Hartley is also known to be a pretty cerebral coach. If you believe in the merits of sports psychology, there are other reasons why he might not want to make it too easy for Ramo to sieze the starting position, or for MacDonald to lose it too easily for that matter.
Half the job of being a coach is knowing how to push the buttons of the players.
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