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Hope that is sarcasm.Only those of us who truly understand football appreciate Jesse Lingard's movement.
Hope that is sarcasm.Only those of us who truly understand football appreciate Jesse Lingard's movement.
I see what you did there!I bought some of his clothing range, after the first wash, the colours had just ran all over the place.
how dare you ignore the FACT that Fellaini was the GOAT of chest controlHis movement is a bit like Fellaini's workrate. Since neither have much in the way of appreciable qualities, their few positives tend to be overstated. With Lingard, it's his "world-class movement", with Fellaini it was his workrate and "always giving a 100%" and "always doing what the manager asks to", despite his regular failings to track runners from midfield, for example.
Lingard is our hardest working player, if the rest of the team worked as hard as Lingard on the pitch, our results would be better.
He was useful when getting us 6th place last season.Jesse Lingard is a better player than we all think. He'll be very useful this season.
Obviously not, I’d say the majority of us think he’s a squad player at best. In that role he’s definitely good enough, as a starter he’s a liability.Am I the only person who thinks he is just a solid squad option? Calling him Mesi Lingod or creating threads like this when it is clear that he posseses good off the ball movement just proves how divided the CAF about him really is.
When many of the worlds great coaches/players like Michels/Beckenbauer/Cruyff talked about the extreme importance of movement in football, they weren’t talking about the ability to move or not. They were talking about intelligence and initiative to create without having the ball. Good movement is movement that creates space in tight places, and imbalances in the opposition.‘Movement’ should be a pre requisite for EVERY footballer on the planet. It really isn’t a difficult attribute or something we should be in awe of that a footballer has great movement.
I’d be more concerned about his ability to find a team mate ten yards away and the way he often just drifts through matches showing nothing on the ball at all.
looking forward on his movement to Everton one day
I bought some of his clothing range, after the first wash, the colours had just ran all over the place.
I doubt he’d get in the Everton team.looking forward on his movement to Everton one day
Agreed, we should sell him 150m+ to Real Madrid, Lingard needs to play with much better players around him, it will unblock him.On any other team lingardinho would have 30goals 15assists every season
Agreed, we should sell him 150m+ to Real Madrid, Lingard needs to play with much better players around him, it will unblock him.
I'd rotate Greenwood, James and Dalot and see what happens. No more of the J "beans" Lingz/Mata torture, would play Chong too before them out wide.Who in the squad would you all rather play RW at the moment? We should have at least loaned a young RW from abroad. Pretty crazy and isn’t going to make AWB’s life easier
At the moment I'd probably just play a lopsided 4-3-3 with Pogba and Pereira (sort of a Rakitic type role shuttling on the right as he works his tail off and can at least hit crosses and longer shots from there) ahead of McTominay in midfield, James out wide left and Rashford up top with Martial and Greenwood fighting it out to partner him, make Wan-Bissaka cover 60 yards on his own the poor bastard:Who in the squad would you all rather play RW at the moment? We should have at least loaned a young RW from abroad. Pretty crazy and isn’t going to make AWB’s life easier
I would like to see that happen, yes but the working in of Greenwood would take time. It also seems Ole loves Lingard and if it’s a 4-3-3 that’s the best spot for him. I do think Dalot will play there and same with Greenwood, but they’ll start off subbing in or playing lower cup games.I'd rotate Greenwood, James and Dalot and see what happens. No more of the J "beans" Lingz/Mata torture, would play Chong too before them out wide.
I would prefer Fred and Mctominay in a double pivot and Pogba on top of themAt the moment I'd probably just play a lopsided 4-3-3 with Pogba and Pereira (sort of a Rakitic type role shuttling on the right as he works his tail off and can at least hit crosses and longer shots from there) ahead of McTominay in midfield, James out wide left and Rashford up top with Martial and Greenwood fighting it out to partner him, make Wan-Bissaka cover 60 yards on his own the poor bastard:
----------Martial---Rashford
James----------------------------------
-------------Pogba------Pereira---------
-------------McTominay-----------AWB
---Shaw--Maguire-Lindelof-----------
----------------DeGea-----------------
5th place, IMO. Not as good as we were under Ole at first, or as bad as we ended the season, just good old fashioned regression to the mean. The back 4 (and the DM) are talented and young so end the season better than they start it but obviously the attack is callow and lacking in genius or an ability to keep the ball so we don't get 4th.
Sure. It seems unlikely to me that Fred and Pereira (or Mctominay) will start wire to wire anyways. None of them seem good enough to just be penciled in as starting 45 times this year and no-brainer names on the teamsheet when healthy, regardless of opponent. I'd say that only applies to Pogba, De Gea, Rashford, Shaw, Wan-Bissaka and maybe Lindelof. The other 5 spots (maybe 3 or 4 if we buy good players and they're immediately an upgrade) are going to be battled for throughout the season anyways, and not because we have Mahrez and Sane pushing the starters but because we have Delphs, Danilos and Zinchenkos (hopefully for that last one!) but without the clear and brilliant style that accentuates the strengths and hides their weaknesses of most of those guys (Danilo would probably be better off away from Pep I'd guess).I would prefer Fred and Mctominay in a double pivot and Pogba on top of them
Front three of James, Martial and Rashford.
Would have been great if we still had Januzaj, I feel he would have been better on that right side of attack than Lingard. Sadly we ll still have to put up with Jesse and hope he does have a good season.Who in the squad would you all rather play RW at the moment? We should have at least loaned a young RW from abroad. Pretty crazy and isn’t going to make AWB’s life easier
Oh dear. It’s his season!
Not at all, and i'd go further, he's probably most appreciated by fans that have actually played the game to a decent level and/or have been fortunate enough to watch him 'live' and not just on the box or a laptop/tablet.Hope that is sarcasm.