Yes, good point - you can see these days that refs clearly know about the corner nonsense, previously it threw some of them off.
If we do have a reputation amongst refs it probably introduces a bias, conscious or not, and affects decision making.
I do genuinely wonder if the "Lampard's right, the refs are shite" chant has an impact.
For a while it was basically a guarantee that it would get sung before half time, almost regardless of the referee's performance.
I bet Milan’s long throws have a better conversion rate than crosses from open play.
People have the memories of goldfish on here. Everyone already forgotten us winning 1-0 via a long throw goal on Boxing Day?
He's outscored his xG this year by a significant margin. His championship career average is converting ~89% of his xG into goals, this season it's 127%. Either he's transformed from a below average to an elite finisher over the summer, or it's an unsustainable purple patch.
Still a useful...