All I am saying is we need intelligent players on the pitch especially in the final third. Lingard is anonymous in all but Wembley games.
I am quite surprised by the ability of drawing imaginary conclusions of some posters here. Did my post said Zlatan lacks brain? I was talking about him being casual/sloppy more often. And if you think thats not the case, then I dont know which games you are watching.
And yes I am damn serious when I say I want Martial instead of Lingard. Its a pity for you because you couldn't afford some time to read my entire post. Martial gets dropped the moment he has an average game but thats not the case with 'hardworking' lingard. I dont remember single game which lingard influenced. Martial needed a run of games to improve upon his form. Martial is way more threatening, has more ability on the ball than Lingard.
Yesterday, there were so many opportunities to string up a few good chances and score but our attacking unit just can't spot a player who is having a free run in the box or a player in a better position to create a goal scoring opportunity. Rashford, he did play well yesterday but time and time again he just tried to dribble past his marker when there were better options available. That's what I meant when I said we need more intelligent players on the pitch because they can spot a better goal scoring opportunity.
I get your point about squad rotation. Completely agree with Herrera comment. But then may I ask you what was the point of bringing in Fellaini in the first place? They weren't a side who were hoofing up balls. He clearly didn't deal with the cross and we conceded.
Do you expect someone to magically regain form with just cameos at the end of the game? Young players need a bit of patience but the level of strictness Martial faces is too much. Players need minutes to get match rythm. Lingard will yet again start on Sunday, do feck all and yet will manage to keep his place in the side. Its easier nowadays for people to criticize players, everyone seems to forget how Martial carried the side last season. And at that time too, the 'hardworking' lingard was anonymous in whichever games he played. Martial is very badly handled by Jose and is very unfairly treated.
EDIT: @ivaldo since i have a daily post limit, i have no choice but to continue this way.
You clearly forget the fact that the rules Jose has for the squad dont apply to Zlatan and Pogba. But if you insist with the zlatan comparison I will continue my argument for the sake of it - Zlatan had bad run of games earlier when he had a goal drought, something like 8-9 games. But he was still given a nod ahead of everyone else, something which Martial never got. Result? Zlatan picked himself up and normal proceedings were restored. The fact that Martial played more than Lingard means nothing when most of the time he was in and out of the team. Getting minutes in the later stages of the game when Jose clearly instructs the team to sit back and defend(the games in which we are leading). Lingard is regularly starting nowadays and with Mata out for the season, he will get a run in. I am sure he will improve a bit.
Martial will never get a proper run of games and he will never get a chance to improve his awful form. He started to show some form (during the time of watford home game), but another poor performance and he was back on bench. Jose is doing nothing to boost his confidence.
I will put an end to your wait and let you know that we fielded a perfect side yesterday. We went in with best options available. Its my mistake that I never mentioned the fact that I was talking about getting in new players when i said 'we need intelligent players'. If you choose to ignore the poor decision making of our wingers yesterday, than I rest my case. There's no point in continuing with this argument.
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