I see people are coming out again after one bad game with the argument that somehow Zlatan is holding us back on the counter because of his lack of pace. When in fact he is the one we rely on to hold the ball up and play our quick wingers in behind. He is still useful in this regard even despite his lack of pace. The dynamics with a pacey forward instead of him wouldn't improve us enough to compensate for his strengths. There's only a few players out there that would.
Although this is difficult to acheive with no support. If it wasn't for all the fluffed chances that Zlatan has created, he would have been on 15 assists at least. Of course he has missed alot himself but he isn't a clinical striker. His strengths lie in other areas, mainly playmaking. That's why he looks to set up others before shooting himself. It says alot that even despite this, he is our only goal threat.
The problem is our wingers are either to slow(Mata, Rooney) and the ones that are quick aren't good or consistent enough. The lack of scoring from wide and central midfield is our biggest isue, even from the CB's.