Devil's advocaat

This needs a formula, not just a straight division! 🤣

Should goals be expressed as a ratio of XG? Ie 10 goals for us is easier than the same fir Hertz?

Playing up to my moniker, what if those 10 goals were like John McGinns the other night?.

I don't really watch EPL, is he a good un then? I'm wary of big name loans, after 'the welshman'.

Lol yes! 🤣

Thats 2 absolute belters in a week, both with his standing foot. And a decent header too. He's a goalscorer, doesn't have to have a great game.

You were saying?

I'm not sure 'not paying over the odds' and 'getting deals done quickly' are particularly good bedfellows. 😎

Very true Bill.

Ideally, yes, but guid fitba teams are greater than the sum of their parts. You could argue that Ferguson and McCall weren't a huge upgrade on McStay and Collins, but they ended up a cornerstone of a very successful team. Likewise Boyd and Larsson, but the former scored more goals. If £4m gets us straight into the CL, then it's a worthwhile outlay.

On the face of it, seems a lot of money, but IMO we'd be getting a proven goalscorer, leader and a guy who has improved incredibly in the last two seasons. Loves a goal against the rheptiles anaw. Never been a question over his finishing, but he's developed his hold up play and all round game a hell of a lot. If the likes of Naysmith et al can get that out of him, just imagine what PC can do for him. Get it done.

Aye, 2nd was a peach.

I'd like to have seen big Soapy at DM, but happy to bow to Monsieur Clemente's superior knowledge. 😎

I've no idea why, so don't ask me to explain, but I can't get excited about this at all. 🤷‍♂️

He's doing what he was asked to do, steadied them and had some good results. I wish he wasn't in football management, as I quite like him as a pundit.

Hope he does well, as I do with all of our formers.

We can agree to disagree.

Don't know if I can agree that we didn't play well in Seville, while we may not have dominated or passed them off the park, you have to remember who we're playing against. You don't win in Spain if you don't play well, as our history attests.

Yup, I've had the same thoughts.

"Now we have to confirm that we are growing over the next few weeks and months. We don't speak about the title. That's a marathon. We've been good in our two sprints so far - Seville and today. The rest of the season is a marathon - that's a different sport. We need to focus on ourselves. "We need to stay hungry and ambitious, to work hard and grow as a team and a club. If we do that, success comes automatically." This man is sheer class.

The beggars will come out all guns blazing against us, which will suit us perfectly. I guarantee the latrine brigade will be excused this week, nothing surer. What a turnaround.

And the women's team went 3 clear too. 👏🏻

What a month December has been.

TGFITW attacking the directors box, lovely.