Paulo Bernardo

Jack of all trades master of none springs to mind but still think he has potential

 

I don't see any difference from last season tbh he hasn't kicked on at all granted the injury obviously played a massive part. I was a bit surprised we signed him on a permanent tbh he just tends to be there not really doing much of anything.

 

Easy to throw that number out, but how many games has he started?

Just think it’s trophy day, * is the point in pure berating a player. It’s strange.

 

* that claim he doesn’t “do anything”, last season he was one of the best pressing midfielders in the CL. He’s been a sub all season so haven’t checked. But he’s better than you are gonna find out there for the same price.

 

Similar to Engels in he's not really suited to the shape the manager wants to play.

Would use him as back up to McGregor in the 6 position as he's decent physically and knows the role from his time with Portugal u21s but is never an 8 either as he doesn't offer enough going forwards.

The whole midfield needs addressed this summer although given last summer I don't know if I trust Rodgers to be the man to do it.

 

He's started more than McCowan who, for me, has made a much bigger impact.

I agree about berating people after trophy day though

 

McCowan has a much lower ceiling, we don’t expect much so when we get a good performance we are all buzzing.

Bernardo has a much higher ceiling, rightly. So when he doesn’t produce, it’s meltdown.

 

I don't really see that though. What's the higher ceiling based on?

Unless you mean the ceiling of expectation rather than actual ability, then I understand what you mean.

I think if Bernardo was making the same impact off the bench as what McCowan often makes then people would be praising him, regardless of expectation.

But he rarely has for the past 6 months or so. He hasn't scored since November. 1 assist this year. I know he was injured for a bit, but that's 23 appearances since he last scored. I appreciate goal contributions aren't everything for a centre mid, but he's just not making much of an impact outside of that either.

I hope he comes good, like any player, but im really not seeing it right now and personally think he's extremely lucky that he'll likely start the cup final, cause for me that should be McCowans jersey all day long.

Rodgers likes him though so hopefully that's a good sign for future and not a blind spot.