Devil's advocaat

That's it Compo, positive for the season ahead.

You wonder why some folk support Rangers.

Good stuff.

By the time he's had a year here, he's only a year left on his contract, so hopefully should we wish to explore buying, Brighton may not be too hard to deal with. 🤞🏼

We shouldn't give these people what they want, or crave, best ignored. 

1 hour ago, JohnMc said:

I imagine it's partly due to the precarious and public nature of a manager's job. In England the average tenure for a manager is now 477 days, I can't imagine it's very different in Scotland. If you know at the outset that you've pretty much only got 18 months in the job then I imagine the people who have the greatest affect on your role are the ones you're most likely to come into conflict with. Players cost manager's their jobs, it's probably easy to blame the person who chose those players, rather than yourself. Add in the public nature of a manager's job, constant scrutiny from the media and clueless fans waiting for the kettle to boil before starting work writing about them as if they have the first idea what they are talking about. Few jobs are so public and watched by people who think they know better. It's a wonder managers aren't in conflict with everyone all the time. 

 

in American sport the average MLB baseball coach tenure is 3 seasons, and in American football it's 4.3 seasons, in the NBA it's 3.7 years. It's not always easy to compare sports but structurally the American system seems to be what's coming into European football, so maybe we'll see a time where managers are given longer. 

I'm not a US sports fan, so forgive my ignorance, but they don't really do relegation, do they,?.

I went to baseball twice, only went the second time because I thought it couldn't be as dull as it was the first time....

What we need is another Mols, pre injury obviously. Colak is a good finisher, but he isn't that player sadly.

8 minutes ago, ChelseaBoy said:

That's Americans for you. 

Aye, carrying on the work of the Russian before them.

2 hours ago, Rousseau said:

They're making a move for Portuguese side Rio Ave next. 

 

Which club can we buy?

I assume this is some kind of creative accounting to negate FFP?.

Chelsea really have become a vulgar, grotesque shell of a club.

Where's this plenty evidence?

Our record European goalscorer?....

1 hour ago, compo said:

Holiday they're is work to be done and he's on holiday FFS holiday my arse 

Get a grip.

59 minutes ago, Malangsob said:

Yeap. Never have understood that aspect of the tribalism. If a guy is good enough, then he is. Who give's a rat's where he has played previously? 

So silly. 

Absolutely, never done Super Mo or Kenny Miller any harm.

No club anywhere allocates their whole stadium as season tickets.

Superb result, not entirely deserved, but then when we deserve a result that kind of thing usually happens to us!.

I'm still not a fan of Dykes, but you have to give him his dues at both goals.

I couldn't give fuck if his uncle was the pope, as long as long as he does the business.

Spot on Bill.

13 minutes ago, yuddie said:

Would anyone here take Baccus if Kamara moves on? I don't know if he's an 8 or not though.

 

Especially with Jack and Lundstram looking like they'll leave sooner rather than later.

I'd take the boy O'Hara from St Mirren first tbh.

The international transfer window hasn't opened yet Compo, 1st July.

2 hours ago, Bill said:

Not Rangers class?

Their stats are pish apparently.

That's more like it GS! 

3 minutes ago, Rousseau said:

It's no different to searching for clips on Youtube

I dunno, as much as YT is easy to make someone look good, I think it's easier to see if they can actually perform.

I recall watching City in a CL game this season, Grealish didn't have much of a game, couldn't beat the full back, and so resorted to rolling the ball back to the area maybe 25 yards out, which resulted in DeBruyne having a few shots. This then translated to Grealish creating the most chances in the game, which he didn't really. 

Whilst I appreciate he held onto the ball, didn't run into a blind alley, I don't see that a dig from outside the box is a chance, even if it is KdB, but he stats will say different.

12 minutes ago, Rousseau said:

I think it would be the opposite. 

I guess we'll never know.

21 minutes ago, DMAA said:

Lammers’ career bears no resemblance whatsoever to Laudrup’s though, let’s be honest. The 3 foreigner rule worked against Laudrup at AC Milan. But he played his part (in an team who scored 36 in 34 games) and ended that season with a Serie A winners medal and a Champions League winner. 

Absolutely, but my point is, his stats must have been pretty grim reading. The realists amongst us could see he was a player, but if we'd had access to XG, XD etc, I'm pretty sure lots would have been calling him down as well.

I remember we signed a certain Dane who had struggled in Italian Football, and he turned out not too bad.

Just now, Rousseau said:

Many turn their nose up at players from Aberdeen and Hearts. 

Exactly, some of our fans would have a gammon faced fit if we signed Shankland, never mind a fat junior.

I'm open to anyone who comes from a league that had finalists in all European competitions, and who our manager can see fitting into his style, I'd prefer them to be young and sellable, but this is Scottish fitba.

I pay less attention to stats. I wonder what McCoist and Hateley's stats looked like in the seasons before we signed them....