Paul Pogba suffered most of the fire after Manchester United's loss to Arsenal, but the gaps in ability and level are not his exclusive domain.
This past week has been a good time to describe Manchester United in the era of Ola Gunnar Solskjaer.
One day she is able to beat RB Leipzig 0: 5 in a mesmerizing offensive display, a few days later she manages to look like her own shadow and lose at Old Trafford 1: 0 to Arsenal.
A busy day A basket day in the full sense of the proverb, instability in the full sense of the sporting term.
United looked completely different in those two games.
The differences were abysmal defensively and offensively, Sunday was in no way reminiscent of Wednesday, and the question arises as to why.
The answers are certainly many and varied, but only one is very easy to put your finger on - Paul Pogba, who was excellent against the Germans and scored the first goal, played a sluggish game against Arsenal, and the failure he made in the box was what gave the Gunners a victory.
"I made a stupid mistake," the Frenchman tried to explain, except that the knife sharpeners had already sharpened.
"He's not a top class by any means," said Rene Molenstein, a former United coach.
Paul Ines added that "he's become a problem for the team," while Roy Keane concluded: "He just is not good enough, that's all."
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Pogba of course was not the only one who played well against Leipzig and was appallingly weak against Arsenal, only he is an easy and convenient address for the critics.
Beyond the fact that he caused Pendel to turn a "game written on him," 0-0, according to Solskjaer, into his first home loss to the Gunners in 14 years, the Frenchman is a fire-breathing figure.
He is charismatic, colorful, talented, a world champion and holds a price tag of 105 million euros.
In addition, it is likely that if not for the Corona, Pogba would have been in a different team today.
More than once he expressed his desire to play for Real Madrid, coach Zinedine Zidane made it clear that it was mutual, but the virus and the economic situation prevented it.
As a result, agent Mino Raiola activated a clause in the contract and extended the Frenchman's term at United until 2022
"I'm here and I love the club," Pogba announced about two weeks ago at the signing ceremony, "I want to help him get back to where he deserves to be."
For the past four years Pogba has failed in this task.
It is therefore impossible to categorize it as a dizzying success, but equally not as a diligent failure.
The 27-year-old midfielder was reasonable in the first two seasons at Old Trafford, and in the third was one of the best players and finished the season with 13 conquests.
Although he was injured for much of last season, his stats are generally high and show he has a positive impact on the team.
This season he is really unstable and able to provide performances against PSG and Leipzig alongside fallen games against Arsenal and Tottenham, but so does United as a whole.
Excellent as everyone or bad as everyone
As it seems almost every week, United's problem is much bigger than just Pogba.
Solchiar fails to produce stability, the owners have accumulated debts, Ed Woodward has failed to recruit players, Harry Maguire is not living up to expectations, Lindloff is wrong, Look Show is not level, Fred is not helpful, Bruno Fernandez is not recovering last season, and more and more trouble.
Everyone is guilty, but Pogba absorbs most of all.
"One bad game of his and honest Gary Neville and all the commentators are jumping on him," Troy Dini said this week, presenting a different opinion.
A Watford player, like others, agrees that the Frenchman is far from reaching his potential, but believes he is a victim of himself.
"The level of criticism towards him is not the same as that of the others because of who he is," Dini claimed, and there seems to be something in his words.
Pogba is not United's problem just as it is not the solution.
As in every game of the season, tonight against Istanbul in Shakhtar he will be just like his unstable team - excellent like everyone else or bad like everyone else.
The problem is that unlike everyone else, more is expected of him.