The return of the winter break to the Scottish football programme is welcome. There are a couple of physiological reasons for this. Players are never truly 100% fit during the season, they always carry knocks and scrapes. Allowing them time away from competitive action will allow minor abrasions to recover with less risk of a more significant injury.
The way a player can train during the season is also limited by impending football games. Endurance training requires lots of stamina-sapping exercise. This is possible in the early weeks of preseason but its’ simply not practical to push players’ endurance limits at the start of the week and expect them to play at the weekend. Even less taxing training is possible when a player has two games a week.
A three week break from games in January will allow training programmes to be implemented which simply would not be possible otherwise. A mid-season foundation layer of fitness can be laid down which will allow legs to appear fresher in subsequent months. This foundation layer should also prevent injuries.
Can’t believe it’s been 18 years since the League Cup final was played pre-Christmas. I’ve fond memories of the last one – against Dundee United, at Ibrox. The 90s brought us a Scottish Cup win in 1995 but that League Cup win came early in a season we believed we had a genuine title chance for the first time in years.
It felt like, and proved to be, a profound moment.
It was also our first League Cup since 1982 – the Hampden in the rain final, another great memory from a period we were so far out of the picture in Europe domestic competitions were always the ambition. For those to young to know, the Celtic end at Hampden was like a 90° ash park, with three inch wooden planks standing upright, which some decades earlier held back the ash to create long-gone steps. Good job we won.
I see Aberdeen’s inspiration, Jonny Hayes, is out for a month. As we know to our cost this season, losing your top players costs points. We’ll see how it affects Aberdeen on Friday.
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Sorry for coming on to your site but as a M Utd fan could I please ask you how to sack a board?
Radio 5 in their sports show at 7 tonight, mentioned Ezekiel Lavezzi, who moved to a team in China from Paris St Germain, is receiving 400 grand a week and possibly , tax free.
Dallas
Don’t be shocked about “tax free” some people just kid on its loans, and a certain institution who is no longer with us seemingly didn’t bother with it …… Death & taxes, so the saying goes
https://twitter.com/footy_jokes/status/700416942646108160
Caution swerry word
COSYCORNERBHOY 850
For the avoidance of doubt,your Dad was in the KSC,not the masons!
Call you in the morning,off to work now. Pick up in Worcester tonight,believe it or not!
Gerry, very well put.
The only loans without a repayment schedule, hmm.
Celtic 40 me. Are you accusing me of being sectarian?
Really?
And do tell me what is sectarian about roamin in the gloamin? Please define what is sectarian about it? Or anyone else who is joining in with this nonsense? Explain it to me?
Iniquitosiv
I didn’t realise you were bringing Man U into the equation, but stats can be turned to whatever way you like, maybe Molde’s best 4 players weren’t playing, just being flippant, but even more so Molde’s topped our EL group that Ronny gets grief for, a wee question how many other EL groups could have the other 3 teams winning their leagues, Fenerbache, Ajax and Celtic (the seeding of the our group) am pretty sure not another section has the 2nd, 3rd & 4th teams currently leading their domestic leagues …… Ii would be pretty impressive if there is
Canamalar it looks like OCD obsession don’t have a list of all 43 but 1 was the GLASGOW REFORMATION SOCIETY (now Scottish) which is still active and has a branch that still has regular meetings.
SFTB I have no wish to prolong the debate with you. Suffice to,say that Celtics view of football success is a far second to their desire to make money.
Now remind me what is the purpose of Celtic football club?
As for Moneyball I agree using some statistics and indicators should be a helpful guide. But as can be seen by our glut of midfielders it’s the only thing we work on. No team building. Get em in and sell em on.
prttypoor night for english teams in the europa
Dallas
You are mistaken, there was a date, the repayment was scheduled for something like 125yrs since the loan was given, it’s like one of those payday loan interest things in reverse !!!
I am hoping Paul Bexindale-Walker (canny remember his name) maybe picked 125 in honorary for our Celtic cross white top
Not sure this is the best descripor to use nor is it an analogy I quite understand.
WTF?
INIQUITOUSIV on 18TH FEBRUARY 2016 7:54 PM
The Molde players who looked so fast against us ( such as Elyoussouni ) looked completely pedestrian against Seville. Solskjaer’s team has been outclassed, with the Seville goalkeeper a spectator throughout the game.
Frankly, we need an enormous improvement just to qualify for the knockout stages of the Europa Cup, far less the group stage of the Champion’s League. We are kidding ourselves if we think otherwise.
Iniquitous
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So What is your point?
You choose one game, in isolation, that has little to do with Celtic, to make an anti Celtic point on a Celtic forum. Why?
It’s a Thursday night ffs.
We are 6 points clear on the road to 5 inarow.
We just signed a sought after “wonderkid”.
Who cares wtf Molde are doing tonight?
EC67
commiserations scullybhoy man u should be humping a euro team !
Scratching my head trying to work out how a song with the line “eff King Billy and john Knox” isnt sectarian. ——————
i think its homophobic – See more at:
Sounds Pro-Gay to me
Maybe if it were sung to the Theme of “Rainbow” it would shut the PC Brigade up. Just a thought
SCULLYBHOY on 18TH FEBRUARY 2016 9:16 PM
Sorry for coming on to your site but as a M Utd fan could I please ask you how to sack a board?
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It seems you got 2 options:
1. Empty a bag of spuds or,
2. Challenge em to a sack race
I think Erik the Great Dane will be a stellar star for Celtic.
The booking he took last Saturday was superb, (as bookings go), utterly professional and necessary.
