He's tactically adept, brings energy, his passing is direct and crisp and offers good link up play. His positional sense and movement in the box is among the best in our team, his off the ball movement is good as well and his football intelligence is actually impressive, his spatial awareness is also good and he usually gets into good pockets of space.
Finally, he's a proven big game player but he's had a poor season like most of the squad. Mata hasn't been any better but is on a bigger salary and never gets slated much because he's a fan favorite. Lingard may not the most gifted footballer but these qualities are the reasons he displaced Depay and Di Maria for certain games. If Martial for instance had all these qualities he'd be twice the player because he's more talented.
Can't score , can't play through balls , can't assist can't dribble past opponents, can't cross the ball. Doesn't have enough pace.
The whole bull crap about movement and spatial awareness is so hyped that anyone who dint see lingard would think he is Suarez or mbappe level.
And what big game player ? He scores against Chelsea and in one fa cup final against palace and suddenly he becomes a big game player? It's laughable how the standards have fallen. A big game player is someone who the opposition takes note of before a game and has a game plan to nullify him. The opposition must be laughing their ass off when they see Jessi start. It's like we are playing with 10 men.
He has 5 goals this season and two of them were against Cardiff. And one amongst them is a penalty. One against pool which Allison luckily spilled. Squad player earlier used to be chicharito or a John o Shea or a Ronnie jhonsen who would come into the team and play their heart out. Who even though did not have the ability still bought some important trait to the team. Jlings today epitomizes how the standards have fallen at the club