Leigh Griffiths problems are significant enough for him to be sent home from the club’s training camp. While no charges have been made and none may be made, online speculation can jeopardise a successful prosecution.
Whatever you heard happened, this is not the place to repeat hearsay. Notwithstanding that, it is likely the end of the road for Leigh.
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Philbhoy
“Are they all down to our level now?”
I think Zagreb, at least, are at our level and Malmo close to it so we must allow Midjtyland to be there too.
The pub leagie jibes are Hun-like arrogance as they all look to have sbered up enough to make life difficult.
Valur scoring 2 goals in Zagreb is impressive , even taking rustiness into account
Working hard on transfers
SAINT STIVS. A poster on here a few years back ( weeron ) told us that the original wall from your tweet ‘Paradise 1960’ is still intact inside the new build. Someday when the car park is a covered plaza and fan zone I hope to see that wall again in all its historical glory!
T
Hello again all you young rebels.
SFTB
Gone are the days when I expected the bhoys to beat any team on the
planet.
It’s all moneyball now, but being of the older persuasion I’ve seen the real
dark days when we couldn’t buy a goal never mind a win, but just like
many other fine Bhoys/Ghirls on here I’m in it since birth.
So negative comments, political comments, or just basic hate comments
against our team and staff are all just noise from lonely people, non entities
really, trying so hard to be important.
It’s quite sad really.
Me? I’ve got the Rebs on and my wee princess and granddaughter are
dancing about.
We’re so lucky we found a ” club like no other ”
H.H. Mick
April 2020 – our head of sport science Jack Naylor gave us this insight.
Last week he left for RBLeipzig. Brought by Brendan from Real Madrid, he stayed at Celtic
Some would have us believe there is no such thing as sport science or analytics used at celtic park, this says different.
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Celtic’s Head of Sport Science discusses training in lockdown
By Paul Cuddihy
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CELTIC’S Head of Sports Science, Jack Nayler, revealed how he and the coaching staff are working to ensure the players maintain their high levels of fitness during the current lockdown.
“The situation changed quite quickly so we had to move fast to get ourselves sorted,” Jack Nayler told the Celtic View podcast. “John Currie is the head of fitness and conditioning and he pulled together all the programmes for the guys and tailored them brilliantly to each individual player.
“He’s put in a lot of work over the last couple of weeks to pull that together and has done an incredible job. From my side, I’ve set up monitoring to record what they’re doing and we’ve also provided the guys with nutrition packs so they’ve all got some protein powder and stuff to help boost immunity.
“Rob Norton, our nutritionist, has been in touch with all of the players to help them with their food plans. For some of the guys who aren’t good at cooking, we’ve set them up with meal prep companies who can deliver pre-prepared healthy meals to their home.”
With everything in place, the players have been working hard in training and keeping the staff abreast of their progress. Jack Nayler said the coaching staff have even found ways to tap into the players’ competitive edge in order to maximise their training.
“All the guys have heart-rate belts and they wear them for any training they do indoors or outdoors,” he said. “We’re able to track all the distances they cover as well so we have a lot of data to look at from the players.
“They’re doing it in their own time when it suits them. I’m getting constant WhatsApp messages from them telling me what they’re doing throughout the day, so in some ways I’m a little bit busier than usual because I’m getting messages throughout the day and into the evening as opposed to just at the training ground.
“We’re trying to keep everyone motivated and interested is really important. We have things like a weekly 5k race which all the players record individually and post their data. These guys are competitive, particularly with each other, so any way we can build on that, get a bit of banter between them and have them push each other then we’ll look to exploit those opportunities when we can.”
TOBAGO STREET on 9TH JULY 2021 1:33 PM
SAINT STIVS. A poster on here a few years back ( weeron ) told us that the original wall from your tweet ‘Paradise 1960’ is still intact inside the new build. Someday when the car park is a covered plaza and fan zone I hope to see that wall again in all its historical glory!
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aye, there is pictures of the construcion going up in 87, and the old walls are inside the concrete frame, so aye, it is still in there. as is the stained glass, Celtic.
away to look for the pics now.
SFTB – The first round of CL qualifying fixtures this week were all in the “champions” path, we’re in the “non-champions” path. Eg. We’re not playing the Danish champions, that would be Brondby, we’re playing 2nd placed Midtjlland.
Any culling of seeded teams in the opening round of the champions path is probably beneficial to sevco, as it means more chance of facing a lower coef team in their “champions” path.
Our “non-champions” path provides little opportunity for top team culling unfortunately as the seeded teams are generally introduced at each respective round, however if we were _really_ lucky we could face Midtjlland -> Rapid Vienna -> Galatasary. No, me neither.
Blast from the recent past — sports science stuff from April 2020.
