Jesse Ellis Lingard

[Marvin Eaglecock]

He wanted Forest/Man U money but to play for West Ham, he also said that commuting to be near his daughter was easier from Nottingham.

Don't wish any ill will towards him but he was not fit enough to contribute on the pitch and the same would have been the case had he joined West Ham or anyone else. He was great off the pitch for us but it seems a bit revisionist to say his hand was forced.





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Didn't we actually pay him a lower basic salary that West Ham but with bonus add ons that he probably rarely earned?

West Ham fans still peddle the rumour that we paid him £200K pw.

He was a free agent so saying he was forced to come to us is bollocks, He can f*** the f*** off, West Ham dodged a bullet.

 

[Gyros Peter]

Is that the biggest downgrade ever - Riccy Scimeca replaced by Danny Sonner? It shouldn't, but over 20 years later, I still get annoyed about what happened in the summer of 2003 after thr playoff defeat!

The absolute worst thing about Danny Sonner is that he scored a wonder goal against us shortly after (I think) - was it Sheffield Wednesday away? Of all the twats it had to be him.

 

[McKenzie]

Harry Arter and Jonjo Shelvey are literally miles ahead of Lingard in the ‘worst ever signings’ stakes. Those two are in a league of their own. Dennis is worse too with how long we’ve been stuck with him.

The likes of Shipperley, Rosario, Silenzi, Mannini, Jerkan are all worse too. You can’t make arguments about how much this list cost because transfer fees and wages have ballooned since that time, but it’s hard to make a case that Lingard offered less than any of them did.

The Lingard contract was actually not that bad, it didn’t work out obviously and he was terrible on the pitch, but it helped our profile and didn’t cost that much comparatively in this day and age.

I'm not saying he offered less as such, as clearly he contributed more on the pitch than Silenzi (just). But based on what we thought we were getting vs what we got (plus the wages and the media circus). Its a very technical criteria but I put all the players in our history into it and Lingard came out worst. Shelvey second. Arter third.

 

[Gyros Peter]

Oh lord I've found it and relived the horror.

(And it was actually before we signed him, which may also be why I disliked him so much - he could do that against us but did absolutely nothing for us!)

 

[witneyred]

The thing he never meant anything to me or Forest, I heard he was whining and Bitching, I couldn't be bothered to read the so called news and this thread.

As I said when we signed him Meh.

 

[redforest]

Oh lord I've found it and relived the horror.

(And it was actually before we signed him, which may also be why I disliked him so much - he could do that against us but did absolutely nothing for us!)

Yep and didn’t Arter do similar, scoring a worldy for Fulham before being absolutely shite for us for how many years?

 

[Gyros Peter]

Yep and didn’t Arter do similar, scoring a worldy for Fulham before being absolutely shite for us for how many years?

He certainly did. Great goal too! Arter was just very broken by the time he signed.