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Not sure if this goes here - Just listening to the Sportsound podcast. "Boydy" defending his dismissive comments about Aberdeen players being picked for Scotland. Used Killie's own shocking record against Aberdeen to insist that his comments had no effect on the player's performances. "My comments didn't inspire the win - We've lost 13 out of 14 against them, it was a given anyway". His new manager must love hearing that.
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Keech printing an " Interview" with Brendan - I doubt that he was even in the same building !
https://twitter.com/tedermeatballs/status/935410651962454017
Spoiler: click to toggle Celtic boss Brendan Rodgers knows the more success he has in Scotland, the more English critics will knock him
Hoops manager fully focused on bringing continued success to the Parkhead club and maintains he'll ignore the scant regard for his achievements from south of the border.
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ByKeith Jackson
06:00, 28 NOV 2017
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There's a difficult internal balance that Brendan Rodgers must now be striving to strike.
How does Celtic’s manager maintain his motivation to obliterate all that Scottish football can muster, while putting his own international reputation on the line every time he digs out his passport?
Because for every domestic trophy he secures during his time in charge of Celtic – and with every record he smashes – there’s a snide remark waiting for him back over the border, where they just can’t seem to bring themselves to take his work here seriously. It's the Liverpool legacy that he just can’t shake.
This sense that he must forever be regarded as damaged goods down south because he once failed to take the title to Anfield. That he came closer than anyone else this side of the millennium to actually do so is, of course, neither here nor there. Rodgers insists he's had is shot at managing in England's top flight and is loving life in Scotland Rodgers insists he's had is shot at managing in England's top flight and is loving life in Scotland (Image: Getty) Read More
Patrick Roberts insists Celtic will take it one game at a time as they target historic Double Treble
That he has rattled off 65 games without defeat in Scottish football, scooping up four major trophies on the spin? Well that’s just a damning indictment of the state of the rest of our game.
It’s a twisted kind of logic which dictates that, the longer this remarkable run stretches, the more his critics claim vindication. The less credit they are willing to give him for it. And it’s led Rodgers to arrive at a simple solution. He does his best not to listen to it.
When asked if he is irritated by this stubborn scant regard for his achievements he said: “Not really. I tend now with experience to listen less and read less. Everyone has an opinion now and, for me, as long as I’m happy that’s all that matters to me.
“I managed Swansea in the Premier League, I loved it, enjoyed it, got a promotion with them, amazing. I worked at one of the great clubs in Liverpool and went closer than anyone to a title in the Premier League.
“So I’ve been at that level. I’m now up here and genuinely love my life. What people think doesn’t really concern me to be honest. Rodgers insists he isn't concerned by what people think about him being at Celtic Rodgers insists he isn't concerned by what people think about him being at Celtic Rodgers admits he told Dermot Desmond and Peter Lawwell he wanted Celtic to dominate Scottish football Rodgers admits he told Dermot Desmond and Peter Lawwell he wanted Celtic to dominate Scottish football (Image: SNS Group)
“I know the demands of Celtic, I know the pressures up here and my challenge is, like I said when I met with Dermot Desmond and Peter Lawwell, dominate domestically, that was the idea, and qualify for the Champions League. Now we’re qualifying for Champions League, I think we’re expected to take on these super clubs which is so, so tough.
“I’ll always put myself out there to challenge that and that’s how I’ve always been. I’ve been optimistic for the club.”
Had Rodgers been any other way then he might have been more inclined to take the first ticket out of Paradise. That he has privately rebuffed any number of invitations to return to the English top flight is a sign of his sincerity and of his contentment.
Recently – over the last few weeks in fact – both West Ham and Swansea have quietly sent out feelers over the border and both were left in little doubt any formal pursuit of Rodgers would be a pointless exercise. He has found happiness here, along with success which makes for a powerful combination.
He was still picking the ticker tape out of the Betfred Cup yesterday morning when none other than Joey Barton joined in the debate, in typically Barton-esque style. Click to play Brendan Rodgers makes young Celtic fan's day as he gives her his Betfred Cup winners medal
This latest bauble means nothing, Barton philosophised, when it comes on the back of a 7-1 Champions League thrashing in Paris.
