Taking just yesterday's game alone, it's a good example of how he's perceived in general. Yes, with more discipline and consistency in the basics, Nani wouldn't have frustrated as much, but at the same time, he produced more clear-cut goal scoring oppertunites than anyone on the pitch. Surely the parts where he frustrated take a back seat to the chances he made? I can't see that much room for criticism to be honest, he wasted some oppertunities going forward, but he also provided about 5 chances for goals, I accept that return.
Just like with Giggs and his final ball, or Valencia and his crossing, usually he puts in a lot of crosses, and some of them aren't effective, but obviously he needs to put in the attempts for at least one to come off. Yesterday none of those came off for Valencia, but you see nothing of that frustration, because it's afforded to him. I see the same thing with Nani, except it's not with crossing but decision making. At times, first half in particular it was very poor, however overall, his decision making yesterday could have resulted in five goals....
Now you can't argue it wouldn't be better for him to sort out some of the easier stuff, but why pick up on the frustrating parts from a game like yesterday, which in all come completely second to the numerous chances he created? Maybe he would have had 10 chances created then? I get the frustration at him, I really do, but in the context of a match like yesterday where he puts that many goals on a plate, is it really that relevant?
Would we still have the frustration talks if he had 5 assists yesterday? It seems a strange thing to focus on the frustration side of it when there were so many highlights to his game. Again, if yesterday was a typical example of how he could play, would that not be incredible? You would ignore the times he frustrates because of the overall contribution he gives, we saw this in countless games last year with Rooney for example and how his end product overshadowed the fact he was missing in many of those games. It didn't seem to matter though, because the goals were what counted, and I agree with that.