Why does he get so much hate on here? He wasn't an complete flop for us, he did well at times and scored goals which he was brought in to do. He lacked in parts of his game, his hold up play and dribbling ability was pretty poor compared to someone like Martial, but some of the videos posted in here of him missing chances I have seen Rashford and Martial do the same. People would have you believe he is a terrible striker when in reality he's a pretty good one but arguably not good enough for the very top clubs.
People talk about his goal record, and it looks ok in retrospect. However, just remember how we felt at the time.
16 league goals first year
12 league goals second year
That’s average, and then think he was the main focal point and was undroppable.
1 goal on 23 appearances against the top 6
Went months without scoring a goal
Take out his attitude, fitness, temperament, mentality and you have an average striker. Not one that’s worth £75m.
Was never happy with him, but if he left in the right way, I wouldn’t have a problem with him. Depay and Falcao are example of players that weren’t good enough, and left and no Utd fan has an issue with them.
However, when you add in all the extra crap, like posting the stats, going off to anderlect, his appalling, and I mean appalling fitness, his attitude to leaving, and then coming out and saying he wanted to leave after the second game - it’s no wonder he’s disliked by both fans and players.
I dislike him, I don’t hate him, but I find it bloody hilarious that he scored an OG in the final, refused to collect his medal, all after Inter tweet about his first touch - that’s some nice Karma for him being a tit towards the club. Cheers Romulu.