Quote Originally Posted by Lasterman View Post
With Smudge it's called regression to the mean. He performed beyond expectations with regard to goals earlier in the season (he's never been prolific) and now things are evening up a bit.

If Ogbene could cross consistently he wouldn't be playing for us. If Smith could score like he was earlier in the season , he's be gone as well. Both players are great assets for us, even if they're not crossing and scoring as we'd like.

Yep, agree with that

Smith's career strike rate is 1 goal every 4 games.

So really he could draw a blank for 7 games then score a brace, leaving his strike rate intact

The club would probably prefer his goals spread evenly over the season.

As for crossing, yes Ogbene could do better but we've wasted crossing chances across the whole team not just him