17 Oct 2021 12:13:12
I'm sorry and this will be the last time I will bring up the foul statistics but I can't get my head around the modern game.
Recently it was stated that Celtic had the 3rd best domestic possession rate in Europe, which is a brilliant statistic for Ange and his coaching staff.
Yet Celtic have received 12 fouls less than ANY other club in the Scottish Premiership this season.
Celtic have received 64 fouls less than Aberdeen in only 9 league matches.
I know Celtic get penalised for giving away needless fouls in Scotland due to our high press.
But Celtic also get pressed high when our keeper and defenders play the ball out from the back.
Sevco have the 2nd highest possession rate in the league but not surprisingly they have been penalised the least from all 12 clubs this season.
The fouls Celtic give away is spread across the squad with Ralston and Soro the worst culprits with only 11 fouls each, which isn't too bad considering a Motherwell player has committed 27 fouls this season himself.
Ralston is our most fouled player with only 9 fouls.
Tony is 48th on the list for the most fouled player in the league.
( before the game yesterday, Kyogo was our most fouled player with only 7 fouls and he was 51st on the list )
That means there is 47 players in the league that have been fouled more than ANY Celtic player, including 5 Sevco players.
But yet Celtic have the 3rd best possession rate in Europe.
It doesn't make any sense.
I'm not a fan of the modern game and I would rather watch football from 20,10 or even 5 years ago.

1.) 17 Oct 2021
17 Oct 2021 12:47:04
IMO it boils down to 'blind-eyes' and honest mistakes; because although I do agree we have a degree of clumsy challenges by attack minded players, we are also penalized for non-fouls and we seem to lose out on 50/ 50 challenges quite a lot.
If you look at other teams execution of this style of football, then we are a very peculiar exception to the rule?

2.) 17 Oct 2021
17 Oct 2021 16:03:35
Please don't stop your stats buzz passing them on is eye watering stuff HH.