If ever there was written proof that we as a club are / were a bunch of unconscious incompetents that is it.
My evidence …
LG
Last season.
AP sending out his player stats from his last team.
Our fitness levels were shambolic.
There was no focus and the players responded in kind.
The place needs a clear-out — too many fans with badges.
Plus the High School Musical rip-off that is the youths.
TFOD2.1 will pull every stroke / lvere to get into mthe CL group stages.
Their survival rests on getting through.
No stone unturned.
No trick left in the locker.
No phone call / stroke unmade.
It will not be pretty.
It will be effective.
Sons Of Erin
It will be tough to get through that route but its better to have the challenge than not to be in the draw at all.
It may look like a FOx and Grapes outlook but I think it would suit Ange’s development and re-cuild task if we get entry into Europa League instead of having to face the big teams in CL at a time of re-building.
Saint Stivs – thank you for posting the sports science stuff. As that was from April 2020, and only a month into the lockdown, it shows that some people took their jobs seriously. Unfortunately 1-2 players didn’t stick to it. As others have asked before, with all of the tracking, how did Griff manage to show up in June a stone overweight? And then take 6 months to shed the extra timber and be deemed fit enough to get the occasional appearance. You can lead a horse to water and all that.
Most of our players were not as fast or as fit as they should have been last season.
For me NL has to take the majority of the blame for it. He was never a real believer in the “24 hour athlete” mentality and a lot of the players took advantage of it. Too many days off, too many nights out.
Players arriving on loan looked fit, looked lean, looked fast. A month after joining they looked the same as the rest of the players.
If Ange gets the training and culture back towards the BR days we will see a major improvement in performances.
SAINT STIVS on 9TH JULY 2021 1:37 PM
That would be the heart rate belt/tracking device that Griffiths left in the car boot and drove around to provide fake readings?
SFTB
Decent performance indeed by Valur at Zagreb but it is the middle of their season and match fitness not a prob for them.
Should we really be on the same level as Midjtyland? It was noted that they had a turnover of £22m (it could be Euro) when they qualified for the CL last year (I’m sure it will have gone up significantly this year on account of CL participation).
So why are we sitting around the same level as a team with a turnover roughly 1/4 of ours?
Maybe they are punching above their weight or we are punching below our weight, or maybe a hefty combination of both?
DENIABHOY
Just watched the SW game again there, and big Ange is sitting with
his arms folded on a plastic chair just like Neil Lennon.
I’d like to know how you can confirm Neil didn’t take fitness seriously ?
No animosity intended, but you’re really talking nonsense.
H.H. Mick
RS @ 2.26
They do well, because they have a focus and they have a plan.
We have an Irish Raj / arbitrage freak doing most of the shouting / direction.
And we allowed a second rate property bean counter to run the show for 16 years — post 2005 / MON.
At every level our engagement across the patch is poor.
Fitting in comes before performance.
We will have a lower T/O at the moment than we had 18 years ago — and yet PL took his bonus home in a wheelbarrow.
That is how well we have been run in the recent past.
QUIRE DANAHER on 9TH JULY 2021 2:18 PM
how do you make a device take fake readings if it is not attached to your body ?
Quadrophenian on 9th July 2021 9:27AM
I do believe wanderlust is a real feeling for some people. My older son bought his first property earlier this year at age 40, in Eden’s Landing, a wedge off the highway between GC and Brisbane.
Budget 3* family breaks to Majorca and the Costas weren’t complete without – Mariachi Night.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lhI2Ct3a-SU&ab_channel=Beck-Topic
Burro, Beck. In honour to all travellers. (Spanish linguists, don’t be throwing missiles at the stage. The kid’s just having a go.)
Viajo sin rumbo fijo en mis botas viejas, Cabos sueltos enlazan a mi cabeza
Si pensabas ir a lugar, Donde los paganos van. Póngalo junto, Invitación extraño
Despierto alguien arrastra mis huesos, Nosotros ascendemos en la tarde
Y recuerdo tu sonrisa, Con el viento salvaje. Hay algo vacío cuando empieza
Mel-M @ 2.29
How can you tell NL did not take sports science / training very seriously.
I would start by his own personal habits and move onto the weekend session just before the ICT game in May 2011.
I would continue with the many games where we looked out on our feet collectively at 70 minutes in over the past two seasons.
Dubai would be another piece of evidence.
I would finish with the tale of LG.
Is that enough for you or do you need more?
At the start of last season – this was the staff. Hindgight being a great thing and all that, Who was calling for a top to bottom clear out them ?
