This forum seems to be filled with lunatics these days. I guess they played too much FIFA and expect the players to play the perfect through pass everytime they get the ball. What the actual feck. Mkhitaryan plays more risky and therefore will misplace passes more than your pass sideways number 10. His end product speaks for himself. Despite that, he still maintained a highly respectable 87% passing accuracy last game. Mata only has 81%, yet people are here slaughtering Mkhi for misplacing too many passes and Mata for playing too safe? Do you idiots even watch the game and see what happened or just simply talking out of your asses?
Mkhitaryan has 1 goal and 5 assists in 5 games and people here are calling him horrible and asking him to be dropped. The discussion here at are on facebook comment level at times - simply atrociouis. Jesus fecking christ. Can Mkhitaryan play better? Yes of course he can, but does he warrant to be shit on and dropped like people in this thread claiming? No fecking way.
Let's not worry about calling people lunatics etc.. these forums, in fact, football media and punditry in general is slightly alarmist and in my opinion, completely exaggerated. It's a frustrating reality really. Re Mikithayrian.. my view is that yes, he is a decent player... but I think he should be doing more. He fails to excel more than he does excel, and his general play needs to improve. His role is absolutely key to United, and I think he has to play with more responsibility, power, penetration. He has talent, but is too often on the margins, and doesn't play that responsible game you need in that role. he gets caught in possession too often, holds on to the ball far, far, far too long and goes missing for long periods in a game. Compare the impact of David Silva, or Couthino, Modric, even Erickkson at Spurs (who I also feel is a little over-rated).. Miki is 27, with hundreds of games under his belt in Bundesliga.. he should be looking to tear-up teams all over Europe now.. but he doesn't. He is wasteful in front of goal, and I wouldn't mind if he missed some to score a few.. his Prem goalscoring 'stats' (which many here seem to depend upon...) are woeful. It isn't that he can do better (and I am beginning to question whether he can actually play better...), it is more of a case that he HAS to do better. He is an average performer, with some above average moments, and if that is what constitutes a United player then we have problems. He has to improve what his average performance is. I have seen far, far, far too many 'good players' at United, who don't elevate to the next level. Well, at United, you have to. Look at Rashford... he has a better all-round approach to the game in my opinion.. has personality, confidence, makes things happen and is absolutely and constantly having an impact on the game.
I say it again, and again. Lindgaard, Mikithariyan, Juan Mata and Martial have to step up a level. Consistently. Look at Pogs. Bailly. Matic. Ibra. Rashford. All players who clearly adopt a more positive, confident, and dominant approach to their game. They play like winners.
Miki, Mata, Martial, Lindgaard??? Sorry, no, not in my opinion. Nice guys etc.. but I expect more.
