Third most shot attempts in the Premier League, 8 less than Haaland (who has 32). 75% of Haalands shots are on target, 20% of Rashfords shots are on target. Salah has the second most shot attempts, 42% are on target. Haaland has scored 11 goals from shots on target, Salah has 8 goals from his shots on target, Rashford has 1 goal from his shots on target, 34 shots in total, 847 mins of premier league football.
This from a player that is more or less allowed to stay high up the pitch without much, if any, responsibility in terms of tracking back and putting pressure on the opposition during their build up, as his sole purpose is to get the ball in positions where he can cause problems for the opposition. There are extremely few scenarios where you can allow a player such little responsibility, and the key factor in every scenario is that the player performs at such a high level it outweighs all other negative aspects. Ole's last season and Rangnick's month as interim manager was a disaster for all our players, so i'll be kind and ignore it and only include last season where his overall stats are solid but not without reason for concern.
19 matches prior to the world cup, 8 goals, 4 of them in the premier league, but overall poor performances to the point where his place in the England squad for the WC was uncertain. He then had a run of matches where he scored 60% of his league goals.
17 goals overall in this same period, 56% of his total goals in a 19 match run, out of the 56 matches he played in total last season. 56% of his goals in 33% of the matches he played. The remaining 13 goals were over 37 matches and it's not like his performances were all that either.
This season he's started off worse. 1 goal and 3 assists in 14 matches, 1120 minutes of football, and most of the time he looks completely uninterested. Generally avoids going for 50-50, especially if it's a header.
If he was overall performing well, just not scoring, the above would be less of a concern, but there is simply no way we can carry having a player in such an instrumental role when he is neither performing well, scoring goals or assisting. No way whatsoever he should be playing as much as he currently is