First Team
Manager:Neil Lennon
Assistant Manager:John Kennedy
First Team Coach :
Goalkeeping Coach:Stevie Woods
Director of Football Operations:Nicky Hammond
Medical and Sports Science
Head of Sports Medicine:Tim Williamson
First Team Physio:Danny Friel
First Team Physio:Davie McGovern
Head of Sports Science: Jack Nayler
Head of Strength and Conditioning:John Currie
First Team Sports Scientist:William Currie
Club Doctor:Ryan Connolly
First Team Masseur:Alan Baird
First Team Masseur:Graeme Reid
First Team Nutritionist:Rob Naughton
Analysis & Scouting
Head of Analysis:Craig Dunbar
Head Scout: Gary Penrice
Head of Scouting Operations: Jay Lefevre
Scout:Tosh McKinlay
Scout :Michael Murphy
Scout:Michael Doherty
Scout:Steve Watson
Scout:Matt Bradley
Scout:Craig Strachan
Scout:Pedro Matias
Scout:John Morgan
Scout:John Dawson
First Team Analyst:Greg Wallace
First Team Analyst:Peter Houston
First Team Analyst:Paul McLeish
Kit Staff
Kit Controller:Stevie Wright
Kit Controller:Hugh Hoolihan
Youth Academy Kit Controller:Hugh McGovern
Youth Academy
Head of Youth Academy:Chris McCart
Academy Welfare & Operations Manager:Brian Meehan
Head of International Academy:John McStay
Head of Intermediate Academy:Michael O’Halloran
Head Academy Scout:Stephen Gormal
Head of Academy Physiotherapy:David Creighton
Head Academy Sports Science:Oliver Morgan
Head Academy Doctor:Chris Lochrin
Reserves Manager:Tommy McIntyre
Reserves Coach :Stephen McManus
Reserves Goalkeeper Coach:Colin Meldrum
Reserves Sports Scientist :Scott Breddy
U18’s Head Coach:Darren O’Dea
U18s Coach:Grieg Robertson
U18s Goalkeeper Coach:Ryan Marshall
U18s Physio:Brendan Culhane
U17s Manager:Michael O’Halloran
U17’s Coach’s:George McCluskey,
U16’s Academy Coach:Willie McNab
U15’s Academy Coach:John McGlaughlin
U14’s Academy Coach:Mark McNally
U13’s Academy Coach:Miodrag Krivokopic
U12’s Academy Coach:John McStay
U11 Academy Coach:Aidan Robertson
U10 Academy Coach:Simon Ferry
Senior Groundsman:Johnny Hayes
SFTB – I hear you. There’s actually also a reasonable argument for the Conference league. Revenues for achievements in each competitions are listed below.
Reach the group stage : CL – 15m, EL – 3.6m, ECL – 3m
Each win in grp stage : CL – 2.8m, EL – 630k, ECL – 500k
Each draw in grp stage : CL – 930k, EL – 210k, ECL – 166k
Win grp stage : CL – 9.6m, EL – 1.1m, ECL – 650k
The total prize pot for the EL is 435m across 32 participating teams, the ECL prize pot is 235m again across 32 teams. However the ECL prize money is front-loaded, there’s more money provided for the earlier rounds and therefore the prize money for the winners/runners up will be diminished. This, I assume, is to provide incentive for clubs from the bigger leagues to take the competition more seriously in the earlier rounds when a potential overall win is a distant prospect. The thinking being once these clubs get to the quarter finals they might as well finish the job and get a cup, so perhaps the financial incentive is less important.
This model may suit Celtic, as our achievements in such competitions are also generally front-loaded.
For example, imagine two teams, one enters the EL and the other the ECL. Both teams get 3 wins and two draws, and top their grps. The EL team receives 5.9m, and the ECL team received 4.8m. Bear in mind however that the ECL team will generally face poorer competition so has a greater chance of getting positive results.
Stx2 @ 2.33
You put the training kit GPS unit in the boot of the car and drive it over the Kingston Bridge and hope that it registers the miles travelled.
MADMITCH
I’m sure DENIABHOY would like to answer himself, or, oh wait?
not another multi moniker.
But then I should know better than answer a known blog disrupter.
Night Night bhoys/ghirls.
H.H. Mick
St x 2 @ 2.41
Clear out — count me in.
Especially the situation at the youth levels.
Not sure if all are full time but they do not fill me with confidence.
Too many fans with badges.
Mel-M @ 2.46
Ahh diddums …
Is it not past your bed time anyway?
The monitor covers distance, speed and heart rate, all at the same time, connected together.
If you put it in the boot of the car, the data analysis would say “he was running at 70kms per hour but without a pulse”.
I am sure even neil would want to question that.
MADMITCH
Ha.ha long ago.
G’night.
H.H. Mick
MADMITCH on 9TH JULY 2021 2:47 PM
St x 2 @ 2.41
Clear out — count me in.
Especially the situation at the youth levels.
Not sure if all are full time but they do not fill me with confidence.
