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Don’t see Haji moving this month because of the injury. He won’t be match fit again before the end of Jan at least.

You’re assuming he wanted to work. Simplest explanation for why he wasn’t working was that he didn’t want to.

We’ve seen plenty. Personally I’m encouraged by our performances when we had EMC available. Anyway, cba for all of this again.

It’s called context. If you think a 3 month caretaker stint offers much insight on how a manager will perform in a permanent role I don’t know what to say.

Because it was 11 games with a squad who had nothing to play for and who knew he wouldn’t be there any longer. Like having a supply teacher at school, no one is going to bother trying.

The caretaker job? Don’t know why anyone pays attention to that, it’s irrelevant.

What does that even mean Look at someone like Potter, he is in demand now but absolutely bombed at Chelsea (did far worse than Lampard). Lampard’s only season at this level he got playoffs. Now you say that is what he should’ve got, because that was the quality of Derby’s squad. Well, Doug...

So there’s no logic to your point. Also you keep banging on about Chelsea. It’s Chelsea! No other manager we could’ve appointed would ever dream of getting the Chelsea job. Why would being unsuccessful at a much much higher level disqualify you from getting a job at a lower level?

If Doug believed we have a top 6 deck he wouldn’t need Lampard to get more, just get them performing to their ability.

The stat you’re quoting excludes carries that end in a players own half. So for CBs it excludes many useful carries that they do in their own half. Luis Binks is actually the league leader in this stat for CBs with only 1.6 per 90. Centre backs are obviously carrying the ball more than that, so...

Why is it that stupid? You look at our games under Lampard so far, I’d argue we’ve been unlucky and could easily be 6+ points better off than we are. That would put us well in the playoff chase and suddenly the feeling around the club is more positive. The squad we have seems to have a lot of...

No the actual stat is not appropriate for CBs. Look at the raw numbers, Lati averages less than 1 per game.

That progressive carries stat is useless for centrebacks.

Lati's a good tackler, can pick out a good long ball and it is always obvious he is giving 100% effort and commitment to his performances. Happy?

I don't get it. He's not very good on the ball :ROFLMAO: genuinely confused if you watch us every week and think he moves the ball well when it's at his feet.

Yes he is better at keeping possession. Unfortunately possession doesn't win you football matches.

Statistically Thomas is better than him in basically every possession stat from what I can see. More touches, more carries, more progressive carry distance, more passes, more progressive pass distance.

When we've spent over £3m we've generally done well?

You're missing the point, he rarely gives it away because he's incredibly risk averse with his touches and passes and plays it safe all the time.

Lati is targeted for pressure because he's MORE comfortable on the ball?