Follow Stein’s example in preparing to win

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Fraser Forster has missed the last two games with a neck injury, which Neil Lennon suggested could have been sustained as a result of sleeping on an unfamiliar pillow in Spain last week.  Fraser has been treated by a chiropractor but it might be a few games before he is back between the posts.

This is a known phenomenon.  As well as bikes, spare tyres and pumps the GB Olympic cycling team make sure that each cyclist brings their own orthopaedic pillow on each journey.  Olympic cyclists, like professional footballers, are finely tuned athletes who stress their bodies each day.  Muscles are continually bashed and stretched making their bodies especially vulnerable a whole range of ailments.

The GB Olympic cycle team also used heated trousers.  To be best of my knowledge velodromes are not particularly cold but as much as any type of athlete, cyclists require their leg muscles to go from rest to full throttle in an instant.  Warm muscles are less prone to hamstring, calf, rolled ankle and ligament damage.

Did all this fine tuning get them anywhere?  GB cyclists won 7 out of 10 gold medals available to them, so they are doing something right.  Jock Stein was the first British manager to take food with the team when they played away in Europe, soon everyone was doing it.  The need to find ways of ensuring Celtic are as well prepared as possible for every training session and game remains just as important.

Orthopaedic pillows and 20 minutes in heated trousers before warm-up would cost less than £1000.  They would support neck muscles and potentially reduce our horrendous muscle-injury record. Best practice suggests we look into this.
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  1. miki67

     

     

    21:49 on 20 January, 2013

     

     

    There are big brains on here. Can embdy explain this : Tivo box records movie (Switchback on Sky1 @ 10:00pm last night) : that was planned. Simultaneously it recorded the last ever two episodes of Fringe, and they’re not even on the schedule.

     

    I am genuinely baffled, but quite happy about this.

     

    Embdy else experience similar?

     

    Ta.

     

    ___________________________________________________

     

     

     

    To expand things, how can the Human Race Weigh a Planet?

     

     

    Never Mind a Moon?

     

     

    The Big Lies are being Promulgated Religiously now as if they are Fact!!!!!!!

     

     

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YgPvRSAdK6o

  2. leftclicktic

     

     

    Sorry. No txt no. for cycle. Just the justgiving page you can access via link in previous post.

  3. It came in >}

     

     

    I was looking to stick a few bob on the draw with spurs, swithered and decided against, was 13/2 when I decided against, went to make a cup of T, you know the rest…..

     

     

    Tis really a mugs game, just can’t help masel >}

  4. 67Heaven ... I am Neil Lennon..!!.. Ibrox belongs to the creditors on

    petec

     

     

    22:02 on 20 January, 2013

     

    miki67

     

     

     

    Twas a miracle, be Jaesuse…..

  5. The Boy Jinky.

     

     

    This is the 3rd month, and I’m still not on the internet how do you expect me to find out how to get the light on, on my phone.

     

     

    Not long now until your away gallavanting on the beaches of Goa.

     

    While your over there we will be enjoying a good result against Juve.

  6. Bada Bing.

     

     

    I think a 3 inch torch light would be better,but it would be a good display either way.

  7. The Boy Jinky

     

     

    I’m going to call Oldtim to see if he has figured out how to answer it yet !

  8. Pete.

     

     

    Hate to tell you, Dave Ickey tells us that that moon was in fact, constructed by the shape-shifting, right-brain thinkin reptile bassas…hollow as a ….empty moon apparently. Howdfit dit get there?

     

     

     

    Hmmm

  9. Oldtim

     

     

    You really need to get into the 3 shop in the forge before a match . I was in the centre on saturday and wondered if you had sorted your internet

  10. Tet.

     

     

    bbc 1 highlighting the troubles in Africa..Nigeria.

     

    Theres a lot happening that is not made public.

     

    False information will be put out to put people of the track as we have found to our cost in football matters.

