Bruno Guimarães

[Gallowgate Toon]

Looked best when rotating into the CM position today. We made some lovely switches between the 3. 

 

Tonali will help him as teams adjust to figuring out how to deal with him which will open space back up again. Bruno had some excellent games at the back end of last campaign and does so much grunt work for us but sides had figured out ways to limit his space & influence.

[wiseman]

Bruno's role has changed a lot since that first 6 months with us, he's still the most gifted player we have, but with alot more people focusing on him, it makes his game alot harder.  Also with alot more quality in the squad he doesn't stand out the way he did. 

Hes still the first name on the team sheet for me, and with Tonali now I think he's going to start to gain some space back again 

[Shadow Puppets]

His all round game was good. Played a big role. He’s just getting into a nasty habit of being caught in possession once or twice per game.

[Smal]

I thought he was really poor and it was the only downside of the day tbh, sorry . Maybe it’s because I expect so much more from him, but he lost possession a lot.

[Flip]

Didn’t look good at all today, but Tonali looked absolutely disastrous against Aston Villa just a few weeks ago and was really good today. Remember him having a terrible game at Brighton away last season as well and the next game he was great again. An important thing is that for him its okay to have a bad game when the others are doing well, but a great game when everyone else is off could still win us matches. 

[Rod]

3 hours ago, STM said:

Thought he was OK,personally.

He was crap.

[AyeDubbleYoo]

I thought he was good like, people just fixate on his mistakes for some reason. Maybe because we naturally appreciate the people who play simple first-time passes. 
 

But if Bruno doesn’t allow himself to take those extra touches he’ll never be able to get turned and hurt teams the way he does. 

[madras]

He was decent. Started off slowly and grew in to it,nowt spectacular but when we were having trouble bringing the ball out he does what he does and breaks the press when we needed it. A 6.75 out of 10 game.

[Heron]

Sorry like, but you don't beat a 3/4 star team 5-1 with passengers like.

 

He may not have been the standout player but the whole team were solid 6 or 7s today at bare minimum 

 

 

Edited August 12, 2023 by Heron

[duo]

1 hour ago, Yorkie said:

Begging for this lad to get back up to scratch at some point. Starting to wonder if pre-Matteo was just a purple patch; we've very seldom seen those incredible levels since that run of brilliant results in Autumn 2022/23. Tonali helped him out big-time against Villa imo but today's trio has unbelievable potential as a unit, if Bruno can sort out the maddening sloppiness. It just didn't exist this time last year. 

I think sometimes he tries too hard - where before he was keeping things simple.

[GEFAFWISP]

I see a new boo boy has been found now ASM left...

[Rod]

2 minutes ago, GEFAFWISP said:

I see a new boo boy has been found now ASM left...

Not at all.  He's a great player.  Shite today though.

[GEFAFWISP]

Give it a few months.

[Heron]

I do hope shite is tongue in cheek

[Gallowgate Toon]

He's going to continue to lose possession. Howe recognises the net benefit, luckily. He takes the ball in deep positions, inviting pressure by design, and opens up spaces for others (did it today expertly for the Wilson goal) on a regular basis. If this doesn't work, he wins fouls an awful lot.

[Mountain]

12 minutes ago, GEFAFWISP said:

I see a new boo boy has been found now ASM left...

 

What an upgrade, the new boo boy is our best player. BOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.

[Mountain]

5 minutes ago, Gallowgate Toon said:

He's going to continue to lose possession. Howe recognises the net benefit, luckily. He takes the ball in deep positions, inviting pressure by design, and opens up spaces for others (did it today expertly for the Wilson goal) on a regular basis. If this doesn't work, he wins fouls an awful lot.

 

He won't lose it much he's just rusty, it's the first game of the season.

[madras]

25 minutes ago, Rod said:

Not at all.  He's a great player.  Shite today though.

Shite ? What bollocks !

[Dr Jinx]

He was far from shite today but not on peak form.

 

We still slaughtered the opposition. Not a problem. To think this midfield can only get better…. 

[Disco]

56 minutes ago, Rod said:

Not at all.  He's a great player.  Shite today though.

Hod going balls deep on the bloke who’d genuinely call him Hod is spot on. This is what I live for.

[Geordie Ahmed]

I thought he was average, maybe a touch below that, hope those saying shite/poor are just exaggerating 

 

He had some really good moments but there was too many sloppy passes which isn't like him, then you add the silly booking he got 

 

He's still lush and he'll be back to his best soon enough 

[Astroblack]

1 hour ago, duo said:

I think sometimes he tries too hard - where before he was keeping things simple.

 

Yup. Seen him try a few daft pieces of skill like the roulette a few times last season when he wasn't getting into the game. He knows he's the main man and wants to put on a show for the fans. As long as it's not costing us games, I'm fine with it. I think if you tried telling him to keep it simple or not go for the extravagant, it would have an adverse effect on his game. 

 

Also, he was involved in the first goal. Shot parried, found a way to Joe - Gordon - Tonali. 

 

 

Edited August 13, 2023 by Astroblack

[Guest]

I love that he's just a cog in this machine now rather than being our everything. We're fucking class.

[Kanj]

He played fine today. He makes mistakes he’s human. 

[OverThere]

2 hours ago, Rod said:

Not at all.  He's a great player.  Shite today though.

Not shite at all. We won 5-1 which indicates everyone played pretty well. Not everyone will fire on all cylinders at the same time. There will be ebbs and flows, but so long as enough are on form at the same time we will win many more than we will lose. Hell be back on top form soon enough.