To RVP or not to RVP? That is the question!

David Moyes is faced with a mirror image of what his predecessor faced in March 2013. Both had a striker seaching for form with talk of being unhappy and both had Danny Welbeck to fill in.

Welbeck is once again putting his hands up but this time it's not Rooney facing the axe but rather Robin Van Persie.

Against West Bromwich Albion, bringing Van Persie off after 63 minutes at first glance looked like a precautionary measure, just after beign booked he was fortunate to not be off for a rash challenge on Reid moments before. With Liverpool next and Olympiacos FC, so David Moyes wouldn't want to face those without the Dutch maestro, would he?

But looking closely recently Van Persie has been a shadow of himself, missing chances that last season he put away with ease, he kind of had a stuttered effect on what ever United tried to acheive last weekend. United looked a different animal with Welbeck leading the line and had more bite in the final third as well as the fluency of old returned to United’s play all this after Van Persie had been replaced.

An interesting stat was that Welbeck and Rooney exchanged 7 passes in the 27 minutes they were on the pitch together, compared with 4 between Rooney and Van Persie in 63 minutes.

If we honest Van Persie was a Sir Alex aquisition and Rooney was well on his way out of Old Trafford. He isn't as much David Moyes talisman like (5 year extension) Wayne Rooney is and it shows in Van Persie's play.

Van Persie might just be one goal away from a run of many but I feel and keep feeling just that (maybe hoping) that every week.

What Moyes has to decide is whether or not he is what the team needs to go forward this season or for that matter the next.

So David what will it be To RVP or not to RVP?

Jade Christopher Bentley Adams(@jcba)

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