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12 Sep 2026 09:13:30
Watched the VAR review with Willie Collum and Gordon Duncan

The lines they draw are like the rifle sight of the guy that tried to shoot Trump. All over the place and working it back to confirm their own agenda.

I guess i'm just a paranoid Tim.

Collum said "text book VAR protocol " - that's the worry.

12 Sep 2026 11:37:22
The inconsistency is the issue. We get decisions for us and against us through VAR. I do think it evens itself out over the season though.

It does need to be better.

{Ed007's Note - But it shouldn't "even itself out", the rules are there and should be used fairly across the board regardless if it upsets people - that's the whole point of it if it us used correctly.}

11 Sep 2026 17:51:09
Confident for Sunday troops?

11 Sep 2026 18:14:02
Currently online Ladbrokes can’t split them by offering the same Odds.
I believe Celtic are slight favourites because we’re the better team but our players need to be up for a battle and then our ability should prevail.

11 Sep 2026 19:40:18
I hope we batter them stupid on Sunday.

It’s been long overdue for us to put a performance in against them.

11 Sep 2026 22:40:00
Close game 1-4.

12 Sep 2026 01:35:12
Hmm not seeing confidence.

12 Sep 2026 10:00:34
If our players bottle doesn’t crash under the hatred, bile and hostility pouring from the stands, and we match their physicality, we win cause our players are technically better. But don’t underestimate the importance of bottle and physicality.

11 Sep 2026 11:15:00
Really worry about us in the middle of the park, there just seems to be a big hole there for opposition to wander through at will. MON of past times would have built his team around a rigid spine, infilled with players of substance that didn’t get bullied.

We don’t appear to have addressed this weakness either before or after the LASK fiasco.
Are we the only club in world football that uses a very successful trading model to the detriment of the team on the park?

11 Sep 2026 12:54:21
Totally agree Chasboy, big space in there since Broony's time. Opposition gets in there with a shooting chance in every match no matter how poor the opposition. Amazing what us fans can see week in and out but never addressed by Boss or Coach.

11 Sep 2026 14:56:37
That's my fear we are so open and that's why Martin wanted the torino boy but turns out the board weren't willing to pat as told by torino boys agent, and there's a gaping hole in there unless sorenson shows up better than wed night.

11 Sep 2026 15:46:39
Benjihole Nygren!

11 Sep 2026 05:14:23
Torreense usually play about 25 miles from Lisbon but their Stadium only holds less than 2,500.

They will now play their home Europa League matches in Leiria which is an extra 60 miles away from Lisbon and that Stadium holds nearly 24,000 with the possibility of another 5,000 temporary stand which has been used in the past.

It will be interesting to see how many tickets Celtic will get with loads of supporters wanting to visit the Nacional Stadium in Lisbon.

10 Sep 2026 19:16:39
Daizen Duran, both great runners with great attributes, different but alike, surely in terms of data we can take the attributes we like throw there good attribute data into a fancy algorithm and get suitable matches to continue signing similar players.

10 Sep 2026 21:22:58
Duran has the following stats this season.

4 defensive contributions.
3 tackles

Pretty low in comparison to other players in his position however. He has
14 defensive recoveries &
7 times won possession in the final 3rd.

Effectively when he loses the ball he gets it back and he wins possession a lot.

Daizen is a different type of defensive forward who consistently contributes to defending but rarely wins the ball high up the pitch.

17 defensive contributions.
7 tackles.
4 recoveries.

10 Sep 2026 23:30:33
Football by statistics. Really!

I've seen many analysis by stats, but what they never take into account or show is the quality of the opposition or the importance of the game.

I've seen stats that put a player at the top for ground covered, somewhere in the region of running 11 to 12 kilometres. Good effort, but if you've just lost, say, 3-0, was the player a headless chicken?

Here's a stat - Top Champions League scorer of all time:
Cristiano Ronaldo - 140 goals

However, his goals per game 0.77. Compare with Gerd Muller's goals per game of 0.97, but only 34 goals. Who would you have in your team?

11 Sep 2026 03:27:37
Ronaldo.

11 Sep 2026 05:45:52
I'd go with Ronaldo as gerd Muller must be ancient now. 😛.

11 Sep 2026 06:53:14
Your comparing people light years apart tho, take 100 or even 200 players from today’s football in say one position from top10 leagues in one position, gather all there stats on attributes, my point is we loved daizens but accepted his faults, we now have a better player in Duran with similar attributes, can we not look at the attributes we like and want in our team including goals and assists etc and look to see who matches that of Duran and Daizen, then sift through those players via scouting etc to see who you actually like ( because the stats maybe already tell you theyatch what you like and are looking for ) do the scouting and graft on the list your left with,
Is this not how modern recruitment is anyway, my point is using these 2 specific players we have the template for what would work and what we like,

Remember also I’m just a daft football fan.

11 Sep 2026 09:06:52
Jaa11. I believe it all started with Moneyball tactics. Finding the statistically best players in each position tended to improve your team substantially. The clubs need greater metrics to decipher wether a player is worth it nowadays as they are splashing millions of £s on players.

Especially clubs like Celtic/ Brugge/ Ajax/ Porto etc. If you didn’t do your due diligence on the finer details you’d be spiraling out of control with players that lacked the skill to compete in your division. I’m with you 100% on that statistics are insanely important in the modern game.

11 Sep 2026 09:41:22
Ronaldo is no spring chicken. Anyway, all this is irrelevant as this board won’t be interested in less they think they’re getting a bargain. This window wasn’t about improving the team, it was about attempted fan appeasement after the rubbishstorm they encountered last season. They haven’t changed one bit and the team/ squad still have glaring unresolved deficiencies while stockpiling even more cash. Keep reading all the statements of wishful thinking’ next window, next window, next window’ when in reality the people running this club have always only done what they believe they can get away with at a bare minimum.

Hence the reason we never progress beyond a certain level when we should be aiming so much higher.
Discussing Celtic is a form of Groundhog Day because I seem to have been reading much the same stuff for over 45 years and none of these topics are new. The world of football may be evolving around us but Celtic FC seem unwilling to join in.

11 Sep 2026 10:26:46
Spot on Chasa, the definition of madness doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results!

10 Sep 2026
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Celtic Player Sightings page entitled, Is the guy in black wearing blue? And what's he shouting about?

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