Steven Wilson

Data geek
Founder @wrestling_draft
Rangers columnist @Official_T4O
Podcaster @RangersJournal

[Steven Wilson @StevenW1192]

So my latest #FM24 simulation has seen me run this tactic for Rangers on a season, and compare it vs how five other managers do when put in charge of the club

Clement, Kevin Muscat, Frank Lampard, Francesco Farioli...and Michael Beale

Results are certainly interesting

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@enclosureloyal So he’s essentially saying tackles from the side on are ok?

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Unai Emery is the first manager to win the Europa League with three different teams with Villa in their name #UEL

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@ibroxrocks Looks a player that needs a full preseason and/or a sort of revitalisation style move where the pressure isn’t as high

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@DensParkChoir Think my dead gran should be there over Tony Ralston

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@StokeyyG2 @ibroxrocks you been hiding something?

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@AaronMcIntosh95 @FootballCliches The helicopter is turning round....and turning round....and turning round for 90 minutes

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@AMcKellar89 Played Tav and Sterling at Tynecastle because of how Meghoma played against Motherwell

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@ibroxrocks Surely if the ball hits the hand, it doesn't go flying like that

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@OnlyTeamForMe A must win game he was absolutely rotten in

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Reads as though Tav has thrown a huff about not starting his last game at Ibrox and left

Sad way for it to end

[Scottish Sun Sport @scotsunsport]

James Tavernier exits Rangers after sensational bust-up with Danny Rohl as captain misses out on Ibrox goodbye
https://t.co/93zcfEkJ2t

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@MitchLR The Mitch kiss of death 🤣😉

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Further to this, our last 3 games XG against vs goals conceded

Motherwell - 0.76, 3 conceded
Hearts - 0.75, 2 conceded
Celtic - 1.04, 3 conceded

This comes from facing a veryhigh-performing finishing or, more commonly, suffering from poor goalkeeping or defensive errors

[Steven Wilson @StevenW1192]

Before the games in the last seven days, Rohl had dropped points in eight games.

In those games, Rangers were only out-XG'd in two of those - the drab 0-0 draw at Hibs and the 2-2 Old Firm with Celtic at Ibrox (XG for the latter was skewed by late Celtic pen)

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Whilst Danny Rohl has been far from perfect in recent games and faces a difficult summer if still in post, the effects of the Motherwell defeat - and the manner of it - caused the now familiar mental collapse of the on-field performance

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THREAD 🧵

It is understandable that pressure has fallen on Danny Rohl, as it should for any manager who losses third in a row.

However, the underlying data on his Rangers dropped points shows the issues go way beyond him and more on to his players

[Steven Wilson @StevenW1192]

On average in those eight games, Rangers out XG'd their opponents 2.34 to 1.26. In comparison, it was 0.87 to 0.9 in the games against Hearts and Celtic

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@ArrC94 Think as a support we need to move on from this Gerrard idea tbh

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@ibroxrocks Been rotten recently so might be a blessing

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@RFC_Michael_ For all of Walter’s greatness, one of his very few big mistakes of his second spell was not starting Novo in Manchester off the back of this and his form in the weeks prior