Bhoys Analytics on social media is a glutton for punishment or should we say doling out punishment? Perhaps a bit of both.

The Amateur statistician delivered the cold hard facts on one of the reasons why Celtic have been so poor this season; decision making and more specifically, shooting from distance.

Ryan Christie takes most of the heat for this season and it’s very easy to show why.

Check out Bhoys Analytics video of some of the infuriating decisions made by Ryan this season.

https://twitter.com/BhoysAnalytics/status/1387458953894825991?s=20

We then have the overall shots from outside the box metrics – it makes for grim reading.

Christie, Turnbull and McGregor have had more shots outside the box than 8 whole SPFL teams, it’s just incredible.

BA also pointed out that 45% of all Celtic’s shots this season have come from outside the area.

It speaks to Neil Lennon’s tactics and views on the game. He wants his players to make things happen. Less organisation and more individual brilliance, but when you go through a bad spell you need structure.

Brendan Rodgers was criticised at times for the methodical way his team played from back to front and side to side. In the Irishman’s final season, teams sussed how we played and did try to stifle us, it became turgid at times but the bhoys always found a way.

They were trained and disciplined to wait for that chance, whether it comes in the first minute or the 95th. Wait for the chance and make sure that chance has a high percentage of being converted.

Compare and contrast that approach to the inept shoot on sight policy we’ve adopted when teams have stifled us this season.

It’s criminal a side like Celtic have been reduced to this.

We can only hope to see less of this next season. Celtic must have players who can break down stubborn defences and not be encouraged to make the kind of decisions that stop attacks dead.