Mr Wilcox and Co, first you messed up with Ten Hag. Then it was Amorim. You all decided to back Carrick off the back of last season. (Carrick's tactics and the players were awful today btw.) Third time isn’t the charm when you haven’t changed anything. Time is running out @INEOS.
INEOS and the Glazers aren't destroying United, they've already destroyed it.
The only thing they are best in class in is saving money while United fans suffer the consequences.
An in-depth breakdown of how they are failing yet another coach @UtdDistrict https://t.co/BNz5rkbA6a
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Too much talk about Bruno Fernandes again, blah blah blah.
I know what I see. For me, he is the best player Manchester United have had since Sir Alex Ferguson left. Not even particularly close.
And honestly, I don't care what anyone thinks about him anymore. I don't care if you think he's too wasteful, too emotional, gives the ball away too much, whatever. You're entitled to your opinion. It just doesn't change mine in the slightest.
I've watched this guy turn up week after week, play through everything, create something out of absolutely nothing and carry ridiculous responsibility for this club for years.
He wants the ball. He wants the responsibility. He wants to decide games. Even when things are going badly, he never disappears. He still wants it. That's what I want from a Manchester United player.
I wouldn't swap him for anyone when it comes to leading this team. Every single matchweek, I want Bruno Fernandes walking out first, wearing the armband, dragging everyone else with him.
He's my favourite post-Fergie United player by a mile. And I genuinely think we'll look back one day and realise we had an absolute all-timer playing for us.
You can say whatever you want about Bruno. I really couldn't care less.
Bruno fucking Fernandes. That's my captain.
“Pep/City has a low net spend” — exposed for the billionth time
🔺City Football Group (CFG) sign Savinho through Troyes. He ends up on loan at Girona and does fantastic taking them to the CL. CFG then moves him to City for a shambolic €25m.
City strong arms the Premier League into accepting that Savinho’s market value was €25m. The PL accepted that Troyes (that owned him) couldn’t have received a penny more for Savinho if they had sold him to the highest bidder — despite Savinho being one of La Liga’s top performers and being what 20 y/o. Savinho more or less flops at City, like most their signings, played what 800 minutes last season in the PL.
City then sells him for €80m to Tottenham.
Last season, City sold academy products who barely had been close to the 1st team for €89m. Or close to the 1st team — most of them had barely been close to Manchester. Did Maxime Perrone ever live in Manchester? Did Yan Couto ever live in Manchester? Did they ever visit Manchester? They reduced City’s “net spend” with €33m.
🔺This illustrates the issue with Man City. They are the best run football club in the world in many way, at least in my opinion. But they are obsessed with — cheating — and can’t help themselves.
They don’t need to cheat to be successful, but they always do it to an absolute obscene extent. They could have put a £45m price tag on Savinho. It is a paper transaction. I hold an iPhone in my right hand right now. This transfer is like if I had sold my iPhone to my left hand. An intra group transaction.
And the establishment in England, the court system, the fancy journalists, have just given up. City have turned them into that Reek character in GoT, Theron Greyjoy.
“Pep is the greatest manager ever” according to Theron Grey… sorry Jamie Carragher. Lol Pep just got 78 pts despite spending £500m in transfer fees and absurd wages. The season before that he got 71 pts.
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Bruno didn’t look great because Portugal’s game model was to strictly play around. There was no central presence or progression. Not blaming him for a system that didn’t platform him well.
Newcastle had to sell him to comply with FFP while he is currently signing for a football club who have been charged with 115 breaches of premier leagues financial rules. An independent panel was convened to hear these charges which was concluded in 2024. For reasons unknown to everyone we still don’t have a verdict on this. There is something deeply wrong about that
You can tell he’s not selling anything or saying things for clicks.
You can see he means what he says and it’s so refreshing to see a former United player speak about Bruno like this.
You can shove your Garys and Roys.
Bring me Wayne any day.
Bruno now holds these 3 Records⭐️:
Premier League Assist record in a season. 🇵🇹🐐
Most goals scored as a midfielder All Competitions. 🇵🇹🐐
Most Goals and assist scored as a midfielder All Competitions. 🇵🇹🐐
I’d say he’s the Greatest Midfielder to ever grace the prem.
Senne Lammens is one of the best pound-for-pound signings this season and its about time we sing his praises louder. Yet another top class performance today. I can't fathom how comfortable he looks given his lack of experience. 23 playing like he's 33. Monster.
