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Brendan Rodgers; "I was born into Celtic"
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jbrown1964
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26 Feb 2018, 01:04 AM
This video from August before we played Astana is pretty interesting as it shows how little our tactics have really changed since then, looks like teams have begun to figure us out and we need to try to find a creative system for the personnel we have.
This is good explanation of tactics though against Aberdeen it was most a three at back with Teirney and Forrest as wing backs. Mostly when we have three at the back our two sitting midfielders still come back for the ball so that when teams drop off we have 5 behind the ball and only four in front. This makes finding space very difficult. At times Celtic were better against Aberdeen with defenders drawing man before passing or defenders stepping forward. Ajer stepped forward quite a few times with not much end product but he will get better is he perseveres.
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asterisk_years
26 Feb 2018, 04:19 PM
Can anyone remember such a dramatic drop in form under any other manager?
Put the dug doon.
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asterisk_years
26 Feb 2018, 04:19 PM
Can anyone remember such a dramatic drop in form under any other manager?
Wept Jeez!!! :cry:
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asterisk_years
26 Feb 2018, 04:19 PM
Can anyone remember such a dramatic drop in form under any other manager?
:lol: :lol: :lol:

nice try

EDIT in case youare actually serious, how about Billy McNeill in 88-89?
Edited by CMC88, 26 Feb 2018, 05:24 PM.
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26 Feb 2018, 12:34 AM
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26 Feb 2018, 12:31 AM
If Celtic keep winning games then when do we mathematically seal the title?
7 wins in a row from now does it unless the first game after the split is the huns in which case then its 6 games in a row.
I reckon if we win the next five that will do it. Must beat Dundee and set us up for Sevco though.
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26 Feb 2018, 05:23 PM
asterisk_years
26 Feb 2018, 04:19 PM
Can anyone remember such a dramatic drop in form under any other manager?
:lol: :lol: :lol:

nice try

EDIT in case youare actually serious, how about Billy McNeill in 88-89?
If he's being serious then you could say Delias second season or Strachan's 4th Season.
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26 Feb 2018, 05:29 PM
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26 Feb 2018, 05:23 PM
asterisk_years
26 Feb 2018, 04:19 PM
Can anyone remember such a dramatic drop in form under any other manager?
:lol: :lol: :lol:

nice try

EDIT in case youare actually serious, how about Billy McNeill in 88-89?
If he's being serious then you could say Delias second season or Strachan's 4th Season.
True, but 88-89 is the biggest dip I can remember, :thumbsup:
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26 Feb 2018, 04:23 PM
asterisk_years
26 Feb 2018, 04:19 PM
Can anyone remember such a dramatic drop in form under any other manager?
It isn't really a dip in form. We're still the dominant team. It's more a case that our style of play just isn't as good as it was. Hopefully that'll come though.

Unless you're referring to last season's form compared to this? Which would be unfair. Last year was a freak season.
Purely in terms of our league form:

2010/11: Won 29, drawn 5, lost 4 (92 points)

2011/12: Won 30, drawn 3, lost 5 (93 points)

2012/13: Won 24, drawn 7, lost 7 (79 points)

2013/14: Won 31, drawn 6, lost 1 (99 points)

2014/15: Won 29, drawn 5, lost 4 (92 points)

2015/16: Won 26, drawn 8, lost 4 (86 points)

2016/17: Won 34, drawn 4, lost 0 (106 points)

2017/18: Won 19, drawn 7, lost 2 (64 points)

So, having played 10 games fewer, we've already failed to win as many or more league matches as we did in 5 of the last 7 seasons. We also haven't yet won more than 3 league matches in a row this season, which is something we'd managed to achieve at least once by now in each of these seasons. The only time we've dropped points this frequently in this time frame is the final 4 months of 2015/16 season, starting with the defeat at Pittodrie on 3 February.

In our first ten league games this season, we won 8 and drew 2 (24 points). In our next ten, we won 6, drew 3 and lost once (21 points). In our previous 8, we won 5, drew 2 and lost once (17 points). Our form suggests we will take at least 4 points from the next two games. That would bring us to 68 points with 26 to play for, and if our form stays the same for the final 10 league games of the season we should finish with between 90-93 points, which is a big dip from last season but is still well among the most successful of the Ten (so far!), and must certainly be ahead of all but last season if we can make it a double-treble.

(I realise this is non-scientific)
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Watching that tactics video shows just how important Tierney is to our play. Also shows just how much difference a right back similar to Tierney - in that he can get forward and track back for a full 90 - would potentially make to our play. Forrest has been excellent this season, can you imagine how much more effective he would be with a right-sided Tierney behind him?

