Absolute no doubt he was invisible last night but, I have to put this down most of the blame on the coaching staff. What was our game plan? Rochdale were well organized and tried to play out the back but, very early on we saw that we were going to have to break them down. If the general public know that Lingard is not suited in a 10 role, one that is showing for the ball, dictating play, making those incisive passes, then surely the staff know it. What adjustments did we make to either get him involved or get a player in that position where they would be able to conduct the play better. .
We'd play down the sides but, he wasn't providing overloads, he wasn't dropping deep to link up play, we were not bringing him into play through the middle, he wasn't making any runs into the box. About all he was able to do was press. Yet, our staff did nothing to adjust, to ensure that we were not playing with a man down, sub him, switch formations or put him out wide, allow Pogba to get forward and bring in Perreira. Yet they let him be out there till the 85th minute.