Judgements are easily made on footballers by all spectators. Form and performance is something everyone can see, but the reasons for that can be harder to know.
Jack Harrison began the season with a string of eye-catching performances for Leeds United. The winger’s early underlying data made him stand out as one of the best attacking players in the Premier League.
One goal and three assists from the opening three matches promised much, but Harrison has not troubled those stat columns since. From afar at least, his form had dropped in the weeks leading up to the World Cup and the clamour for options like Wilfried Gnonto grew.
