165: BRUNO COST US! Fulham 1-1 Man United | Goldbridge Review

0:01Hello everybody, welcome to the United Stands. I'm Mark Goldbridge and this is your live match reaction for Manchester United 1, Fulham 1 at Craven Cottage. We're craving more points and the shine is gone from last week completely. Not acceptable, not very happy, lots to discuss. Do your player ratings, links in the video description, mark every player out of 10, 6 being the average star for your man of the match. But look, we need to have a real conversation here. There is some really baffling decisions being made. Ultimately, I want Amrim to do well. We're going to have to be patient. I do not want an Amrim out movement.

0:37I do not want to carry on going around this cycle. But that doesn't mean we have to ignore the glaring issues that fans have been talking about all summer. We don't have a midfield. We don't have a goalkeeper. We've got an abundance of number 10s. I mean, have we not just burnt a number 10, two number 10s? Bruno at number 10 is very good. And Ahmad at number 10 is very good. We're now misusing Ahmad as a right wing back. Bruno is not a midfielder. We just seem to be swamped with number 10s and obsessed with number 10s at the detriment of our attack, our midfield and the goalkeeper. It's strange.

1:22and the shine from last week has completely dissipated based on what we all feared. We played well against Arsenal for 90 minutes and the keeper messed it up. We go to Fulham, we play well for about 20 minutes and then bang average for 70 and totally don't deserve to win the game. We might have won the game if we took a couple of the chances, but it wasn't a deserved, it wasn't, look, it wasn't a good performance. And the scary thing is, the shine of last week, we know this team can play shit again. Like last week, we were like, Arsenal got a goal from a corner. We played well. They didn't. This week, we've shown that yet again, we can play well against the top sides and then we can switch it off against the so-called lesser sides.

2:09And it's concerning because already you can see the new signings can have bad games. It's not their fault. Cesko, not a sniff, may as well have sat on the bench. Embermo, pretty average again. Kunja, in and out of the game. So we can ruin new signings and we can see that again. It doesn't matter how good they are. We can ruin players in this system, in this team, whatever you want to call it. So look, massively disappointed. I don't think a draw is like the end of the world, but I think it shows the volume of work that we've got to do. And look, we finished 15th last year. We talk about fifth.

2:51Some people talk about top four. That's a reality bite. Of course it is. But we come back to the same things. I want to talk about Bruno. I think Bruno has cost us, but I blame Amerim. The scary thing for me is, the scary thing for me is, is that how history repeats itself. Because last season, was it second game last season or was it the first game last season? I think it was second game last season. I lost my shit after Brighton. And people were like, what are you doing? You backed Ten Hag. And I said, I do back Ten Hag. And that's why I'm pissed off with him because he's made so many mistakes that it's going to cost him his job.

3:26And here we are, second game again. And I think Amrim's made a lot of mistakes. And I like Amrim. I want him to do well, but you can't just bury your head in the sand. He's making big mistakes and he needs to listen. Bruno is not a midfielder. Let's just say it straight away. And I think we need to have a grown up conversation here because I can't be bothered with Bruno's shit, Bruno's great, player FC, Ricky FC, whatever. I can't be bothered with that. That's not the conversation I'm having. And I don't think a lot of you are having this conversation. I think Bruno is our best player and he's being played out of position.

4:02There's a big difference between saying Bruno cost us the game today and saying Bruno's shit, sell him. He's a number 10 and he's playing at number eight. And I don't think he's a midfielder. And Amrim has to either stop doing it or prove us wrong. But in the two games we've played, he cost us the corner that Arsenal scored from and he cost us the goal by not tracking Smith Rowe today. So in two games as a number eight, he's cost us two goals that have ultimately cost us points. in the first two games. This guy is not a midfielder. I don't expect him to be a midfielder. I can criticise him for being a bad midfielder, but he's not a midfielder.

4:41He is a number 10 and he's one of the best number 10s we've had at the club. So why is he playing as a number eight? Why is Ruben Amorim, who's only been in the Premier League for half a year, insisting on sticking a guy in the midfield who's not a midfielder? I remember Wayne Rooney being put the midfield and everybody said he's not a midfielder. Why are we doing it? This is not about Bruno being shit. This is a grown-up conversation about a player being put out of position that is hurting the team. He's everywhere as well. There was a point in the second half, at the start of the second half, where he's at right back.

