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Out of Brazil squad for the next friendly.

 

João Gomes from Wolves took his spot. 

 

They've given chances to a lot of youngsters and some good players from the Brazilian League, including Mycael (third choice keeper in his club 19 y/o), Andrey and Vitor Roque to name a few u20 wonderkids

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2 minutes ago, JNK said:

Out of Brazil squad for the next friendly.

 

João Gomes from Wolves took his spot. 

 

They've given chances to a lot of youngsters and some good players from the Brazilian League, including Mycael (third choice keeper in his club 19 y/o), Andrey and Vitor Roque to name a few u20 wonderkids


Caretaker manager until we appoint a proper manager and giving chances to some youngsters, but worst Brazilian squad I’ve seen in a long time. You’d hope the guy would at least take his job seriously. Leaving Bruno, Martinelli and Raphinha out on current form is ridiculous. 

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28 minutes ago, Flip said:


Caretaker manager until we appoint a proper manager and giving chances to some youngsters, but worst Brazilian squad I’ve seen in a long time. You’d hope the guy would at least take his job seriously. Leaving Bruno, Martinelli and Raphinha out on current form is ridiculous. 

I think Bruno and Martinelli really deserve the spot, but Raphinha not so much on his current form (but what he played before for brazil will get him back on the list)

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10 minutes ago, JNK said:

I think Bruno and Martinelli really deserve the spot, but Raphinha not so much on his current form (but what he played before for brazil will get him back on the list)


Raphinha on current form is one of the top performers for Barcelona at the moment. Has quite a few goals and assists in the last month. Definitely deserves to be in there with the two other. 

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1 minute ago, Flip said:


Raphinha on current form is one of the top performers for Barcelona at the moment. Has quite a few goals and assists in the last month. Definitely deserves to be in there with the two other. 

LOL, I really haven't been seeying barça games, last time I checked Dembelé was the one doing that on the RW

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8 minutes ago, JNK said:

LOL, I really haven't been seeying barça games, last time I checked Dembelé was the one doing that on the RW


Yeah, he was terrible, but has really settled in after the World Cup.

 

Anyways, back to Bruno. Hope he plays tomorrow.

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After the foul on Rashford for the opener last week, he dived in again this week and gave up a direct free kick in a very dangerous shooting position.

That's after diving in and getting himself a straight red and ban in the previous game, the far more nervy than it should have been semi final.

Bruno's a fantastic footballer we are lucky to have, our best player, but the above is not the behaviour of an elite "6".

Since he's also about the only player we have exceeding his expected goals and are missing chances galore from midfield, the case for playing him at 8 just grows stronger. This is definitely something that our recruitment in the summer will have to consider.

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1 hour ago, Stottie said:

After the foul on Rashford for the opener last week, he dived in again this week and gave up a direct free kick in a very dangerous shooting position.

That's after diving in and getting himself a straight red and ban in the previous game, the far more nervy than it should have been semi final.

Bruno's a fantastic footballer we are lucky to have, our best player, but the above is not the behaviour of an elite "6".

Since he's also about the only player we have exceeding his expected goals and are missing chances galore from midfield, the case for playing him at 8 just grows stronger. This is definitely something that our recruitment in the summer will have to consider.

I’ve got no doubt that one of our prime targets this summer will be a defensive midfielder, to allow Bruno to play more advanced.

 

Ive had enough of Longstaff like. Good lad and gives his all but he’s too slow and not good enough to rely on. 

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Just now, Jaqen said:

He won't move but he'd probably be the perfect Gundogan replacement for them. 

Not so sure how you are so convinced he won't move, if Real Madrid or Man City come in for him I'd be surprised if he didn't want to move. IMO.

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1 minute ago, Jaqen said:

He won't move but he'd probably be the perfect Gundogan replacement for them. 

He absolutely would move. 
 

I think we’ve got to be realistic that if one of the massive teams come for Bruno we’ll lose him but I can’t see many out there being able to afford him. 

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I mean if Grealish was worth 100m to them, an actual footballer and leader with a brain and vision as big as Bruno would be worth...more than they'd be willing to spend i'd imagine/hope. But yeah, we're going to have to start putting up with this shit on a regular basis now unfortunately. Bruno publicly mentioning private chats with rival managers, you'd have to ask him why he would do that, seems like a poor choice on his part, regardless of whether it happens all the time with players.

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6 minutes ago, Away Toon said:

Not so sure how you are so convinced he won't move, if Real Madrid or Man City come in for him I'd be surprised if he didn't want to move. IMO.

 

Well aye I mean he could but I don't think he'll be going anywhere just yet. Think people are getting carried away in some of the other threads saying all our best players may ask to leave in the summer. 

 

They signed for a team that was either in or had just been in a relegation fight. 6 months later we've had a cup final and are 5th in the league. I think that's enough sign of progress. 

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The next couple of seasons are going to be key and massive if we're going to keep players like Bruno and continue to grow with them. Goes without saying we have to improve year on year and if we do, players like Bruno will hopefully stay to enjoy the success they started.

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Players leaving doesn’t worry me one iota.  This is a very different club to Ashley’s - I’d be confident that any player leaving would do so because it is also in the club’s interest; this would be akin to those divvies questioning Keegan on the Cole sale.  The vast, vast majority of players leave clubs at some point - I’m not so sure that the assumption that players signed at present will definitely be here in 3-4 years time holds.  If Bruno stays, great, if he goes - he’ll be replaced.  I can’t see the club selling for less than £80-90m, and I’m not convinced anyone is paying that for him at the moment.

 

I also don’t think the lad is looking to leave at the moment.  Next season is likely to be a big one - if we don’t kick on, I can see some of the first batch of players looking to move on. 

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