okay, i get it, you love whoscored and basically rely on nothing else but stats. how come that a player who contributes next to nothing gets a 7.6 rating, purely based on stats, without even scoring a goal? because that's what you said, and your bible tells it otherwise. mandzu received the 4th highest rating yesterday. you simply overlooked it, and tried to cherry pick some stats based on the whole season just to back your agenda against mandzukic's last performance.
oh, wait: mandzukic is our 3rd best rated player this season, i repeat, based purely on stats. only cr and cancelo have a higher average than him, based on the whole serie a season.
i guess someone's gotta be wrong: either you or whoscored.
some numbers to digest: mandzukic scored 5 match winning goals this season, against the following teams:
napoli, milan, valencia, inda and roma. only cristiano fucking ronaldo, the goat according to some, the guy with the 30m net salary has more match winners than mandzukic. cr scored 8 winners, 3 penalties included against giant like sassuolo, frosinone, empoli, spal, toro, samp, lazio, and he won us the supercoppa, too. he's yet to score a winner against a top5 team or against any cl opponent, while mandzukic already did both.
football is not only about those stats you keep checking and quoting. i do suggest you to get a ticket to any juve match and keep an eye on mandzukic for the full 90 minutes. this guy is not the most technically gifted player we've ever had, but his workrate, dedication and positioning is insane. i saw him in udine, and i'll never forget his somewhat stupid yellow card he got in the 94th minute, at 0-2 scoreline against a toothless team for a late challenge after sprinting and pressing the opponents all around the field. he got a standing ovation for that missed tackle. he's grinta personified, and it's not even a hyperbole. you simply need some insanely driven players in your squad: 20 years ago that was conte, then nedved, then we had plenty of soft pussies for a couple of years, then vidal/licht got on board, and now we have mandzu. how fortunate we are.