At 6’ 4” and built like the Free Derry Wall in the town he knows so well, Shane Duffy brings experience and assurance to the middle of the Celtic defence. What would have happened had he been at the club eight days earlier is imponderable.
I don’t know Shane well enough to comment on that question but I am assured by Irish friends he has been an impenetrable leader in their national team for years. He is at Celtic because his time as first choice at Brighton is over, but he is still only 28, which is the middle of the peak years for many central defenders. We have recruited a player who will be influential in the chase for 10.
The most pleasing aspect of his signature is the tactical shift another central defender gives us towards three at the back. Surely Shane, Kristoffer and Christopher will all play when fit? That being the case, I would like to see us add one more central def.: space for ‘a project’.
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rock tree bhoy
Boli got fined, Celtic punished, followed up with a match ban for the bhoy.
Does anybody know how Celtic have dealt with him?
SAINT STIVS
Your Hannibal Barca post was inventive, clever and funny. Hat doffed.
SAINT STIVS
As was the one about the fenieni tribe.😊
Celticmac
He got a boli king
gene
No words…
Noticed shortbread had hun halliday on tonight – unusual for them to have a rrranngeerrss man on
Saw a post from the previous blog from BOGNORBHOY. regarding the foul and yellow card count so far this term .
Aberdeen……… F 60 …………..Y 5………R 1
CELTIC………….. F 44…………….Y 5
DUNDEE………. F 83……………..Y 8
HAMILTON…… F 51……………..Y 6……..R 1
HIBS ……………. F 72…………….. Y 6
KILLIE………….. F 68……………… Y9………R 1
LIVI……………… F 91……………… Y7
M/WELL………. F 80………………Y10……..R 1
R/COUNTY….. F 15………………Y 15……..R 1
ST/JOHN…….. F 67…………….. Y 10……..R 2
ST/MIRREN… F 59…………….. Y 9……….R 1
SEVCO………. F 70…………….. Y 4 .
Looks like the MIB are not so keen to flash their cards at the team from Ibrokes and when you consider that one of the sevco bookings was for arguing with the ref rather than a foul it makes for even stranger numbers .
CELTIC …………a booking for every 8.8 fouls
SEVCO ………… a booking for every 23 .3 fouls
Up against it for the 10
HH
Magaai…aye ?
magwai
How many players have we got on international duty
Surely Ross county stat is wrong 15 fouls 15 yellow and a red
forgot about john cushley and david cattenach, both good defenders in the lions era, there was also a goalkeeper from the north of ireland, who id forgotten about, cyber pint if you know his name,
Trying to tie football and politics together …
No matter lifestyle choice issues and his dealing with the opposite sex — could I please sgeest that he may have a lot of growing up to do but he is a paragon of virtue compared to the fat / useless / lazy waster that is Bojo.
The Maybot may have been an easy act to follow but he is failing at all levels and then some in a manner that has to be seen to be believed . Everybody knew he was just a poor journalist who got lucky but now he is behaving like a second rate music hall act who has run out of jokes.
He is visibly not well.
He is rapidly becoming toast to the Tory MPs behind him who now squirm when he speaks.
I think he will soon be toast to the Torygraph booster club who got him the job.
I think he will soon be toast when the ERG work out he has thrown the DUP under a ferry.
And then you have the public who will see in time that he has cost lives with his laziness.
And then you have the Brexit mob who will recoil when they see a hard Brexit in all its glory.
Not sure what happens next?
Old Monkey Glands is sniffing around looking to put his boy — the smack head / snorter that is the Govester — into No.10 so that he can continue their long standing Organ grinder / Monkey relationship closer to the levers of power.
Not sure the political camel that is the 2019 Tory party can take much more of this.
They can take being hated but they don’t like being laughed at.
NF rides again?
KS keeps playing his grown up card?
What will Sturgeon do if she is faced with a Labour leader in waiting at Westminster?
Cut and run for IndyRef2 ASAP and to hell with the austerity economics?
Above — he is LG.
