He's costing us games at the moment. For someone who goes on and on about how important mental strength is in his interviews, he looks completely devoid of any confidence in front of goal at the moment.
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Yeah needs to be benched. can't be missing 3 great chances a game (even if one of them was a fantastic save).
He needs to sit for a while. His misses have been extremely costly.
He should have at least 6 goals more this season. must have cost us about 10 points over the past 2 months: 2 vs liverpool, 1 v city, 2 v Stoke, 2 today and then all his other misses. He played alright today overall but feck, we bought him to get consistent goals to beat the small teams and he has failed there
Rashford is actually a better finisher. I am not even exaggerating. How often did you see Rashford miss from the striker position last year?
We need a centre forward
I'm a huge fan of his but feck me, 12 shots, 4 on target and no goals 
really does need to be dropped, hopefully we can bring Martial back in.
really does need to be dropped, hopefully we can bring Martial back in.How do we bring in an alpha male like him and make him lose his entire confidence infront of goal? This club has become amazing at emasculating even the most confident personalities.
feck me.. he was brilliant in his build up today but missed somewhere in the region of 3-4 sitters. Strikers of his calibre should be putting those away
He'll play the next game. A striker that can't score goals will still play....
He is now a big problem for us. Bench him.
He costs us points every game. It's getting beyond a joke now.
How are we spending this much a week on strikers to get so little in return.
Far from brilliant
He had a few nice moments. But at times he was unbelievably sloppy
As for his finishing...
He was actually very good outside the box today but his finishing has been utterly appalling all season long. Not good enough.
The whole team played well and set him up with at least 2 sitters and more than 1 decent chance.
His job is to score and he isn't doing it, if he had done his job we'd be close to top spot.
He is the actual reason we didn't win this game
Doesn't have the cojones to score anymore.
The miss at the end was shite but actually thought he was decent apart from that (I missed the first 30 mins)
*runs for cover*
*runs for cover*
Excellent footballer in every regard but his finishing has gone to shit and its costing us.
Drop him. No excuses. First matches he played on adrenaline and received too much respect from the opposition. He's been found out and he's costing us too much at the moment. Pogba would have been at the top of the assists table if Zlatan could've scored those sitters he provides him on a silver platter.
All that money spent and we forgot to invest in maybe the most important position - a world class striker, which Zlatan is not anymore and will never be again. Chicharito would've bagged a hat trick today.
All that money spent and we forgot to invest in maybe the most important position - a world class striker, which Zlatan is not anymore and will never be again. Chicharito would've bagged a hat trick today.
Even I didn't expect Zlatan to be this crap. It is insane that he is starting and Rashford is being forced to play wide. Time to stop this nonsense. Martial on the left, Rashford central, Zlatan and Rooney on the bench.
Time to drop him and play Rashford as lone striker.
His overall linkup play with mata and rashford was good.
But his finishing is just awful for a supposed world class striker. An RVP of 2012-13 would have had a hattrick today
But his finishing is just awful for a supposed world class striker. An RVP of 2012-13 would have had a hattrick today
Too much goes through him, and we're too often trying to pick tiny little spaces through packed defences.
He should have had about 5 goals. He didn't create any goals. He didn't score any goals.
He plays as a lone striker and even in a game against a team that gives you literallly 30+ chances to score, he can't contribute to scoring a single one...he can't even blame his team mates as they put at least three on a plate for him!
He IS embarassing. How you justify playing one striker who contributes zero goals and zero assists, in a team that struggles to score, I don't know. TOday was hardly a one off.
Played very well today. Should've scored though and he knows is. Everything else he did perfectly.
I'd take a Hernandez, or a donkey who could finish than players like Zlatan or Welbeck anyday.
Honestly disgusted with his performances in front of goal, what's that now 38 shots since a league goal and only 4 goals in 53 attempts I read. Fuming with Jose for playing him, took Martial number, has Rashford out wide to accommodate him. Yeah that game has done it for me, he needs to be benched.
He was finally having good game all around but his misses are unacceptable. He should be dropped, there is really no other solution. There is no reason for us not to play Rashford up front now.
He's literally more meme than striker at this point in his career.
When did this guy last score a goal?
I know his cult wont care about what happens on the pitch as long as his press officer keeps coming up with funny one liners but it is become a rather serious issue
I know his cult wont care about what happens on the pitch as long as his press officer keeps coming up with funny one liners but it is become a rather serious issue
They're all shite.
Have been saying it for absolutely ages, this guy is a complete and utter fraud. We'd be top if his finishing was a tenth of his ego.
There was a similar miss in the first 20 minutes. Think of that to put his incompetence into perspective.
He's let everyone down today.
Played well for the most part, its just his finishing, the one part i thought we could rely on, which has let him and the club down.
I dont see why we dont give him a break though. It would do him and the club a world of good.
I dont see why we dont give him a break though. It would do him and the club a world of good.
Very disappointing. Does not deserve to get a second season. Don't care that he had a couple of good plays with Mata. Pathetic. When United needed him to score, fecking bottled it. Now we wait for Jose's interview how Zlatan pushes himself even at 35.
Absolute shite
But but but he played well outside not being able to kick a fecking ball into an open goal for 5 games in row.
But but but he played well outside not being able to kick a fecking ball into an open goal for 5 games in row.
Hate to be proven right. He's always looked good in Mickey Mouse leagues where missing 3 - 4 easy chances just means you win 2-0 instead of 5 or 6.
It's a different story when there's pressure on every missed chance. Those easy chances become much more difficult when they are worth more than just another + 1 goal difference.
The writing was on the wall when you look at his record against (semi decent) English teams (as well as in the latter stages of the CL)
It's a different story when there's pressure on every missed chance. Those easy chances become much more difficult when they are worth more than just another + 1 goal difference.
The writing was on the wall when you look at his record against (semi decent) English teams (as well as in the latter stages of the CL)
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