Clearly a very good young player but i think our formation maybe to rigid for his talents. I've got a feeling as the game progresses he will be given license to float just infront of the midfield and cause maximum havoc.
I think that when Oscar has the players available, he likes to play a very flexible front 3 with the players drifting inside, wide and changing positions (and also interchanging with the attacking role of the midfield 3). As the players become more familiar, this will happen more and i can only see it benefiting Lingard.
I think his best position is back in Manchester.
Everyone on here was crying out for a quick, skillful winger a few months ago, and now we have one you want to send him back? I think he's a quality player for only 21 and, despite his age, he brings something to the side we haven't seen recently. He's direct and has been making good chances. He had two of our best chances yesterday yesterday and he only narrowly missed, if they had gone in you'd have been praising him. Compare this to Ulloa who's meant to be our best striker, he missed at least two sitters yesterday and no one bats an eyelid.
Jesse looks lively, has a few tricks but has not looked like scoring and the opportunities he has have not been seized upon. I have heard of a £5m price tag and cannot concur with that valuation. For me he is still not robust enough and appears to lack the killer instinct when an opportunity arises, as for his speed I cannot say that he can turn it on in the way that Buckley can. he is a likeable guy but he needs to toughen up in the ways of the Championship. I want him to come good but we are running out of games and after half a dozen starts we should be seeing more than we are getting, for his own benefit as well as ours.I think his best position is back in Manchester.
He's too good for us. That much is sure. He'll be playing premiership next season. Anyone who knows about football could see how class he was yesterday. Confident, clever, quick and above all excellent off the ball at dragging players out of position and especially when Lua Lua came on clearly got him the space to play. It was no coincidence when he went off that Ipswich found it easier to contain Lua Lua. It was a joy to watch him.
Everyone on here was crying out for a quick, skillful winger a few months ago, and now we have one you want to send him back? I think he's a quality player for only 21 and, despite his age, he brings something to the side we haven't seen recently. He's direct and has been making good chances. He had two of our best chances yesterday yesterday and he only narrowly missed, if they had gone in you'd have been praising him. Compare this to Ulloa who's meant to be our best striker, he missed at least two sitters yesterday and no one bats an eyelid.
Everyone on here was crying out for a quick, skillful winger a few months ago, and now we have one you want to send him back? I think he's a quality player for only 21 and, despite his age, he brings something to the side we haven't seen recently. He's direct and has been making good chances. He had two of our best chances yesterday yesterday and he only narrowly missed, if they had gone in you'd have been praising him. Compare this to Ulloa who's meant to be our best striker, he missed at least two sitters yesterday and no one bats an eyelid.