Its only the MUGA crowd that bring these arguments forward as though Utd have some special powers that other, hugely better, teams don't. Like I said, I'm very happy for this to continue. I hope you win many more penalties this season too. Ole must stay in the White House.
What the feck are you on about? My argument is as much a criticism of United as anything else.
Our front line are all wingers. They dribble from deep more than other front lines because they lack the instincts to be in the right place at the right time in the box.
Aubamayang can also dribble, but he has more variety in his game than any of our 3. He doesn't put himself into foulable situations on the edge of the box as often as Rashford/Martial/Greenwood, because he spends more time finding space in penalty area to actually score goals. Therefore, he's obviously going to draw fewer penalties than our first choice lot.
When Mata and James played regularly, they didn't win penalties at anywhere near the same rate. So it obviously has more to do with the individuals than the team they play for.
It's no more controversial than saying that positionally poor defenders make more tackles to compensate for being out of position. Wan Bissaka is the best tackler in the league. He's also positionally suspect. That's not a conspiracy to pad Wan Bissaka's stats. It's a consequence of the way he plays football. There's also no conspiracy to pad Bruno's stats.
Our font line's strengths and weaknesses are exactly the same reasons why we're brilliant on the counter but shit at breaking a low block. We too often dribble from deep and play most of our football in front of opposition defences. It makes us easy to defend against... up until the point when one of those dribbles leads to a penalty. It's a poorly thought out attacking strategy that reflects badly on Ole.
If any other manager decided to tell his forwards to play 20 yards deeper, they'd also win more penalties and create fewer clear cut chances.