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2015-16 Performances

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5.6 Season Average Rating
Appearances
39
Goals
6
Assists
4
Yellow cards
8
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Decent squad player at best. Long term, probably has no future here. But hey, he's from the academy so it's a Caf rule that we pretend he's ace. Good finish for the goal, awful miss after that and didn't do much for the rest of the game.
 
I think he puts too much emphasis in placing his shot rather than putting a bit of power behind it, his miss was horrendous
 
Terrible performance. He also seems to miss a lot of sitters.

I don't think he's any good.
 
We looked better when Memphis came on. I don't think Lingard will make it here and we shouldn't be playing him
 
Did well for his goal, obviously an atrocious miss but I felt sorry for him getting hooked straight after. Can't do much for confidence. Memphis replacing him highlighted the job he did defensively which I think is being overlooked by some. Not sure he'll be here for many seasons to come but he's okay back up for now.
 
gza the genius said:
The miss was bad but he at least offered pace and a willingness to go forward. Shame he'll likely be benched for the foreseeable future now.
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I don't think it's a shame at all. Only thing he has going for him is that he is fast and was born close to Manchester.

He is behind the likes of Welbeck and Nani at this age. Not good enough.
 
His great quality is his movement off the ball, which can be key if he can finally improve his finishing.
 
Said it in the match thread: he tries really hard and gives us some much needed enthusiasm but he's not good enough for the long-term.
 
Some really harsh comments on here, he played well and gave us good width down the left hand side, that totally changed when van Gaal got annoyed about him missing that chance (which to be fair happens to everyone) and decided to replace him with Depay. I just hope this doesn't dent the lads confidence because it was a really unfair substitution.
 
I don't think he was subbed because of the miss. He's a confident lad and took his goal well. The miss was a player trying to be too precise. Just focus on hitting the target and more often then not it goes in. Maybe he should have killed it before taking the shot on. It's not the worst miss I've ever seen but you have to score these chances and we've been missing them most of the season.
 
He gets in really good positions... Him and Fellaini seem to miss a sitter every game they play. He does seem talented, but at the same time, I don't think he'll ever be good enough. Just more a neat and tidy player.
 
His finishing is a weakness, he has missed some really important chances this season and before he game today my brother even said watch Lingard miss a big chance. He actually said the same about Fellaini too.
 
I think he's just unfortunate that he's in a team, where you've a number of players looking to establish themselves. At the minute we need players, that have been there done it and got the t shirt. His goal should have got us the three points. People will talk about the miss but we defended like wankers and that only highlights the missed chances.
 
We're much better when he's in the side. Pace and movement.

Great finish.

Costly miss yet again.
 
Nice little player but should be nowhere near Uniteds starting 11. The fact he is tells us exactly where we are at just now! Mane would be such an upgrade, the fact we haven't signed him looks to me like LVG is a dead man walking.
 
He most likely was subbed off because he hasn't played a full match in over a month, not because LvG wanted to take revenge I assume.

I was surprised with how well he played actually. Of course I understand the negativity because of his miss, but he did a good job tonight. Looked lively, scored a good goal, set up Rooney for that chance with a perfectly weighted pass in the first half too. Would put the miss down to some fatigue and maybe inexperience. If he can maintain this level of play he's definitely an asset.
 
He's interesting as a player. Really good finish (but not sure if he meant it) for the first goal. The miss was bad and the kind of one you just knew would come back to hurt us. The same with Fellaini's. He was decent though I thought. Gives us something different from Mata. If you could give Mata Jesse's athleticism or give Jesse Mata's technical ability there would be a good player.
 
Based on the players that we have right now, Lingard is our biggest attacking threat outside of Martial and Rooney (dubious in itself). He may have missed chances but is one of the few consistently getting in a position to score. Some may say that it is pointless to get chances if you are going to miss them but it is a damn sight better to have a player that gets regular chances, but only scores 1 in 5 of them, than it is to have players that simply don't get the chances in the first place. He is in the right too often for it to be considered luck.

Mata hasn't been truly effective in over two months, Memphis is blowing hot and cold and we don't really have too many options beyond that. Maybe what we see is Lingard's top level and he isn't a first team player for the future, maybe he settles and can raise his game. As things stand it doesn't matter, I'd have him in the team, not only for his threat but because I think he has looked better there than any of his potential replacements have recently.
 
It's his second shocking miss of the season. He should be a squad player at best at this point.
 
His finishing needs to be improved for sure but he has a lot of time to grow his game being a late bloomer as contrast to what some on here believe.
 
the funny thing is he is actually a good finisher, its probably mental issue....pressure and nerves.
 
Awful miss but offer something most of the players don't which is off ball running. Should keep him as options from the bench rather than being automatic first eleven. Still have hope Memphis would improve and make that LW position his. Lingard has the better discipline defensively though.
 
Not the first time his finishing's cost us a game. We need someone better. And I say this as someone who likes seeing our youth teamers promoted.
 
This 'late bloomer' stuff is clutching at straws. Late bloomers who make it at top clubs are generally an anomaly as opposed to the norm. Lingard is now 23 and I just don't see it with him at all. He's so physically weak and is painfully average. I think he could forge a decent career at a lower PL team but he's not and never will be a top player (IMO). We need much better than Lingard and I'll be shocked if he's still with us in 2 years time.
 
Lingard isn't going to make it here long term but I don't think he was particularly bad yesterday, if you ignore the obvious sitter. Of course he should've scored that, but the goal was well taken and he was reasonably good at tracking back. We were noticeably worse defensively once Memphis came on.

He shouldn't really be a starter here but I think I'd prefer him to Mata, who is nearly always anonymous.
 
People slating him need to do one, he was quality last night the amount of running he did was immense. He scored a lovely goal and almost assisted Rooney in the first half, OK he fluffed his lines for a second goal but he had a very good game and will only improve.
 
People are focusing too much on the miss, apart for that he was pretty good, he's direct and likes to run behind defences, something we have been missing, Martial is the only other player we have that does this.
 
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