Lingard does shoot on sight when he is driving towards the box. You took my word too literally. Ofcourse he wont shoot it from the halfway line like pereira for instance(worst offender). 9/10 times when he has to decide between passing to an open teammate or taking the shot at goal, he always goes for goal.
Also you basically repeated what I said about rashfords hold up play not being good enough because he likes to take on multiple defenders. You then proceed to say he doesnt shoot on sight when he does because he cant process what to do with the ball under pressure. There are countless occasions when he randomly just shoots from ridiculous ranges under no pressure. Regardless of his great shooting technique the probability of them going in are very low and it would be tragic if Ole encourages him to keep doing this. because they worked a few times doesn't make it a good idea. I do agree that he is much better on the left wing but its not his natural position. He is a forward so he should still learn how to be adequate at holding up the ball. That begins with him raising his head as he runs with the ball.
Also please try and not twist what I said about our academy. I criticized the fact our attacking graduates dont value one twos and intricate plays over ball carrying which I noticed with a few players. I only listed a negative but there are a lot more positves which you have described in your own post.
No, I'm saying completely different thing. Because his hold up play isn't good enough, he tries to take on defenders.
There are 100s of players who shoots from distance, when you have that much shot power and technique, you always back yourself. If he is ignoring players in goal scoring position then it's a problem, if not then it's worth a try. Its not as if we are playing some intricate passing game and opening up the defenses from midfield.
Why is forward his natural position? He wasn't even striker when he was young, he was striker only a year before he broke through to first team. He was always a player capable of playing in attacking positions, not strictly CF. I don't see why he should learn holding up the ball when he is so much better as left winger and can use his attributes in a better way.
You need balance in the team, if every player just keep on passing without trying to take on defenders then we will be a team who will never score a goal. You need players to take on defenders, pull the defenders out of position, dragging 2-3 at once. You do it by making dummy runs, running with ball towards the defenders.
Wrong on Lingard too, he shoots when he drives with the ball and creates angle and tbh to him he has scored few amazing goals from outside the box.
I didn't twist anything, you said it reflects negatively on academy, I said why it shouldn't. Players like Lingard, Greenwood looks for one twos but Lingard is just not good enough to do anything apart from that. Rashford is a different player who is more direct player but then he plays few one twos, especially with Martial.
Few are blowing Rashford's selfishness, like I said he is more direct player who tries to take on players but he also played few very good passes in the game from deeper positions.
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