Comparing football to politics.
Which on one level is a 4×4 with the 7×4 that is Bojo.
Full list
aberdeen …. 1 Y/R for every……….. 10 fouls
celtic ………….1 Y/R for every………… 8.8 fouls
dundee……….1 Y/R for every ……….. 10.3 fouls
hamilton …….1 Y/R for every ……….. 7. 2 fouls
hibs……………..1 Y/R for every ……….. 12 fouls
killie……………. 1 Y/R for every ……….. 6.8 fouls
livi………………. 1 Y/R for every ………. 13 fouls
m/well………… 1 Y/R for every ……….. 7.2 fouls
ross/c…………. 1 Y/R for every ………..6.1 fouls
st/john……….. 1 Y/R for every………… 5.5 fouls
st mirren……. 1 Y/R for every ………… 5.9 fouls
sevco …………. 1 Y/R for every ……….. 23.3 fouls
HH
GENE
Sorry Ross Co have committed 98 fouls
HH
Fergus
Something you won’t see discussed in the smsm
Fergus
It looked odd
Aaaaasss
DELANEYS DUNKY on 2ND SEPTEMBER 2020 4:58 PM
Bada
I agree. Shane Duffy is probably the only boyhood Celtic supporter in our team now.
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McGregor is a celtic supporter but his dad’s a sevco supporter. Sons do t always follow their dad’s team sometimes they follow their ma.
HH
Welcome to Celtic Shane Duffy.
Enjoy.
well chuffed.:-))
hh
James forrest dad was a sevco supporter but did see him down barrowfield training centre with a celtic raincoat when james was 16. James I am told was a killie supporter.
HH
FANADPATRIOT on 2ND SEPTEMBER 2020 5:10 PM
Everyone wants a left sided player .i give you James McClean .
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keep that one for the last second of the window.:-))
good idea
hh
Oh and welcome shane duffy
Fergus – Brown got booked for shouting at a Dundee Utd player after we scored our winner. There may be others so it might not be totally accurate to just apportion cards to fouls. I’m sure there’ll be a few for dissent, kicking the ball away, deliberate hand ball etc.
FSTB @ 7.49
I think the MIB have woken up to these stats and have started booking TFOD2 players just so that this type of analysis doesn’t show up their bias.
Need to move on — what about timings?
Cautions vs TFOD2 — early doors to put pressure on the opposition?
Cautions for the TFOD2 — various subs in the last 5 minutes?
Basic stats wouldn’t highlight this.
Main thing is to keep them in the spotlight.
BIG PACKY1 @ 7.42
…..and he was Big Jock’s first signing.
Welcome to Celtic Shane. Just what the Dr ordered.
I dinnae watch any fitba now unless it is Celtic.
By all accounts a mega signing.
I only want players playing for Celtic that want to play for us.
HRVATSKI JIM on 2ND SEPTEMBER 2020 1:10 PM
thanks Jim..all protecting the lie.
it is interesting watching and reading
and imran too.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/uk-scotland-53806944?__twitter_impression=true
hh
Stephbhoy
Calmac signed for Celtic when he was 8 years old. I am sure he has been a Celtic supporter since then. Before then, not so sure, but I will find out. Cheers.
I think JHB is a Celtic supporter.
There will be carnage if wd get James McLean 😂😂
wd…we
Ntcham is a fantastic footballer,just don’t let him shoot🤷♀️
Big Packy
There was a guy called Tom Lalley who played with the Quality Street gang. I think he was from Sligo and maybe a bit later than you meant.
I also have a vague memory of a keeper called John Kennedy (I think) in a team photo from the 60s. Not 100% on that one or if he was from Ireland.
BT might be able to shed some light on this as I think his dad was also in the same photograph.
Shane signing disnae mean that El H isnae Exposed so bad when on a Yellow.
Need a Leader to give Broonie a rest.
An Tearmann
Like all the transfer fees involving the hun, the damages will be an “undisclosed sum”.
I hope our new Signing is that person.