SPFL 2016/17 - Orangemen Defeated by Progress

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Who will win the league this year This poll is closed.
Celtic	9	18.75%
Aberdeen	7	14.58%
Hearts	2	4.17%
The Rangers	5	10.42%
Hibs are shite	25	52.08%
Total:	48 votes

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jre: Sep 2, 2011; To the cloud ?

Since no-one else can be arsed doing it, here's your super low effort SPFL thread

The SPFLs official youtube channel.
https://www.youtube.com/user/splofficial

The official SPFL site.
http://spfl.co.uk/

Twitter
https://twitter.com/spfl

The teams:

Aberdeen

Home City: Aberdeen
Ground: Pittodrie Stadium
Manager: Derek McInnes
Last Finish: 2nd

Celtic

Home City: Glasgow
Ground: Celtic Park
Manager: Brendan Rodgers
Last Finish: 1st

Dundee

Home City: Dundee
Ground: Dens Park
Manager: Paul Hartley
Last Finish: 8th

Heart of Midlothian

Home City: Edinburgh
Ground: Tynecastle
Manager: Robbie Nelson
Last Finish: 3rd

Hamilton

Home City:Hamilton
Ground: New Douglas Park
Manager: Russ
Last Finish: 10th

Inverness Caledonian Thistle

Home City: Inverness
Ground: Tulloch Caledonian Stadium,
Manager: Richie Foran
Last Finish: 7th

Kilmarnock

Home City: Kilmarnock
Ground: Rugby Park
Manager: Lee Clark
Last Finish: 11th

Motherwell

Home City: Motherwell
Ground: Fir Park
Manager: Mark McGhee
Last Finish: 5th

Partick Thistle

Home City: Glasgow
Ground: Firhill
Manager: Alan Archibald
Last Finish: 9th

Ross County

Home "City": Dingwall
Ground: Global Energy Stadium
Manager: Jim McIntyre
Last Finish: 6th

St Johnstone

Home City: Perth
Ground: McDiarmid Park
Manager: Tommy Wright
Last Finish: 4th

The Rangers

Home City: Glasgow
Ground: Ibrox Stadium
Manager: Mark Warbeton
Last Finish: Promoted from Championship

jre fucked around with this message at 17:09 on Aug 28, 2016

# ¿ Aug 27, 2016 11:39

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# ¿ Apr 29, 2024 13:41

jre: Sep 2, 2011; To the cloud ?

duckmaster posted:

Wait where are hibs???????

In the ~~bin~~ championship

Hand Knit posted:

Good job to Partick Thistle for losing in the 90th minute.

Classic Thistle.

Hey remember this:

Total Meatlove posted:

Police Scotland and the Daily Record have teamed up for some kind of quasi-'The Truth' style defence of how poo poo the policing was at the game.

Fans spat on hero officers
Fans attacked officers going to help
Fans used their children as human shields

All with no attributed source or CCTV footage.

IPSO ruled against the record
https://www.ipso.co.uk/rulings-and-resolution-statements/ruling/?id=03188-16

# ¿ Aug 30, 2016 19:17

jre: Sep 2, 2011; To the cloud ?

HJB posted:

All Rangers being ~~back~~ in the top division accomplishes is them taking points off Celtic's potential title rivals, they're gonna win the league by 30 points

There's no chance that team is taking much from Aberdeen or Hearts

Goals:

1-0 https://streamable.com/0tch
2-0 https://streamable.com/tgt2
3-1 https://streamable.com/351u
4-1 https://streamable.com/x4cp
5-1 https://streamable.com/gcqo

jre fucked around with this message at 15:15 on Sep 10, 2016

# ¿ Sep 10, 2016 15:11

jre: Sep 2, 2011; To the cloud ?

Coohoolin posted:

lol Senderos

and the cry was no Senderos

# ¿ Sep 10, 2016 19:23

jre: Sep 2, 2011; To the cloud ?

Ewar Woowar posted:

How's Kolo been?

