I’d say he has to be given a 9 so far. Hit the ground running and has been running the show. Most take a while to adapt but he was born for the PL. He’s also been to spoons.
6. Great start but didn’t influence the game against City and faded badly in 2nd half against Liverpool.
8 out of 10 Outstanding against Villa Was let down by other midfielders against City and to a certain extent against Liverpool
I thought Bruno was a really good player, if just out of form until Tonali turned up. Sandro has made me realise just how below top 4 standards Joe and Bruno actually are right now. Sandro is leaps and bounds ahead of them.
7. Even when we're ****e I see him make fantastic runs and playing great balls. Best player in our midfield so far IMO.
9 for me. He's head and shoulders above Bruno and big Joe. Shows how far behind we actually are now that everyone is firing again (except chelsea) and the miracle Eddie Howe worked last season.
7 for me. Made mistakes vs Brighton. Bear in mind I'd give Joe a 3 and Bruno a 2, so I agree he's head and shoulders. But there's something off about Bruno, and Joelinton hasn't trained for two weeks or so.
8 but that's the highest I'd give anyone in the squad so far. Pope 5 Trippier 7 Schar 6 Botman 7 Burn 5 Tonali 8 Bruno 5 Joelinton 6 Almiron 6 Gordon 7 Isak 6
He's hindered by them being off the boil. He's taking on entire midfields himself. The fact he hasn't been made to look silly is impressive. I just hope the other two pick themselves up. Midfield is where we are getting hammered
Think we've been poor but we've played 4/6 of the other top 7 teams so far and if we beat Brentford at the weekend and we are on par with last seasons first 5 games with a harder run so far but with a better GD. Pope Bruno Burn Isak maybe a mark lower than above, it's been poor (4/5's) but not a complete cluster **** thus far. If Miggy's shot hit's the post and goes in vs Liverpool or Isak takes one of the two in the first five mins vs Brighton we could be in a very different position currently. Fine margins and we are on the wrong side of them currently. What mark would people give Howe (4) so far?? Personally think the subs and in game management has been poorer than any performance so far across the 4 games. Telling we've taken Tonali off at 1-0 in the last two games and it's got worse from there...
Pass success of 73.26%... He's attempted 85 passes which is the 4th lowest in the league of the 22 keepers to play so far (2 Brighton keepers and Villa's back up are below him - so lowest of anyone who's played all 4 games). Not found others Pass Completed % but would bet he is in the bottom few for that. Save's - he's tied in 10th with a few others on 14 but has conceded 6... is ~70% save rate good?
Goals we've conceded - Diaby vs Villa - Nothing he could have really done Alvarez vs City - He maybe could have done better, but Alvarez was free in the box x2 Nunez - 2 superb finishes from Nunez and **** defending from us. 3 vs Brighton - 1st goal was definitely his mistake, 2nd two not much he could have done really. So you could definitely blame him for one goal , could argue he may have saved Alvarez goal.
