Have you been watching him play? He's always been used to direct attacking play, which for most parts Arsenal were good at, which is why he was usually at the end of a goal or able to create his own.
Several times I've seen him gesturing at the United players to push the ball forward and attack or create runs for himself. In the first couple of games he played, he was head and shoulders above the rest of the squad for intensity and pressing. He just made the team look average in comparison.
People have been slating Pogba, Martial and Lukaku on here left, right and centre so don't be making out they've been world beaters.
All I'm saying is I just hope that he doesn't lose that intensity that made him such a class player at Arsenal. It's early days yet, but we all had so much hope when he signed for us.
I just think the team that appears to be the best eleven for 433 (though swapping Smalling out for Bailly) should get some time to gel. We really lack consistency. Lingard is playing better than Sanchez, that doesn't mean that going into the business end of the season the best idea is to drop Sanchez for Lingard is it. Fair enough if people feel Lingard has to play, I'm more concerned with our best players starting gel now that we might be going with a more solid midfield. Lingard from the bench is certainly not a bad option..