5:15That's bad discipline. You cannot play in the midfield with bad discipline because bad discipline means that you leave your space, which causes problems, but then you occupy other space, which causes them problems. So when he's on the right wing, he's in Ahmad's space or he's in Mbemos's space and he's leaving his space. It has cost us a win today. Bruno Fernandes as a midfielder has cost us a win today. I would stick him as a number 10. And what I don't understand as well is, is when the midfield is so shit, Why has Maynou not had one minute? Why is Maynou signing a new contract? If you're Maynou and you're sat there, you're going, I couldn't get into a Man United side last year that's the worst Man United side in Premier League history.

6:02And now I can't get in a Man United side. I haven't even had a minute in a team that's got a shit midfield. I mean, why not? When it goes to 1-1, why don't you bring Maynou on, put him next to Agate and put Bruno as a 10. If you don't want to take Bruno off because he's so brilliant, put him as a 10 and bring Manu on. But no, this is weird. This is weird. I've seen managers do this before and it's weird. It goes beyond the plan of making Man United great again. It goes beyond logic and it starts to become a point of contention and stubbornness. And this Bruno thing in the midfield could long-term cause him big problems.

6:49Amirim, I'm talking about, because I don't see this getting any better. It's a skill. It's a specialist position. When you watch Smith-Rowe, and I didn't know, you can watch my reaction on the watch-along, I don't know who's done it. I just said, when Smith-Rowe's running away, who in the midfield has let him go? And it could have been Agate. And if it had been Agate, I'd say, what's going on with Agate is confidence on the floor. When you see the replay, you see it's Bruno and you go, well, I'm not fucking surprised. I'm not surprised. If you've ever played in midfield, it's one of the key skill sets you need.

7:25When you're on the edge of the box and one of their midfielders run, you've got to track them. Because as a centre-back, you can't track somebody who's already running when you're standing still. It has to be a midfielder and he doesn't do it. and it costs us, well, it costs us a win. So, but it's completely on Amrim. Completely on Amrim. He's got that wrong. And also just on that very, very quickly, I think it's important to say that when we score the goal from Joro and let's not mess about, I don't think it's a foul. It's fortuitous because it's not going in and it hits Moniers. But when we get that goal from Joro, There are, I don't know the exact amounts of minutes But there is about 10 minutes Where, maybe 15 Where he keeps with Mount and Bruno in the midfield After we get the goal He sticks with Mount and Bruno in the midfield Now, I don't know about you But I've never heard anything more ridiculous Than Mason Mount and Bruno Fernandes As a midfield two In an away game in the Premier League I've never heard anything as stupid as that We're 1-0 up and we stick with Bruno and Mounds as a midfield two.

8:41As soon as that goal goes in, Agathe needs to be on. Because what happens is, we go 1-0 up and then for the next 10 minutes, our midfield is AWOL. It's nowhere. And Fulham, so bad Brighton are beating us. And Fulham are coming right through us and the momentum goes. We lose the momentum and we never get the momentum back. Like, Szczesko doesn't get any of the ball for the rest of the game. Because we lose them from 1-0 up, we lose momentum because we lose the midfield battle because we've got Mount and Bruno on. And even when Agate comes on, it's basically just the bloody emergency services job.

9:23He's blocking here, there and everywhere. There's no composure in our midfield ever again after 1-0. So look, that midfield's a massive problem. And this is why, talking about the transfer window very, very briefly, obviously we need a goalkeeper. We know that. But if we don't do something in the midfield, you're going to see a lot of games like that this season. A lot of games like that. It doesn't matter how good Cunha is. It doesn't matter how good Seshko is. It doesn't matter how good Embermo is. It doesn't matter how good Yoro is. It doesn't matter how good De Litt is. If you've got a mint with a hole, you've got a hole in the middle.

9:59Polo FC We have to get a midfielder in It is a mess in there And I don't think Casemiro is very good today either Too slow So we've got a massive problem in the midfield And he has got to solve it Also I think you've got to say With complete and utter honesty and clarity Because I want to have a grown-up conversation about this I mean the fan forum is going to be very interesting after this and I will be watching it with my glass of red wine because I want to listen to what they've got to say and they may have different takes. But I think away from the mistakes that Amarim's made today, and I will just say as well, not only Bruno in the midfield, not only playing Mount and Bruno for 10 minutes, but also not starting a striker.

