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On 13/12/2020 at 19:34, Jim McLean's Ghost said:

Did the advanced stats tell them that or is it just luck it happened?

For example Thiago hasn't looked half the player he was before joining Liverpool. Is that on the stats department or just something that can't be accounted for?

Well, considering Thiago has only played one and a half games due to injury/catching covid, its no real surprise he hasnt looked the same player.

Except....

He was the best player on the pitch in his one full game (against Everton) and set some sort of passing record in his other 45 mins (against Chelsea).

So you might not agree with stats. But using Thiago as your evidence totally defeats your point.

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8 hours ago, Jacky1990 said:

Well, considering Thiago has only played one and a half games due to injury/catching covid, its no real surprise he hasnt looked the same player.

Except....

He was the best player on the pitch in his one full game (against Everton) and set some sort of passing record in his other 45 mins (against Chelsea).

So you might not agree with stats. But using Thiago as your evidence totally defeats your point.

Passing record? Is that slang for stat wanking?

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2 hours ago, Green Day said:

Another of his beauties this week..............from a guy whos club has the media sitting under umbrellas.

 

 

 

I think his reply-to-a-reply(-to-a-reply) is better:

 Alloa having a dodgy ISDN box (which they probably didn't even know about) is a sign that Scottish football is basically shit. 

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It gets a lot wrong (as is common for Michael Stewart), but this bit in particular stands out:
"I think the team would actually improve (if Morelos was dropped). Morelos, he doesn't show anything as a team player."
There is no way it's possible to watch Rangers this season and not notice the change in role that Morelos has undertaken that's facilitated us spreading the goals around the rest of the team. Sacrificing your own output for the good of the team is the definition of a team player.
Morelos ensuring he's spreading the goals around in the next couple of games.

Team player right enough.
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2 hours ago, capt_oats said:

Put up a photo on our socials.

 

Laura Brannan didn't cover herself in glory earlier in the day either though when she decided to troll a 16-year-old girl on Twitter because she disagreed with her winning the SFA's goal of the year.

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Cba getting a screenshot, but they did a quiz in honour of the, cough, quarter finals of the league cup, and introduced it with the "fact" that the 4 teams in European competition come in at this stage apparently. 

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Laura Brannan didn't cover herself in glory earlier in the day either though when she decided to troll a 16-year-old girl on Twitter because she disagreed with her winning the SFA's goal of the year.

This is perhaps the least surprising thing I've read all day.
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/55245409

What a bizarre article.

A classic example of a leading headline, collecting some stats and vaguely relevant quotes to create a narrative and not even concluding on anything. Let's hope they produce something equally as pointless for Hearts.

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Does the quadruple treble still matter? They ask...

Clearly the writer doesn’t by then adding Celtic prepare to face Hearts in the semi-final of the Scottish Cup.

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