Is Lingard as good as gone? | Contract extended by one year

He was a starter at the last World Cup for a team that got to the semifinal. That might explain why the Dutch have never heard of him.

He was also part of the England team that got beaten by the Dutch during the nations league not that long ago...
 
He should be gone.

I've nothing against Lingard but it's a waste of time keeping him here. He's 3rd choice in any of his positions now and it's time to part ways.
 
Wow, as a United fan who's hardly missed a game for thirty years, I dislike the player Jesse Lingard for his performances, and your answer is that I should hate myself?


These people are strange. We don't hare somebody we we not know. Thai is about football and winning matches. He's been very poor for well over a year now. He wouldn't even make it into most Scottish teams. The way that he plays now no Championship team would interested in him.
 
Still could be useful cover and he demonstrated yesterday that he can deputise, but at this stage of his career he should be starting games, scoring goals, and assisting.

He's has got stuck in the rut unfortunately and it would probably be better for him to seek a move to a mid-ranking Prem side.

I do sometimes wonder if he reached an Anderson-style comfort zone where he's content to have any kind of role as long as he stays at the club. It's a bit sad to see how average his contributions have become. He has shown in the past that he's capable of contributing but those times are too long gone to have any relevance to the present.
 
He had a few decent games earlier this season. Not scoring, but producing for the team and having an impact from the bench.
Now he is not doing much at all. Was fine yesterday, but you never feel like he is going to produce anything.
Confidence is all gone and he looks slower.
 
Oh well, this thread is fun while it lasts.

I can see Lingard staying and even won himself a contract extension in the future.

^ I mean, I won't complain if he's back to his 2016 to 2017 forms -- the hungry young Lingard wanting to prove himself, and Lingod.
But not this Lingard that can only do "the job". Not him. No.
 
20 million for Lingard? No one is going to pay for him that much.
 
For me the problem isn't players like Lingard it's who is ahead of them.

What I mean is that if Lingard was third choice in his position and was happy to play that role then we need him.

Our problem is that he was first choice for a long time and is clearly not good enough.

What we need is a top first teamer with a very good back up and then you have your Lingard types. Give them runs in league cup early stages etc
 
He has hardly played in the past two months, not even making the bench. It will be the same next season (if) he stays. Imagine if we sign Sancho in the summer, his options will be limited. Midfield Bruno>Pogba>Matic>Scott>Mctom Forwards Rashford>Martial>Greenwood>Sancho>James

I think he will be sold. Ducker also said we were prepared to listen to offers for him
 
Not good enough to play for the club, not going to sign for any top European club. On fairly high wages with little to no end product in the last couple of seasons. His unpopularity has feck all to do with him being English.
 
Lingard might flourish under lesser burden and with lesser limelight. His problem is focus. At another club, he might do quite well. Premier league is littered with our academy graduates Who couldn’t cut it here, even in our waning years.
 
If we sell him to a Premier League club we might, if Newcastle wanted £50m for the lesser talented Longstaff brother, if West Ham want £80m + for Rice, if Villa want £90m for Grealish .....
No one paid or is going to pay those figures.
We can put a £45m price tag if want, we won't sell.
 
I looked at the time of post and thought you must have just got in from a night out.

Id love us to get anywhere near that, stats don't lie unfortunately.

Why would I go for a night out when I can have a better night staying in. And then there's the Social Distancing going out the window once everybody has had a few shandy's, no thanks