He has been very bad under Ole, but good enough to help us to top 2 under Mourinho. Thus I say Oles management is a massive reason why he is this bad.
He also played well for England in the world cup after that season and looked pretty good in earlier seasons.
He is only 27 so it is not like with Mata that age is the reason for the decline.
Low confidence and poor tactics which Is on Ole to fix.
“He has been very bad under Ole, but good enough to help us to top 2 under Mourinho”
He has been bad under both Ole and Mourinho, the only time he was any good was during December some three seasons ago.
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He also played well for England in the world cup”
All I remember of him during the World Cup is in the semifinals when he tried to get the game restarted and score a goal while Croatia was still celebrating the goal that would win them the game. Or did he also manage to play well against Panama?
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looked pretty good in earlier seasons”
How many goals and assists and in how many games? Because just looking good shouldn’t count for much for a United 10.
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He is only 27 so it is not like with Mata that age is the reason for the decline.”
I don’t really see a decline, he just has never had the necessary skills such as close control, intelligence, or been a great passer. He can run around, and lately he just hides away from the ball or gets in the way of others.
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Low confidence and poor tactics which Is on Ole to fix.”
We both agree Ole needs to fix something. Ole has been trying to get him to regain confidence by handling him like a kid who will grow out of a slump. He has been giving him chance after chance since February, but there’s no fixing Lingard because he doesn’t have the requisite skills. Now, Ole needs to man up and fix the Lingard issue by getting rid of Lingard: sell or send him out on loan in January. Those minutes Lingard is getting should go to Gomes or Chong. Fixed.