Froggy Posted November 28, 2022 Share Posted November 28, 2022 3 hours ago, Andy said: The entirety of Brazilian twitter, too Convinced Fred has dirt on the boss. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lotus Posted November 28, 2022 Share Posted November 28, 2022 Thought Fred was bang ordinary. Bruno comes on and he was worse. Also, Paqueta the twice the player for Brazil than he is for WHam. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Groundhog63 Posted November 29, 2022 Share Posted November 29, 2022 10 hours ago, Rafalove said: Lush. Mind at least Fab's shirts will have been pristine ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shearergol Posted November 29, 2022 Share Posted November 29, 2022 8 hours ago, Lotus said: Thought Fred was bang ordinary. Bruno comes on and he was worse. Also, Paqueta the twice the player for Brazil than he is for WHam. Eh? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coffee_Johnny Posted November 29, 2022 Share Posted November 29, 2022 9 hours ago, Lotus said: Thought Fred was bang ordinary. Bruno comes on and he was worse. Also, Paqueta the twice the player for Brazil than he is for WHam. Not according to the player ratings for the match. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lotus Posted November 29, 2022 Share Posted November 29, 2022 4 minutes ago, Coffee_Johnny said: Not according to the player ratings for the match. Did you watch it? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flip Posted November 29, 2022 Share Posted November 29, 2022 1 hour ago, Lotus said: Did you watch it? I was there and Bruno was definitely not worse. While Bruno got caught with the ball, the thing is he always wants to play a forward pass. Fred doesn’t. Fred will cover more ground, and be an option everywhere, he’s like a really poormans version of Kante. Bruno is different. Don’t think he’ll start more than next game as I think Casemiro - Paqueta behind Rodrygo/Neymar is going to be it for us going forward. Rodrygo is showing signs of becoming the next big thing from Brazil. Vini is more exciting, but Rodrygo really has this star aura on the pitch. He’s everywhere at times offensively, making the team click and really intelligent player. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lotus Posted November 29, 2022 Share Posted November 29, 2022 Yes, Fred seems the more conservative option and I can understand why a tournament coach would want to utilise that. The stats point towards defences as key over creativity, apparently. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted November 29, 2022 Share Posted November 29, 2022 I didn't think Bruno was especially good. He had the right intent and he was trying to make things happen, but I'm not sure he did anything that's going to get him a start. High bar for a sub appearance of course. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted November 29, 2022 Share Posted November 29, 2022 2 hours ago, Lotus said: Did you watch it? Bruno wasn't at the top of his game like he's been for NUFC, but he was still immediately purposeful and trying to make things happen. You could see that once he's worked out his role in that team he could bring plenty. Looked like he was finding his way at international level, obviously he doesn't start most games so that's understandable. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted November 29, 2022 Share Posted November 29, 2022 1 hour ago, Flip said: I was there and Bruno was definitely not worse. While Bruno got caught with the ball, the thing is he always wants to play a forward pass. Fred doesn’t. Fred will cover more ground, and be an option everywhere, he’s like a really poormans version of Kante. Bruno is different. Don’t think he’ll start more than next game as I think Casemiro - Paqueta behind Rodrygo/Neymar is going to be it for us going forward. Rodrygo is showing signs of becoming the next big thing from Brazil. Vini is more exciting, but Rodrygo really has this star aura on the pitch. He’s everywhere at times offensively, making the team click and really intelligent player. We've spoken about Rodrygo before. Until maybe the CL QF's, I didn't see it with him at all. He's scored some and assisted some lovely (and important) goals since. He doesn't fit into the team though. The weakest link in the attacking line-up is Raphiniha (based on the first game anyway) and RW isn't Rodrygo's best position. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flip Posted November 29, 2022 Share Posted November 29, 2022 3 hours ago, The College Dropout said: We've spoken about Rodrygo before. Until maybe the CL QF's, I didn't see it with him at all. He's scored some and assisted some lovely (and important) goals since. He doesn't fit into the team though. The weakest link in the attacking line-up is Raphiniha (based on the first game anyway) and RW isn't Rodrygo's best position. Raphinha was very good in the first game like. If he was still playing for Leeds and had his confidence he would’ve scored twice at the very least. Barcelona have slaughter his confidence. In addition to that, you couldn’t see it on TV, but he was running a ridiculous amount. The Serbs pushed high with their wingbacks and he had to cover as Danilo played more as a central defender. Vini was let free to remain higher up the pitch. Raphinha has all the quality in the world, only thing lacking is confidence (unlike Rich who is the opposite, not very talented but all the confidence) I agree that Rodrygo doesn’t have a place in this team as of right now. His position in this team is as the #10 when Neymar is out or as one of the wingers off the bench. Great thins is that both Rodrygo and Bruno have a purpose with their game on the pitch. They make great movement and always show for the ball. Antony is great when you are leading as he can keep possession, but he’s not deadly infront of goal and I prefer Martinelli and the others over him in that sense. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted November 29, 2022 Share Posted November 29, 2022 19 minutes ago, Flip said: Raphinha was very good in the first game like. If he was still playing for Leeds and had his confidence he would’ve scored twice at the very least. Barcelona have slaughter his confidence. In addition to that, you couldn’t see it on TV, but he was running a ridiculous amount. The Serbs pushed high with their wingbacks and he had to cover as Danilo played more as a central defender. Vini was let free to remain higher up the pitch. Raphinha has all the quality in the world, only thing lacking is confidence (unlike Rich who is the opposite, not very talented but all the confidence) I agree that Rodrygo doesn’t have a place in this team as of right now. His position in this team is as the #10 when Neymar is out or as one of the wingers off the bench. Great thins is that both Rodrygo and Bruno have a purpose with their game on the pitch. They make great movement and always show for the ball. Antony is great when you are leading as he can keep possession, but he’s not deadly infront of goal and I prefer Martinelli and the others over him in that sense. I thought he looked devoid of confidence in that first game and a weak link from an attacking perspective. A more confident attacker would have had a goal or two like you say. I was a massive fan of Raphinha at Leeds and desperately wanted him here. If our DNA is high work-rate and ability he fits with that. But he's been really poor for Barca and I thought in that first game too. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flip Posted December 1, 2022 Share Posted December 1, 2022 Can’t wait for us to fucking choke this now. God fucking damn, haven’t had a better chance in ages. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flip Posted December 1, 2022 Share Posted December 1, 2022 Bruno to be benched tomorrow as it seems Tite is going to opt for him on monday instead, so will rest him tomorrow. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ponsaelius Posted December 2, 2022 Share Posted December 2, 2022 Balls out selection for Serbia with both Mitrovic and Vlahovic in. No Sommer for Suisse but Schaer plays. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldtype Posted December 2, 2022 Share Posted December 2, 2022 I guess it's mathematically possible that Cameroon and Switzerland could do us a massive favor if Brazil doesn't give a shit. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Duper Branko Strupar Posted December 2, 2022 Share Posted December 2, 2022 Come on Fab Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted December 2, 2022 Share Posted December 2, 2022 Looking forward to this one. Bad tackle by Xhaka and a flare up in the first 10 bitte. Would be tempted to get Valentin Ivanov out of retirement for it too. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flip Posted December 2, 2022 Share Posted December 2, 2022 42 minutes ago, oldtype said: I guess it's mathematically possible that Cameroon and Switzerland could do us a massive favor if Brazil doesn't give a shit. Brazil wants to win man. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
junkhead Posted December 2, 2022 Share Posted December 2, 2022 Still no Bruno? Manager is such a tit.. Can't wait till this thing is over and we have Eddie and the boys back for some real football emotion. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
maybe_next_year Posted December 2, 2022 Share Posted December 2, 2022 Looking forward to this. Watched Switzerland V Serbia in the last world cup in Albania. When Shaqiri scored the winner, you would have thought Albania had won the World Cup, people letting off fireworks off in the street etc. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gazza ladra Posted December 2, 2022 Share Posted December 2, 2022 Do it Fab. (If the Swiss go through, NUFC would be 6 for 6). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geordie Ahmed Posted December 2, 2022 Share Posted December 2, 2022 Switzerland with a great chance to lead after about 30 seconds Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geordie Ahmed Posted December 2, 2022 Share Posted December 2, 2022 10 minutes ago, junkhead said: Still no Bruno? Manager is such a tit.. Can't wait till this thing is over and we have Eddie and the boys back for some real football emotion. @Flip Mentioned that he's expected to start on Monday so him not playing today would make sense Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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