If Shane Duffy wanted to whet the appetite of supporters after securing his loan move to Celtic, scoring a 93rd minute equaliser for Ireland in their Nations Cup game in Bulgaria last night was the way to achieve it. Those who know the player told us he was a commanding presence and the manner in which he powered home his header from a corner kick backed this up.
When you watch how teams defend set-pieces against Celtic, you will note their key defensive resources concentrate on Christopher Jullien. He also appears to be the man other Celtic players try to provide space for, by stopping opponents getting a block on him.
Jullien is a better set-piece target than we have had in many years, but this makes us predictable to defend against. Duffy will make Celtic significantly less easy to stop on these occasions.
If there was a Greatest Set-Piece Team of All Time table, Martin O’Neill’s Celtic would sit top. Bobo Balde, Chris Sutton, Joos Valgaeren, Johan Mjallby and John Hartson were five absolute mountains. Defenders seldom knew who to cover. As a consequence, Henrik Larsson did as much damage in the air as any of them.
Football has changed greatly in the years since that team rose to prominence, it was a thing of its time, but defending and attacking at set-pieces requires the same core attributes.
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MELBOURNE MICK…..DAVID66….and others ?
I went to a Trampoline Club last week…
I couldnt get in….
The place was “JUMPIN” !
I made that one up mysel.
LOL
HH
Dot (apparently I’ve post “.” before).
DAVID66..MELBOURNE MICK…and others ?
A Penguin walks into a Bar…
The Barman asks…” Can I help you Sir” ?
Penguin..” I do hope so, tell me…has my Brother been in” ?
Barman…” I dunno mate…whit does he look like ” ?
HH
I am not sure El Hamed was tested, the one time you could say to Forrest to hug the line and stretch them and we didn’t do it. Big man still played well.
AoW
A wee bit like El Hamed & Nir Biton I don’t think I mentioned “free money” but there are a few who think it’s “their” money … and if possible when housing related I try to go the “dhp” route as that does not need paid back :-) as for the FSF … receipts are required and most don’t actually need any cash for receipted items :-) but what would you management punters know :-)
DAVID66 and MELBOURNE MICK and others ?
Two Aberdonians are walking doon the street when one of them finds a Wage Packet.
One asks..” How much is in it” ?
The other replies…” £1,000″.
First one says…” Ya jammy lucky Bassa” .
Other…” Whit dae you mean Lucky….look at the feckin Tax they have taken aff me” !
HH
DAVID66/MELBOURNE MICK…
Im going for a Swally Today…Feck it……I will do some shopping for new gear on Tuesday cos Ill be hungover on Monday.
Ive been dry since last Tuesday…whats a Bhoy to do ?
I hope that there are some Burds in my Local…I can share some of my auld jokes with them…..then again…maybe no ?
LOL
HH
GFTB- – and just how many calls do you get about housing on the ‘advances’ line? Not many I guess, Just saying….
DAVID66/MELBOURNE MICK..and others ?
Many years ago I went to a “Wife Swapping” Party with my wife.
The idea was that you put your Keys into a Bowl that sat on the coffee table and someone would pick one out at random, and if it was yours…you both toddled off somewhere to have Sex ?
After watching some gorgeous Wummin get off with some of the Guys..it was my turn to pick out Keys…..
I ended up with an “AA BOX” on the M8.
Mr Nae luckCFC.
HH.
Talking of cowboys,I saw Roy Rogers & trigger at the Kings theatre in Edinburgh 1954 anyone else there .
Is it safe to come on?
What’s with this vatican stuff?
When I was a boy I had a pal called Roy Rogers, which was fine ’til the polis booked us for playing football in the street.
AoW 10.49am
You would be surprised .. I try to turn most calls into a “housing” aspect .. have a wee listen :-)
Is the Bakker deal a loan deal? Don’t know much about him but I assume a permanent deal is out of our reach?
I spoke to The Cisco Kid in Glasgow. He was flogging a book or something.
My ma took me.
Late fifties, I think.
I’m not for chasing anyone away but it does seem that some people just suddenly appear out of nowhere and start posting with an agenda…they will eventually fall away. The blog is stronger than that. The only one who has never fallen away is Ernie :-)
WEEBOBBYCOLLINS
He did disappear for a while.
