Nine Posted May 7, 2023 Share Posted May 7, 2023 (edited) 5 minutes ago, STM said: He had a poor game. It was also the game when I realised how desperate we are for a number 6. Bruno has earned the right to play in the position he wants to play in. His best position is 6. His biggest quality is how unpressable he is, his awareness and ability to make the most of whatever space he has makes him a natural 6. He’s also probably not athletically gifted enough to play in the front 2 of our 4/3/3 for any lengthy period. Edited May 7, 2023 by Nine Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Butcher Posted May 7, 2023 Share Posted May 7, 2023 Imagine him and Ruben Neves in the middle of the park. Slowest duo in the history of the game tbh. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
STM Posted May 7, 2023 Share Posted May 7, 2023 Just now, Nine said: His best position is 6. His biggest quality is how unpressable he is, his awareness and ability to make the most of whatever space he has makes him a natural 6. He’s also probably not athletically gifted enough to play in the front 2 of our 4/3/3. He played 8 last year and was class. He also believes he's a number 8. He might be wrong and you might be right though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Butcher Posted May 7, 2023 Share Posted May 7, 2023 Just now, Nine said: His best position is 6. His biggest quality is how unpressable he is, his awareness and ability to make the most of whatever space he has makes him a natural 6. He’s also probably not athletically gifted enough to play in the front 2 of our 4/3/3. He's given it away loads in very dangerous areas this season tbh, but we've hardly ever been punished. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nine Posted May 7, 2023 Share Posted May 7, 2023 (edited) 2 minutes ago, STM said: He played 8 last year and was class. He also believes he's a number 8. He might be wrong and you might be right though. Does Howe play him as an 8 when Longstaff is available? Edited May 7, 2023 by Nine Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
STM Posted May 7, 2023 Share Posted May 7, 2023 Just now, Nine said: Why doesn’t Howe play him as an 8 when Longstaff is available? So you think that Longstaff is a viable 6? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nine Posted May 7, 2023 Share Posted May 7, 2023 (edited) 5 minutes ago, STM said: So you think that Longstaff is a viable 6? Longstaff played decently at 6 with Bruno out at the start of the season, if Bruno is so great at 8 why doesn’t he play there when Longstaff is available? It’s crazy to me that after a poor game against the second best side in the league people start saying he plays in the wrong position Edited May 7, 2023 by Nine Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Butcher Posted May 7, 2023 Share Posted May 7, 2023 We don't have a natural DM in our squad. Stop me if I'm wrong, but we haven't had a proper DM since Tiote. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nufc123 Posted May 7, 2023 Share Posted May 7, 2023 6 minutes ago, TorchyTBB said: my worry is that he's been found out now. Dont think thats the problem at all. Hes been so good, but today almost all he did went tits up. Stupid fouls, lost the ball, couldnt get his passes right at all, shots went tits up like everything. He just had a terrible game. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
STM Posted May 7, 2023 Share Posted May 7, 2023 Just now, Nine said: Longstaff played decently at 6 with Bruno out, if Bruno is so great at 8 why doesn’t he play there when Longstaff is available? What fixtures did Longstaff play as 6? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiquidAK Posted May 7, 2023 Share Posted May 7, 2023 His worst game for us - he’s not looked quite his best since the ankle injury. Confident we’ll have him back to his best after the summer Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nemtizz Posted May 7, 2023 Share Posted May 7, 2023 1 minute ago, The Butcher said: We don't have a natural DM in our squad. Stop me if I'm wrong, but we haven't had a proper DM since Tiote. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted May 7, 2023 Share Posted May 7, 2023 Just now, nemtizz said: A thousand blessings to you for this post. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Butcher Posted May 7, 2023 Share Posted May 7, 2023 Didn't play as DM, did he? More of a box-to-box ball winner type? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nine Posted May 7, 2023 Share Posted May 7, 2023 2 minutes ago, STM said: What fixtures did Longstaff play as 6? The start of the season Bruno was out for a month or so Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
STM Posted May 7, 2023 Share Posted May 7, 2023 1 minute ago, Nine said: The start of the season Bruno was out for a month or so Give me those fixtures he has missed? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Displayname Posted May 7, 2023 Share Posted May 7, 2023 Still boggles my mind that we spent 40m on a talented winger where we already had more than enough cover, and not a penny on cover for Bruno. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nine Posted May 7, 2023 Share Posted May 7, 2023 (edited) 3 minutes ago, STM said: Give me those fixtures he has missed? I can’t be bothered to look them up mate, but transfermarket says he missed 3 games in August with a hamstring injury. The point is, let’s not jump to conclusions that one of our key players and best performers is being played out of position after a bad game against a very good side (and is clearly carrying an injury). Edited May 7, 2023 by Nine Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
STM Posted May 7, 2023 Share Posted May 7, 2023 2 minutes ago, Nine said: I can’t be bothered to look them up mate, but transfermarket says he missed 3 games in August with a hamstring injury. The point is, let’s not jump to conclusions that one of our key players and best performers is being played out of position after a bad game against a very good side (and is clearly carrying an injury). Draw, loss, draw with Longstaff as DM. Also had similar form when Longstaff played there before the LC final. Thanks for coming. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nine Posted May 7, 2023 Share Posted May 7, 2023 (edited) 2 minutes ago, STM said: Draw, loss, draw with Longstaff as DM. Also had similar form when Longstaff played there before the LC final. Thanks for coming. Must have had those results because Bruno wasn’t there playing at 8. If only Howe could see it. Edited May 7, 2023 by Nine Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
80 Posted May 7, 2023 Share Posted May 7, 2023 42 minutes ago, David Edgar said: I think it is completely fair that people vent their frustrations and just simply call out when players have bad games. What you're describing are the rules of a cult. Hardly, he's describing support. There's a cohort of people who are far more active and verbally florid as soon as there's anything negative to pick at, without giving any due respect to history or context. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
STM Posted May 7, 2023 Share Posted May 7, 2023 4 minutes ago, Nine said: Must have had those results because Bruno wasn’t there playing at 8. If only Howe could see it. Thanks for the W. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nine Posted May 7, 2023 Share Posted May 7, 2023 Just now, STM said: Thanks for the W. No thank Eddie for the ‘W’, he’s been consistently playing Bruno out of position all season after all.. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minhosa Posted May 7, 2023 Share Posted May 7, 2023 If anyone can be forgiven a shocker, it's this fella. His worst game of the season was Brighton away for me but today runs it close. Dreading an injury to him still. If Longstaff doesn't get back soon, we can ill afford to lose Bruno. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitley mag Posted May 7, 2023 Share Posted May 7, 2023 Just one of those days balance doesn’t look right in midfield without Longstaff and he was trying to hard. He did the same in cup final and just tries to force things to much sometimes. Still young and big match experience will come the more we play in them. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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