Bilbo
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Limited footballer, but at his best can be a useful asset for the club.
Doesnt that just mean he has good endurance, or put in a lot of work. Not a high top speed?His acceleration is poor, but top speed may be quite different.
Lingard come back as our best player? Man hasn't performed in forever. He is literally on the edge of the chopping block and rightly so.I've seen Lingard's snaps, he's been training like a mad man. He and McTominay will probably come back as our best players.
He was never a top playerGood news. I hope Lingard can be a top player again.
Exactly lingard at his best was good enough to be a bench player at a top club. Nothing more.He was never a top player
I agree with this. I thought he had Ji-Sung Park type potential at one point. Where he could become a selfless squad player, who had decent quality, tactical discipline, tremendous work rate and spirit, and pop up with important goals. Able to play multiple positions. But he just became so full of himself. Every great squad needs it's Park's, Phil Neville's, Butt's, O'Shea's. Consistently solid players who perform to a decent level and don't agitate by being on the bench. Players willing to sacrifice for the team. I thought Lingard was going to be one of those types of players.He's had an awful couple of seasons. But before that he had some decent moments and I thought I played an important part at 2018 World Cup.
He was never going to be a superstar, but somewhere along the line he went from being a respectable squad player for Manchester United to looking out of place against League 1 teams.
He definitely has time on his sideThe new Messi?
Literally any club that has money won't spend it on him.Hopefully with Lingards impressive training stats, this helps put him in the shop window for potential buyers in the summer.
You're probably right. I was more just pointing out that he's not slow per se, but that he takes a while to get going. Not that I would think this list of Jesse, McTom and Maguire would be anywhere close to the fastest players in the team. Probably somewhere between 10 and 20.Doesnt that just mean he has good endurance, or put in a lot of work. Not a high top speed?
its total distance at a speed of 5.5 meters or above.
What do you mean? English clubs constantly spunk money on underwhelming players. E.g. Everton bought Bolasie for almost £30M even though his best premier League season at Palace was 5 goals and 4 assists.Literally any club that has money won't spend it on him.
A loan deal is the best we'll do but even then the market will be strange for a while so we're stuck with the fecker I think
Very balanced and fair post about Lingard.I agree with this. I thought he had Ji-Sung Park type potential at one point. Where he could become a selfless squad player, who had decent quality, tactical discipline, tremendous work rate and spirit, and pop up with important goals. Able to play multiple positions. But he just became so full of himself. Every great squad needs it's Park's, Phil Neville's, Butt's, O'Shea's. Consistently solid players who perform to a decent level and don't agitate by being on the bench. Players willing to sacrifice for the team. I thought Lingard was going to be one of those types of players.
The good news is that I think Solksjaer has done a brilliant job of bringing in the right type of players. Character is so important. You look at people like Maguire and Bruno, these are leaders, and fighters. Wan-Bissaka and James appear to be consummate professionals, and I can see the latter becoming one of those solid, unselfish, squad players I talked about before. For players like Lingard, the club culture is obviously shifting, where they either conform to the new ethos or they ship out. I'd be happy for him to go either way. If he fully applies himself, and sacrifices for the team, he could still have a good career here, because he is not without quality. In fact, we have seen enough of him to determine that he is a very decent player indeed. But if his mentality is that he is a top player - when he has done nothing to justify that at all - then he needs to just move on.
Yeah that was the old days mate.What do you mean? English clubs constantly spunk money on underwhelming players. E.g. Everton bought Bolasie for almost £30M even though his best premier League season at Palace was 5 goals and 4 assists.
When was this? I'm not a Lingard hater but he simply doesn't get in the starting 11 when everybody is fit.Good news. I hope Lingard can be a top player again.
Also not near a football.So in conclusion, let Lingard do his shit without anyone there to tackle him and he's world class?
Oooh newly discovered footage of Ray Wilkins playing career
The covid lock down has rotted your brain.We should extend his contract and give him a pay riase.
To be fair, the lockdown has probably wrecked your sacarsm detector.The covid lock down has rotted your brain.
I thought the sarcasm was clear, guess notThe covid lock down has rotted your brain.