When he came back on he seemed different to me.
Like it wasn’t the original ERNIE who was posting.
He seemed to suddenly have a sense of humour and once posted condolences, a thing he’d never done before.
mmmmmmmmmm
Has anyone seen much of this lad Bakker?
And Bayer Leverkusen have made a concrete offer for Morelos. Will it come in bags or blocks?
Philbhoy…I’m glad he’s added a bit of humour. Blog wouldn’t survive without it…
Grass to cut, windows to clean, shopping to do.
It’s great being retired.
WEEBOBBYCOLLINS
Indeed!
Awat to do my chores now!
away
“And Bayer Leverkusen have made a concrete offer for Morelos.”
He’ll find it difficult to cement a place in that team…
WBC 11.03am
Ernie only disappears when Celtic are playing :-)
(Only kidding Ernie you have always responded to me in a courteous fashion)
Although I do try to disappear Monday-Friday myself and keep CQN as my weekend fix
Philbhoy…I have never worked so hard since I retired…
GFTB…I pop on and off here between my hard work…keeps me going though!
Like Philbhoy, I also have chores to do…”coming dear…just finishing making the bed…”
“And Bayer Leverkusen have made a concrete offer for Morelos.”
It’s a statue of Billy Bunter – nobody will notice the difference.
Brilliant jokes Jimmy .
By the way in my line of work refurbishing houses I have met various cowboys and Welsh plumbers. Leave a leak everywhere they go.
HH
D :)
Philbhoy – dont mention the dreaded grass to cut I have a side garden that is the same size as a five a side park, great when kids where small also good for grandkids but omg takes ages to cut and strim.
I have to have regular drinking breaks😉🍺🍺🍺
D :)
Any foundation in the Leverkusen bid ?
Or maybe just paving his route away from Govan …
Wycombe, 24 goals from set pieces last season……..
Paul67 et al
I see our resident troll was up and posting early doors, well 1.51 am BST, offering up a hypothesis which is neither his nor original. In fact it belongs to one Professor Ronald MacDonald, Adam Smith Business School at the University of Glasgow, and most recently was published in the letters page of the Guardian no less on Thursday, September 3 2020, and also on his twitter feed, if you like that sort of thing. In fact pretty much all of his contributions to this site can in fact be attributed to said academic.
Not to be confused with the acclaimed American, and near contemporary, clown mascot with the similar name, Ronald McDonald who first came to public prominence in 1963.
doyewantfrieswithatcsc
Reading up on the Scotland game against the Czech’s.
If our players safety cannot ge guaranteed by the cabal at Hampdump then we should stop our players from travelling.
D :)
David66 12.26pm
I don’t disagree with you but the Scotland doctor (?) was on radio Scotland yesterday and was quite thorough about all the health stuff, I know Celtic is our most important football thing … but I think a lot of our players enjoy turning out for their country … am pretty sure if any player was worried about their safety they would not travel anywhere … the Scotland doctor was actually a good listen
brilliant BT Sport programme.
Greatest Champion League Night Celtic.
wonderful watch.
Many of the not fancies players had their best games on these big nights.
And another thing.
If An Tearmann really is a “tiny micro-marxist”……
I wouldn’t want to meet the full-size version.
weather
https://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/pa7
CM @ 12.57
Must have been something in the air last night — Genesis edition probably.
Our resident Tiny Trot / Micro Marxist was also at it again last night with some more anti Lab stuff straight from the Forger’s Gazette — it must be cold under that bridge.
As for the currency witterings — the Nats will be under a cloud until they sort this out.
Pretty easy to fix but all this sterlingisation nonsense is a disaster waiting to happen.
I fear we will run out of physical cash due to the various deficits that we currently enjoy.
Currently they are hidden in day to day terms inside the UK numbers.
If they ever reach the light of day they will cause a few problems.
Better to plan ahead than have the cashlines run out of money.
Or teachers / doctors / council workies not getting paid.
It will be a case of export or starve — but without a CA figure to lead us to the new Jerusalem.