On Rangers’ “Non-Scoring” Midfielders

Craig Fowler recently published a piece in the Scotsman focusing on the goal scoring woes of Rangers’ midfielders Barrie McKay, Jason Holt, Josh Windass, and James Tavernier.Indeed, these four have combined for only 2 goals in 59 league games this season.However, anybody with a cursory understanding of football analytics will tell you that goals per game, the stat Fowler focuses on, is a pretty useless measure of future performance...