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Why are we so unfit, though? A lot of criticism was focused on the players' diet. Isn't that the area where sports science comes into play?

 

That mostly comes from the Ronny Deila days were he had two lunatics in charge of the sports science and wanted everycunt doing Keto

 

I've no idea what issue there is with the players' diet, if there is any issue with it at all.

Is the squad really that unfit? Or are people just saying that because Postecoglou said this, “I don’t think any of them are at the fitness they need to be at for what’s ahead but I am confident that all of them are in a good enough condition to put in a good performance tomorrow night.”

That suggests it's more to do with a lack of match fitness rather than a problem with their general cardiovascular fitness. Either way, I've seen a handful of people say we have no sports science at the club recently. It's bullshit, mainly based on frustration at how poor we were last season.

 

We are blowing out around the 70-minute mark, though. Against Midtylland away we desperately needed substitutions around the 75-minute mark, but they came too late.

 

There’s definitely a fitness issue. I hate when there’s debate over things like this.

It’s not like it’s a mystery, it’s blatantly obvious to see.

The only debate is whether it will be fixed imminently and who is responsible for it.

 

I could be remembering it wrong but didn’t Jack Nayler leave? Wasn’t he head of fitness?

Edit: Just checked, he left and went to Leipzig June 2021. I think people are right to be questioning what’s going on tbh.

 

Brendan Rodgers’ appointment of Glen Driscoll as a dedicated first team fitness coach was key to our performances under him.

We’ve yet to replace Driscoll since he moved to Leicester alongside Rodgers.

 

Fitness has been an issue for a while now, although we don't have many natural athletes in team at present. Going to need our forward players to be a lot fitter to play a proper press.

 

Lack of match fitness and perhaps the manager not making subs early enough.

 

Absolute *

 

Aye he left for Leipzig and I don't know if his replacement has arrived (the papers said we'd be searching for a new one), but there's still John Currie working at the club who is head of first team fitness and conditioning and as far as I'm aware, Rob Norton is still the club as Nutritionist. My point is, people need to stop making * up about the club having no sport science, when there's clear evidence we do.

I've no issues with people questioning things, but as was discussed elsewhere, getting a squad together has to be the club's highest recruiting priority at the moment, with backroom staff to follow.

 

I've heard others mention this, but some others stated that there were two available dietary plans for players, one of which was a keto diet. I know that diet is useful for managing epilepsy. Never heard of it used by top-level sportspeople, though.

 

I think the results we’re seeing in terms of fitness shows it’s not being done to a high enough standard.

Understand the argument recruitment comes first, but we should be doing things concurrently. I think the ‘one thing at a time’ and ‘we need more time’ approach at Celtic is coming under legitimate criticism.

 

Well as I said, I've no issue with people questioning those sort of things. It's a reasonable view to take.

 

Everybody better let them have it f4cking rotten tonight, 2 free agents coming in doesn’t disguise the fact they’ve let us start our season with a shocking starting 11.

 

No to be pedantic but Hart wasn't a free agent and we're also away from home

 

haha i was hoping that comment would go under the radar ... i’ve had a stinker there

 

They are a bunch of greedy ungrateful *'s and to charge season ticket holders for next week's European tie says it all about this board and after all the money put in last season and seen no games and hope that adds a few thousand more to the protest on Sunday .

 

Idea for a GB banner: "You're in trouble if your security is anything like our defense!"