shooting is crap though.. That and his pace are the only weakness I can think of. That left footer inside the box was so :anguish:

But he is so important especially when we try to beat the press. Never have I seen someone shielding the ball so well and being able to resist the press.

 

 

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Checko

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I've never really got this Bruno can't shoot thing. He's always scored goals for us since he came, including outside the box ones, that was supposed to be his weakness but I haven't seen it.

 

He certainly doesn't have a cannon of a shot (which I guess is why people think he can't shoot), but according to FBRef, since he's joined us he has an expected goals of 11.5, he's actually scored 16.

 

All his shooting stats over the last 365 days are well above average.

 

per 90

80th % in goals

76th % shots on target

73th % shots on target %

80th % goals/shot

76th % goals per shot on target

67th % average shot distance

80th % goals minus xG

 

https://fbref.com/en/players/82518f62/scout/365_m1/Bruno-Guimaraes-Scouting-Report

 

Obviously stats are stats, perhaps they look a bit better because he picks his moment to shoot well etc. (though he's stil very high in shots -xG) but there's a lot of evidence he's actually a good shooter.

 

Anyway, I feel the 'he's terrible at shooting' thing is just a bit overblown.

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Lush Vlad

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I might be wrong.  But I think it's to do with how he strikes the ball.  He never gets any power into it and you never expect him to beat the keeper from long range.  Not necessarily down to his accuracy or finishing ability if he is in a bit closer. 

 

It's not a disaster.  He is very good at other things.  But his shooting is weak as piss, IMO. 

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52 minutes ago, Lush Vlad said:

I might be wrong.  But I think it's to do with how he strikes the ball.  He never gets any power into it and you never expect him to beat the keeper from long range.  Not necessarily down to his accuracy or finishing ability if he is in a bit closer. 

 

It's not a disaster.  He is very good at other things.  But his shooting is weak as piss, IMO. 

 

 

Hopefully if he's pushed further forward he'll be able to make more runs into the box instead of striking them from distance. In his first season he did score a few from inside the box and that's what we need more of.

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