10:47I'm not going to get fooled by a couple of little flicks from Mount into Kunja in the first five minutes. For 85 minutes... it didn't work. We weren't a threat. He's got to start a striker. And you know what my biggest issue is, and it's going to be controversial. We have got a striker who had a pre-season who we can still sell to Napoli, but he could have started a couple of games for us. Xerxi hasn't come off the bench yet, so he's clearly not fit. You could have used Rasmus today for an hour and then brought Seshko on. It didn't work. It doesn't work playing a false nine. We haven't scored a goal with a false nine.

11:32I think Seshko was on the pitch when Joros scored. You need a striker on the pitch. We're too easy to play against without a striker. So that to me was a mistake as well. If Jochores, without a pre-season, can play 90 minutes for Arsenal in game two, why can't Seshko, who had more of a pre-season, play for 90 minutes for Manchester United? And I think that was a mistake as well. But that leads me into my third point. The biggest problem we have is that we're treating the first three games of the season like preseason again. United, and you know I'm right. You know I'm right. I've heard some of you say it on the watch along.

12:13United seem to think the first three games to the international break is preseason. We do it every year. We don't think the season starts till the middle of September We treat August like pre-season We don't start a striker We don't get a goalkeeper We don't get a midfielder We're trying stuff out Oh, let's try Dillo at right wing back Oh, to me, let's try Ahmad Oh, to you, let's bring Dillo on Let's try Mount and Bruno as a midfield too And leave Manu on the bench and not use him Oh, let's try a false nine Let's put Biender in goal Let's not get a goalkeeper However, we treat, we're not ready for this season.

12:53I said this on one of the summer shows. I said, no matter what happens now, we're not going to be ready for the start of the season because we haven't got the players that we need. And it's been proven. We're not ready for the start of the season. Again, we weren't ready two years ago when we had to go and get Anthony and Casemiro because we lost our first two games of the season. We weren't ready last season because Dalit and Masraoui didn't come in till a couple of days before the first game of the season and Agate came in before the international break. We weren't ready the year before when we didn't bring Ronaldo in until just before September.

13:25We're not ready. We're not ready for this season. We've got a second choice goalkeeper in goal because we can't get rid of an honour. We've got bloody Bruno and Mount playing in the midfield. We're not starting our£70 million striker. No matter how you dress it up, we're not ready for this season. We're just not ready for it. and we're losing points because of it. We lost to Arsenal. We've lost two points today. We've dropped five points in our first two games because we're not ready. And how many times are we going to keep saying to the owners of this football club, it's important to get business done early because it directly impacts the points you get at the start.

14:11We've dropped five points. We should have four, we've got one. Should have drawn last week and won today. And people talk about fifth place or Europe. We're dropping too many points already. And the scary thing is, I remember us talking about how, worst case scenario, we might have four points from our first 15. Draw against Fulham, beat Burnley, lose to Arsenal, Man City and Chelsea. well if we don't get something out of Man City and Chelsea we're gonna have four points from 15 and we're gonna be down near the relegation zone after five games so the pressure's on the shine is gone and this is where we are now um it's it's a concern it's a concern we're gonna do the player ratings but I want to just catch some of your comments because there's a lot coming in Bruno is not focused especially in this game we look we took two energetic players off Mount was our best player and after that gone, says David.

15:10There is nothing that makes me think Amram will succeed. No improvement whatsoever and performance and results keep going downhill. Sack is inevitable, says Jose. In order for this reset to actually work, Bruno Dillow and Luke Shaw need to go, says Vacation. Look, Amram's not in any danger. We've got to resist that. I said at the start of the season that for me, our season doesn't really start till game 10. From game 10 to game 30, we've only had two. So we've got to resist this urge to start following the Amorim Out movement, which the media and some of our fan base will start. We've got to resist that.

15:42What we can do is call out the mistakes. His obsession with Bruno Fernandes in the midfield is a danger to his future. And he needs to realise it because you can't teach an old dog new tricks. How can one of the Premier League's best number 10s suddenly become Declan Rice. You know, it's ridiculous. It's ridiculous what we're asking him to do. Ridiculous. Two games in and I still don't see any service to Seshko. Same old United as NL. The amount of work this shape requires to defend an attack is too inefficient. Too many players have to be informed for it to work. This is a ditch here. I hate the zero adaptability change to 4-3-3 sometimes, says Matthew.

