One of the things Neil Lennon may have on his agenda for the international break is an inquest into the physical condition of his playing squad. The season is a month old and Celtic have an injury list which would wipe out pretty much every other team in the country. If this was an isolated occurrence it would be no more than curious but we have written about, and discussed, the fragile limbs of Celtic players since the Lennoxtown Training Centre opened nearly five years ago.
Since then Celtic ‘lost’ (more on that at a later date) three leagues by a maximum of six points and lost valuable form and points due to first choice players sitting in the stands on match day.
On Saturday our central midfield was without Ledley, Brown, Wanyama, Kayal and McGeouch (on a non-fitness related injury), while even auxiliary stand-in for central mid, Charlie Mulgrew, was on the list of others getting treatment.
The run of bad luck has moved clearly into the realms of statistical relevance. It is not luck at all, we are doing something wrong.
Football clubs look to sports science to deliver multiple objectives. Competitive pressure is put on players to become faster and to be able to run as effectively late in games as they can in the opening minutes (which for now is a physical impossibility but remains a key target), but we are clearly missing a trick.
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Awe_Naw
Any chance of enlightening me on what’s been going on?
TOM McLAUGHLIN
I know you are probably still in your scratcher, but when you awake from your beauty sleep in The Gold Coast, have a great birthday. All the best Tom, huv a gid yin.
Hx2
Tonybhoy ad never heard that term stableford,
given the first an last time ah played golf
ah smashed a baw intae the cairy oot its know surprising.
clyde should be renamed radio beige.
I see Charlie has returned to Lennoxtown for treatment but is still ‘in contention’ for the game on Saturday
Methinks Lenny will change that tomorrow to ‘ruled out’ once he has a word with Charlie
hendrix67
Sorry bud but I have had no personal contact with you or someone I know of vouching for you. So you will have to be patient but its going to be raining pies hallelujah nothing but good news
Hail HAil
I’ve just been on Amazon to write a review in support of Phil Mac’s book, to counter the personal campaign against him which is also becoming apparent there.
I would urge others to do the same.
midfield maestro, are you still carrying that balloon pump around with you?
;-)
I thought my raining pies song yesterday was my best
God bless Griegs the baker …
WeatherGirlsCSC
Celtic’s deadline day signing Lubos Kamenar has been left off the club’s squad list for the group stages of the Champions League. The Slovakian goalkeeper, recruited from FC Nantes last Friday, will as a
result be ineligible to play in the club’s six games against Barcelona, Benfica and Spartak Moscow.
Squad lists released by UEFA show Fraser Forster and Lukasz Zaluska are Neil Lennon’s two goalkeeping picks. Other recent signings Efe Ambrose, Lassad Nouioui and Miku Fedor are
included. Rabiu Ibrahim is again left out. The Celtic boss was only able to pick 22 players on List A for the competition, having failed to meet the quota to fill all 25 players. Eight places are reserved from homegrown squad members, of which the club name just five on their
main list. Joe Chalmers, James Forrest and Marcus Fraser could have been included on the main list to fulfil the quota but were instead named on List B. In any
case, all three will be free to play in Celtic’s Champions League matches.
CELTIC
List A
Kris Commons
Emilio Izaguirre
Beram Kayal
Scott Brown
Dylan McGeoch
Tony Watt
Charlie Mulgrew
Efe Ambrose
Nicolas Miku Fedor
Fraser Forster
Gary Hooper
Joe Ledley
Mikael Lustig
Adam Matthews
Paddy McCourt
Lassad Nouioui
Thomas Rogne
Georgios Samaras
Victor Wanyama
Kelvin Wilson
Lukasz Zaluska
Anthony Stokes
List B
Joe Chalmers
James Forrest
Marcus Fraser
Filip Twardzik
Snake 16:44
Many thanks 4 your words Sir. Slovaks are not ideal but their presence in UK brought more positives than negatives for UK budget i guess. They must be more payers than receivers from uk social system. I am working for foreign company (Belgian one) here in Bratislava. Before that i used 2 work for austrian comp. And germans as well. And during those10 yrs i met good experts but also people from those countries whose added value was 0. There is a lot of mystery about us in western eu. May be i am wrong, dunno.
Awe_Naw
Fair enough sir, a man of principles. I like that. Maybe someday when this all comes out and Simon has run out of wares, we can have a pint and a laugh about it all and get acquainted.
Amazon will absolutely love all the hits and articles they will be getting. Good or bad and so will Phil and Amazons advertisers.
I hope Paul67 archives his /var/logs directories
Hail Hail
Hendrix67
With a name like that bud I am already in awe of you. I`ll buy … nowt personal
HAil Hail
reference the Vit D guys.
It is also one of the best ways to prevent cancer.
While sodium bicarbonate is the quickest and safest way to get rid of it (google Tullio Simoncini – an italian oncologist who cured cancer for 11 years and the reward he was given struck off and ostricised!)
Terry O – It’s apoint scoring system based on your score on each hole; a par gets you 2 points, a birdie 3 etc. All golfers agreed on the system before tee off, it was only later back in the Celtic Club and with Gerry mildly gloating, that the system was challenged:) just the usual pub banter.
