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Add Raskin to the above list - he is struggling badly

Tav and Souttar struggling big time - Cantwell, Butland and Cifu only players who look comfortable at this level. Worrying.

Great move, great ball but what a sitter.

Raskin looking lost in whatever position he's been asked to play. We started well but that goal was on the cards. We really need the next goal

Well that was coming. What was Souttar thinking? Gonna be a long night

Waste of a promising free kick. But great run by Cantwell to get the free kick.

Ripped apart there but brilliant save Butland.

Hope you are right as I fear us trying to "hold" what we have.

And does yours and tour good lady's uniforms fit OK? 🙂

Weird team selection with 3 holding midfield players 🤔 Anyhow, time to hide behind the sofa, sorry I mean enjoy the game....

Rangers 1 v 0 Servette Tav FGS

Goldson will play instead of Balogun, Lammers will start and I have a feeling that Wright will play at least some part of the game.

Serious question, is it used in any other sport (tennis, rugby etc)?

It'll be same reaction if we get an XG of 0.02 and sneak through on a deflected shot that was heading for the corner flag 🙂

Our biggest winning margin against Livi at Ibrox in over a decade as well.

But what's the XG for shots from further than 18 yards out?

Wasn't that just a Kenny Miller suggestion in today's media?

100% agree and 100% accurate. We've been quick to criticise managers (Gio and MB in particular) for leaving it to late, or making the incorrect subs. Yesterday MB was brave introducing Matonda and Sima, two players who've been roundly lambasted by the some sections of the fanbase (two so called fans near me left the stadium in disgust when MB made the subs shouting they'd never be back). Previously, we've not had these options from the bench - a strong squad means replacing quality with players with different qualities and strengths.

Ben Doik coming on for Liverpool - glad he moved on from Celtic.

Haha - I posted a description of XG I found on Google. So if you somehow feel insulted, contact Google.

I wouldn't recommend leaving early. I'm about to "open up" so you may miss Rousseau late 3 goals (or how many XG predict) 🙂

A xG model computes for each chance the probability to score based on what we know about it (event-based variables). The higher the xG - with 1 being the maximum, as all probabilities range between 0 and 1 - the higher the probability of scoring. In practice, that means if a chance has 0.2xG, it should be scored 20 per cent of the time. If it has 0.99xG, it should be converted 99 per cent of the time and so on. So it's probability and "should" - crack on.

Hahaha haha- it was you that first mentioned tap-ins as a lose term. I prefer using my eyes, my football judgement over XG. As for having enough, you keep replying, think your trying to convince yourself more than me to be honest I do wonder how some interpreted games before XG was the "vogue in-thing". I'll take 4-0,every week no matter what you or XG try to convince me otherwise. In fact I'd take 1-0 every week with no shots on target (it can happen). What would your XG say about that 🤔 🙂

It depends on how you define quality chance / tap-ins. Dessers and Souttars 1st half chances weren't 'tap-ins', but both should be at least hitting the target / working the keeper / scoring. Cifu's was a "tap-in" and he finished it well. It was rightly disallowed, but we should have been given a penalty when the goal was disallowed. I think it's easy to say that Livi "opened up" in the last 15mins, but i dont think that is 100% correct. They actually opened up around the 55th minute (40 minutes before the final whistle) for about the grand total of 5mins and created 2 half chances. After the hour mark, I don't think Livi created an opportunity or had a shot on target, that's how I think it's unfair to say they "opened up" in last 15mins. We then regained control and it was obvious Livingston had tired and were leaving gaps, especially out wide. When MB brought on the wide / pacy players, the outcome was inevitable as Livi couldn't match their pace and directness. I think that as as much to do with fitness and tiredness as it was Livi 'opening up". MB actually said in his post-match interview that he was going to change it earlier, but wanted to stick with the front 3 as we were creating chances. I posted on this thread at half-time yesterday that once we got the 2nd goal, the floodgates would open, and that's what transpired.

If we convert 50% of 4 or 5 chances, we're scoring 2 goals. But you've misunderstood - we created 4 or 5 chances in the 1st 45 minutes. The goal, the disallowed goal (no matter how irrelevant you think it was, it was a chance and a 'goal') Dessers header on half time and Souttars shot over from about 10 yards out. There is possibly more, that's just me sitting thinking back to the game (I've only watched the highlights). It's irrelevant when we scored the goals, we scored 4, could and should have scored more.