Barton told talkSPORT: “Getting beat 7-1 is amateur. It just gives people in England who have a lot of disrespect for the Scottish league, who don’t think it’s got any credibility and gives them all the ammo they need to say look how poor you are. That you get battered whenever you run into a decent side and that Celtic are flat-track bullies.”
The former Rangers player – whose shortlived Ibrox career ended with a 5-1 mauling from Rodgers’s side – added: “Everyone’s going on about Brendan, how good Brendan is. Listen you can’t knock them domestically, but I just think in Europe, Neil Lennon showed a bit more tactical nous.
“Celtic never got humped and that’s the only way to describe what happened in the Parc des Princes during the week.
“Celtic have to adjust from the domestic campaign to cut their cloth accordingly.”
There’s a very obvious irony here given that Barton failed so spectacularly to cut it in Scottish football, having predicted ahead of his own arrival last summer that it would be some sort of cakewalk.
Barton lasted a few weeks. Rodgers is now 18 months unbeaten. But Celtic’s manager is learning to accept that the view from over the wall is unlikely to change. Rodgers knows his side need to adapt to compete against Europe's best Rodgers knows his side need to adapt to compete against Europe's best
He said: “Of course not but that doesn’t worry me. I think there’s a real authenticity about being in Scotland, I think my attitude has always been to help the mentality of the Scottish players, in particular, because there can be a wee bit of a mentality that everything is a negativity; Hampden’s not very good and the players aren’t very good and everything.
“But I don’t buy into that. I’m one that arrived into my professional life being very optimistic in life, in terms of trying to help people and develop them. And so far, in the early part of my time here it’s working well but I’ve got a real burning hunger to keep pushing on and developing and not standing still.”
And so Rodgers will press on with his one-man plan for Scotland’s domination knowing the more trophies he collects, the more shine his critics will attempt to take off his achievements. But it’s hardly a thankless task.
He said: “I don’t know. It’s not for me, that’s for you to write about. It’s human nature isn’t it, the more you win the more you’re off the back pages, you’re pushed inside somewhere out the way. Rodgers is determined that his players realise they are part of something special Rodgers is determined that his players realise they are part of something special (Image: SNS Group)
“For us, my job is to come in here and like I said to the players we’re limited in our time. This is a really special football club Celtic, so our time that we’re here is limited, so we have a responsibility to honour the great history of the club, what they have won before and then add to that whilst we are here. And for that I’ll always have a cause for which the players stay hungry to fight for.
“So whenever we move on and pass the ball to someone else we’ve left a legacy that will echo way beyond our time here but for that, the actions of today means you have to win.
“So these are the messages we give to the players emotionally to ensure that every game, every cup final we fight for our life because, like I say, when we’re long gone it’ll be spoken about. So create it while you’re here.”
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28 Nov 2017, 10:37 AM
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Keech printing an " Interview" with Brendan - I doubt that he was even in the same building ! https://twitter.com/tedermeatballs/status/935410651962454017Spoiler: click to toggle Celtic boss Brendan Rodgers knows the more success he has in Scotland, the more English critics will knock him
Hoops manager fully focused on bringing continued success to the Parkhead club and maintains he'll ignore the scant regard for his achievements from south of the border.
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06:00, 28 NOV 2017
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There's a difficult internal balance that Brendan Rodgers must now be striving to strike.
How does Celtic’s manager maintain his motivation to obliterate all that Scottish football can muster, while putting his own international reputation on the line every time he digs out his passport?
Because for every domestic trophy he secures during his time in charge of Celtic – and with every record he smashes – there’s a snide remark waiting for him back over the border, where they just can’t seem to bring themselves to take his work here seriously. It's the Liverpool legacy that he just can’t shake.
This sense that he must forever be regarded as damaged goods down south because he once failed to take the title to Anfield. That he came closer than anyone else this side of the millennium to actually do so is, of course, neither here nor there. Rodgers insists he's had is shot at managing in England's top flight and is loving life in Scotland Rodgers insists he's had is shot at managing in England's top flight and is loving life in Scotland (Image: Getty) Read More
Patrick Roberts insists Celtic will take it one game at a time as they target historic Double Treble
That he has rattled off 65 games without defeat in Scottish football, scooping up four major trophies on the spin? Well that’s just a damning indictment of the state of the rest of our game.
