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camel-with-3-humps 10:38 Thu Jul 21
Why we really DO need Jesse Lingard

Who shot JR? Will Jesse Lingard sign or not sign for West Ham?

It's one of life's cliff hangers. Let's hope it has a happy ending.

Because watching our concerning performance against Rangers, and the lack of creativity and goals towards the end of last season, we need a spark.

That spark could be Jesse.

From Lingard's point of view - he could snatch more money playing in the backwaters of the Arabian desert.
This is his last big pay day - and he's keen to stay in England.

We should just cough up and get the job done.

Okay, yes, it's a gamble. Lingard could become a fat, overpaid turkey, more interested in pedalling his social media account than playing SOCCER.

But his goals, his pace, and his creativity could be the difference between a mediocre season and a good one.

I was on the fence, now I reluctantly believe we need to take a gamble.

Who agrees?

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fraser 10:49 Thu Jul 21
Re: Why we really DO need Jesse Lingard

That would be you and you alone I reckon, not even Moyes I would have thought at that price.

Maybe we were so lacking in goals cause the idiot Moyes thought there wasn't a good enough striker in world football that we could have got?

147man 10:54 Thu Jul 21
Re: Why we really DO need Jesse Lingard

I think the point is moot because

Lingard and his family live in Manchester - Why would he want to move to London and miss his kids?

This will be his last big money contract - Why wouldn't he accept Forest's offer (supposedly 180-200k/wk)

Jimmy Neighbour 11:07 Thu Jul 21
Re: Why we really DO need Jesse Lingard

Fwiw, I'm with 147, although maybe not with the kids bit. Not sure why there is always this assumption that all blokes always want to be with their kids, ''modern day dad's'' I suppose. Rooney has just flew 3000 miles to get away from his sprogs. But if Lingard makes a decision based on money it's hardly crime of the century, he has no loyalty to anyone outside of the red Mancs.

scott_d 11:10 Thu Jul 21
Re: Why we really DO need Jesse Lingard

No fucking chance.

Not only has he lead us along for over a year now, he is not a player worth busting out wage straucture for.

We don't NEED Jesse Lingard, but we do need some attacking creativity.

I actually believe Januzaj could be just as effective . is younger, and would be cheaper.

Lingard can do one the way he's strung us along.

master 11:11 Thu Jul 21
Re: Why we really DO need Jesse Lingard

Lock this shit.

Nagel 11:22 Thu Jul 21
Re: Why we really DO need Jesse Lingard

Lingard's a decent player but people who want him back seem to think he'll somehow emulate his form in those first 9 games he had on loan with us. He won't.

I recently saw an article that was written just after those first 9 games, analysing how differently we were playing compared to before he joined. Everything became about counterattacking from deep, even more so than before, with even less possession and much fewer crosses. Everything was set up for a player like him to shine, but if you stick with such an obvious system it soon gets found out and nullified. Not sure if that's the reason his last games with us were so poor in comparison.

https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11096/12273193/jesse-lingard-in-scintillating-form-at-west-ham-after-loan-from-man-utd

Texas Iron 11:25 Thu Jul 21
Re: Why we really DO need Jesse Lingard