Bruno Fernandes

He's probably their biggest threat, um, be it as far as goal score at all or, um, assisting is concerned.

So again, plus money when you've got Bruno Fernandes as an option, again, it's a blind bet.

Uh, those are the leans.

Um, when it comes to the Manchester derby, let us know what you're betting in chat.

So it's Verbruggen in goal, Calafiori, Hall, and Konsa at the back.

Pascal Gross, Bruno Fernandes, Szoboszlai, Cole Palmer, uh, Wissa, Haaland, Joao Pedro, and then on the bench I've got Sangare, uh, Diop, and Egan.

Egan? Egan? I keep saying that-

Yeah

Um, and so far the signs look really good.

So, uh, yeah, I think Saka's absolutely fine to pick.

It's just that slight doubt and why I decided in the end, look, I'm gonna go for Bruno Fernandes instead, is because I just didn't know at the point that I was gonna wildcard whether how his minutes are gonna look around the Champions League, and I think that's fine to wait.

Like if I-- if he just continues to keep playing, which he could quite easily, I think Madueke's looked quite short as well-

We didn't get our Goldbridge moment.

We did get a very interesting moment where he was talking about having to put his, his dog down, uh, years ago, uh, and then Bruno Fernandes scored and he just completely forgot what he was talking about.

Um, Cunha, it didn't...

Saba had a chance to make it one-one, which wouldn't have given us the moment we wanted but would've been a good moment nonetheless, but they didn't score.

My trip plan hasn't changed at all because it's a fantastic plan and I want to see where it can take me.

No, the only change to my plan is that I have sold Dan Ballard and Bruno Fernandes and I have brought in Riccardo Calafiori and Cole the Goal Palmer, two absolutely elite operators who have proven they are at the top of the game.

Now Ballard, he was an easy sell for me and it was always in the back of the mind to have a player that I could replace in defence and a Sunderland asset is always an easy sell for me, especially when it means getting someone like Calafiori.

I mean the man is essentially an attacking midfielder categorised as being part of the best defence in the entire world.

I'm sure you can all understand the decision and there's no need to go on about it too much.

Now the second one, I did wrestle with that decision.

It is a really tough one for me because I am trying to incorporate Solio into my arsenal as you all know and Solio does say that Bruno Fernandes is the best captain in game week 6, 8, 12 and 14 and that game against Fulham next week it also looks delicious.

And I could have kept the Portuguese plunderer quite easily.

you know it's it's not sexy but it you know you there's it feels like there's some logic there maybe i'm just giving too much credit

no no and and then the the the wage millstones if that's the right word the question marks will still be about rashford because he'll have two years on his contract next summer Bruno Fernandes does he get a new contract and what kind of level does that look at and how incentivized is it given his age profile and then Mason Mount who will have another year on his contract and I'm sure they'd be delighted if they could like run that down to nothing at some point or maybe he has a wonderful season but it seems unlikely.

Yeah.

So, yeah, you can certainly see there's a little bit of thinking about squad management, which certainly didn't happen in the Edward Wood years at all.

We did get a very interesting moment where he was talking about having to put his dog down years ago.

And then Bruno Fernandes scored and he just completely forgot what he was talking about.

Cunha then Saba had a chance to make it 1-1 which wouldn't have given us the moment we wanted but would have been a good moment nonetheless but they didn't score Bruno made it 2, Sesco made it 3 and then the Gnome wrapped it up 4-0 to Manchester United Now, we have one question from Discord this week.

Someone called James has asked, do I still do the Q&A? I do every Thursday as long as there's nothing else that comes up.

And again, he's the biggest chance creator in the league so far.

Um, and that's in a league where you've got Bruno Fernandes who's played against two newly promoted sides, for example.

And Bruno we know is a chance creation magnet as well.

So he's, yeah, he's, he's playing excellently.

And again, a city side that have shown a bit of vulnerability there.

at times this season and plus 107 he'll be on penalties of course he's on most of the set pieces he's on the corners and say free kicks so and he's the threat from open play he's probably their biggest threat be it as far as goal scorer at all or assisting is concerned so again plus money when you've got Bruno Fernandes as an option again it's a blind bet

Those are the leans when it comes to the Manchester derby.

Let us know what you're betting in chat.

Uh, Bouadi was brilliant.

Fernandes was brilliant, and then Anderson came on And played alongside Bouadi and then alone as the six for the final part of the game, and was really good.

And everyone who came on was really good as well.

And it was this...

I [laughs]More on this to come.

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Um, but like, but the fact that Andersen didn't start against Porto but still came on and made a big impact, I think I would- my midfield would probably be Andersen, Fernandes, and Cherki.

But if he decided to go Andersen, Bouadi, and Fernandes, then I, I don't think City fans would be bothered by that, um, because they are such good options to have.