It’s a twisted kind of logic which dictates that, the longer this remarkable run stretches, the more his critics claim vindication. The less credit they are willing to give him for it. And it’s led Rodgers to arrive at a simple solution. He does his best not to listen to it.
When asked if he is irritated by this stubborn scant regard for his achievements he said: “Not really. I tend now with experience to listen less and read less. Everyone has an opinion now and, for me, as long as I’m happy that’s all that matters to me.
“I managed Swansea in the Premier League, I loved it, enjoyed it, got a promotion with them, amazing. I worked at one of the great clubs in Liverpool and went closer than anyone to a title in the Premier League.
“So I’ve been at that level. I’m now up here and genuinely love my life. What people think doesn’t really concern me to be honest. Rodgers insists he isn't concerned by what people think about him being at Celtic Rodgers insists he isn't concerned by what people think about him being at Celtic Rodgers admits he told Dermot Desmond and Peter Lawwell he wanted Celtic to dominate Scottish football Rodgers admits he told Dermot Desmond and Peter Lawwell he wanted Celtic to dominate Scottish football (Image: SNS Group)
“I know the demands of Celtic, I know the pressures up here and my challenge is, like I said when I met with Dermot Desmond and Peter Lawwell, dominate domestically, that was the idea, and qualify for the Champions League. Now we’re qualifying for Champions League, I think we’re expected to take on these super clubs which is so, so tough.
“I’ll always put myself out there to challenge that and that’s how I’ve always been. I’ve been optimistic for the club.”
Had Rodgers been any other way then he might have been more inclined to take the first ticket out of Paradise. That he has privately rebuffed any number of invitations to return to the English top flight is a sign of his sincerity and of his contentment.
Recently – over the last few weeks in fact – both West Ham and Swansea have quietly sent out feelers over the border and both were left in little doubt any formal pursuit of Rodgers would be a pointless exercise. He has found happiness here, along with success which makes for a powerful combination.
He was still picking the ticker tape out of the Betfred Cup yesterday morning when none other than Joey Barton joined in the debate, in typically Barton-esque style. Click to play Brendan Rodgers makes young Celtic fan's day as he gives her his Betfred Cup winners medal
This latest bauble means nothing, Barton philosophised, when it comes on the back of a 7-1 Champions League thrashing in Paris.
Barton told talkSPORT: “Getting beat 7-1 is amateur. It just gives people in England who have a lot of disrespect for the Scottish league, who don’t think it’s got any credibility and gives them all the ammo they need to say look how poor you are. That you get battered whenever you run into a decent side and that Celtic are flat-track bullies.”
The former Rangers player – whose shortlived Ibrox career ended with a 5-1 mauling from Rodgers’s side – added: “Everyone’s going on about Brendan, how good Brendan is. Listen you can’t knock them domestically, but I just think in Europe, Neil Lennon showed a bit more tactical nous.
“Celtic never got humped and that’s the only way to describe what happened in the Parc des Princes during the week.
“Celtic have to adjust from the domestic campaign to cut their cloth accordingly.”
There’s a very obvious irony here given that Barton failed so spectacularly to cut it in Scottish football, having predicted ahead of his own arrival last summer that it would be some sort of cakewalk.
Barton lasted a few weeks. Rodgers is now 18 months unbeaten. But Celtic’s manager is learning to accept that the view from over the wall is unlikely to change. Rodgers knows his side need to adapt to compete against Europe's best Rodgers knows his side need to adapt to compete against Europe's best
He said: “Of course not but that doesn’t worry me. I think there’s a real authenticity about being in Scotland, I think my attitude has always been to help the mentality of the Scottish players, in particular, because there can be a wee bit of a mentality that everything is a negativity; Hampden’s not very good and the players aren’t very good and everything.
“But I don’t buy into that. I’m one that arrived into my professional life being very optimistic in life, in terms of trying to help people and develop them. And so far, in the early part of my time here it’s working well but I’ve got a real burning hunger to keep pushing on and developing and not standing still.”
