Alan Morrison

Celtic and Martin O’Neill finally agreed a one-year contract with, and this could be crucial, the option for another year. Ultimately both parties need to agree to trigger it, as O’Neill characteristically joked to The Herald. Five managers at the current World Cup are 70 years old or more – pop quiz, can you name them without Googling? 70 may be the new 50 in terms of managerial longevity at the top level.

“How often have I said to you that when you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth?” Sherlock Holmes (“The Sign of Four”, by Arthur Conan Doyle) With the speculation fuelled by Graham Spiers article today on his patreon site, I just wanted to quickly expand on what was discussed on yesterday’s Huddle Breakdown podcast.

We do like to analyse the opposition as it informs our perspective about Celtic’s player and team performances. For each match, I collect copious player event data for every Celtic player, but also a cut down version for each opponent. From that, we can discern the most noteworthy performances against Celtic, with a thought towards future recruitment opportunities, were there anyone around to get deals over the line.