Really good, I was surprised at how much pace he still has. It make a difference having someone with experience in the centre of defence after years of 22 year old centre back pairings

# ¿ Sep 11, 2016 12:16

jre: Sep 2, 2011; To the cloud ?

Hand Knit posted:

yet

The Dundee united game sounded insane , Cammy Bell saved three penalties from three different takers in the first half

quote:

Cammy Bell made three first-half penalty saves to help Dundee United beat Dunfermline Athletic despite being reduced to 10 men at East End Park.

The goalkeeper had already stopped a Gavin Reilly spot-kick before Simon Murray's close-range opener for United.

Bell kept out penalties from Nicky Clark and Paul McMullan and Tony Andreu's drive extended the lead.

# ¿ Sep 11, 2016 16:05

jre: Sep 2, 2011; To the cloud ?

Gigi Galli posted:

If I've learned anything from lurking this thread it's that Hibs are poo poo.

Be interesting to see how they manage to hibs it this year.

# ¿ Sep 11, 2016 17:04

jre: Sep 2, 2011; To the cloud ?

Have some SPFL advanced stats including expected goals:

quote:

BY DOUGLAS WRIGHT

THE Ibrox side and Aberdeen � two so-called title contenders � are analysed but their problems couldn�t be any more different.

THE two of them were supposed to be Celtic�s main challengers to the Premiership crown.

Midway through September, however, and Rangers already find themselves four points behind their Glasgow rivals.

As for the other contender � Aberdeen � well they�re a full six points off the pace.

Should Celtic win their game in hand against Partick Thistle, it wouldn�t be all that presumptuous to declare the title challenge dead in the water for both sides.

Shot statistics can help to paint a picture of what�s going wrong at these clubs, and it appears as if the two rivals are facing entirely different problems this season.

While Rangers take the second highest number of shots in the league, they are currently letting in just under half of all shots on target they face.

A good rule of thumb used in the analysis community is that roughly one in every three shots on target results in a goal. Rangers letting in nine goals from 19 shots on target is worrying news for the Ibrox club.

Indeed, if they keep conceding at this rate, they are on course to ship 68 goals over the course of the season. Only relegated Dundee United let in more last term.

But there�s worse to come for Rangers and their fans.

Football analyst Paul Riley (@footballfactman) did a study of how many shots it takes on average to score from a certain area of the pitch and found that efforts from the central channel of the penalty box are by far and away the biggest source of goals.

On average, one in every six shots taken in the green zone will end up in the back of the net. For the Scottish Premiership, I calculate �danger zone� shots; i.e. how many shots each team takes and allows in the green zone; where teams are most likely to score from.

And here�s the takeaway stat for Rangers fans. Every single goal the Ibrox outfit have conceded in the league this season has come from this zone. Of the 15 shots Rangers have faced in this area, nine have turned into goals. Damning stuff.

The chances Rangers are giving away are dangerous ones. The message to Warburton is clear: the defending within the 18-yard box � and specifically the danger zone � is abysmal and needs improved as a matter of urgency if he is to drag Rangers back into contention.

Now let�s look at Aberdeen, who seem to have the opposite problem.

Not only have they they scored the least amount of actual goals, but they have the lowest �expected goals� score too.

Aberdeen manager Derek McInnes after the 1-1 draw with Inverness
�Expected goals� measures the quality of chances that teams create and concede on a game-by-game basis, and they are a better indicator of future performance than anything else. Matt Rhein of The Backpass Rule collects expected goals stats for the Scottish Premiership. You can find his work here .

This is a problem for Aberdeen. They�re scoring fewer goals and creating less chances than anyone else in the league. If they continue to struggle in front of goal at the same rate as they have, they�ll finish the the season having hit the back of the net just 30 times. Even Dundee United managed to score 45 last term.

Luckily, their defence has been the meanest in the league, giving their opponents fewer chances to score than any other team. If you exclude the Celtic game, the Dons have only conceded twice in four games. Aberdeen supporters should be asking themselves whether these stats are down to a defensive style of play or just inept attacking.