And so Rodgers will press on with his one-man plan for Scotland’s domination knowing the more trophies he collects, the more shine his critics will attempt to take off his achievements. But it’s hardly a thankless task.
He said: “I don’t know. It’s not for me, that’s for you to write about. It’s human nature isn’t it, the more you win the more you’re off the back pages, you’re pushed inside somewhere out the way. Rodgers is determined that his players realise they are part of something special Rodgers is determined that his players realise they are part of something special (Image: SNS Group)
“For us, my job is to come in here and like I said to the players we’re limited in our time. This is a really special football club Celtic, so our time that we’re here is limited, so we have a responsibility to honour the great history of the club, what they have won before and then add to that whilst we are here. And for that I’ll always have a cause for which the players stay hungry to fight for.
“So whenever we move on and pass the ball to someone else we’ve left a legacy that will echo way beyond our time here but for that, the actions of today means you have to win.
“So these are the messages we give to the players emotionally to ensure that every game, every cup final we fight for our life because, like I say, when we’re long gone it’ll be spoken about. So create it while you’re here.” The quotes are in Mark Wilsons article in the Scottish Daily Mail too.
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Keech printing an " Interview" with Brendan - I doubt that he was even in the same building ! https://twitter.com/tedermeatballs/status/935410651962454017Spoiler: click to toggle Celtic boss Brendan Rodgers knows the more success he has in Scotland, the more English critics will knock him
Hoops manager fully focused on bringing continued success to the Parkhead club and maintains he'll ignore the scant regard for his achievements from south of the border.
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ByKeith Jackson
06:00, 28 NOV 2017
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There's a difficult internal balance that Brendan Rodgers must now be striving to strike.
How does Celtic’s manager maintain his motivation to obliterate all that Scottish football can muster, while putting his own international reputation on the line every time he digs out his passport?
Because for every domestic trophy he secures during his time in charge of Celtic – and with every record he smashes – there’s a snide remark waiting for him back over the border, where they just can’t seem to bring themselves to take his work here seriously. It's the Liverpool legacy that he just can’t shake.
This sense that he must forever be regarded as damaged goods down south because he once failed to take the title to Anfield. That he came closer than anyone else this side of the millennium to actually do so is, of course, neither here nor there. Rodgers insists he's had is shot at managing in England's top flight and is loving life in Scotland Rodgers insists he's had is shot at managing in England's top flight and is loving life in Scotland (Image: Getty) Read More
Patrick Roberts insists Celtic will take it one game at a time as they target historic Double Treble
That he has rattled off 65 games without defeat in Scottish football, scooping up four major trophies on the spin? Well that’s just a damning indictment of the state of the rest of our game.
It’s a twisted kind of logic which dictates that, the longer this remarkable run stretches, the more his critics claim vindication. The less credit they are willing to give him for it. And it’s led Rodgers to arrive at a simple solution. He does his best not to listen to it.
When asked if he is irritated by this stubborn scant regard for his achievements he said: “Not really. I tend now with experience to listen less and read less. Everyone has an opinion now and, for me, as long as I’m happy that’s all that matters to me.
“I managed Swansea in the Premier League, I loved it, enjoyed it, got a promotion with them, amazing. I worked at one of the great clubs in Liverpool and went closer than anyone to a title in the Premier League.
“So I’ve been at that level. I’m now up here and genuinely love my life. What people think doesn’t really concern me to be honest. Rodgers insists he isn't concerned by what people think about him being at Celtic Rodgers insists he isn't concerned by what people think about him being at Celtic Rodgers admits he told Dermot Desmond and Peter Lawwell he wanted Celtic to dominate Scottish football Rodgers admits he told Dermot Desmond and Peter Lawwell he wanted Celtic to dominate Scottish football (Image: SNS Group)
“I know the demands of Celtic, I know the pressures up here and my challenge is, like I said when I met with Dermot Desmond and Peter Lawwell, dominate domestically, that was the idea, and qualify for the Champions League. Now we’re qualifying for Champions League, I think we’re expected to take on these super clubs which is so, so tough.
