This week goals were scored in every single nook and cranny of the Premier League – except of course for Chelsea’s away fixture – what questions and lessons have arisen from the weekend?

1 Manchester United’s attack isn’t even mediocre

Louis van Gaal’s side has given stilted efforts to break down the opposition all season. But this weekend was the most damning condemnation of United’s attack as they toiled without much urgency against a Leicester outfit that at the back is, quite honestly, soft. The visitors’ equaliser came courtesy of a Bastian Schweinsteiger header, unmarked after losing Shinji Okazaki at a corner. Leicester aren’t strong in this area but this was no strategic breakthrough – United simply took what they could get.

It’s been well documented, but the black hole Wayne Rooney is for this team is quite alarming. As a Leicester fan, the danger bells sounded quietly still from the stands – we know the name, the reputation, the history all stands – but the current product is tame. When facing Christian Fuchs on a breakway, all Rooney could do was flail and fail to win a free kick. Trying times.

2 Should you sell high with Leicester?

It hurts to write this, it really does. A deep blazing pain strikes me, but I must say it: Jamie Vardy’s streak will end very soon. There are a few factors that feel destined to collide, ruining all the fun everyone’s had during Vardy’s incandescent Autumn.

For starters the next fixture in question seems slightly too good to be true. Swansea are in middling form this year and their defence offers less resistance than Manchester United, Watford and West Brom’s backlines, all of which Vardy scored against. Secondly, there’s just a disappointing inevitability to the streak ending in some 3:00 December game away to Swansea. It’s natural that the burning motivation will die off a bit after the charged evening at the King Power stadium last weekend.

Leicester will deservedly go to Wales as the favourites but dropping Vardy might be a sneaky way to gain an advantage over Fantasy rivals.

3 Crystal Palace are bigger, better with Wickham

While Crystal Palace’s lineup with four wingers – Zaha, Puncheon, Bolasie and Sako – is fun to watch at times. They fly down from all angles, forcing many one-on-ones with fullbacks that have wildly varying results. It hasn’t been all that great though. This lineup, so heavy on individualistic wingers, has led to Palace having the fewest attempted passes per game in the league at 314, 50 less than the next ranked team. In other words, the ball is not pinging around the pitch at Selhurst Park.

To call Wickham a focal point for the Eagles would be overstating things. He’s an average striker, but his natural inclination to play like the big frontman he is should aid Palace’s attack. Zaha and Bolasie create plenty from the wide areas while Puncheon keeps things ticking over in a slightly calmer, less chaotic manner. In other words, they’re going to be dangerous all season.

Palace still seem to need some motivating for their best performances. Following a win at Anfield, Alan Pardew watched his team drop 3 points to Sunderland in a game you’ve already forgotten about. The latest instalment was their best attempt to finally kill off Steve McClaren’s Premier League return. In some final other words, Crystal Palace are the most unpredictable side in the league.

4 Southampton disappoint with ambition

It seemed likely that the defence would take a knock given Morgan Schneiderlin’s departure this summer. The tireless Frenchman gave elite protection for the defence and a mostly diligent attack would do their part too. This much we knew. To counteract this the hope was that they could maintain or slightly improve what was a mediocre attack so they could once again threaten the Europa League spots.

In this regard, Ronald Koeman has been a disappointment. When managers begin to make decisions like putting Maya Yoshida at right-back, it whiffs of a slight lack of ambition. Manchester City away is essentially a free shot for managers and players outside of the top 6 or 7. There’s no expectations for any points. But it seems odd that Yoshida was selected at right-back tasked with going against Manchester City’s fluency with the ball.

It would be some stretch to say Southampton have truly regressed. Before the last fortnight, the Saints’ were unbeaten in 6 and are look on track for a top half finish. There’s just the tiniest sense of being underwhelmed when you watch them, perhaps the effect of having promising seasons consistently capped by selling multiple players to richer teams.

5 Tottenham have jacks of all trades, masters of none

We all know that Mourinho’s Chelsea could get a 0-0 draw against anyone from any era, 2015 Tottenham, 2009 Barca, heck 1970 Brazil would be stymied by this bunch if Terry and Co. fancied it enough. But it would be a fair assessment to say Spurs are a ‘good’ side that don’t excel in any one area. The question many would find difficult to answer is ‘Who is Tottenham’s best player?’

Is it Eriksen the main creator, or perhaps Kane who is proving he’s here to stay as a top-level striker? Is Lloris perhaps worthy of that title? Maybe Dembele’s underrated play from midfield that extends to all corners of the pitch is just as invaluable to the team as anything his teammates provide. There’s nothing particularly wrong with this. They have slowly carved out a team identity under Pochettino and the balanced approach means defences have no single player to key in on. However, and this is a nitpicky, aesthetic criticism for a side that’s lost just once all season, not having that star really seems to mainfest itself in these grinding games against stodgier teams. Spurs will hope that their democracy can lead them back into the Champions League for the first time since Harry Redknapp patrolled the White Hart Lane home dugout.

Harry Wallace is a Leicester City fan and Fantasy Football enthusiast. Both have been known to be unsuccessful at times. Keep track of his football related thoughts on Twitter.

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