On his third appearance back after injury, James Forrest pulled-up in the dying moments of Saturday’s game clutching his hamstring. The player will be devastated but the mood was no better among those walking away from the stadium minutes later. Just as James was back and planning for what looked like an important season in his Celtic career, fundamental questions were being asked about his fitness viability.
We’ve seen this before. Shaun Maloney was forever breaking down, sometimes minutes after returning from injury. Shaun was a different type of player from James, he had a speed on the turn which made him a valuable asset, but likely contributed to his fragility.
The other pace player in the squad at the moment, Derk Boerrigter, has similarly fragile muscles. I hear the same about Aleks Tonev, currently injured. One of England’s greatest hopes of the last 20 years, Michael Owen was another member of the Fast and Fragile club. There seems to be a link between speed and injury.
There’s good news for James, and Derk too. After leaving so many regrets on the Celtic treatment table, Shaun’s limbs matured and stabilised. Michael Owen can tell a similar story, both players found their bodies vastly more robust from the middle part of their careers onwards.
James has to stick with it, continue to work on strengthening his muscles, and try to find what’s causing the problems, which can often be obscure. After a run of inexplicable injuries, AC Milan discovered that poor teeth were afflicting their athletes. Apparently your bite affects your running gate. Owen eventually found that his choice of cars (more specifically, sports clutches), was putting enough regular strain on the wrong muscles to leave him exposed to tears.
James’ and Derk’s bodies will continue to mature, to the benefit of the second half of their careers.
Not that Ronny is short of cover for James, having signed wide players Jo Inge Berget and Aleks Tonev we now have Ghanian Walaso Mubarak going through a medical.
The squad is becoming wing-heavy. It remains striker-light.
Greatest Irony
Do you know what would produce the greatest irony in sporting history? If Efe Ambrose came on as a late substitute tomorrow night, and we later discovered a rule deep in Uefa’s Articles that forfeit matches don’t count for suspensions. Forfeit matches are so rare no one will be familiar with the rules concerning them. Should we check? Oh yes.
James Alexander Gordon
It was the way he told them. Every week the man would uniquely intone the football results, you knew the outcome of each game, home win, away win or draw, before he read second number.
Maestro Match
Really delighted Celtic FC Foundation have nominated Unicef and War Child as their beneficiaries from the Maestro match next month, where we will “assist in their humanitarian work in a number of current Middle East countries”.
Foundation cheif exec, Tony Hamilton, said, “From our living rooms we have all witnessed some of the terrible vivid horror of conflict in recent days and the particular effects that these events have had on children.
“The work of UNICEF and War Child takes no sides but simply cares for all the innocent victims of conflict on a humanitarian level. The match in September will bring together some great names in football who want to make a difference.
“We hope as many supporters as possible can join us to assist children and their families who so desperately need our help.”
I know Celtic fans will want to support this enormously important cause. Read more and book tickets here.
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NegAnon2
If Neil Young was our next CEO would you be any happier ?
:)
RWE
That article is classic typical STV twisted anti Celtic illogical nonsense.
24seconds for DelaHun to says “Celtic beaten 6-1 by Warsaw”
Hi all we have a Physio here in Vancouver who grew up in Easterhouse he is a Rangers supporter but I dont hold that against him. Some of the top athletes in North America have travelled to see Alex for help with their physical injuries. One of his claims to fame is he was hired by a basketball team who had the highest injury rate per player in the league,by the next year with Alex in the drivers seat they had the lowest injury rate per player.If someone has connections at Parkhead get the physios to give Alex a call a little proffesional exchange might lead to minor or major changes in training .I am sure he can help James Forrest . Owen Hargraves was in seeing Alex last week. I have pasted about Alex below :
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Eurochamps67
Has he developed a stammer?
My fav Neil Young album is Ragged Glory,
Mansion on the Hill, F@@@@@G up, and Over and Over all brilliant.
seen him at the SECC with Booker T and the MG’s in 1993,
was a great show.
The road to recovery and strengthening his overall frame (I say “overall” to emphasize the wholistic nature of the body), would be to seek out a good yoga teacher and work everyday with him prior and post training. It would also help with his posture and running gait, which must contribute to his issues. To isolate injury, as Paul alluded to, is misguided at best. Any decent yoga therapist would identify his issues in a few short teaching classes.
