I think this is not entirely true , it depends on how you play . If you set up your attacks through the middle then sure , your middle CM will join the attacking effort more often . Also it depends on the working rates . <| sep |> But did you win ? <| sep |> nice work lad , keep up the work ! technique looks solid as well <| sep |> President using cocaine is worrying . President being gay ? oh noooo <| sep |> Give IW a chance . They did exactly what you think they can ' t <| sep |> Not sure , but I think the idea of someone as close to Corbyn as possible without actually being Corbyn was flawed because then why not just vote for Corbyn ? I would have put someone forward from a completely different wing of the party , to show an actual contrast . The biggest issue with Owen Smith is that noone really believed he was electable either , so if they ' re both ' unelectable ' why not vote for the one they like the best ? To really highlight electability they needed to put forward someone who ' s widely considered electable rather than someone who ' s just ' not Corbyn '. Jarvis , Benn , Starmer etc . I personally don ' t believe any of those are particularly electoral dynamite , but people do they needed to play on that rather than picking someone who shared many of Corbyn ' s weaknesses and was easily painted to share few of what the membership perceive as his strengths . Ultimately , I think if they ' d picked someone clearly contrasting Corbyn who had attacked him in stronger terms no I agree with Jeremy the result would have been far closer .