I'm so sick of reading about how Lingard "does a job" and "has great movement" and all of this other bullshittery.
Let's take a look at the curious case of Jessie button, the forever young.
His key contribution from his supporters is that he has good movement. This isn't true. He has above average movement in comparison with the rest of the attack. He's actually fairly cowardly, he doesn't attempt to take on his man, ever. If you compare him to the other number 10's in the world he falls short by a landslide. His control and first touch isn't good enough to play as a number 10, hell it isn't good enough for Manchester United. The fact some of you think that he is worthy of a squad place is laughable. He's been at Manchester United for 10 years and no one knows where his best position is. Because, he excels at absolutely nothing. If he didn't come through our academy and we'd bought him from Inter Milan every single person on this forum would be calling him to be sold. He's the midfield darmian. But because he's from Manchester he seems to get some never ending "pass" that "it's Jessie he's a good lad isnt it? He's harmless".
Lets take a look at our number 10's stats shall we? A number 10 or attacking midfielder for Manchester United should be a pretty creative force right?
114 Premier league Appearances - 10 Assists. 17 goals. An assist every 11.4 games and a goal every 6.7 games. That's 3 assists per season in the prem.
Please, please stop defending this fraud. He's absolutely stealing a place in the squad. He wouldn't get into the Watford or Villa teams. Let alone, being a starter in one of the most critical positions in modern football.
Kevin De Bryune 48 Assists in 119 games. 23 goals. An assist every 2.5 games. Yeah he;s in a better team, so let's take a look at someone who plays in the same team as Jessie shall we?
Paul Pogba 25 assists in 95 games, an assist every 3.8 games. 24 goals, a goal every 3.9 games. From a player playing much, much deeper.
Jessie Lingard...An assist every 11.4 games and a goal every 6.7 games.