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Kuhn and the 60 game threshold

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If you are looking for a (football) gem, you need to do some (data) mining.  Jota was unearthed after a spell on the Valladolid bench.  For 18 months, Nicolas Kuhn (24) has ploughed a furrow on the Rapid Vienna right wing.  Just as Kuhn left Munich for Vienna, Rapid were deducted points for various financial failings, including not submitting accounts on a timely manner.

They currently occupy 6th spot in the Austrian Bundesliga, slightly closer to relegation than championship contenders.  For context, the side two places above them in the table had an average home crowd last season of 2,537.  Rapid are by far the best supported side in the country, but they are a model of disfunction.

Nicolas has made a total of 60 first team appearances, almost half of them in the German second tier (on loan from Bayern at Erzgebirge Aue).  How many appearances a player has made before joining Celtic is a metric you and I discuss often.  60 is just about enough to fire up some interesting stats and have the player scouted, but not so many that he will attract clubs from the wealthy leagues.

This has been his breakthrough season, he started less than half Rapid’s league games last term but has been first choice for all but one game this season (he was carrying a knock that day).  All I know for sure is that we are passing up players we like this month to concentrate on players we want.  If he arrives, he fulfils the latter category.

Also, he was born on the first day of the new millennium.  You feel old now, don’t you?

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  3. Taurangabhoy on

    Perspective v dog whistling

     

     

    To be clear I want Israel to stop the war that Hamas started, now and work the hostage swap through intermediates.

     

     

    Jewish population 1948 v 2023

     

     

    Egypt 63,550 v 3

     

    Syria 40,000 v 0

     

    Iran 100,000 v 8,500

     

    Iraq 150,000 v 4

     

    Lebanon 20,000 v 29

     

    Morocco 265,000 v 2,100

     

    Yemen 55,000 v 1

     

    Algeria 140,000 v 200

     

    Libya 38,000 v 0

     

    Tunisia 105,000 v 1,000

     

    Gaza 7,949 v 0

     

     

    Arab population 1948 v 2023

     

     

    Israel 156,000 v 2,100,000

     

    Gaza 80,000 v 2,000,000

     

     

    I suppose the GB were not around to protest the forced displacement of Jews from Arab countries or they would have been outraged.

  11. Turkeybhoy on

    Taurangabhoy,

     

     

    Very nearly a list there of all the peoples preaching Genocide against Israel.Not a great platform for any discussions Some,not many have made peace,and dont kill each other anymore.Which is better.

  12. Turkeybhoy on

    Clunks,

     

     

    Before I go,I was very good at the Irish Rover when I sung in my band.

     

    There ye ar.

  15. Taurangabhoy on

    Agreed Turkeybhoy, to be fair Egypt and Jordan and to an extent gulf states have been brave enough to make peace agreements. We can but hope that those who want peace are stronger than the religious fanatics who hate. Great tunes bhoys. Back to work for me.

  23. spikeysauldman on

    Taurangabhoy

     

     

    as much as i respect your viewpoint, life experiences with folk from the middle east —-

     

     

    the war that Hamas started ????? an over-simplification surely

     

     

    some other interesting stats from those stats

     

     

    As of December 2022, there are only 3 Egyptian Jews living in Egypt, all women, of whom the youngest Magda Haroun (born 1952) is the community leader, who is an anti-Zionist and married to a Catholic

  30. bigrailroadblues on

    Good evening all. It’s a hard life but I must suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune. Mostly from Mrs BRRB.🙄

  32. Taurangabhoy on

    Spikeysauldman fair comment , Hamas started this part of the most recent war which began in 1947? when the Arab league attacked the newly created state of Israel with the purpose of cleansing it. Sad but true. It is a complicated fabric the birthplace of the three Abrahamic religions. The Palestinians have ever been pawns in the power games of the region. Peace out.

  33. An Tearmann on

    Multimonikered Trolls on site today

     

     

    Darwin/Cloud9/jhb

     

    418

     

    G.Fearon.

     

     

    Best ignored

  35. David66 on

    Good morning all from a -3 Garngad. To get worse.

     

     

    A wee read back and I see someone was on the bevvy again.

     

     

    We signed anyone yet? What do you mean naw….

     

    But this board are pure dead brilliant, forward plan, cash in bank, brilliant.

     

     

    🤮🥱🥱🤮

     

     

    They are a disgrace.

     

     

    D. :.

  41. celtic40me on

    Fellow pot 4 Champions League team Newcastle United have published their annual accounts showing a loss of £73m following losses of £71m the previous year.

     

     

    Revenues of £250m in a non champions league year

     

     

    Also finished bottom of their CL group with 1 more point than Celtic.

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