     

    Noticed when reporting on the football a deid club didn’t get a mention.lol

  11. Oldtim

     

     

    The borders down this neck of the woods is kelso Jedburgh etc etc the locals down here say they are South West Scotland ,but i am just an interloper so what do i Know, great to meet you and johann again yesterday

     

     

    Hail Hail

  12. googybhoy ♥ Celtic

     

     

    I don’t even wear green in glasgow

     

    a friend who was round tonight was in aberdeen the night of the steau game and asked

     

    them to change the channel to watch it – no problem, would not happen in glasgow

  13. THE EXILED TIM

     

     

    The Alliance of Civilizations in your email was striking for me.

     

     

    The burned bodies were nothing to what they have planned,

     

     

    Bible believing Christians are lumped in with Islamic extremists, you REALLY could not make this stuff up. Microcosm.

     

     

    THe AOC UN group is the greatest EVER threat to Christians who believe that the Bible is the Word of God.

     

     

    There is a AOCUN version of the Bible just around the corner that will amalgamate all faiths in Real Harmony, it’s a shame it will piss off the Christian God.

     

     

    Resist it with all your Spiritual Might.

  14. The Boy Jinky

     

     

    I have woke up in hotel rooms with oldtim so feel uncomfortable when he talks about his three inch torch

  15. Oldtim

     

     

     

    Fly out on 8th feb … Should catch the juve game on the 12th in a bar… Considerably warmer than the east end of glasgow

  16. Hey Ghuys..there’s our ghood ghood friend MalorBhoy online,we were

     

    all saying how much we missed and loved his scintillating posts.HH

  17. The Boy Jinky.

     

     

    I went into the 3 shop in Stirling on Saturday before going to the game and one of the salesmen tried to fix it for me,he thought he had fixed it but the next time I used the phone there was a message from 3 saying that I had to do it on the net.

     

     

    I’ve had a try just a few minutes ago and cross my fingers I may be on the net,I just tried the net and what came up was a page from the BBC news.I’ve never had that before so I take it I’m now on the net.

     

     

    Just another thing to confuse me???.

  18. petec:

     

    lol !

     

    You have an easier time accepting miracles..

     

    …me?…I believe it’s “a fringe event” inside ye olde tivo box…

     

    …deus ex machina, as the ancestors would put it.

     

    HH!

  19. TET

     

     

    Im 36 in two weeks, ya know who first. Got me thinkin about this messed up globe of ours..was about 20 year ago and i would tune into late night ,….

     

     

    TALKSPORT!

     

     

    HAVEN’T listened myself years now!

     

     

    But it was Tom Boyd James Whale George Galloway

     

     

    SINCE these 20 years past, theres one man I still Respect greatly, who has remained a fighting force for the wee man.

     

     

    Hail hail

     

     

    oh

     

    and btw

     

     

    izzy

     

     

     

     

    … Yaas

  20. jude2005 is Neil Lennon \o/ on

    Lasley?? F G S. Will break ur leg in a mo but ducks out of the way of a big bit of leather for St J 2nd goal.

  21. Johann

     

     

    She is watching the snooker, hope she does not interupt me tonight like she did last night when coming into the room in the early hours just as I was catching up on my beauty sleep after a lovely day in the fresh air at the game nothing to do with the wee shandy i had (Ha Ha)

  22. The Bhoy Jinky.

     

     

    Oldtim

     

     

    Fly out on 8th feb … Should catch the juve game on the 12th in a bar… Considerably warmer than the east end of glasgow

     

     

     

    If the result goes as I think it will,you can rest assured, we, inside Celtic Park will be very hot.

  23. sipsini

     

     

    Aye, I know.

     

     

    I was in town the other week, and there were massive Qs outside a charity shop that was giving out free food to locals, not a mention in the press, seems like things like folk on the breadline don’t merit coverage unless they take direct action.

     

     

    As for scotland and the football, only to be expected, as I said before, 2013 will be the year many thousands walk away from the game, the fix is ongoing, they will not be punished, it will be too much for many, me included.