Just ask Pete Carroll of the Seattle Seahawks how much yoga contributed to his players recuperation on their way to winning the Super Bowl.
Wakaso Mubarak deal unlikely to go through before tonights deadline.
BSR,
Don’t know, walked into kitchen, (little lady doing the dishes), heard it, turned it off.
EC67
BT
It all happened less than a yard from the linesman…he didn’t see it either…how much do these incompetents get per game
Tiny Tim @ 13.51 hrs
“It looks like James Forrest cannot cope with the physical side of modern day football.”
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Respectfully I must disagree.:-
The modern game may be quicker, but it is definitely not as physical as in the past.
Nowadays for some officials it is virtually a “non touch” sport.
HH to you.
RD on Derk Boerrigter: “I thought the penalty was quite harsh but if that’s what they want to do I respect that have no problem.”
How many negatives can Roumer Bagwash fit in to one sentence?
John Collins had said on lunchtime news it was 50-50 chance of getting deal done in time, BSR.
Rumour Bagwash has just said the transfer is unlikely to done in time for the deadline. H.H. .
SSB is the Hugh keveens CSC tonight ;)
Hopefully, Johnny Collins’s ‘horses for courses’ reallity approach is being, mutually embraced by RD.
Davie Provan used to say that, a team on the pitch is a mirror image of the manager.
If, the image of the current Celtic team is displaying the image of, Johnny Collins, who I’am perfectly aware is, RD’s assistant, then its – game on! imho
Still dont know enough about RD to form any kind of opinion or, prediction but, it seems to me that, he has taken a step back and allowed the ‘input’ of his coaching collegues to be given a chance as he is obviously – in Celtic terms – still wet behind the ears.
An open mind is a, aclever mind – CSC
Hail Hail
The deadline is apparently 2am tomorrow morning.H.H.
aclever = clever
typo
beatbhoy
I hope they are pushing it to the deadline.
tonydonnelly67
18:29 on 19 August, 2014
SSB is the Hugh keveens CSC tonight ;)
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How long have I been telling ye that for? :)
Hail Hail fella.
Well done to yerself and yer wee mammy for yer stuff in the paper the other day.
Good to see.
bournesouprecipe. In my opinion even if we beat the dead line I dont think he will play tomorrow.I think Rony wants him for the second leg.H.H.
Had an African bhoy in the cab this afternoon…we got chatting ,he told me his name
but said his pals call him Paddy.
Me.. you better not go near Ipox Paddy.
He.. Not me ,I am Celtic mhan ,I love them they are in my heart.
Me ..Good on ye Paddy bhoy.
He .. My (full) cousin played for zombies.
Me.. Wit! Who!
He.. El hadji diouf.
Me.. FFS..NO COMMENT!
He.. he used to give me tix for ipox…I sold them..no way I was going to that place.
Me..Good on ye Paddy Bhoy! HH
Rainbow over Castlemilk from Celtic park to the Cathkin Braes, it’s an omen ;)
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10152250481321611&substory_index=0&id=591861610
“I hope he’s announcing his resignation – he’s a pillock. imho”
Kevj 08/08/14
“still don’t know enough about RD to form any kind of opinion or prediction”
Kevj, few minutes ago.
tonydonnelly67
18:34 on 19 August, 2014
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Hope yer right Tony :)
Dorothy and Toto – CSC
Joe Filippis Haircut
Agree
Jfh,
If the new signing is not signed in time for tomorrow he’s out for next week too I believe.
tonydonnelly67
So, approved by the Council, no objections from the Edinburgh polis, and no mention of the Public Order Act 1936. No surprise there as we used to say.
Had to laugh though at the comments from the heid tan, James MacLean;
“In a democracy you should observe the maxim;
‘I may disapprove of what you say but I will defend to the death your right to say it’ ”
Er unless you are saying mass that is
Rony will do for me he just needs a bit of time to adjust to managing a bigger club and to learn how the MSM will try to trip him up and use it against him.H.H.
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Dear Oh Dear…!
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Wings Over Scotland
Bigots Together
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Posted on August 18, 2014 by Rev. Stuart Campbell
It’s a fact – and we imply only correlation, not causation – that most of Scotland’s least pleasant people are to be found on the No side of the independence debate. The BNP, the SDL, Britannica, Holocaust denier Alistair McConnachie, the Orange Order and all manner of other Loyalist nasties cling to the Union Jack and a distaste for “foreigners” that they share with the most senior levels of Scottish Labour.
