Quote Originally Posted by Peter View Post
I don't mind a striker who doesn't score. As long as you don't expect him to be scoring.

Expected goals, if you will
Just to wind up John and Rich; the fact that he doesn't actually score the goals we want him to, or indeed any goals at all really, is genius. Imagine defenders expending all that energy on a non-goal threat, leaving everybody else free to push us clear at the top of the table.

I don't know if you've ever kept score in a village cricket match but it really upsets them when commentators say "out without troubling the scorers". There's actually no little toil involved for them when a batsman gets out for nought.

Our opponents must be kicking themselves