The club may be near the top of the table, but its limp attack risks harpooning its title hopes - but is it an issue of personnel and finishing, or overly negative tactics?
“Attack, attack, attack,” pleaded the Manchester United fans as their team, not for the first time, slumbered towards another bore draw over the weekend. The club is just three points off the top of the table yet rarely has there been such a lack of enthusiasm around Old Trafford.
Resentment is growing towards Louis van Gaal, a manager who spent much of his early reign fighting fires but now cannot seem to summon even a single spark.