I tend not to welly the vit d in the summer here as the sun actually shines in Toronto in the summer. My kindest the the good lady and the kids.
slainte
tony
Any bhoys out there out of active employment looking for a full time job? Full drivers license and no problem passing a disclosure Scotland form?
awe naw-got email from HT re info,cheers,interesting times soon we hope.
a ceiler gonof rust
18:52 on
4 September, 2012
You talking about RFC(IA) game last season or PC67?
If you are who I think you are, nae offence tae yir bruvva…
weeshauns
No he was struck for killing people .. which in Italy is good going
HAil Hail
I’m a vitamin d man and you should see the lithe limber loooker that is me.
Can anybody suggest a very nice hotel in Marleybone ?
midfield maestro
19:03 on 4 September, 2012
a ceiler gonof rust
18:52 on
4 September, 2012
You talking about RFC(IA) game last season or PC67?
If you are who I think you are, nae offence tae yir bruvva…
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You mean that glorious 3 nil pumping where you didnay get to pump up a balloon? Aye, I was sat to your right with my buddy from southhampton. I was oota breath for a week:-)
awe naw thats complete borrocks.
Provide one piece of info thats backs your claim otherwise retract my man,
especially seeing as it was advice that could save a life.
Even an Italian like Annoni
Job going in my work for a Funeral Service Operative. Job entails driving on funerals, making sure cars are clean, bringing deceased into care also fiscal and police work. Anyone interested?
Apologies if this has been posted already but I found this article very good reading about the whole Sun Newspaper fiasco and wan to share.
http://scotslawthoughts.wordpress.com/2012/09/03/playing-the-man-and-not-the-ball-the-sun-rangers-and-downfall-by-phil-mac-giolla-bhain/
Just dropped in to say
Terry O’Neill
I also back you re: SSB – Will never listen again.
Terry O’Neill = Hunskelper Extraordinaire – CSC
back to lurking…
AikiBhoy
Paul McC posts on here..
I have been to a couple of Q & A sessions with him Phil and P67..
weeshaun
Here´s two … do you want more ?
http://scienceblogs.com/insolence/2011/08/25/the-complexity-of-cancer-part-ii-enter-t/
http://anaximperator.wordpress.com/2009/04/13/aysha-and-tullio-simoncini/
Hail Hail
Ever heard a Jazz tune on Youtube by one of the greats and wished you could have a transcription of the solos and the accompaniment in the original key so that you could see & hear what they played, study the player’s technique, and play along yourself?
http://www.jazzcapacitor.com/
Nice.
HAil Hail
Awe_Naw_No_Annoni_Oan_Anaw_Noo
19:23 on
4 September, 2012
Ever heard a Jazz tune on Youtube by one of the greats and wished you could have a transcription of the solos and the accompaniment in the original key so that you could see & hear what they played, study the player’s technique, and play along yourself?
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Awe Naw………………………………….naw.
For all the Vitamin D Vitatims
http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2008/06/28/if-you-choose-to-take-oral-vitamin-d-how-much-should-you-take.aspx
I myself thought that I was taking enough at 1000 units a day, might have to have a rethink about the dosage
gsu
vogue
I am sure there is a pianist in you somewhere screaming to get out ;-)
Hail HAil
snake plissken
16:44 on
4 September, 2012
Haven’t read back, but agree with everything you say …….. What some British critics seem to forget is that many, many British people have emmigrated throughout history……. Immigrants should adopt the overall ‘basket’ of the Country they migrate to…seems fair to me, as long as immigration and emmigration numbers are ‘managed’ in a balanced / professional / caring manner ….migration is a basic human right……just to be clear, illegal migration is a no no…….
Awe_Naw_No_Annoni_Oan_Anaw_Noo
19:27 on
4 September, 2012
vogue
I am sure there is a pianist in you somewhere screaming to get out ;-)
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It sounds like pianist but is a different word entirely :-)
Awe_Naw
Your liking of my moniker and jazz has just put you up in estimation sir.
Well played.
weeshauns…
Advice that could save a life?!
Even an Italian like Annoni, you say?!
A truly disgusting statement!
I would suggest you are on the wrong site!
‘Dr’ Tullio Simoncini is a quack who was struck off in 2003, and caused the death of 3 patients – charging 2 of them a total of c€15,000!
Awe Naw,
didn’t realise ye were a musician… in which case, yer one of the blessed in ma book
Mind you, I could play along to ur example, but my guitars in tune ;)
Evening bhoys, warm as usual, and hun free as ever.
Had a qiuck scan back and see that a few have attacked Bennythebishop.
Maybe some of you should read the reason he posted the stuff that was on Amazon, he was asked to.
And some of you are calling him a hun, dearie, dearie me,
I am glad he posted that, know what your enemy is thinking and all that.
Cereal, Milk, Fish, Pork, Eggs, Mushrooms, beef liver,
So Bacon eggs Mushroom … throw in a tomato a bit of Toast a cup of tea with milk once a week you´ll get all the vitamin D you need
Personally I think a Scottish fry up once a week is an adequate replacement for sunshine.
Hail Hail