There is more to penalties that the bare numbers. Add context.
Getting a penalty to open the scoring is far more important than being awarded one when you are three or four goals in front.
Similarly, as Barry Robson pointed out, getting a penalty in the 90th minute or later is priceless when you are trailing 1-0 with that outcome a feature of Philippe Clement’s time at Ibrox.
Trailing 1-0 to Hearts it was Alan Muir and John Beaton to the rescue with their second penalty of the day, at Pittodrie on Sunday Andrew Dallas and Nick Walsh proved more effective than Danilo and Todd Cantwell had against the Aberdeen defence.
Tavernier in the last 6 games:
Aberdeen (A) – pen 94th minute
Livingston (A) – pen 75th minute
Sparta Praha (H) – shockingly no pen
Hearts (Hampden) – pen 50th minute
Dundee (A) – pen 91st minute
Hearts (A) – pen 90th minuteOnly game without a pen was in Europe.
— Arran Walker (@arranthearab06) November 26, 2023
While Robson has spoken out about the trend his Chairman, Dave Cormack, and CEO, Allan Burrows have remained on mute, leaving their manager out on his own.
Any thought that Celtic took the issue of a now 68 match run from their only realistic SPFL rivals seriously was killed off by the comic book attitude shown by Michael Nicholson and Peter Lawwell to the concerns of shareholders at last week’s AGM.
Two pens each in the league games against Hearts and Livi remember
— Cameron (@camcarver1) November 26, 2023
These are only the penalties that he scored……
— Colin Brown (@ColinMBrown1) November 27, 2023
? “Penalty Rangers”
Celtic chief Michael Nicholson’s cutting reply when quizzed on referees and VAR at AGMhttps://t.co/6vJYJ8p66Ihttps://t.co/6vJYJ8p66I
— Scottish Sun Sport (@scotsunsport) November 22, 2023
