Nah Lingard is worse. At least James is very fast and has shown he can be lethal in front of goal. Lingard isn’t fast, very average finisher and passer which means he is useless as a 10.Him reading this thread doesnt change the facts. A defensive winger will never be good enough as a starter. The kid cant dribble. Is technically worse than lingard. What exactly is there to develop? I like him him as a tactical starter/sub but thats where it ends. I dont mind him in games were we play on the counter or are trying to protect a lead. Those are like 5% of our games yet he has started more than 60% of them. I dont blame him and neither should we but we can argue that he is not quality enough to start which most have echoed on here.
James is also 5 years younger. Give the kid a rest. He has been shifted from left to right and back and we have relied to him way to much. Every young player will have bad patches when they first get into the top.