What the hell are you on about! He's 27 this year mate! Have to be trolling
Hating Lingard
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Unusually good post for the thread that’s in it.
Hating poor little Lingard you cnuts. He's just 26 and has time on his side, he's already so good in the running and movement department now he only needs to improve the part where he is required to play some actual football and he will get there. Patience please.
Behave, you wouldn't be defending him if he wasn't British, i've been reading this site for years and you're always in a hurry to stick the boot into foreign players but get so defensive when anyone dares to criticise the British lads. So transparent.
Weird accusation.
a) I'm not British so have no reason for bias towards British players
b) Anyone who is familiar with my posting history would know that one of the players I've got most defensive about over the years is Antonio Valencia
All our underperformers get slaughtered on here, not sure what you're on about! British or not! Look at the abuse Young, Jones, Smalling get! nothing to do with British bias! If they're shit they'll get criticised, no-one is immune to it. For every one person who defends Lingard and co there'll be another 50 who hammer him! no bias at all.
I think he plays because he offers something most players dont in our team. Energy, movement and link up play. I mean if you got Lukaku, Martial and Pogba in your team, you have to have someone balancing things out. Martial and Lukaku are 2 men down half of the time without the ball. Lingard is inconsistent though and currently completely shit, but he usually offers decent things off the ball. The problem is our more talented players dont. On the ball, he can be neat and tidy but also lose a lot of balls. His output is also subpar. He would be a squad player or not at the club if we were a top team, but i can see why Ole picks him currently with this squad and these players.
Nah he's shit. Yes every team needs squad players, of course they do, but they don't need to be Lingard. To use your own example of Real Madrid, no not all their players are Modric & Ronaldo but every single midfielder & forward in their squad is better than Lingard. The only aspect of his game that you've highlighted is his off the ball movement, so to me that says that he's best at football when he's not actually playing football (if that makes sense).
Also consider the impact he's having on young kids in the academy. He's a local lad who's come through the academy the same as most of the boys there now. What do they see? Some clown dancing around and dropping stupid catchphrases on instagram every day whilst doing feck all on the pitch but still getting picked every week. Not exactly setting the best example is it? "Right lads, you'll make it into the first team as long as you can run off the ball for 90 minutes and have top bantz like JLingz TM "
What it comes down to for me is the recruitment process. Why would Lingard move on when he's picking up probably triple what he's worth in wages and playing every week? There's far better talents out there than him that United could have picked up over the last few years but Woody & the gang of cretins on the board would rather stick and line their pockets. Major clearout needed and I think this could be the last United see of the CL for a good few years because of that.
Happy with him as a squad player but there's a major caveat: he's quite bad coming off the bench. It sort of disqualifies him from doing anything but covering immediate absence.
Regardless, our real problem isn't the young man himself, it's that we have too few quality, consistent players around him.
Regardless, our real problem isn't the young man himself, it's that we have too few quality, consistent players around him.
Disagree, he has good movement in that he runs a lot but it’s not intelligent movement. Seems to always hide behind people and is like a magnet to the referee almost running in to him or just hiding behind him. The amount of times he closes space or just gets in one of our players way is outstanding.
Now at times no doubt he’ll get himself in a good position or make a decent run and then his poor play comes in to affect where he plays a lazy pass or just isn’t concentrated on what he is doing. Doesn’t see the easy pass or takes too long to make a decision (which is chronic in our team)
People say good performances other say scored a couple of crackers. Scoring a goal doesn’t always mean a good performance see Zlatan for examples of doing nothing all game and stinking up the joint only to then score 2.
would agree with this, he’d be a handy person to have in and around the squad but thenis he at the point and in a position where his space would be better to leave open to give the likes of Gomes, Chong and Greenwood. To be fair Sanchez is in the same position. However I would keep Lingard around as you say, at times we will need someone who will put in the effort which the last 4 games he really hasn’t shown anything like it.
People calling him Messe Lingod was so cringe.
I hate him as a player. He embodies everything that is wrong with us at the moment. He's another Tom Cleverly, but he's made out to be a fantastic "squad player"
He's painfully mediocre at everything, and inept at many things. One or two goals every few months won't make me change my opinion on that.
He's painfully mediocre at everything, and inept at many things. One or two goals every few months won't make me change my opinion on that.
Acting like he's made it.
a) I didn't say you were
b) I didn't say you hate all foreign players, just find it funny how you’re so vocal in the threads for certain players yet you seem to take criticism of all the British players personally. Over the years I’ve seen you vehemently defend Rooney, Carrick, Jones, Lingard, Rashford etc. It’s a shame you can’t apply the same patience to them as you do to our foreign imports. It’s the same double standards you often see from the British media. Always turning a blind-eye to the performances of the British players yet can’t wait to stick the boot in when it comes to their peers.
I was speaking about that specific poster.
As someone reading these forums for 10 years that isn't true of Pogue
Lingard, age wise, should be at his peak. In 18 months he will be on a natural downward spiral. Get rid while we can still get half decent money.
