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4 days ago | 
celticway.co.uk | Alan Morrison
Analyst Alan Morrison examines the battle between Greg Taylor and Jeffrey Schlupp for Celtic's left-back slot in the final chunk of the season - who should feature in the chase for the treble? Following Celtic’s competitive showing in the Champions League Play-Off round defeat to Bayern Munich, it seemed that loanee Jeffrey Schlupp had won the fight to become the Hoops' starting left-back.
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4 days ago | 
celticway.co.uk | Alan Morrison
Analyst Alan Morrison examines the battle between Greg Taylor and Jeffrey Schlupp for Celtic's left-back slot in the final chunk of the season - who should feature in the chase for the treble? Following Celtic’s competitive showing in the Champions League Play-Off round defeat to Bayern Munich, it seemed that loanee Jeffrey Schlupp had won the fight to become the Hoops' starting left-back.
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1 week ago | 
celticway.co.uk | Alan Morrison
Analyst Alan Morrison examines pressing trends at Celtic and considers Brendan Rodgers' side's perceived drop in performance in the second half of this season. Brendan Rodgers often references his side's pressing effectiveness as the key not to defending, as you may imagine, but as the foundation to attack the opponent.
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2 months ago | 
celticway.co.uk | Alan Morrison
Brendan Rodgers brought Jota and Jeffrey Schlupp to Celtic in January. (Image: NQ) Alan Morrison takes a look at Celtic's winter transfer window and recruitment as a whole during the Brendan Rodgers era. I found myself in a sparsely inhabited island, metaphorically at least, upon the closure of the 2025 Winter transfer window.
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Jan 22, 2025 | 
celticway.co.uk | Alan Morrison
Luke McCowan and Reo Hatate have been battling for a Celtic midfield spot this season. (Image: NQ) Analyst Alan Morrison looks at Celtic's midfield options ahead of the test vs Young Boys, specifically the choice between Reo Hatate and Luke McCowan. It appears the Celtic midfield configuration is settled on Callum McGregor plus one of Arne Engels or Paolo Bernardo and one of Luke McCowan or Reo Hatate. McCowan has started three of the last five matches for Celtic.
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Jan 11, 2025 | 
celticway.co.uk | Alan Morrison
Brendan Rodgers has enjoyed a tremendous first half of the Premiership season with Celtic (Image: NQ) Well, we’re (over) halfway there. But are Celtic living on a prayer? After the St Mirren game, Brendan Rodgers took stock of the season to date as Celtic passed the midpoint of the SPFL campaign.
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Dec 10, 2024 | 
huddlebreakdown.com | Alan Morrison
The Yorkshire Whistler looks in on the top-of-the-table clash last week at Pittodrie as Celtic put their 100% away win record on the line. There was little to look at as The Rangers cuffed Kilmarnock. Indeed, not only did the visitors seem incapable of fouling, but it wasn't clear there were two teams on the pitch. The impact of incorrect big calls can be evaluated using the framework outlined here -> Honest Mistakes in the SPFL.
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Dec 3, 2024 | 
huddlebreakdown.com | Alan Morrison
The topic of injuries exercises us on the Huddle Breakdown probably more than is healthy. It is a variance factor that should be within the clubs’ gift to control to an extent. Although I could say the same about some fans and corners!We have seen spikes in player unavailability such as the soft tissue epidemic under Ange Postecoglou. Also, if you search the archive under Celtic By Numbers you will see that I have frequently written about Brendan Rodgers and historical injury trends.
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Dec 1, 2024 | 
celticway.co.uk | Alan Morrison
James Forrest has had a legendary career at Celtic (Image: NQ) With James Forrest, it is a case of 'you’ll miss him when he’s not here'. Brendan Rodgers agrees and has awarded the veteran (he is 33 – I feel very old saying that) winger a new one-year extension to his contract taking him through to the end of the 2025-26 season. It was in August 2023 that he received a rare testimonial against Athletic Club of Bilbao.
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Nov 28, 2024 | 
huddlebreakdown.com | Alan Morrison
League matches have been sparse in the busy calendar, but as domestic football resumed, Brendan Rodgers took his calm and measured side to Heart of Midlothian whilst troubled The Rangers hosted Dundee United. The impact of incorrect big calls can be evaluated using the framework outlined here -> Honest Mistakes in the SPFL. Referee: Don RobertsonGame Minute: 45thScore At Time: 0-1Incident: Propper scores for TRFCOutcome: Goal disallowed for handball by Barron in the build-up.
