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Looking a bit nervous

Kamara looking great again

How is that not a yellow? Pulling his shirt and studded the back of ankle. Can guarantee there will be cheap yellows later in the game.

Brilliant from Roofe. Hagi could have done better.

A wee bit disjointed so far but they look there for the taking.

Quite incredible when you think of the players we are able to keep fresh for Rugby Park though.

Happy with Roofe getting a start but a bit disappointed Helander misses out.

They’re a hard team to judge from a look at their results. Had a look at their transfers and it looks to me like they’ve sold a few good players and, judging by their results, their replacements either aren’t up to it or haven’t settled yet. Last season their record was nearly identical to Legia who were a very tough nut to crack. But their record away in Europe has been very good. A 3-0 win in Sweden is impressive, and a 2-1 away win over a team ahead of Standard Liege in the league is impressive too. I think we will be too organised for them, but it will probably be a close game.

An update to the tables posted last week. Our numbers are down slightly after Livingston, but Celtic’s have continued to fall too after Aberdeen. Interesting to see the rest of the league too. Most notable is St Johnstone so high despite being currently 10th. From what I have seen of them, Craig Conway has been a brilliant signing for them, reminds me of when Burke came back up here in his 30s but was still one of the best non-OF players in the league.

Win impact rating is a combination of loads of stats, defensive and offensive. Not sure how much I trust it personally, seems to favour attacking players who take a lot of a shots a bit too much. Interesting reading anyway. Not including our front 3, Arfield, Jack and Tavernier all showing up with very high numbers. I’d think Barisic should be here though.

A very low xG for a home game for us, shows how much we took our foot off the gas after getting early goals.

Up to date goals and assists numbers for all competitions. I believe some “unofficial” assists are included here, for example a couple for Barisic which weren’t registered because the ball deflected slightly after he crossed it. GoalsTavernier -9Kent -5Morelos -5Goldson -4Arfield -3Roofe -3Aribo -2Defoe -2Itten -2Barisic -1Barker -1Hagi-1Helander -1Jones -1O.G. -1AssistsHagi -7Barisic -6Tavernier -6Arfield -4Kent -2Morelos -2Defoe -1

Well bang goes that method of deciding who wins the league when they decide to abandon it. Next up, average league points over the last 5 years will be used to project the winner.

This one has been posted in another thread already but thought I would post it in here. Hagi posting very good numbers, especially when you remove the advantage of being a set piece taker.

Really good reading from Jordan Campbell’s latest article. Ties in with what Barry had said he had heard about Bassey, that he loves to learn. Very encouraging stuff given his raw talent is there for all to see. “..but Bassey’s appetite to learn can be seen in how he quickly asked Barisic for guidance after signing. The Athletic understands the pair have regularly been doing extra work together on crossing and other parts of his game the youngster wants to work on as a left-back. Connor Goldson is also said to have taken on a “big brother” role with him, as the leader of Rangers’ defence.”

Which tells me he has an excellent attitude and follows instructions. One of the weak areas in his game is probably his strength and I think as he gradually bulks up he will get better and better. He only turned 22 the other day.

Hagi, Aribo, Arfield and Roofe could have some brilliant passing interchanges.

I think some take a while to take to a guy who doesn’t have many old fashioned Scottish traits too like pace and strength.

I don’t know what more Hagi can do to be fully appreciated by some fans. 8th assist of the season already, and it’s 7 assists in 6 games for him. Both his passes here were worthy of an assist in their own right. Hopefully more fans are starting to see how important a player he is.

GA - 3

1 shot on target for Livingston. We’ve gone from not being able to get three wins in a row to not being able to stop the opposition from getting a shot on target 3 games in a row.

Nothing surer than Defoe scoring when he finally gets the nod ahead of Morelos.

2-0 Defoe