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Imo Bruno is an average footballer....has a few good moment / games here and there but in a lot of the big games he does nothing. I wouldn't be a bit disappointed if he was moved on in the summer

Ah stop with this nonsense on Bruno, he was asked to play a deep lying midfield role today (at least in the first half) with McTominay pushed ahead of him and Sabitzer beside him. We all know McTominay does not show for the ball so isn't an option for short passes through the lines and Sabitzer really didn't look up to the pace today.

When Bruno is pushed up higher there's less risk of him losing it close to our box and usually if he does drop deep when he starts in a higher position he has more room as defensive midfielders might not track him all the way back, yesterday as a deep lying midfielder he didn't get any space and didn't have any options in the middle.

I know he's clearly out best CB but I'm wondering if it would be worth putting Martinez in the CDM role for the next couple of games, could put Shaw at CB or bring Lindelof in even. Our CDM options just aren't there and at this stage we've tried the Fred or McTominay project enough times to know it's just not their postition at PL level.

In other words Utd without Casemiro have 3 poor midfielders who do not have the discipline to play a role given to them and are not good enough for a top 4 club

What about when he played against Barce (and a few other games after) and played on the right and left hand side and put in solid if not great performances.

Yesterday McTominay, Weghourst, Rashford & Sabitzer all played in their natural and probably preferred positions and were all absolutely terrible. Having someone who's main strength is creativity and assists and asking them to play a deep role covering against a strong balanced midfield of Newcastles isn't his only tool being a hammer, it's a completely different set of skills and against a top opponent with a huge supporting crowd.

If Kane was playing CDM or De Bruyne in CB would you think the same thing as above, give the man a break. He's played nearly every minute of Uniteds crazy fixture list and has had to adapt to playing with so many different people in different positions. He would be one of the last people I'd be looking at replacing, apart from a well deserved rest which we can't do because we don't have any suitable replacement.

As Dunphy would say. He's a spoofer Bill.

That's a nice surprise. Takes a little bit of the heat out of yesterday's loss. Win against Brentford and things are looking up in the league again.

It sums up my views on the Man Utd thread in this forum. The thread swings from "We're going to win the league!!!!" to "We're the worst team to ever don a kit!!!" Manic highs to to manic lows. Insert witch hunts against X player while Y player is sacred and "the least of our problems" because of a performance 3-4 years ago.

The reality is that Liverpool and Chelsea have massively underperformed this season. Spurs have been Spurs. Arsenal have massively outperformed. United are 3 points ahead of where they were under Ralf last season. Its an evolution, not a revolution. The real rival is and remains City. Because even in a year where we pretend they are poor, they are still fighting for a title. From a Man Utd perspective, the hope is the Glazer's are expelled and the new ownership allows the club to take the massive opportunity to strengthen this summer.

Really hope that ETH learns from his mistakes over the last few games. Fred has to come back into the side. I can't understand why he goes with Sabitzer and McTominay in midfield, after seeing it fail vs Fulham, and then go again vs Newcastle? Utterly bizarre.

We need to win the next two games.

I'd go

DDG, AWB/Dalot, Varane, Martinez, Shaw, Fred, Sabitzer, McTominay, Rashford, Martial, Fernandes.

I'd go with AWB over Dalot if he is fit and available.

Not entirely happy with the midfield, but I can't see an argument to go with anything else. we need to pack the midfield to do something.

If we can get through the next two games, and get Casemiro and maybe Eriksen back in midfield, along with martial up front instead of Wout, we should see a lot of improvement.

Also, the last few games just hammering home my opinion that we desperately need a Striker, a Central Midfielder and a Goalkeeper in the summer. If we don't sign them, we've no hope next season too.

According to Transfermarkt they have basically the same amount of goals and assists, but bruno in 60 less games.

Also, Nani was playing to Rooney, Ronaldo, Ruud, RVP, Tevez, Berbatov.

Bruno has been playing to a statue Ronaldo, Cavani? Martial? Rashford? Wout? Lukaku - though I think Lukaku was basically on his way out of the side (due to Ole) when Buno came in.

Should we not consider that the quality of goalscorers Nani played with is far superior to what Bruno plays with? Would Bruno have more assists this season if we had a striker that could score rather than Ronaldo and then Wout? Any striker Nani played with would walk into the side ahead of what Bruno has played with.

Antony is a huge problem in this team. Stops every flow of attack on the right side wit cutting back. a no.9 wont score many goals with him in their team. He cant deliver a ball into a striker by looks of things this season. The fact ETH has brought him in for big money is going to go bad, as he will refuse to drop him.