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Hard to assist when we don't have a no9 or anyone in the box...

We could consider a lot of things sure, such as Bruno always being first choice for example.

But inconsistency was the word used and when I see Bruno repeatedly play extremely poorly, hear a comparison to Nani, check the stats and see that they support the comparison, then my thought is that Bruno is indeed as inconsistent as Nani was considered to be.

Would we play better if Bruno stopped giving the ball away so cheaply? Why is it everybody else's fault that he has less assists than Erikson? Ronaldo had 18 PL goals last season but Bruno only had 6 assists, is that Ronaldos fault?

I still hold to the view that Bruno is rated far higher than his contributions deserve, and the club needs to demand far more from him. The last thing we need is yet another player who only performs well when everybody else does, he needs to stop coasting on his early reputation at the club.

Bruno is not really inconsistent game to game. He is inconsistent minute to minute. He can play some of the most outrageously good passes and does so usually once a game. He almost always creates a chance or two. But yeah he gives away a lot of the ball.

I'd say a comparison with Nani is interesting even though Nani is a winger and they are usually inconsistent. I feel Bruno should be played exclusively on the wing/right side because no team can afford to have that kind of unpredictability down the spine, and he still can create from there. Antony, even though he has been judged harshly, he doesn't create enough out there.

When Erikson comes back, maybe EtH might think about Erikson at 10, Bruno and Rashford out wide with Martial up front.

The problem is that Bruno is awful when played on the wing, just repeatedly awful out there.

If he can only be good when played as the fulcrum of the attack then he cannot be given the luxury of inconsistency, he needs to perform in that role or be replaced, I would have little interest in shoehorning him in elsewhere.

That doesn't just mean an assist or goal every ten minutes, it also means things like keeping hold of the ball and effective pressing. He wants to think of himself as a captain then he needs to show the leadership out there, he doesn't get to blame everybody else for not getting the best out of him.

If Qatar buy United, could see them wanting him at United - assuming Champions League football.

But Barcelona most likely.

Or inter Miami... Surely barca couldn't afford him

So his goals and assists since he joined don't count ? Yes his whining sucks but on his game he is good enough.

What I watched on Sunday was not a myth, nor was it an isolated game. I have no interest in debating with Opta or the mighty Xg but I watch most Unted games and think that Bruno gets away with murder, both because of the good start he made and because there are always worse players that take the attention away from him. There is going to come a time when he cannot hide behind those sorts of things and needs to consistently drag the team to victories. And if he cannot do that then he needs to be sidelined.

I predict one thing. If Ten Hag ever brings United back to the top level, to the level of performance seen from Liverpool and City this past 4/5 years for example, then Bruno won't be a starter in that side. Just as he wouldn't have been in those Liverpool/City sides.

He is not captain material either.

The game isn’t on the usual tv channels tonight :(