He is a winner, committed, knowledgeable and strong. He is a leader, team player and has a talent, (certainly at SPL level, hopefully at a higher level), that will greatly benefit Celtic.
First name on the team sheet for me.
EC67
EC67
On the topic of iniquitosiv’s view….. I thought at times in the EL were some of our best football this season, first half Fenerbache at home, both Fenerbache & Ajax away, decent point for any Celtic side that I have watched away in Europe, the Molde games home & away were terrible, probably likewise for Fenerbache & Ajax, Molde got the better in the “3” big teams
Anyway roll on Saturday after the dandy dons bottle it on Friday, hope that P67 guy hasn’t jinxed Thistle, I was unaware of their great home form until now
Sixtae seven
Celtic played a pre season game, 3 all draw against spurs, at Hampden. I think it was to mark queen’ s park’s centenary. Spurs had won the FA cup that year.
Celtic donated money to queens to help fund the roofing of part of Hampden. I think the amount was £10,000 rather than £100,000.
It was used to cover the traditional oldco end.
I think Celtic had an expectation that either the celtic end would be covered or that we would be allocated that end.
Hamiltontim
Partick
Kilmarnock
Hearts
Motherwell
Killie and Motherwell would be great, watching The partick game in the pub
With BT and his best bud TBM ;) and as for Hearts like Rangers never have and never would enter those grounds.
Cheers
Euro champs 67
6 points clear?, nonsense
Saint Stivs says SACK THE BOARD on 18th February 2016 8:08 pm
what about THE POPE, calling THE DONALD, a dobber.
then THE DONALD going all WASPy HUN in retort.
I am backing Franny on this one.
*I think The Donald, with the wee free maw, has won a watch here, no much love for the ben afflecks doon S. Carolina way.
Cosy Corner Bhoy on 18th February 2016 8:50 pm TTIMBHOY 6.04pm
BTW I am not sure how they get round that law re KSC. First time I knew my Dad was in it was when they turned up at the door to say ‘.They would organise the funeral ) . It’s a funny old world!
*KSC like the KoC is not a secret society.
Gerry, good one about the 125 top
I should have put no repayment schedules within the recipients lifetime lol
Good night all and sleep well
sixtaeseven – Gardez la Foi on 18th February 2016 9:06 pm
Tontine Tim 7:32 pm
What’s the story about us financing the Hun end at Hampden… ?
*Bob Kelly donated money tae Queens Park for the upgrade of the stadium and they covered the hun end with it.
CELTIC40ME on 18TH FEBRUARY 2016 7:42 PM
Scratching my head trying to work out how a song with the line “eff King Billy and john Knox” isnt sectarian.
*one was a dutch prince the other a demagogue that among other things ensured Christmas Day was not a holiday until the late 20th century.
we don’t sing eff the dutch reformed church and calvinsm.
Eurochamps67
You ask what is my point. Then you decide what my point is. Then you get it wrong. The last thing I am is anti – Celtic. If the Celtic management are not watching the Europa on a Thursday night, then they should be. It’s called planning ahead.
I’m not looking for an argument. It’s quite natural to wonder how you would have fared had you been successful in the last round of a Cup competition. You’ve never thought how we would have fared against Madrid, PSG and Donetsk had we got past Malmo? One goal for, 20 against maybe?
Gerryfraethe brig. – agree that statistics can be used to prove anything and also agree that no other Europa Group had 3 teams currently leading their leagues. However, consider this – Rosenberg won the Norwegian League, with Molde in 6th place. Rosenberg finished bottom of their group with 2 points, getting gubbed home and away by Napoli. So you could argue their group was tougher than ours, no?
From what I read on this blog and many others, the main reasons Ronnie is getting grief vis-a-vis Europe are the simply appalling performances against Warsaw and Maribor and the fact that we finished bottom of our group without winning one single game. Sorry, but there is no evidence he is even learning on the job.
Nice chatting with you.
IniquitousIV
Oops, Molde not Maribor!
Tontine Tim precisely.
It is incredibly revealing that the word sectarianism is used with such abandon. Then again this has been rammed down our throats by racist Scotland for so long it has become received wisdom.
Racist Scotland calling any dissent from the minority sectarian. How amusing is that?
Marspapa
How many and do they have season tickets mate?
Fasan
Janko
Sviachenko.
Simunovic
Teirney
GMS
Armstrong
Ajer
Henderson
Roberts
Griffiths
Future team (swap Roberts for Nesbitt)
garygillespieshamstring on 18th February 2016 10:08 pm
Sixtae seven
Celtic played a pre season game, 3 all draw against spurs, at Hampden. I think it was to mark queen’ s park’s centenary. Spurs had won the FA cup that year.
Celtic donated money to queens to help fund the roofing of part of Hampden. I think the amount was £10,000 rather than £100,000.
*aye yer right, 100 grand was a lot of money back then. Still done the dirty on us covering the pagan end, think the excuse was having that big lift at our end was a structural concern.
Marspapa, No Christie or Scott Alan. Booh
Hamiltontim
No we gave up our season tickets (5)when Rd was kept on 2, 3 if possible. ;)
Had the SFA not been compelled to renovate Hampden, I reckon there would have been a carpet and cocktail waitresses in their end before we got a roof!
Corkcelt
I pressed send before putting up the subs
Bailly
Boyata
Efe
Allen
Christie
Brown
Johannson. Lol
Marspapa
Dissapointed you have forgotten young Ryan Christie
High hopes for they Bhoy, looked very good for ICT, now needs a chance to do same with his beloved CFC
Hail Hail