So far, however, it must be noted that “Better Together” has been pretty diligent about disassociating itself, at least publicly, from such groups. But as the referendum draws closer and pressure increases, it’s getting tougher and tougher to keep a lid on the nasty underbelly of the Unionist movement.
This page appeared on the official No campaign website and Facebook page yesterday. It features Yvonne Hama, a “single mum” from Airdrie with an uncanny knack for imitating Alistair Darling’s writing style (a trait she shares with every other ordinary member of the public who ever appears in BT literature, invariably repeating the full range of catchphrases from “best of both worlds” and “pooling and sharing” to “the strength security and stability of the wider United Kingdom”).
She perhaps picked it up while appearing with him on a recent “No Thanks” platform.
And the reason we suggest that the style might be a new development is because Ms Hama didn’t used to write like that.
The tweets above come from one of several Twitter accounts of Ms Hama’s, all of which have been deleted or locked down since last night. Other than likening the SNP to Nazis – something which again puts her in good company at Scottish Labour – she hasn’t said anything particularly offensive herself, so far as we can tell.
But the tweets do provide a context suggesting that when Yvonne retweets the likes of the bankrupt and recently-deposed BNP leader Nick Griffin (and others) saying “No Surrender!” and suggesting that they’d like to see Celtic fans hanged from trees, it’s not because she wants to highlight how unacceptable they are.
We couldn’t help noticing BT’s last poster girl, “ordinary mother” Clare Lally, leading a team of “United With Labour” canvassers on BBC Breakfast this morning. But Ms Lally is a woman of impeccable character who was simply misrepresented by the No camp as being something she wasn’t. (Or rather, as not being something she was.)
But in their increasing desperation to present voters with “grassroots” No voices who aren’t Scottish Labour MPs scrabbling frantically to save their own cushy Westminster jobs, expense accounts and gold-plated pensions, the Unionist parties and “Better Together” are having to scrape ever lower into the bottom of the barrel.
It’s only a few weeks since Labour candidate Kathy Wiles had to resign for likening some Yes-supporting children to the Hitler Youth. Now we’ve got a bigoted, sectarian BNP fan appearing on platforms with the leader of the official No campaign and being prominently featured on its website. There’s still another month to go and the polls are tightening ominously. How far will they sink next?
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MWD says……………AYE !!!!
Put Yer Coat Oan,Yvonne Doll….
Ye’ve Pulled…..!!!!
Fancy Some Monkfish Tails…
Wi’ A Cheeky Wee Bottle O’ ‘Blue Nun’..?
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Wakaso……?
Brother Walfrid Says……NO !!!!
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Neil Young Top Six :
#1 . Harvest
#2 . On The Beach
#3 . After The Goldrush
#4 . Ragged Glory
#5 . Stars & Bars
#6 . Zuma
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LATE RESULT :
Inter Intelligensia 7. Dukla SFTB 0 FT.
TSD,1,3,5,7min
TBB, 9,44,90min
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Geordie Munro
18:35 on 19 August, 2014
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Well, he was a pillock two weeks ago, eh?
Suspended player apart, he might not even be here the now, eh?
Who knows what tomorrow brings, eh?
Nice to see that I’m important enough to keep tabs on, eh?
Have ye taped any of my phone-calls to Hugh?
Geordie Munro. That is correct. H.H.
tonydonnelly67
18:34 on 19 August, 2014
Rainbow over Castlemilk from Celtic park to the Cathkin Braes, it’s an omen ;)
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God, I’m sad, went out to the back garden to see a rainbow just there :((
bournesouprecipe…..17:38 on 19 August, 2014
TBM
Every Time You Go Away – you take a piece of meat with you?……………….
BSR, made me laugh because (perhaps(in days gone bye)) you have no idea how close you are/were; then again maybe you do -:)…….
Regards & Hail Hail
TBM
UEFA reg 18:14 re new eligible player ( Mubarek Wakaso)
“Such registration must be completed by 24:00 CET on the day before the relevant first-leg match”
So by 11pm tonight or can’t play in either leg. Work permit an issue also
Kev Jungle Are you saying you have never learned from your mistakes? It is said we learn more from our mistakes than we do from our successes. H.H.
Sips I
Did yi no see it?