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17 May 2022 14:18:44
Hello Ed, Do you know the situation with Richarlison this summer? Have United made any approach of interest?

{Ed002's Note - Richarlison (F) Wants his agent to find him a Champions League club. Prior PSG interest will have gone. Will be offered to Real Madrid and Manchester United - but finding a new club may not be that easy. Could be priced out of a move.}

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17 May 2022 15:32:13
Thank you Ed, is he on United's list or more just his agent on offer?

{Ed002's Note - With no Champions League I suspect he would reject any move.}

17 May 2022 16:21:59
Thank you.

17 May 2022 16:41:29
I mean if his options are play in the EPL with United or the Championship with Everton I wonder what he'd choose.

{Ed014's Note - you’ve got one utter dick in Fernandes, surely you don’t want another?

17 May 2022 17:20:24
Ed014, I wouldn't want Richarlison, personally I don't think he is good enough for where we want to be. He wouldn't get into any of City's, Liverpool or Chelsea's first 11. Considering he will cost upwards of 60-70m he just isn't worth it. We can buy players of similar ability for half as much from outside the EPL.

17 May 2022 17:31:59
Richarlison is no better Lingard or Martial. Forget him.

17 May 2022 17:39:17
Amen ed. Fernandes over rated hollywood passer and best of all just signed a new deal ??‍♂️.

{Ed014's Note - a nuts decision, should have cashed in and bought better.

17 May 2022 18:20:53
I think there is a player in there. This is a player Barcelona bid £100m for - which Everton rejected! Don’t know which part of that statement is harder to believe.
However it’s more the ‘other’ side that bothers me. He certainly falls into the mardy bum camp and I’ve had enough of those for a lifetime. The money could be much more wisely invested, IMO.

{Ed014's Note - that would a worse deal than City being mugged off for a £100 million for Grealish!

17 May 2022 19:41:39
Yeah Fernandes is rubbish with all those great stats of his. Might be a crybaby and have dropped off this season not being the focal point but he's a class player. Anyone who thinks otherwise have cloudy judgment and are basing it on his whining, and his so called padding out stats with penalties.

Every team in the league has a whinging baby like that. Arsenal's is their manager ?.

{Ed014's Note - ahh bless you mate, yes he’s a fab player and will rip it up next season, he never gets flustered nor gives away cheap possession and has that winning mentality you need and can pick a pass to no one or into touch with ease.

Gem of a player, KDB not even in the same league! ?‍♂️???

I love the fact you think you only have one whinging baby too. ??

17 May 2022 21:07:32
But ed with an actually coach to coach him and not someone with a football managers Cv?

{Ed014's Note - are we talking Richarlison or Fernandes?

17 May 2022 21:17:29
Not sure how Richarlison is an upgrade on Martial?

{Ed014's Note - I think Nathan Redmond would be an upgrade on Martial Eric

17 May 2022 22:45:45
Quality player Ed. Pep loves him.

{Ed014's Note - yes he really does….not ?

18 May 2022 08:16:05
I don't actually think Fernando's is a great fit for EtH system. He doesn't work hard enough or is fast enough for the pressing duties of the 3 Mids and isn't good enough at keeping possession for the role either.

I am not convinced he is good enough to play in any of the front 3 positions either.

This is assuming we import a similar 433 as Ajax.

If then we play a 4231 with two holding CM there is a role for him position wise in the hole BUT

Even if we play this I don't see EtH abandoning his philosophy as such and Fernandes hasn't shown enough to believe he can retain and recycle possession or work hard enough consistently.

From what I seen of Fernandes he likes to press on his own when he feels like it. Likes to do his own thing going forward wanting to carve a team open with his own brilliance. Ten Hag teams play a system with established patterns of movement and passing to create openings but to do this everyone needs to be on the same page.

Finally I maybe being unfair on Bruno, maybe once EtH is here and he buys in maybe he will be different snd can perform the role. Maybe it's what he needs, I am not convinced but hope I am wrong about him.

Either way I hope not to see the whiny petulant child throwing his arms about Bruno we have seen for the last season especially. Given the new contract its clear that he is going to be around a while.

I am hopeful we bring in someone to be Captain who will stamp this nonsense out.

18 May 2022 08:14:06
Fernandes is a good player. He just needs to pick his passes and keep a bit more possession. This will come with good coaching. And ED he is easily better than any Arsenal player. Maybe if you had him you would have created one decent chance against Newcastle ?.

{Ed014's Note - wouldn’t touch that tool with a barge pole and maybe if he was actually any good you wouldn’t be wallowing down in 6th place. ?

18 May 2022 09:46:58
I would take Saka/ Odegaard over Bruno tbh, both have really pushed on this season and will get better when they have a decent striker to play with.

We all know Brunos failings when it comes to keeping the ball but the problem is he doesn't seem to be interested in improving those areas of his game. Its actually one of the reasons we delayed signing him because of concerns he gave the ball away too much. It looks like something that will plague him for the rest of his career.

Have never bought the argument that you have to accept his flaws because he takes risks, I don't see KDB or Ozil in his prime booting the ball from the halfway line and needlessly putting their team under pressure.

18 May 2022 11:11:58
I'm not the biggest fan of Bruno. He IS a good player, and we have often relied heavily on him, so I'm not ignoring what he's done for us or anything.

