I saw something about his goal being a very long ranged header, is that right?
Jesse Lingard
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik @Rood and Imran @Annihilate Now! start with the good news by celebrating Manchester United Women's emphatic FA Cup win over Spurs at Wembley and the future of manager Marc Skinner.
Then it's the bad news and the ever worsening form of our Men with losses to Arsenal and Palace.
Finally the main debate - ETH Out now or keep him until the end of the season - if not longer. Are you Team Nik or Team Imran?
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'Goal! Birmingham City 4, Millwall 0. Jesse Lingard (Birmingham City) header from more than 35 yards to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Chris Burke with a cross.'
Do you think this lad will outshine Danny Welbeck and does he have a chance of coming back and featuring this season?
35 yard header. That's not strange at all.
I would say he's best playing regular football and more likely to be looking to break into the first team squad next season.
I smell a keeper error.To the bottom left corner and all. Usually those long headers are lobs.
Also earned - and missed - a penalty.
It's good to see a lot of our youngsters getting plenty of game time and doing well in their loans compared to previous seasons.
Glad he's getting game time & doing well.
Made me laugh.
Fair enough.
A header from more than 35 yards?! WTF?!
Absolutely not, Welbeck is special and still under appreciated.
Our Jesse has awesome neck power.
Very likely. He is our most composed young player IMO. Not as talented ad Adnan but is very very mature. Either way I expect him to be here next season with one (or more) of Young, Giggs and Valencia leaving.
It gets stranger still: Apparently, this was a 35 yard close range effort from a cross to the far post. He must have gotten some bend on it.
Haven't seen the game but according to whoscored he made 2 key passes, had 2 shots on target, 4 tackles, 1 interception and a clearance. Looks like he's really getting stuck in, and not just offensively. They've put him in the number 10 position.
You sure, bromosexual? I thought he played to the left in a 4-2-3-1.
And from a cross by Burke too. He must have raced down the wing just past the half way line and crossed, must have been some power on the cross as well
Does anyone have a video of this headed goal? I can't seem to find one.
Daily Heil refers to it as a "close-range header". Either the journalist in question has ludicrous expectations about the kind of range you can score a header from or the original report had a typo in it.
Which is all a bit disappointing really.
Which is all a bit disappointing really.
101greatgoals.com has a video up of a Championship roundup, and Lingard's goal is there.
It's more like 3.5 yards...
It's more like 3.5 yards...
Yeah, definitely a short range header.
Here are the streaming highlights, for those who haven't seen them.
Here are the streaming highlights, for those who haven't seen them.
Nice header all the same. Picked out the corner.
Jesse Lingard. The black Frank Lampard.
I can say with confidence that he will never be described as this.
Nice header that. Not sure I've seen him score one of them before. Someone on here said after his sensational debut that he seems to be getting into better positions in and around the box this season. Seems like an astute observation.
He missed a penalty and didn't get enough deflections.
If he gets 8 plus goals a season i can confidently say he will.
I can confidently say that you know nothing about Lingard if you think he's anything like Lampard. Nani once got 8 goals or more, I guess he's the Portuguese Lampard?
Young out, Lingard in for Jan please.
so what is his best position? anyone know where exactly Birmingham are playing him?
I don't think it's a 4-2-3-1. Here's a piece on Birmingham's tactics from a Birmingham blog: http://www.oftenpartisan.co.uk/archives/9844/three-four-three.html
I think Birmingham are playing him behind the striker - certainly that's where they said they were planning to use him when they took the loan.
But his best position for me is on the left of the 3 in a 4231, cutting inside, or on the left of the forward 3 in a 433.
Lets take Lingard back now, as return of favour, we can loan them Young until end of his contract.
For some reason I laughed at this. Maybe it was funny or maybe I'm easily amused.
It was definitely a 4-2-3-1 yesterday:
http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/spo...ws/birmingham-city-lee-clark-explains-6123527
Lingard to the left:
http://bcfc.freeforums.org/blues-vs-millwall-t9591.html
From Clark's quotes it sounds like he moves centrally at will, though.
so it wasn't 35 yards
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