16:25He said he wanted an athletic midfielder. He knows we have an issue. So why did they go for Belaber, who's not available and not a viable target? This is on the club as well, says Shan. And I think that's a great point as well. You can have a pop at Amirim. He is wrong today in relation to his obsession around the midfield. But let's not forget, he has said publicly he wants a midfielder. The club have to deliver a midfielder. You can't watch games and say, don't get a midfielder. Bruno's mind looks off. He looks distracted. The team fared worse when Benekate entered the fray. Our midfield needs to be sorted, says Jov.

16:55No, 1-1 needing a win. Double centre-back change, says Jordan. You buy a striker, might as well provide him service, says Joshua. Why are people already saying Amrim out? He doesn't have all the players. Yeah, I mean, it's ridiculous, Frederick, but I told you that'll start. Bruno, I think today Amrim deserves heavy criticism. The decisions were silly and I can't be arsed seeing another manager dying on a hill for his favourites. He's come. Jamie says, loads of shite. Bruno wasted in the midfield. Sesko receives at fuck all and we moaned about Rasmus. They can't do anything if they ain't being passed to.

17:25Jamie, I like Sheshko. I feel we haven't signed him yet. We've done absolutely nothing for him in the minutes he's been on the pitch so far. Welcome to the graveyard shift. Amiro, Bruno, Deleu and goalkeeper out, says Akil. Buying a midfielder won't change the fact that Bruno will still be one of the two, says Azur. A full week to prepare and solve things and yet we can't play football, says Hasan. Time to take the captaincy off Bruno, give it to Deleu, says OTG. playing a cam in a two-man midfield pivot is crazy man thinks he's still in portugal we are doomed grimsby's gonna take us to penalties as nsp last 10 premier league games one win bruno 90 minutes today is questionable says dino you're absolutely right he's not an eight and bruno himself knows we basically have four number 10 says alo can we have an 8pm show says michael well it pretty much will be an eight o 'clock show because the fan forum's straight after this when ollie started said McFred in that season opener against Leeds after the Europa League final.

18:21I was ollie out. Will Bruno be the catalyst for Amram out, says Michael. I fear that Bruno as captain feels responsible to pick up the team when they aren't playing well and it's causing him to lose discipline, says Chris. 3-4-2-1 system won't work because of Bruno. Bad course, says JB. Get on the phone to Saudi and Brighton tonight, says Gingerred68. Andrews says Bruno's body language is pathetic. Amram is not looking when Bruno is taking a penalty, when Fulham takes corners. what kind of confidence playing members of team would have. Bruno never gets subbed as well, says Andrews. Why does Bruno always nag and make a victim a face on the pitch?

18:54Happens nearly every game. This is terrible to come from team captain and ruins team morale, says Carolina. Deleu is terrible, says MVP Pete. Sell Bruno and rebuild the midfield, says Evan. You know what? I've just got to jump in here. You know this whole sell Bruno and rebuild the midfield? I feel like it's an echo Did we not discuss this at the start of June And the club decided not to do it I mean we are where we are We can't change that We had an opportunity to do it Some of us said do it We didn't do it And now people are saying do it Like it's gone It's gone That's why we said If the plan is to play Bruno as an 8 Take 100 million, rebuild the team.

19:42And here we are after two games going, this is why we said it. It's so annoying. It's almost like everybody bloody knew. We have too many 10s in a system that doesn't play with a 10. We're back to playing a 5-2-3-1, says Alex. Bruno out of position, doesn't explain his bad set pieces, says Anthony. But he always wants to hit a long ball as well. You know, if you're going to play in the midfield, in that midfield too, I would love to see Maynou and even Agate because just play the ball into Cunha's feet. In the first five minutes, we're playing the ball into Cunha's feet and we're dangerous. For the next hour, we're hitting 50-yard balls out to the fucking left back again.

