Longstaff is one of those players that you can drop in most teams and he'll play to that same level. He's not someone who will improve a side or lift players around him, it's other players who'd lift him hence why the last few years he's looked...
Yeah, but that's the thing though isn't it. It might be the bare minimum you expect, but it doesn't mean it's the bare minimum every player will give you though, does it? We've seen players saunter round without a care in the world, the likes of...
I'd take chances created over assists. An average FB in a top team will get more assists than a top FB in a poor team. Put Baines in the RS Klopp team and he'd have the leagues all time top assists.