Two fierce rivals; two entirely different problems.

Aberdeen may have been the undisputed second team in Scotland in recent years but their struggles in front of goal are preventing them from repeating the feat this term. Meanwhile, the problems for Warburton�s men lie at the other end of the pitch, with the Ibrox outfit conceding nearly half of all shots on target they face.

Only a drastic turnaround for both clubs in these areas can give them a shot of a title challenge.

If you like what you�ve read, my Twitter account @dougie_analysis provides stats and video analysis of a number of aspects of Scottish football

jre fucked around with this message at 12:27 on Sep 15, 2016

# ¿ Sep 15, 2016 12:13

jre: Sep 2, 2011; To the cloud ?

Dundee 1 - 0 Aberdeen https://streamable.com/9jh7

1-1 https://streamable.com/x8s9

# ¿ Sep 18, 2016 12:43

jre: Sep 2, 2011; To the cloud ?

Kilmarnock scored a ludicrous goal today
Then got murdered :rip:

https://twitter.com/CelticGoals/status/779695208116158464

# ¿ Sep 24, 2016 17:56

jre: Sep 2, 2011; To the cloud ?

* in Archie McPherson voice * woooooooft

https://streamable.com/vk46

Alternative angles

https://streamable.com/ft9r

jre fucked around with this message at 15:25 on Sep 25, 2016

# ¿ Sep 25, 2016 14:59

jre: Sep 2, 2011; To the cloud ?

https://twitter.com/GFFN/status/790209116203544576

Bring on the sheep

# ¿ Oct 23, 2016 17:20

jre: Sep 2, 2011; To the cloud ?

jre posted:

Bring on the sheep

https://streamable.com/u1u5

# ¿ Oct 29, 2016 12:53

jre: Sep 2, 2011; To the cloud ?

Troy Queef posted:

Well, it was fun while it lasted.

Bye joey, shame you never got to show how you were the best player in the league

:byewhore:

jre fucked around with this message at 09:20 on Nov 9, 2016

# ¿ Nov 9, 2016 00:15

jre: Sep 2, 2011; To the cloud ?

Me watching the game today ^^

https://streamable.com/0moj (Rogic 1-0)

https://streamable.com/3mbi (Forrest 2-0)

https://streamable.com/qy8n (Dembele 3-0)

# ¿ Nov 27, 2016 23:47

jre: Sep 2, 2011; To the cloud ?

Jose posted:

ian cathro is the new hearts manager. pretty big step up from being a coach at newcastle considering he's 30 and never been a footballer

Did he not also work at Valencia in some capacity?

The motherwell game was totally crazy, but I think we've broken Kolo, he's bad now :smith:

# ¿ Dec 4, 2016 23:51

jre: Sep 2, 2011; To the cloud ?

KrayG posted:

Rangers v Celtic on Hogmany, sounds like a good idea lads

Was speaking to a cop who's working hogmanay and asked him how he felt about the addition of the sevco v celtic game and he made this face in real life

:shepicide:

# ¿ Dec 29, 2016 00:48

jre: Sep 2, 2011; To the cloud ?

mind the gap

# ¿ Dec 31, 2016 15:35

jre: Sep 2, 2011; To the cloud ?

Have some poorly edited highlights

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=px1jS1LRc0E

# ¿ Dec 31, 2016 18:25

jre: Sep 2, 2011; To the cloud ?

https://twitter.com/ShottsBonAccord/status/825360906280386562

# ¿ Jan 28, 2017 17:03

jre: Sep 2, 2011; To the cloud ?

edit: rehosted

jre fucked around with this message at 20:26 on Feb 2, 2017

# ¿ Feb 2, 2017 20:17

jre: Sep 2, 2011; To the cloud ?

Her Dryer posted:

Hahaha what the gently caress is going on

This will end well

# ¿ Feb 10, 2017 22:50

jre: Sep 2, 2011; To the cloud ?

Site was up and down like a yoyo

quote:

RANGERS has accepted the resignations of manager Mark Warburton, assistant manager David Weir and the Club�s head of recruitment Frank McParland.