Don't agree that teams have necessarily sussed us out, we just aren't playing with enough urgency. Being patient in possession is all well and good but when you go forward it needs to be done at pace or else the other team has time to drop off and get organised. Having Rogic, Roberts and Armstrong back for the run in should help in this respect.
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26 Feb 2018, 05:48 PM
Watching that tactics video shows just how important Tierney is to our play. Also shows just how much difference a right back similar to Tierney - in that he can get forward and track back for a full 90 - would potentially make to our play. Forrest has been excellent this season, can you imagine how much more effective he would be with a right-sided Tierney behind him?

Don't agree that teams have necessarily sussed us out, we just aren't playing with enough urgency. Being patient in possession is all well and good but when you go forward it needs to be done at pace or else the other team has time to drop off and get organised. Having Rogic, Roberts and Armstrong back for the run in should help in this respect.
Seems easy enough, all we need is one of the best right backs in the game to match our left back.

Over to you Brendan.
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I think Brendan has now realised his every move will be scrutinised and the smsm especially revel in him being beaten etc which has now pissed him off so I would expect to see a reaction over the next few weeks which says Girfut.
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26 Feb 2018, 05:48 PM
Watching that tactics video shows just how important Tierney is to our play. Also shows just how much difference a right back similar to Tierney - in that he can get forward and track back for a full 90 - would potentially make to our play. Forrest has been excellent this season, can you imagine how much more effective he would be with a right-sided Tierney behind him?

Don't agree that teams have necessarily sussed us out, we just aren't playing with enough urgency. Being patient in possession is all well and good but when you go forward it needs to be done at pace or else the other team has time to drop off and get organised. Having Rogic, Roberts and Armstrong back for the run in should help in this respect.
Seems easy enough, all we need is one of the best right backs in the game to match our left back.

Over to you Brendan.
Doesn't necessarily need to be as good as Tierney. I agree that it would be difficult to find another a right back as good as him within our budget but if they were at least as mobile as him I feel it adds another dynamic to our attack that just isn't present right now.

Way too early to tell if Ralston is the answer to right-back but that's a debate not for this thread. :lol:
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26 Feb 2018, 06:03 PM
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26 Feb 2018, 05:50 PM
Miscellaneous67
26 Feb 2018, 05:48 PM
Watching that tactics video shows just how important Tierney is to our play. Also shows just how much difference a right back similar to Tierney - in that he can get forward and track back for a full 90 - would potentially make to our play. Forrest has been excellent this season, can you imagine how much more effective he would be with a right-sided Tierney behind him?

Don't agree that teams have necessarily sussed us out, we just aren't playing with enough urgency. Being patient in possession is all well and good but when you go forward it needs to be done at pace or else the other team has time to drop off and get organised. Having Rogic, Roberts and Armstrong back for the run in should help in this respect.
Seems easy enough, all we need is one of the best right backs in the game to match our left back.

Over to you Brendan.
Doesn't necessarily need to be as good as Tierney. I agree that it would be difficult to find another a right back as good as him within our budget but if they were at least as mobile as him I feel it adds another dynamic to our attack that just isn't present right now.

Way too early to tell if Ralston is the answer to right-back but that's a debate not for this thread. :lol:
I think we make a move for the Welsh boy in the summer who plays for reading nothing in that just a hunch.
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asterisk_years
26 Feb 2018, 04:19 PM
Can anyone remember such a dramatic drop in form under any other manager?
Dunno, I have never followed the Huns in any form or version.
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26 Feb 2018, 05:48 PM
Watching that tactics video shows just how important Tierney is to our play. Also shows just how much difference a right back similar to Tierney - in that he can get forward and track back for a full 90 - would potentially make to our play. Forrest has been excellent this season, can you imagine how much more effective he would be with a right-sided Tierney behind him?

Don't agree that teams have necessarily sussed us out, we just aren't playing with enough urgency. Being patient in possession is all well and good but when you go forward it needs to be done at pace or else the other team has time to drop off and get organised. Having Rogic, Roberts and Armstrong back for the run in should help in this respect.
Seems easy enough, all we need is one of the best right backs in the game to match our left back.

Over to you Brendan.
We are set up to be dominant down that side, with the right back tucking in to help the centre backs.

We wouldn’t have two marauding full backs with wingers in front.



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26 Feb 2018, 07:17 PM
Wee Jamesie couldn’t keep the smile off his face when he was asked about Broony yesterday. :lol:
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If he's being serious then you could say Delias second season or Strachan's 4th Season.
True, but 88-89 is the biggest dip I can remember, :thumbsup:
Big Jock.. 77-78 :(
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True, but 88-89 is the biggest dip I can remember, :thumbsup:
Big Jock.. 77-78 :(
1977-78 was wayyyy worse than 88-89. :twitch:

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