Rousseau

Fenerbahce vs Rangers

Source? I'm not believing anything until Brock Purdy (49ers QB -- No, I didn't just look it up!) is holding aloft a Rangers scarf at Auchenhowie.

There are examples of owners integrating quite well with their clubs, getting into the club culture, etc., like Birmingham, Burnley and Wrexham. Probably unlikely in our case as we wouldn't be the only club. It is just business, but if that makes us well-run it's not undesirable. Marathe (sp?) talks of return on investment, but he also means that the club gets value for money, like utilising data in recruitment, like FSG at Liverpool. Again, we'd need to judge the deal on its own merit rather than comparing it to others. If FSG came in, I'd bite their hand off; If John Textor came in, I'd run the other way. I don't know at this moment where 49ers sit.

I think the multi-club model is just a formal arrangement for what already happens: we're already a feeder club to English sides. There are examples of good and bad American ownership/investment, throughout Europe. We have to judge it on its own merit.

Rangers 2 - 0 St Mirren FGS Igamane

Rangers vs St Mirren

My default position is, if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is. In the meantime...

We're in the market for a Sporting Director!

Sorry, I should have added that. League and Europe, not cups.

Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair! @CammyF (Title should be 2023-25 - 2nd January, 2023 (2-2 vs Celtic), to be precise, as that's when my data starts.) Edit: League and Europe Only.

@CammyF I tried to combine them into one graph, but it didn't come out well, so I've split them into two graphs. Home: Away:

Not sure, but I would hasard a guess that our upturn on my xG chart corresponds to when they played together.

I think he misses Danilo.

Dessers slightly underperforming his xG. Igamane, in contrast, is overperforming his xG (9 goals from an xG of 7.2), so a dry spell is on the cards. He basically shoots from anywhere!

It could, but I would need to separate out the data. I can work on it.

I made this, too. I've had a lot of time on my hands...

Our rolling xG over the course of the season (League and Europe, NOT Cups). Poor start, good middle, then horrible recently - our xGA actually went higher than our xG! Our xG is quite stable, hovering around 2 per game, but is on the low side. We get into trouble when our xG Against increases, like recently. That period around match 20 was good: we scored a lot of goals and conceded very few.

Our CBs are noticeably deeper, which is not much of a surprise. Diomande was not as advanced as usual. Nature of the game, or deliberate tactic? Cerny again our highest positioned player.

@compo vexes me...

What are your thoughts, folks?