Take last Sunday's game v West Ham as a case in point. We got into very promising attacking positions in the first 20 minutes but our shot decision and execution was, as usual, terrible. I counted 7 or 8 shots on goal, all off target, from a combination of Rashford, Bruno, Antony and Eriksen in that time. And then we were inevitably punished with de Gea's cock-up.
It's been a recurring theme of our season. Antony is particularly guilty of shooting from stupid positions when there's a better pass on to a teammate. So he either doesn't see them, in which case he doesn't have the vision to play at the highest level, or he chooses to ignore them and Erik is just letting him carry on with it for some unknown reason.
Rashford's goalscoring form has dipped and when that happens I find he gets more desperate with some of his goal attempts, shooting from improbable positions also, or else he's trying to be superman taking on too many defenders and losing possession cheaply when there's a better opportunity to develop the attack.
And as we all know, Bruno is also fond of going for a Hollywood goal. I just know when he has the blinkers on and he's not going to pass. We should expect better from him because he has the vision to play the right pass, but he does it so often maybe he just can't help it. That last shot v WH when he blasted over with his left foot perfectly summed it up. I knew he wasn't going to whip in the cross, the blinkers were on!
