The first in the series analysing the Official Celtic Player of the Year candidates focusses on Callum McGregor. Appearances Only Hart has more minutes’ contribution this season than McGregor. His 3858 minutes equates to over 42 matches over 46 appearances. The 4 games he lost to injury in September coincided with Celtic’s worst form. A … [continue reading]
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Forrest: A Model of Consistency
Forrest is near to completing a stellar season and has just collected the Ladbrokes Premiership Player of the Year. This is added to the PFA Scotland Player of the Year, Scottish Football Writers Player of the Year, the Scottish Football Writers International Player of the Year and finally, but most importantly, the Celtic By Numbers … [continue reading]
Celtic By Numbers Player of the Year 2018/19
The Celtic By Numbers Player of the Year is revealed! I have considered squad performances across Defending, Creativity and Goal Threat. Short List Firstly, whilst there are stellar performances across the squad, not all players have contributed equally in terms of appearances on the park. Quite simply, some have had more work to do than … [continue reading]
Celtic Player of the Year: Goal Threat
This is the third in my series summarising the season to aid selection of the Player of the Year. This final analysis considers Goal Threat. I have analysed defensive performances here – Celtic POTY: Defending. And Creativity can be assessed here – Celtic POTY: Creativity. Goals! Record singing and 21-year-old Frenchman Edouard leads the goal … [continue reading]
Celtic Player Of The Year: Creativity
Celtic Player of the Year season is upon us. I’ve looked at defending in Celtic POTY: Defending. Now to consider Creativity. To assist (geddit?) in your selection, here are key creative performances from the season so far. Assists By volume, there are clear leaders in the Assist League: Forrest has an incredible 19 assists so … [continue reading]
Celtic Player Of The Year: Defending
The official Celtic Player of the Year award is next week. Here are key defensive performances from the season so far. Defensive Action As I have mentioned before, I have a composite defensive metric called Defensive Action Success Rate which is fully defined in the Glossary. Secondly, over all defensive actions (not passing) I consider … [continue reading]