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. Steinreignedsupreme on

    theweegreenman 18:14 on 20 January, 2013

     

     

    Fifty-fifty chance. Depends on us not conceding a goal at Celtic Park.

  2. The Weegreenman

     

     

    Difficult one – but I am more confident than I was prior to our previous last 16 with Milan and Barca.

  3. The Moon Bhoys on

    theweegreenman

     

     

    An emphatic No, most likely a glorious failure. Nothing to do with any weakness on our part, just think Juventus will be too strong for us over the 2 legs.

  4. stephenpollock on

    I am sure our background team are aware of various stresses possible to body.A stiff neck is not because of pillows actually plane journeys are a bigger cause. BUT it is not a 2 week injury. A strain, in training, is most likely cause or resting on a sun bed.

  5. Nuclear Bovril and a Half Munched Pie on

    On paper we will lose. But I am not writing on paper so : Hell Yes.

  6. BOBBY MURDOCH'S CURLED-UP WINKLEPICKERS on

    THE EXILED TIM

     

     

    I’ve forwarded it to a few friends.

     

     

    Even ny Mum said what’s up when she saw my face as I read it………

     

     

    I didn’t show her the content though,couldnae.

  7. BIG-CUP-WINNERS on

    There’s still quite a bit of water to flow under the bridge before we play Juventus, too much to forecast the result.

     

     

    Will we still have Hooper ? will they have Lorente ? Could Rogic hit the ground running and make a difference ?

  8. Steinreignedsupreme on

    theweegreenman 18:24 on 20 January, 2013

     

     

    “steinreignedsupreme

     

     

    “Aye ur naw…….”

     

     

    Aye. We’ll reach the last eight.

  9. theweegreenman

     

     

    Yes I say!

     

     

    Could be on away goals – 1-0 at home 1-2 away!

     

     

    All my Italian friends who hate Juve hope we p*mp them!

     

     

    HH!!

  10. Nuclear Bovril and a Half Munched Pie on

    If we can marry the defensive parsimony of the Barca win with the clinical attacking of the Spartak away leg we will make the semis.

  11. Think we need to score 2 at CP to have a better than even chance.

     

     

    Juve score an average of 2 goals per game and have only conceded 14 in 21 league games – the longer we hold out 2nd leg – the more their crowd will get on their backs.

     

     

    Doable but think we will need to score away goal(s).

  12. Glendalystonsils likes a mr whippy with his lime green jelly on

    The SFL have issued a statement saying that for the remainder of the season, Sevco’s opponents will start the game with 10 men.

     

    This will make for a considerable saving in SFL administrative costs.

  13. Glendalystonsils likes a mr whippy with his lime green jelly on

    Estadio

     

     

    Is it Chuck Greens ivory tower?

  14. NatKnow - "We welcome the paper-chase..." on

    Ole Lance Armstrong didn’t need heated trouser on account of his pants being on fire all along…

  15. Estadio

     

     

    The Burns monument/memorial (?) in Mauchline in deepest East Ayrshire perhaps?

     

     

    HH!!

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