20:21I mean, I'm bored to shit of it. Get the ball into Cunha's feet. We're hitting long balls for Mbumo. Get the ball into Mbumo's feet. This is what they did at Brighton and Wolves. Do we not look at what made these players good? were still hitting diagonal 60-yard balls to the left-back in 2025. It didn't work six years ago. Bruno out of position doesn't explain his bad set pieces. No minutes for Manu two games in a row, says Bobby. Bruno's got no discipline in any position. Haven't we learned this for five years? He's the new Pogba. Look, he's just a number 10-hand kit. If you play as a number 10, you can free roam.

21:03But you can't free Rome as a midfield pivot. Shit show, Bruno wasted in midfield, says Jamie. I just want Bruno to play as a 10. I like Bruno. I think he's a good player. Just play him as a fucking number 10. But we can't do it now because we spent 120 million on two number 10s. And we've also got Mount, Xerxi and Ahmad. We've got too many number 10s. Team already looks deflated and uninspired. And I think this is the worry, Marlowe. The reality bite is dangerous to a Manchester United player's mentality. about reality bite, that it's not a new shiny toy, that we're not back, that we can be beaten, that we can play shit.

21:39It's a scary thought. Delo needs to go as well, says Stig. If he don't play at 10, he should be on the bench, says Stephen. Rashford got Ten Hag sacked and Bruno is going to get Amrim sacked, says Enel. Bruno penalty miss, his head drops and negativity spreads through the team, says Joshua. Bruno wasn't that good last week either, says Caleb. Why do our wingbacks refuse to cross into Seshko, says Evan. Not good enough at all today, says Arad. We only played well in the first 10 minutes of the game and that penalty miss was criminal. With Kunja, Embermo and Mount, we're safe to sell Bruno now. Also, I hope there's no issue with Maynou behind the scenes, says Arif.

22:15Why would you sign a new contract? Bruno's a good player, but he's out of position, says Edgar. Blame Amrim, 100%. Completely agree. Same ground hot day with the midfield, says Irfan. And I like Amrim and I do want him to do well, but seven wins in 29 games since he came in, says it all, says Sam. I knew United would play like this after that Arsenal match I feel sorry for Rasmus and now look everyone will be blaming Sheshko the service is shit says Ahmed in my opinion this team won't progress with Bruno says Lejland stop the yapping it's obvious Amram is trash says Cats for life if Sheshko starts he will get service someone for the 10s to bounce the ball off as a focal point says Jack B Jonathan says Amram's not cut out for the league let's going wild and play players in their actual position says Pete Phillips Amorim's love affair with Bruno is pissing me off Why is he afraid to sub him off, says Mike We don't press as a team and the passing is too slow, says Stephen How can you play this bad when you're playing just a game a week, says Mojo Could have had Belaber in a keeper with the 100 million, says Drov I think Bruno is a liability in the midfield, he's not a proper midfielder, says Nalam We forget that Amorim is a young and an experienced manager and he needs to learn quick, says Random Guy Kiel says, is Amorim a chancer?

23:27when United stand goes to the press conference, can you ask are the team doing training to service the attacker? Says Mud. We should accept Al Etihad's Bruno bid. Well, they haven't put one in, Uriel. Free Maynew says TXP. All these number 10s and we've got no attacking threats, says Kieran. Bruno can't play this position time to sell. A lot of it's about Bruno. I think we'll do the player ratings. I think we've said enough about Bruno from being honest. Thanks to everyone who's putting their comments in. Look, what I will say is the Amri Mauck stuff is, is ridiculous, really. It's stupid. It's game two.

24:07And we can't be sacking another manager. I mean, if you want to... We had a grown-up conversation about Amrim. Sorry, about Bruno. Let's have a grown-up conversation about Amrim. He's just had£200 million spent on him. We can't keep doing this. You can't keep spending hundreds of millions of pounds of play on a manager. and then sacking them before Christmas. We've got to stick with this, you know? We have to stick with this. It's absolutely essential that we do that because we're in huge debt. We're building a team for an Amarim system and then the next manager won't play it. So, you know, if we start with the Amarim out movement at the start of another season, I'd despair.

