He doesn't, you're right. But once again it's an Occam's razor principle... who is likely to make the wrong call? A coach who is becoming acknowledged as one of the best around and who has exceeded expectations by extract unimaginable results from a under-performing bunch of players and who has shown himself to be a sharp judge of player capabilities both in his promotion of youth and discarding of has beens? Or - like both of us - someone hitting the keys of a computer keyboard and putting across ideas and perceptions that are basically wannabe utterings?
Whilst the stats have been purposely chosen to bring out Lamela's virtues, you conveniently omitted two key attributes: Attack score (Townsend 23.82 vs Lamela 15.93) and defence scores (Townsend 1.01 vs Lamela 4.84). And that has been the crux of the argument among those underwhelmed by Lamela. We all acknowledge he is much better at closing down, winning back the ball (often after he himself has lost it though). However we did not sign the Argentine to huff and puff; we bought him to blow the house down. And the same stats you quote show unequivocally that Townsend is far superior as an attacking threat
Much as I love debating with you, it's really a put-off when you resort to these type of condescending posts. If you want to have a discussion on inductive reasoning and probability theory in relation to Occam's Razor, I am more than game . However at the end of the day, the beauty of the application is in its simplicity: other things being equal, simpler explanations are generally better than more complex ones. So, for all your negation, your convoluted reasoning and explanation for Lamela's repeated omissions in the most important games of this season, is disproved by the razor. The simpler - and therefore more likely - explanation is clearly that Poch thinks that Townsend is better for the team, at least at this moment.
I would like Lamela to start . Due to the simple fact he is younger and more talented. Even though both townsend and Lamela had been poor/average this season you can still see tve x-factor in Lamela. In Townsend I don't .
Townsend is an ok PL player and will never amont to anything better, Lamela is already a better player despite his faults .
Agreed. I am still not convinced of Townsend. Both Townsend and Lamela have been poor but Lamela atleast has better finishing. I think Townsend is too selfish as he tries to score more instead of creating chances for others.
I think a massive mistake was letting Lennon go to Everton. He offers far more than Townsend.
In saying that, I'd have Townsend on the left over Chadli who recently just doesn't look like he can be arsed.
Poch wouldnt have played Lennon anyway. He might as well be on loan at Everton than not in our match day squad.
This and This. But I can only speculate there were reasons beyond football for this.I think a massive mistake was letting Lennon go to Everton. He offers far more than Townsend.
In saying that, I'd have Townsend on the left over Chadli who recently just doesn't look like he can be arsed.