It's almost like the words "Antonio" and "Valencia" completely passed you by in that post you quoted (and every other post of mine in which those words appeared)
If you don't want to think back that far, how about a much more recent signing I've gone in to bat for a lot this season. That well known British footballer, Victor Lindelof.
Why? He's a decent-good academy player who has been happy for the past 4 years to have a squad role in which he has scored some really important goals for us. No one thinks he should be starting at the Nou Camp and he isn't good enough to, we all know this. It's why we are desperately looking for a right winger and there's constant talk of us signing Sancho. Why should we sell this lad with a great attitude who is happy not to be a starter and who has been with us since he was 8?
Because he’s crap at playing football.
Because great lads with a great attitude who are not good enough have no place at a club like Man Utd even if they were born on the pitch .If he is not good enough as a squad player at Barca , Madrid , Munich , City then hes not good enough for us or should not be . Its not very difficult
I like him. Have his name on my new United shirt. But he’s mediocre. Since his purple patch between December and January last season, he’s been below any standard expected of a United player. He’s not a squad player either, he’s a regular, however, even as a squad player, what he’s turned in over the past 12 months has been far from good enough. He has way too many games where he doesn’t affect the game in any way at all. He runs off the ball, and if that is a reason alone for him to be in the team, then it’s a sad indictment for our squad. They should all be fecking running! Even then, if that’s his purpose, get someone else who runs, but is also better at football. If we line up with 3 front men we cannot afford for him to be completely invisible.
He should never be a starter. He’s not productive enough and doesn’t contribute other than running around a lot.
Lingard is not the problem really. Yeah he is going through a bad spell but because he isn't an elite player he isn't going to change things by himself, put him with better players and he will improve.
Years ago he would have been a reliable squad player but because our standards are in freefall we have good to not great players who are regular staples of our first team.
Years ago he would have been a reliable squad player but because our standards are in freefall we have good to not great players who are regular staples of our first team.
Everyone who is part of the front three is supposed to be "the threat in the attack". If we don't expect attacking contribution from a player, we should not play him in the front three.
Maybe that’s the problem, that he’s happy or content not to start. He’s too comfortable and plays in that manner too.
He's an absolutely pointless player the majority of the time.
Sorry but @Pogue Mahone is one of the least agenda driven and most balanced posters we have.
Agreed. But Lingard is crap, Sorry mate
Again I see claims he's happy to be here as a squad player. That claim is yet to be tested, as he's mostly been first choice since breaking through.
Lingard is a starter for United and England. Now opponents know everything about him. His movement doesn't take him behind defences, and he doesn't turn with the ball or take on players. Defenders are never dragged out of postition anymore because they know he carries minimal threat.
He is doing more harm than good these days
Lingard is a starter for United and England. Now opponents know everything about him. His movement doesn't take him behind defences, and he doesn't turn with the ball or take on players. Defenders are never dragged out of postition anymore because they know he carries minimal threat.
He is doing more harm than good these days
I don't know why you bother with this cretinous thread. You have more patience than I do!
He is a watford level player if were being honest. Only reason he is still in the squad is because he is an academy prospect. He is as average as they come.
imagine accusing an Irishman of a jingoistic British bias.He's a squad player in the same category of Fellaini. A player that shouldn't be needed but is/was due to our squad lacking basic elements.
In the same fashion he should make way for youth/new signings when ready. I'd start a number of players over him tbh.
In the same fashion he should make way for youth/new signings when ready. I'd start a number of players over him tbh.
I agree totallyAgreed. But Lingard is crap, Sorry mate
I really doubt he would get into that team as well. Have you seen them at OT? Looked like a prime Barcelona against us.
Come to think about it you might be right. Let me fix it.
He is a Cardiff city level player if were being honest.
The point is is he was not a player from the academy he would of left years ago.
Lets put it this way say he played for another team and he was linked to United. Would anyone here want that transfer to happen? no? didn't think so either.
He is worth no more than 10M even in todays market. I personally would not pay that much money for him at my club.
It’s a weird go to accusation for some people. Don’t get it at all. I am British but have never felt drawn to protecting British players or made out they’re better than they are. If anything it seems more like foreign players are seen as the fancy players, with a side of grass is greener when linked with them.
Lingard is incredibly inconsistent. Frustrating to watch. So he shouldn't start but Bringing him on from the bench is pointless as he doesn't have that game changing mentality.
Well said, this fella should just “pogue” your “Hone”.
There's no point losing the plot over last night. Barcelona are too good for almost everybody in world football. None of us thought we were anywhere close to that level before the tie, did we? And you can't legislate for those first 2 goals, can you? Who knows what way the game would have swung if Rashford's effort had gone in. It doesn't negate the good work that has been done this season, just highlights what every one of us knew already, that this is the most important transfer window in a long time nd we need to get it right. People writing off Rashford, Martial, Pogba, DeGea, Smalling, Fred etc because of a bad night at Camp Nou need to take a deep breath and get a bit of perspective.