24:55Some people have got You've got a right to make your own mind up But I would resist it I would resist it Because I think it's What we need to do Is Instead of going after a manager And saying hammer him out We've got to make it vocal About the mistakes he's making He's got to sort his midfield out He's got to take midfield He's got to take Bruno out the midfield It's a fucking Disaster That's what he needs to do Let's do the player ratings Mark every player out of 10 6 being the average One moment

25:36Let me get the player ratings Here we go If you haven't done your player ratings You can register through the link in the video description Or in the live chat Mark every player out of 10 6 being the average And you're set up for the season So Bayunda today I would say a 5 from me Same as last week I thought he was okay in relation to his distribution and his shot stopping. He made a good stop from that one-on-one, the volley from Iwobi. But on corners, he's got all the composure of a fucking baby deer on ice. Bambi on ice is absolutely terrible when it comes to crosses. So it's below average for me.

26:16Didn't cost us a goal, but easily could have done. So yeah. Yoro's going to be my man of the match with a seven. I thought the tackle when the Fulham player King ran through was absolutely brilliant recovery pace and composure and he scored a really good goal as well so well not he didn't score a good goal but he got us the goal so I think he deserves man of the match seven for me and Dillett was flawless again I would give him a seven I thought he was very very good but I'd give man of the match to Jaro so I think those two played really really well and again are very fortunate to be on a team that didn't win again.

26:54I think they've both done their jobs very, very well and they are probably the biggest sparks of positivity in the team at the moment, Jorowen Dillit. I mean, it's almost like, shall I say it? Oh God, I'll say it. It's almost like if we played with a back four, we'd be sorted with those two as centre-backs. But we're not going to play a back four because we're playing with Amarim's 3-4-3. But De Ligt and Yorreau as a centre-back pairing would be absolutely fine. But we haven't got a manager that does that. And I'm not saying we should do that, but Yorreau and De Ligt as a centre-back pairing would be very, very good, I think.

27:36Luke Shaw, 5.5. Yeah, he was okay in the first half and he faded badly in the second half. So I give him a 5.5. Ahmad's probably a 5, to be honest with you. All I'm going to say about Ahmad is, is that for me, Ahmad last season was one of our best attacking players. He's now having to play as a right back. In the sporting system, I get it. It's basically wingers. But in a Man United system, you're basically a right wing back. he's been playing as a number 10 last season. He's now playing as a right back. It ain't good enough. You know, it's a waste. Obviously, he's got to learn, but we're just...

28:35I will say this. I never expected us to buy Mbamo. I thought it would be one number 10 and that's it. Because I looked at it, I went, well, you've got Amadou can play there. Xerxes who can play there, Mount who can play there, and Bruno who can play there, and you only need two. We've just got too many number 10s. Casemiro, again, I thought he was below par. Just miles and miles off the pace. For a player on 350k a week who used to be one of the best holding midfielders in the world, I mean, he just doesn't impact the game, does he? So five for me. Bruno Five Yeah I mean look I like Bruno So I don't like I don't like giving it I mean look Honestly you could give it a four If you wanted to I just think I want to be balanced In the sense that If you put him as a number ten He probably has a good gain Honestly it was a four But I just want to make it clear That The real culprit Is the manager for doing it For 90 minutes 90 minutes But the penalty was crap And the overall performance was crap It was a very bad performance And the only reason I'm giving it a 5 Is because he's a good player out of position in my mind Dorgou, it's got to be a 5 I thought he started well And then he started really well for 5 minutes and then just didn't get him on the ball.

30:14Didn't get him on the ball at all. Mbermo, probably a 5.5. I agree, yeah. I mean, the worrying thing is that we've already seen that a new signing can play bad. And that just is so sad. It's way too early to start saying he's a bad signing or any nonsense that perhaps we'll start talking about. But he didn't have a good game. He didn't have a good game Mount actually I thought was okay I actually thought Mount was a 6.5 I don't really know where he fits into the team He's everywhere and nowhere I mean he's not a midfielder He's certainly not a false 9 And I don't know where he's going to play as a 10 But in fairness to him There was moments of good play But But, and it's nice to see him fit.

31:11I don't know where he fits into the team. Kunja, again, I'd say 6.5. Just get the ball to Kunja. I said it after the first five minutes, get the ball into Kunja's feet. And I don't know, I did want to say this. Do you think there is a bit of an ego battle going on in that team? Like, to me, at Wolves, you get the ball into Kunja and he's the star of the team. At Man United, it feels like we'll give the ball to Cunha sometimes, but I want to switch the play to the right back and hit a 60-yard Hollywood pass. Or we'll try and get the ball long behind Mbermo. And I'm like, just get the ball into Cunha.

