Celtic v Slovan Bratislava Live

comment by Zico - Celtic Double Winners 23/24 (U21900)
posted 26 minutes ago
Arne Engles and Liam Scales are in the UEFA CL Team of the week.
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well earned both were great during the week

comment by CelticTornado (U4316)
posted 3 minutes ago
I think we will rotate the majority of the team this Sunday

suspect it will be

Sinsalo

Ralston Nawrocki Trusty Valle
Mcgregor
Bernardo McCowan

Forrrest Idah Palma

which might actually give the game a bit of interest
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comment by Zico - Celtic Double Winners 23/24 (U21900)
posted 1 hour, 47 minutes ago
comment by CelticTornado (U4316)
posted 3 minutes ago
I think we will rotate the majority of the team this Sunday

suspect it will be

Sinsalo

Ralston Nawrocki Trusty Valle
Mcgregor
Bernardo McCowan

Forrrest Idah Palma

which might actually give the game a bit of interest
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Tell Brendan I approve of this selection.
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It's your fault if it goes tats up

The lung-bursting numbers from Engels and McGregor as Celtic stars sprint to top of Champions League charts

Arne Engels and Callum McGregor ran Slovan Bratislava into the ground - and now the dynamic duo top the Champions League charts for distance covered after 20 teams have played.

Celtic delivered their biggest win ever in Europe's elite competition as they charged through the Slovakian side like a runaway train under the lights at Parkhead. Engels scored his second goal in as many games from the penalty spot to put them 3-0 up, and after Kevin Wimmer gave the visitors something to celebrate with an outside-of-the-boot curler past Kasper Schmeichel, Daizen Maeda and Adam Idah struck to make it a rout.

New signing Engels already looks worth every penny of the club-record £11m spent on him, having already struck up a telepathic understanding with his captain McGregor and Reo Hatate in the engine room. But as much as their synergy on-and-off the ball was too much for Slovan to handle, the aspect of Celtic's game that really put them to bed was the Hoops' sheer running power.

Official stats posted by UEFA show that Engels and McGregor in particular have stood out on that front. Incredibly, the midfielders each ran 12.6km in the opening game - more than any other individual player has managed across the other nine games that have taken place.

PSG's Warren Zaire-Emery (12.3km) comes the closest after their 1-0 win over Girona. The Hoops' Greg Taylor (12km) and Daizen Maeda (11.1km) also make the top ten - with the Hoops and Girona making up eight of the top ten in that metric.

It comes as no surprise from a Celtic perspective to see Maeda registering one of the fastest sprints so far - his 34.2km/h the fourth-quickest of any player so far, behind Stuttgart's Josha Vagnoman, AC Milan's Fikayo Tomori and PSG's Bradley Barcola. Kyogo (32.8km/h) and Nicolas Kuhn (32.3km/h) also rank within the top 20.

I’m not sure the technology exists to accurately track Maedas running. So his data may be skewed?
There was a phase in the first half; he offered the overlap on the left wing, won a header in the 6 yard box and then won the ball back on the right wing. The wee fellas a machine!

comment by System-Addict ••• ••••• •• (U9239)
posted 2 hours, 46 minutes ago
I’m not sure the technology exists to accurately track Maedas running. So his data may be skewed?
There was a phase in the first half; he offered the overlap on the left wing, won a header in the 6 yard box and then won the ball back on the right wing. The wee fellas a machine!
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Oh the technology exists alright! The pro versions these guys use are taking taking 1000s of time a second. Here's an example of Catapult's though not sure if Celtic still using them?

https://www.catapult.com/solutions/vector-pro#callout-modal-cdao9br63nky

comment by Silver (U6112)
posted 15 hours, 5 minutes ago
comment by System-Addict ••• ••••• •• (U9239)
posted 2 hours, 46 minutes ago
I’m not sure the technology exists to accurately track Maedas running. So his data may be skewed?
There was a phase in the first half; he offered the overlap on the left wing, won a header in the 6 yard box and then won the ball back on the right wing. The wee fellas a machine!
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Oh the technology exists alright! The pro versions these guys use are taking taking 1000s of time a second. Here's an example of Catapult's though not sure if Celtic still using them?

https://www.catapult.com/solutions/vector-pro#callout-modal-cdao9br63nky
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Impressive for a regular athlete. But still not convinced it’s adequately calibrated for Maeda 🤣

Dortmund of to another storming start against one of the worst teams in the Bundesliga. We need to be focused and stop being the team other teams start their recovery against

comment by Why the pallaver (apathe....ah what's the... (U10168)
posted 1 hour, 4 minutes ago
Dortmund of to another storming start against one of the worst teams in the Bundesliga. We need to be focused and stop being the team other teams start their recovery against
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My thoughts fwiw are that we will lose all our away games but qualify for play offs from home wins.

The one I dread most is Villa away. The gulf will be ridiculous to the point where I’m not even going to bother attending. My boys can have the tickets but I am concerned it will be an away game fraught with idiots out for a punch up. Both teams that is. And Villa have a decent hard core support

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