I think it may be a Lingard CreationIs it? Shit, thought it was Lingard's. My bad.
The whole caf agrees Lingard is terrible but what really boggles the mind is Mata still has a following here. There are still some people putting him in their desired starting 11s. Mata has been finished for at least 3 years and should be lumped with Lingard and Pereira.
Mata will always be poor in a slow side. He needs players buzzing around him to link up and pick a pass. But he has fecking Lingard and Dalot and only really rubs shoulders with McTominay and Fred as holders.
He just needs to make one single change to completely alter the way we look. Rashford will peg Norwich back tactically and it will leave many more holes for our players to get into. I'd put him in for Lingard, definately not Mata yet.
TV on muteOh good we're back to Liverpool
For years he was a good player for us, he was a really talented attacker, times just caught up with him.
It’s worth remembering he’s been here for what, six years?
He was notably good during the end of Van Gaals first season, his second and then Mourinhos first.
I remember going against Wolfsburg when we were in the champions league and he ran the show.
No amount of coaching can make lingard a good intelligent player. Wtf was he doing slowing down the counter!
The whole caf agrees Lingard is terrible but what really boggles the mind is Mata still has a following here. There are still some people putting him in their desired starting 11s. Mata has been finished for at least 3 years and should be lumped with Lingard and Pereira.
There is a reason we are 6th in the table because the likes of lingard mata periera were regulars before Bruno Joined.
OkayThis shows that we need another midfielder. McTominay and Fred are nowhere near good enough for the first team.
Pogba, Fernandes, Matic, New DM. We need a new backup to Pogba and Fernandes also. McTominay and Fred need to be put well back in the selection order.
I think it has also shown that Ighalo was starting to be a bit overrated on here. He is an okay player, but nothing more. Not what people started to make out on here.
TV on mute
It really was. We have 5 SUBS, why not keep Pogba with the frontline that's working and on form and put the clowns like Lingard in the 2nd half. We don't have the depth to mess around like that. Sabotaging ourselves.Awful decisions by Ole to field this line up.
The players have all had months off for feck sake. The season is only running another month. We don't need to rest players this desperately to be playing Mata and Lingard together. Ever.
They definitely would9 games yes but we're playing twice a week after a long lay off.
If he kept playing his first team, didn't give these lads minutes and we were hit with a few injuries and had to rely on unfit players for a crucial league game you'd probably complain he was clueless for not rotating enough.
We are 6th but with a game in hand. Wolves won todayAre we not 5th
No. We’re 3 points behind Wolves.Are we not 5th
Wolves won today, we are down to 6th for now.Are we not 5th
He’s definitely been under-utilised, but considering how poora side we’ve been for years he’s been one of the few good things about us for me.If we played with a number ten in that time I feel he could have been a good player for us, but basically we’ve been treating him like a 32 year old the past 5 seasons saying he’s not got the legs.
Wolves wonAre we not 5th
Wolves won today so they leapfrogged us.Are we not 5th
Pace and urgency - that’s what we need - looks like a Van Gaal / Mourinho team so far today
ole has given some a chance - they haven’t taken it so please take them off
Pace and urgency - that’s what we need - looks like a Van Gaal / Mourinho team so far today
ole has given some a chance - they haven’t taken it so please take them off
we're gonna challenge next year lads
His Chelsea season?I watched some footage of Mata from his poty season. Is it even the same guy?
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