31:53You know when we had that first five minutes and he hit the post and there was that ball from Biinder and the good save from Leno, and then he had that shot just over the bar at the start? I remember saying it in the chat Just get the ball to Cunha That's it, just get the ball to Cunha But I do wonder in our team Whether that simple message Is Isn't going to work Because when Bruno gets the ball He doesn't want to just play a five yard pass to Cunha Is there too many cooks? You know, I suppose that's what I'm saying Have we got too many number 10s on the pitch Who It's overcomplicating it because really it should be get the ball into Cunha's feet.

32:34And again, and again, and again. But we've got too many other players that want to do something else. Deleuze, yeah, definitely a five. Below average when he came on. I mean, Sesco's a five, but again, can I just say, I've said this to so many times with strikers. What is he supposed to do with no service? It was a five. Let's be honest. It was below average. But what is he supposed to do with no service? I've said it so many times about Cavani, Rashford, Martial, Ronaldo, Rasmus Like they can have bad games off their own shoulders But that's a bad game based on nothing Nothing I mean somebody in the chat just said five is wild You don't understand football then do you?

33:22I'm not criticising the lad I'm saying how can he have an average performance when he's isolated and starved for half an hour. He wasn't in the game. He wasn't in the game for me. I mean, give him a six. I'm happy to give him a six. But what I'm saying is, if that's going to be how we're going to treat him, then we may as well have kept£70 million in our bank. You've got to give him... Strikers thrive on service. And if you don't give them service, they end up having a below average game and it's not their fault. I remember this happening with Ronaldo loads of times, to get him five out of ten, four and a half out of ten.

33:57And you sat there going, Ronaldo's not a bad player. He's just not getting any service, you know? I thought Agate was OK, five and a half for me. But the midfield battle had been lost when he came on anyway. Maguire wasn't on long enough. Five, five or six, whatever. Hammer him today. Look, honest, honestly, four. You know, let's be real. This manager has our backing The intelligent fans back him But part of a healthy relationship is honesty I always say that the Ganachos and Sanchos and Antones of this world Are pampered mercenaries who don't live in the real world Because they're surrounded by people who don't give them the truth We can't pamper Amorim I want him to do well But we've got to be honest For his own good We've got to be honest You don't have to live in this extremity world of Amriam in and Amriam out.

34:58I'm firmly Amriam in, but that's a four out of ten today. And he's got to listen to the feedback. The message has got to be, sort your midfield out, sort your goalkeeper out and we'll do better. But also stop using Bruno in the midfield. If you want Bruno in the team, you'd have to drop Kunja or Embermo. You cannot put Bruno in the midfield unless you're going to get this superstar midfielder, which we haven't got. So you either get the superstar midfielder and show us why it will work with Bruno or you stop using him in the midfield. We've got to get hold of the midfield. It's the oldest, oldest, oldest rule in the game.

35:37Games are won and lost in the midfield. And at the moment, our midfield is costing his games and it will continue to do it. And he is responsible for that. No doubt. you know what to finish on a positive we didn't lose and you know what that first five minutes was some of the best football i've seen us play it was crisp it was quick it did happen it wasn't a dream but it was short-lived and you know if kunya scores that goal that goes in off the post we might be sat here going we're cooking we're back we've won 3-0 football is about fine margins but when you don't take your chances and you don't keep the consistency up the frailties get exposed.

36:16And that's what we saw. Man of the match, I'll be stunned, 83%. Lenny Yarrow. De Ligt, second place with 9%. He deserves that. Lenny Yarrow today. Definitely man of the match. We didn't lose. We didn't lose. And we have got Burnley and Grimsby to come. Hopefully, we can score some goals and kick on a bit because we've then got Man City and Chelsea. But I'm disappointed not to win today because losing last week and knowing that we've got Man City and Chelsea on the horizon, it just leaves you feeling a little bit concerned, doesn't it? But, you know, it is what it is. Thank you, everybody, for watching.

37:01I am going to be watching the fan forum with you. Very interested. Sometimes, you know what? I just think the fan forum is great but sometimes i just think it's so interesting when you have a result like that as to how they're going to talk about it so very interested uh thank you for watching take care i'll speak to you on the next one get yourself over to the fan forum let's spam the chat with bruno no eight