Rousseau 10,808 Posted October 21 Share Posted October 21 My main criticism of Beale was the xG difference. Basically we were not creating enough chances - never mind taking them - to deserve to win games comfortably. Beale's average difference was 0.94 difference between our xG and the opponents xGA. That's not even a goal more than our opponents. That improved significantly under Clement last season (and that's with the end of season slump built-in). However, this season it's actually worse than Beale, at 0.86. Damning. 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rousseau 10,808 Posted October 21 Share Posted October 21 1 minute ago, compo said: Latest data shows the dons and the horrid hoops are six points ahead They've been lucky. You had Everton relegated last season but I said quite early that their xG showed they'd be safe from relegation. Don't dismiss the xG. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gonzo79 15,299 Posted October 21 Share Posted October 21 19 minutes ago, RANGERRAB said: Plenty flops and duds around who cost millions Of course but to say it means nothing is still ridiculous. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gonzo79 15,299 Posted October 21 Share Posted October 21 10 minutes ago, Rousseau said: However, this season it's actually worse than Beale, at 0.86 Our recent performances, stats aside, are getting reminiscent of Beale's tenure. And GvB's. We don't have enough creativity in the middle of the park. Barron is a decent enough DM but Diamonde seems to be getting gradually worse, creating virtually nothing and Lawrence is a waste of a jersey. 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sutton_blows_goats 5,457 Posted October 21 Share Posted October 21 21 minutes ago, Gonzo79 said: Diamonde seems to be getting gradually worse Its bizarre, he was a breath of fresh air when he first came in. He also seems to struggle to play 90 minutes, which for a guy that cost 4.5 million is a concern. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ranger_syntax 4,422 Posted October 21 Popular Post Share Posted October 21 30 minutes ago, Gonzo79 said: ... Diamonde seems to be getting gradually worse ... 6 minutes ago, Sutton_blows_goats said: Its bizarre, he was a breath of fresh air when he first came in. ... Very common trajectory for players that we sign. Anybody remember the euphoria after Raskin had played a couple of games? He looked like a breath of fresh air too. We can't spend our way out of our problems. At some point somebody needs to figure out a way to get more out of the players that we have. Good management and coaching is required. 7 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CammyF 8,373 Posted October 21 Share Posted October 21 1 hour ago, Rousseau said: My main criticism of Beale was the xG difference. Basically we were not creating enough chances - never mind taking them - to deserve to win games comfortably. Beale's average difference was 0.94 difference between our xG and the opponents xGA. That's not even a goal more than our opponents. That improved significantly under Clement last season (and that's with the end of season slump built-in). However, this season it's actually worse than Beale, at 0.86. Damning. As well as statistically, it's also obvious the performance levels have dropped dramatically and are about as bad / worse than what we witnessed under Beale. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CammyF 8,373 Posted October 21 Share Posted October 21 1 hour ago, ranger_syntax said: Very common trajectory for players that we sign. Anybody remember the euphoria after Raskin had played a couple of games? He looked like a breath of fresh air too. We can't spend our way out of our problems. At some point somebody needs to figure out a way to get more out of the players that we have. Good management and coaching is required. Again, good coaching of average players will also only get us so far. It's a difficult task but we need to find quality players who are young, ambitious and willing to use Rangers as a stepping stone to top leagues. The hard part is identifying these players and signing them before any other club discovers them. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gonzo79 15,299 Posted October 21 Share Posted October 21 9 minutes ago, CammyF said: It's a difficult task but we need to find quality players who are young, ambitious and willing to use Rangers as a stepping stone to top leagues. Cortez, Diamonde, Igamane and Jefte. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CammyF 8,373 Posted October 21 Share Posted October 21 (edited) 19 minutes ago, Gonzo79 said: Cortez, Diamonde, Igamane and Jefte. Yet to see their quality. Cortes constantly injured Diomande hot and cold Iganane (never heard of him) can't dislodge Dessers Jefte about the best out the bunch but not as good as prime Barasic Diomande and Cortes cost us £4.5M each - hardly seems value for money at the moment. So I don't get your point at all Edited October 21 by CammyF 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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