Kapardin
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He will be a great backup to whomever we buy as #10, like Romero is to De Gea. That's praise enough for him.
He improved considerably recently. Could possibly do with being a bit sharper on his finishing but we could say that about all of the team tbh.He's not bad is he.
Will be a contender for our player of the season at this rate.
Him and Fellaini always give 100% on the pitch
That's great but Lingard is better and more useful.
I find it interesting that despite some awful misses this season, Lingard's current stats for goals + assists per 90 mins in the PL are superior to Dele Alli last year, and Ozil for both this season and his previous 2 seasons. The question is whether Jesse can continue to impact matches at a similar rate over a longer period of time.
Right now Lingard has a goal or assist every 88 mins in PL. Last season Dele Alli 18 goals and 9 assists in 3,044 mins so average 113 mins (this season 186 mins). Ozil's best Arsenal season (6 goals + 19 assists in 3048 mins) 122 mins, since then 156 mins and this season 142 mins. Does show the importance of being on the pitch in order to get impressive stats. Lingard seems unlikely to get even 2000 PL mins this season.
Worth noting that last season Jesse was averaging a goal or assist every 455 mins in the PL. The season before that, 327 mins. Typically he was used wide rather than central and our attack was nowhere near the standard of Spurs or Arsenal in those seasons.