Too many fans with badges.
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do you know any of them ? worked with them ? seen their proper qualifications beyond mere coaching badges ?
they should just be let go because they are fans ?
AN TEARMANN on 8TH JULY 2021 11:49 PM
There was a Wavelength on the old Radios “Athlone”. The building was not far from where I lived. It was put under Army Guard when the troubles broke out. Rumour has it that a nervous Private in the FCA (Home Guard) fired and killed a cow, when he didn’t get an answer to the “Who goes there?” question one a wet Tuesday night !
Seems they did get their fabled ’55’ this year – only that’s the number of them arrested so far
https://news.stv.tv/west-central/fifty-five-arrested-following-rangers-title-win-celebrations?top
Melbourne Mick – happy to answer myself though Mad Mitch beat me to it. I am juggling reading and working so not so quick at times.
The evidence you ask for was right in front of all our eyes throughout the last couple of seasons.
Players were not at the same level they had been a few months previously, they were being outfought and outrun in game after game, they were getting beat to the second ball, they were succumbing to niggling injuries, they were been given days off just after the season started and they were playing at a pedestrian pace with no zip.
On the anecdotal side, we were told by numerous sources, including ex-players, Lennon was not much of a presence at training sessions, not much into tactics and not much of a believer in sports science.
He said in August, with the season underway, that Julien wasn’t up to pace as he was a slow starter. We were told Leigh was overweight. We were told the other forwards were not fit as the CLQ games came and went.
Not sure many fans, having witnessed last season, would say that the team were as fit as they should have been. That decline happened under NL’s watch.
For that reason I say the blame lies with him.
No animosity from me. It is just my opinion.
Depending on the advert popping up my message board is having a green, blue or red background, is this happening to others ?
You may not like the manager but you have to have respect for him,i think NL lost the respect of some players IMO
I hope i’m wrong but so far at Celtic not much has changed.
“rangers” spent a lot of money since SG arrived but recruitment of players for positions has been very good.
All IMO
so
2000 fans allowed into the PNE game and there will be a ballot to decide what season tickets holders are allowed in?
anyone who thinks this will be a fair ballot is living in cloud cuckoo land
most of those who get in will be the prawn sandwich brigade and friends and family of players and staff
MADRARUA on 9TH JULY 2021 3:01 PM
AN TEARMANN on 8TH JULY 2021 11:49 PM
There was a Wavelength on the old Radios “Athlone”.
*when I was a wee bhoy my mother would listen tae Athlone on the wireless. Years later and she’s now on her own with a radio in evry room they were often tuned intae Athlone although it was called radio eireann at the time.
DENIABHOY
Thought I would get to sleep there, but it’s magnetic the blog P67
has offered us over the last umpteen years.
Just had to see what the MADMAN came up with.
Every argument you offer up I can relate to the blessed Martin ‘s
Reign, never at training, Martin was never at training, even big Jock
used to sit scowling at times in the dugout arms folded.
If you had seen the best midfielder in the world Bobby Murdoch
balloon to unplayable size and then be put in a health facility.
It’s just the MSM they play the fans emotions, a bit like the MADMAN
looking for a reaction.
Know you are a good Celtic mhan and I shouldn’t have commented
about you talking nonsense, that just gave the troll an intro.
Off now.
H.H. MICK
What are our chances of getting past Midtjlland? Well there’s probably a few transfer dealings for either team before the games, and a whole bunch of intangibles at play, but working out our chances against three separate metrics –
UEFA coefficient : Celtic = 34, Midtjlland = 13.5.
Celtic coefficient is 2.5x better, which translates as a 71.5% chance of winning the tie.
Transfermarket squad value : Celtic = 71m, Midjtlland = 53.5m
Celtic’s squad value has been in freefall over the last couple of months dropping over 10m, probably due to the number of players hitting the last year of their contracts, note this doesn’t make them poorer players. Conversely Midtjlland’s has risen by 10m over the last month, they haven’t made noticeable signings so no idea why.
Celtic’s squad value is 1.3x greater, translates to a 57% win chance.
Transfermarkt best starting 11 value : Celtic = 57.5m, Midjtlland = 36m
Above notes apply, and the Transfermarkt best 11 doesn’t consider possible injured.
Celtic’s best 11 value is 1.6x greater, which means 61.5% win chance.
None of these metrics are perfect, so you can pick yourself which you place most faith in. Without weighting them for reliability, the average across all three is 63.3% chance of Celtic progressing. Easy, right?
I might do this again closer to the tie in case anything has drastically changed, if I can be bothered.
“Ticket allocation has been split among Season Ticket holders and Club contractual obligations.”
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i.e.fat cats
i wonder what the ‘split’ will be
funny how celric never divulge that info for games