Jesse Lingard | Seoul singer

Antisocial said:
What's going on with him? He's been an unused sub in all the recent Forest games, but hasn't played since coming on against us a month ago - any gossip or is he just done at Forest?
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I’ll address this post rather than the haters. The short answer is yes he’s probably done at Forest but it’s more complicated than that. He needs to be in the starting lineup if he’s going to play because he’s not really a game changing sub. His return from injury coincided with a number of other players coming back from injury so he’s not had a chance at a start.
The nature of our games is that we are either protecting a lead so bring on defenders or are chasing a goal so bring on Surridge.
The other factor is for some bizarre reason we bought Ayew in Jan who Coops has worked with before. He’s shit and I don’t get why he gets game time ahead of Lingard.
Other than that, I’ve said this before. It’s a been great having Lingard at the club. He’s been a model pro while he’s been here.
 
Forest Red said:
I’ll address this post rather than the haters. The short answer is yes he’s probably done at Forest but it’s more complicated than that. He needs to be in the starting lineup if he’s going to play because he’s not really a game changing sub. His return from injury coincided with a number of other players coming back from injury so he’s not had a chance at a start.
The nature of our games is that we are either protecting a lead so bring on defenders or are chasing a goal so bring on Surridge.
The other factor is for some bizarre reason we bought Ayew in Jan who Coops has worked with before. He’s shit and I don’t get why he gets game time ahead of Lingard.
Other than that, I’ve said this before. It’s a been great having Lingard at the club. He’s been a model pro while he’s been here.
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Thanks for that - I was hoping we'd get insight from a Forest fan on the situation, especially given our history with him.

Even accepting the difference between him as a starter and a sub then I'm still surprised he's just sat on the bench in a relegation battle, even one that seems to be being won as things stand.
 
Antisocial said:
Thanks for that - I was hoping we'd get insight from a Forest fan on the situation, especially given our history with him.

Even accepting the difference between him as a starter and a sub then I'm still surprised he's just sat on the bench in a relegation battle, even one that seems to be being won as things stand.
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Another reason that occurred to me is that we’ve gone back to a back 3 (now we have enough fit CB’s). Danilo has established himself on the left of midfield and scored 3 in 4. That leaves two attackers from Johnson, MGW, Awoniyi and Lingard. Scarpa is back in training too.
Lingard just got injured at the wrong time.
 
Gibbs-White and Johnson are just much better players than him. Get in a better striker and Forest will have a nice front three.
 
SilentWitness said:
Gibbs-White and Johnson are just much better players than him. Get in a better striker and Forest will have a nice front three.
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Awoniyi is going to be a top Striker - again injured at the wrong time this season but 3 in 2 games now and he absolutely batters CB’s for 70 minutes.
 
Forest Red said:
Awoniyi is going to be a top Striker - again injured at the wrong time this season but 3 in 2 games now and he absolutely batters CB’s for 70 minutes.
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He looks fairly standard to me. Can definitely be improved on and would be a good rotation option.
 
Kostov said:
I miss this Joker. So much of his energy, running and positive play, we miss nowadays.
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Most probably he'd also improve under EtH. An improve and motivated Lingard would be a decent player.

And he'd sell more of his jlingz hoodies also.
 
Isotope said:
Most probably he'd also improve under EtH. An improve and motivated Lingard would be a decent player.

And he'd sell more of his jlingz hoodies also.
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Yeah. like he has improved Maguire, Fred, Lindelof, McT.

Sorry but I don't think anyone can turn Lingard into a decent player.
 
Forest Red said:
Another reason that occurred to me is that we’ve gone back to a back 3 (now we have enough fit CB’s). Danilo has established himself on the left of midfield and scored 3 in 4. That leaves two attackers from Johnson, MGW, Awoniyi and Lingard. Scarpa is back in training too.
Lingard just got injured at the wrong time.
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We have a couple of centre backs called the Chuckle Brothers that you can have.
 
Comes across as just interested in the money. Dumped his girlfriend the second he got his first big contract at United.
 
izec said:
Made a decent career out of almost nothing, fair play to him.
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I wouldn't say out of almost nothing. He's been a decent player.

Was just fortunate to be Mancunian and come through the United academy. That gave him a career a level above what his talent warranted. Hardly the first though.
 
Released

 
I don’t think he gets another PL club. MLS or Middle East beckons.
 
Just not a serious person.
 
Feels like he could have been an Ashley Young type of hardworking journeyman had he been focused enough. Amazing he hung around Old Trafford for as long as he did really.
 
Marwood said:
I wouldn't say out of almost nothing. He's been a decent player.

Was just fortunate to be Mancunian and come through the United academy. That gave him a career a level above what his talent warranted. Hardly the first though.
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He's not actually from Manchester though.
 
horsechoker said:
Not going to West Ham was a bad choice. Is anyone going to offer him close to what NF paid him in England?

Maybe he can go to Saudi Arabia and they'll pay him silly money.
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Yep choosing in 2021 to run his contract down has proved to be a spectacularly bad career move.
 
He will regret that decision to come back and stay on our bench for a long time.
 
It’s a bit difficult to recapture your previous form from the injury table, where he’s been for pretty much the 2nd half of the season. But hey, we all hate Jlingz here :rolleyes:
 
Forest Red said:
It’s a bit difficult to recapture your previous form from the injury table, where he’s been for pretty much the 2nd half of the season. But hey, we all hate Jlingz here :rolleyes:
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17 games - 0 goals 0 assists

Not the 1st or 2nd season of such woeful production either. But yea, he's brilliant just misunderstood.
 
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