YOU don’t often see people misquoting Winston Churchill on a Town forum, but someone did on Wednesday.

They neatly described Michael Doughty as “a riddle wrapped in an enigma wrapped in a vest”.

The idea was clear: the borrowed midfielder is erratic, sometimes a scorer of fine goals, sometimes slow and sloppy.

On Tuesday night, just as last Saturday, Doughty’s transformation from oaf to outstanding was largely down to Yaser Kasim, and Doughty said as much after the game.

Partly it was Kasim’s intrinsic quality, partly it was how he frees Doughty from covering or creating. The Iraqi simply makes other players better - and we are running out of time to appreciate that.

Too often Kasim’s position is misunderstood, associated with Claude Makélélé or called a ‘defensive midfielder’ when it is a creative job.

It is really the old number 10 role moved backwards, ironically to find space away from the dogged, clogging Makélélé clones choking the centre.

Fumbling for a replacement has also shown Kasim’s value.

None have been able to change game tempo, evade a press or seamlessly swap with Nathan Thompson: Anton Rodgers was too slight, Louis Thompson wasted, and Drissa Traore displayed the same quality of decision-making on the field as off it.

Arsene Wenger once said: “A good footballer is somebody who can offer the perfect solution in an unpredictable situation” and Kasim solves problems.

He also takes responsibility; breaking lines with passes or moving to opening channels for others to drive through.

He’s also, in my opinion, provided two of the best passes by any Town player.

He has his critics, but all players in England who rely on talent over grim determination do.

As Glenn Hoddle said: “The technical players were called luxuries. But players who give the ball away are luxuries.”

He is too good for this league.

Kasim might know it but Luke Williams admitted he agrees on Tuesday, and anyone who understands that effort and intensity can come from speed of thought and deed as well as running, does too.

It is just a shame that some only see his value when he isn’t there.