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Time for the good, the bad, & the ugly from yesterday's Celtic vs Sparta game. Wyscout had npxG at 1.21 vs 2.16 on 10 vs 11 shots. I have seen other xG models have it around 1.80 vs 2.50, with Moi's 1st half chance the biggest disparity. Regardless the general picture is similar.
Good goes to...nothing and noone. I could probably make a case for Rogic but am not feeling particularly charitable after a long week. Even everyone's seeming glamor boy, Laxalt, is now 3 of 27 at Celtic on crosses, including 0 for 13 in the three Europa League games.
Bad goes to every other player performance other than Rogic and Laxalt. The emerging trend I have been highlighting and concerned about remained- Celtic won just 44% of overall duels vs Sparta's B-team. The last game where we won 50%+ was vs Sarajevo. Brown was 4 of 6 overall,
with 1 of 3 defensive duels. McGregor was 2 of 9 overall and 1 of 4 defensive. Reverting to 4-2-3-1 with those two as the holding midfielders has been a predictable hot mess. McGregor has been rested for a grand total of 23 minutes so far this season. I took some heat for
highlighting the treatment of Tierney in my post-Ferencvaros thread, but is anyone surprised to hear the story of Duffy and his condition for the derby? McGregor being "ground down to dust" while trying to run around and cover for his captain.
Ugly goes once again to the people ultimately responsible for allowing this mess to continue. I decided to hold off on doing a thread on how financially irresponsible the board's decisions have been. The amount of risks they have now piled up heading into next summer
are immense. I was widely ridiculed and ignored when I laid out my case regarding the huge risks to this season. Part of those risks are now cascading exponentially to the point where the long term competitive advantage over Rangers is now in jeopardy. Lennon and Brown legacies?
You think 10iar is now at risk? We better be worried about the next 10 years due to complacency, arrogance, and incompetence. I have about as much confidence in their decision making at this point as I did in Lennon's after Ferencvaros. But there is always hope! End.
