This point probably deserves a new thread, but it’s without any doubt the case that we dropped points not because we conceded too many goals, but because we scored too few goals.
We conceded 43 goals (PL) which includes the 7-0 and 6-3 thrashings, which is the same number of goals Arsenal conceded and 10 more goals City conceded, but where the wheels fell of the bus was in attack: we scored only 58 goals, which compares poorly to Arsenal at 88 and City at 94.
Some say we need a striker above all else, others say an 8 to help Bruno create the good chances we arguably did a poor job of. Others say to improve our attack we really need a modern keeper, which is insane but the hysteria over De Gea is what it is, but whatever the right answer is we definitely need a 9 and/or 8 more than we need a backup 6. But if we can do them all (which is not likely) let’s go for it. But we did not drop points because of a lack of cover for Casemiro. We dropped points because our front line — Martial, Antony and Sancho — badly underperformed reasonably modest expectations, and I would add that Eriksen degraded as the season wore on.