He isn't a playmaker though. He's a goalscorer who sometimes plays a nice pass in or around the box

However, our front line is loaded with goalscorers, we need someone in there creating the chances. If we had highly creative wingers, Bruno being more of a goalscorer than a creator would be fine, but our wide players are also more goalscorer than creator. Sancho is fairly creative but not enough to carry the creative burden alone.

18 May 2022 12:06:56
This the same Bruno who has better stats this season sat in 6th than any of the arsenal mids? Saka will no doubt be great but odegaard and esr aren't all that. But its alright 014 is the be all and end all of football opinion it seems. ?.

18 May 2022 13:02:29
Thorne,

Bruno has the most assists in the Champions League and also created the most chances in the league (from a stat I saw. Could be wrong, but near the top for sure) .

Not sure that’s the stats of someone who isn’t a playmaker.

18 May 2022 08:55:22
Ed I personally like Fernandes. He was superb when he came in and helped drag us up. He’s not had a great season, but still created a hell of a lot of chances, pitched in with a few goals (well down on that front) .

Main issue he’s had this season that I can see, is he is so emotional in his play. When things aren’t going well he tries to force everything. Almost as if he’s trying to carry the team, but in a lot of games that’s a hinderance. The best players do the simple things well and that’s what he needs to get back too.

I do wish he’d cut out the moaning and whining at refs etc, but that’s only really picked up on more when results aren’t good.

18 May 2022 11:28:56
Me thinks you doth protest too much Ed14. Your dislike / jealousy of Man Utd is palpable. Obviously you need a scapegoat. Hence Bruno. Not bad in the previous seasons was he? Sorry to see you “wallowing” a place above us.

{Ed014's Note - hilarious ???

Bruno isn’t in my team and genuinely couldn’t give a toss about him, he’s part of the reason you’re so shite.

18 May 2022 13:32:41
Chances created stats can be very misleading and are very prone to skew towards high volume crossers, it also tells you very little about the quality of chances created.

A trademark Man City back post tap in is a much better chance than a hoofed cross from 40 yards out.

Also its important to reiterate, keeping possession is so important in modern football, which Bruno doesn't do well enough especially because the overall quality of defenders is lower than it used to be in my opinion.

Why do Man City have the best defensive record in the league? Is it because Pep Guardiola is some sort of defensive mastermind, Are Cancelo, Laporte, Walker, Dias amazing defenders? Or is it because they keep over 70% possession which means the opposition have very few opportunities to get up the field let alone create clear cut chances.

18 May 2022 14:25:14
Like I said Ed you’re one place above us.

{Ed014's Note - thankfully you didn’t spend a billion quid to be one place below us otherwise that would be truly embarrassing. ?‍♂️

Great banter though, keep up the good work.

18 May 2022 15:09:38
How can that start be misleading though, he’s the chief creator in his team? KDB, TAA, Messi etc all give the ball away loads.

Not saying Bruno can’t improve his retention, off course he can. But he is the main creator in the team so will always give it away a lot.

{Ed014's Note - the simple question is, do you think he’s good enough to win titles with or should you have better.

If it’s in his makeup is to whinge and moan, it’s always there and he gives the ball away without any pressure.

He just doesn’t seem a real big game player and doesn’t appear first choice for Portugal.

I just think you’re selling yourselves short if he’s going to be your go to midfielder.

Ozil was once incredible but you can’t live off stats and at one time being incredible and he was far better than Fernandes.

18 May 2022 15:54:04
Those in glass houses ed ?.

{Ed014's Note - mate we’re shite, you’re marginally worse shite, some on here just can’t handle it ?‍♂️

18 May 2022 16:44:29
Interesting season ahead. Genuinely excited for the first time in ages to see if ETH can make us less rubbish.

{Ed014's Note - I think he’d definitely struggle to make you worse, he at least has an identifiable style and clearly an ability to implement it.

Ajax play some wonderful football, the stuff they played in the Champions League in 2018-19 was quality.

18 May 2022 18:15:03
Ed if I’m honest with you, I could see him winning things.

I personally don’t think Bruno is a major problem for the team. The main issue is how rubbish we are defensively. We lack direction in our play. A good coach (fingers crossed Ten Hag is that) and like others he will improve.

{Ed014's Note - plenty have players have arrived on these shores and shone initially to then disappear.

I’m just not sure about him and he’s just a bloody horrible bloke which doesn’t help his cause.

I think the excuses like Pogba needs worldies next to him to play better, Maguire needs a better partner to play better, AWB needs a better coach to play better, Shaw needs a run of games to play better, as did Martial and so it goes on.

If a player has genuine top notch quality, which is the inference with Fernandes, then he should still shine, not wither away because things aren’t going well.

18 May 2022 18:49:37
Bruno Fernandes is absolute gash. See the trophies Sporting won after he left even though he was supposed to be their best player. That pen against Arsenal sums him up, an arrogant little ? with no care about the club he plays for.

{Ed014's Note - don’t say that Red Whiskey will go nuts, I’ve already upset her!

18 May 2022 19:22:43
Ed Bruno dragged us into the champions league when he arrived and was probably our best player last season. A lot of top players have had a poor season.

Now he needs to be better next season, but I’m more than happy to not write him off when we haven’t had one consistent performer this season.

People have short memories imo, especially the United fans calling him rubbish etc.

{Ed014's Note - let’s hope it’s a one season blip then mate and he shines again under ETH.

18 May 2022 20:30:38
I hope so, he needs to improve like I say.

18 May 2022 20:30:38
I hope so, he needs to improve like I say.





 

 

 
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