At a meeting with the management team�s representative earlier this week the Club were advised that Mr Warburton, Mr Weir and Mr McParland wished to resign their positions and leave the Club on condition that

Rangers agreed to waive its rights to substantial compensation. Rangers� agreement to waive compensation would assist the management team to join another club. This compensation amount was agreed when

Rangers significantly improved Mr Warburton and Mr Weir�s financial arrangements before the start of this season.

The Board urgently convened to consider the offer made on behalf of the management team and its ramifications and agreed to accept it and release the trio from the burden of compensation, despite the potential financial cost to the Club. It is important that Rangers has a football management team that wants to be at the Club and that the Board believes can take the Club forward to meet our stated ambition to return to being the number one Club in Scotland. We are clearly short of where we expected to be at this time.

The representative acting for the management team subsequently attempted to alter the terms of what had been agreed in favour of the management team. A further Board meeting was held this afternoon to discuss this and it was decided not to agree to this additional request but to hold with the original agreement.

Mr Warburton, Mr Weir, and Mr McParland have therefore been notified in writing that their notices of termination have been accepted.

The Board is very appreciative of the good work previously done by the management team but believes it had no alternative. Our Club must come first and absolute commitment is essential.

On Sunday Under-20s coach Graeme Murty will take interim charge of the team. We know our support will give him and our team their full backing. We thank our support for their loyalty and desire to be the best.

# ¿ Feb 10, 2017 22:55

jre: Sep 2, 2011; To the cloud ?

# ¿ Feb 10, 2017 23:05

jre: Sep 2, 2011; To the cloud ?

https://twitter.com/Chr1stopher3008/status/830172980881801217

# ¿ Feb 10, 2017 23:23

jre: Sep 2, 2011; To the cloud ?

Holy gently caress. He resigned thinking he'd get the forrest job, and when that fell through he tried to withdraw and Ranger's said actually we accept.
:vince:

quote:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2017/02/10/mark-warburton-resigns-asrangers-manager/amp/

Roddy (James VI) Forsyth
10 FEBRUARY 2017 � 10:07 PM
Mark Warburton is no longer Rangers manager after a week of sensational behind the scenes manoeuvres which saw the former Brentford boss and his assistant, David Weir, and head of recruitment, Frank McParland, have their resignations accepted by the Ibrox board before their agent attempted to have them reinstated.

Confusion intensified on Friday night after reports suggested Warburton had denied he had resigned his post.

Telegraph Sport, though, can reveal that Warburton and Weir were on the verge of dismissal � they would almost certainly have been gone next week � but by offering their resignations they have saved the club around �700,000. The contorted drama began on Tuesday when Warburton�s agent, Dave Lockwood, approached the Ibrox directors and asked for the trio to be released from their contracts, which had almost another year to run.

The Rangers board convened on Wednesday and agreed to accept the management team�s resignations and the deal was agreed. They were, however, stunned to be approached by Lockwood again and asked if all three could remain in their posts.

During this passage Warburton and Weir were strongly tipped for the vacant managerial positions at Nottingham Forest, but Gary Brazil and Jack Lester were on Friday put in charge at the City Ground until the end of the season. After Lockwood�s proposal that Warburton, Weir and McParland should remain at Ibrox, the Rangers board met and agreed that since their resignations had already been accepted, there should be no change in the club�s position.

# ¿ Feb 10, 2017 23:43

jre: Sep 2, 2011; To the cloud ?

Acaila posted:

Hoping County can beat Aberdeen to put the icing on the football cake for today!

Can't have everything I suppose

Dave King just released a long rambling statement which is utterly full of of shite. Highlights include:

- Blaming Warbeton for leaking details of confidential board meeting to press
- Claiming have invested �18million of the �30m "warchest" already
- Warbeton resigned on Monday and they were just taking their time to get the press release ready.

https://rangers.co.uk/news/headlines/statement-dave-king/

# ¿ Feb 11, 2017 18:26