It’s Thursday, so Dembele’s staying! After a stellar first six months, it was claimed some of Europe’s elite clubs were looking at him with a £40m price tag mentioned. Now it is Brighton and Everton for around £18m. He has only appeared in 1/3rd of Celtic’s game minutes this season. With difficult second season syndrome … [continue reading]
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We Need To Talk About Leigh
The received wisdom for many years is that teams need four good strikers to choose from. Celtic have had two. This apparent folly was called out by fate when both Dembele and Griffiths were injured at the same time in January. An invincible treble suggests the squad coped – will it again? In the final … [continue reading]
Shooting Stars
Top U21 Scorers I revisited the comparison of Celtic wide attackers in Give Me More Wings. This analysis was refreshed thanks to Tiago Estêvão? (please follow him on Twitter @TiagoEstv). Tiago has now come up with an analysis of the top 3 Under 21 goal scorers in each of the top 6 European Leagues (plus … [continue reading]
Running To Stand Still
The Science of Fitness There is no doubt conditioning a modern athlete to play football is a complex business. Sports science continues to evolve, and Celtic as a club embrace the most modern thinking and facilities. That is not to say what Celtic do is always right. There are as many opinions as sports scientists. … [continue reading]
A Striking Success
Moussa Dembele joined Celtic in June 2016 after becoming the youngest player to score 15 English Championship goals for 20 years. Despite the best efforts by some to sell Dembele in the January transfer window, he remains at Celtic and took his debut season goal tally to 23 with a hat-trick in 24m of a … [continue reading]