There’s no way you’ve watched football with your own two eyes this season and you conclude that Declan Rice has had a better season than Bruno Fernandes.
18 straight years of financial doping & 115+ charges pending, spanning more than half of the history of the Premier League (52.9%). Never been done before. History stained & disgraced.
Nobody respects City & they know it. A rap sheet that far outweighs their 'achievements', which no amount of money will ever wash away. Congratulations on losing the last two FA Cup Finals though.
50 reasons why Bruno is the Premier League PFA POTS no debate (No. 47 is crazy)👇🏼
1. 18 assists and on track to equal/beat the record
2. Bruno Fernandes has won the most MOTM awards in the Premier League this season (18), followed by Rayan Cherki with 10
3. Played more than 50% of games Utd's deepest midfielder and still has 18 assists
4. Everyone expected #MUFC to finish 8th or below this season—he is a huge reason why they are third
5. Bruno Fernandes could be on about 25 assists already if United were more clinical
6. MOTM performances vs Man City, Liverpool and Chelsea
7. His biggest contender Rice did not step up and influence those big games like Bruno did
8. Bruno played deeper than Rice at the start of the season and his numbers still trump his
9. Gabriel, Rice, Saliba all class but no standout at Arsenal—fans split between which of the three deserve it
10. Bruno Fernandes is just the best individual player in the league
11. It is Premier League Player of the Season, so Man Utd not being in Europe has no impact on this
12. Despite being forced to play DM for half of the season and playing fewer games than other top players, Bruno is in the top 1% for the following stats: goal involvements
13. Top 1% assists
14. Top 1% chances created
15. Top 1% progressive passes
16. Declan Rice has 7 MOTM awards this season—less than half of Bruno
17. Most assists in the top five leagues: Bruno and Olise (18), and look at the way people speak about Olise
18. Bruno is the only player to create 100+ chances this season
19. Bruno’s assists have contributed to over 30% of Man Utd's goals this season—for context, KDB’s 20 assists only contributed to 19% of City's goals that season
20. That Bruno dummy on Calvin Bassey
21. That Bruno free kick vs Bournemouth
22. That Bruno assist vs Chelsea is something few players could do
23. In games where Man Utd were shocking (Newcastle away), Bruno was the only player who showed up trying to make things happen out of nowhere
24. His defensive work rate is insane
25. Arsenal may bottle the league and have not played great since the turn of the year
26. Olise’s 18 assists only contributed to 17% of Bayern's goals, while Bruno’s 18 assists = 31% of United’s goals—if Bruno had better attackers he would be on way higher numbers
27. Bruno's influence on Man Utd is higher than that of any player in the league
28. Bruno's vision, technical ability and passing range are clear of Rice
29. If Bruno was English, it would not even be a debate
30. Other 10s are struggling in the league as it is way more compact this season—Xavi, Wirtz, Palmer, Foden, Odegaard and Eze failing to have the same impact vs low blocks that Bruno does
31. Both KDB and Henry won POTS after reaching 20 assists, so if Bruno reaches 20 assists he has to
32. The league is lacking quality in the final third, and Bruno is clearly the best player in the league
33. Bruno is first in the league for xA
34. If you exclude set-pieces for Bruno Fernandes but include them for everybody else, he still has the most chances created in the Premier League this season (71)
35. 26 G+A in 30 PL games while playing almost 60% of the season in a double pivot is absolutely mental
36. Some games Bruno Fernandes drops back into CB when chasing games to pick up the ball and make things happen from deep
37. Every pass and good bit of work Man Utd does goes through Bruno 90% of the time
38. Bruno’s biggest competitor in Rice statistically does not top any charts like Bruno does
39. No midfielder in Premier League history has more Player of the Month awards than Bruno Fernandes (6)
40. No player other than Bruno has ever created 6+ chances in four successive appearances in the competition (he did that this season)
41. That Bruno performance vs Aston Villa
42. Bruno controls the tempo of Man Utd games
43. No Arsenal player has even won Player of the Month this season
44. Bruno has won POTM awards, Rice, Saliba and Gabriel have not this season
45. Bruno has created nearly double the amount of chances as anyone else in the league
46. KDB managed 23 goal contributions in total in 21/22 and won the PFA Player of the Year award—Bruno is already on 26 and has played deeper
47. No player has created 5+ chances in more than three games this season, Bruno has done it in 14 games
48. That Bruno pass to Cunha vs Aston Villa
49. Insane set-piece deliveries
50. Most key passes per 90 in the league
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This current world order has to end. Now.