Interesting latest from Archie Brand - 'Best NUFC performance for years' as ManUtd swept aside on Sunday but concerns over Pope, Willock and ASM nufc
He gets slagged off now and again, by people who seem to forget that week in, week out he’s up against some of the best wingers on the planet, but still we have a Goals Against tally that has Man City, Arsenal, Liverpool et al envious. He puts on a pretty good show for a lad who just 15 months ago was playing for Brighton.
I’ve suggested in the past that Bruno plays just a few too many tricks too close to our goal for my liking, borne out by his nutmegging of a Man U player on the edge of our box. He’s our talisman, and he’s a brilliant player, and watching West Ham against Southampton earlier in the day I have no doubt that we got the better pick between him and Paqueta, but I think he sometimes forgets that players in the Prem won’t give him the same space and time on the ball that he had in Ligue 1.
He then headed to Turkey where he played well against teams like Fatih Karagümrük and Kasımpaşa – but that is hardly a qualification that you would expect to get you a job leading the line in the best league in the world.It makes you wonder just how low Ten Hag’s opinion of us is.Covering most of the dictionary definitions of “mercurial”, he destroyed the Red Devils’ defence, and his header in to Willock for the goal was sublime, showing stunning vision and a deft touch.