“I’ll always put myself out there to challenge that and that’s how I’ve always been. I’ve been optimistic for the club.”
Had Rodgers been any other way then he might have been more inclined to take the first ticket out of Paradise. That he has privately rebuffed any number of invitations to return to the English top flight is a sign of his sincerity and of his contentment.
Recently – over the last few weeks in fact – both West Ham and Swansea have quietly sent out feelers over the border and both were left in little doubt any formal pursuit of Rodgers would be a pointless exercise. He has found happiness here, along with success which makes for a powerful combination.
He was still picking the ticker tape out of the Betfred Cup yesterday morning when none other than Joey Barton joined in the debate, in typically Barton-esque style. Click to play Brendan Rodgers makes young Celtic fan's day as he gives her his Betfred Cup winners medal
This latest bauble means nothing, Barton philosophised, when it comes on the back of a 7-1 Champions League thrashing in Paris.
Barton told talkSPORT: “Getting beat 7-1 is amateur. It just gives people in England who have a lot of disrespect for the Scottish league, who don’t think it’s got any credibility and gives them all the ammo they need to say look how poor you are. That you get battered whenever you run into a decent side and that Celtic are flat-track bullies.”
The former Rangers player – whose shortlived Ibrox career ended with a 5-1 mauling from Rodgers’s side – added: “Everyone’s going on about Brendan, how good Brendan is. Listen you can’t knock them domestically, but I just think in Europe, Neil Lennon showed a bit more tactical nous.
“Celtic never got humped and that’s the only way to describe what happened in the Parc des Princes during the week.
“Celtic have to adjust from the domestic campaign to cut their cloth accordingly.”
There’s a very obvious irony here given that Barton failed so spectacularly to cut it in Scottish football, having predicted ahead of his own arrival last summer that it would be some sort of cakewalk.
Barton lasted a few weeks. Rodgers is now 18 months unbeaten. But Celtic’s manager is learning to accept that the view from over the wall is unlikely to change. Rodgers knows his side need to adapt to compete against Europe's best Rodgers knows his side need to adapt to compete against Europe's best
He said: “Of course not but that doesn’t worry me. I think there’s a real authenticity about being in Scotland, I think my attitude has always been to help the mentality of the Scottish players, in particular, because there can be a wee bit of a mentality that everything is a negativity; Hampden’s not very good and the players aren’t very good and everything.
“But I don’t buy into that. I’m one that arrived into my professional life being very optimistic in life, in terms of trying to help people and develop them. And so far, in the early part of my time here it’s working well but I’ve got a real burning hunger to keep pushing on and developing and not standing still.”
And so Rodgers will press on with his one-man plan for Scotland’s domination knowing the more trophies he collects, the more shine his critics will attempt to take off his achievements. But it’s hardly a thankless task.
He said: “I don’t know. It’s not for me, that’s for you to write about. It’s human nature isn’t it, the more you win the more you’re off the back pages, you’re pushed inside somewhere out the way. Rodgers is determined that his players realise they are part of something special Rodgers is determined that his players realise they are part of something special (Image: SNS Group)
“For us, my job is to come in here and like I said to the players we’re limited in our time. This is a really special football club Celtic, so our time that we’re here is limited, so we have a responsibility to honour the great history of the club, what they have won before and then add to that whilst we are here. And for that I’ll always have a cause for which the players stay hungry to fight for.
“So whenever we move on and pass the ball to someone else we’ve left a legacy that will echo way beyond our time here but for that, the actions of today means you have to win.
“So these are the messages we give to the players emotionally to ensure that every game, every cup final we fight for our life because, like I say, when we’re long gone it’ll be spoken about. So create it while you’re here.” First paragraph is laughable the you’ve got that effing turnip Barton.
Lennon lost 6-1 to Barca.
Damaged goods for failing to win the title with Liverpool? 
The hurt is ripping out these two knobs.
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Keech printing an " Interview" with Brendan - I doubt that he was even in the same building ! https://twitter.com/tedermeatballs/status/935410651962454017Spoiler: click to toggle Celtic boss Brendan Rodgers knows the more success he has in Scotland, the more English critics will knock him
Hoops manager fully focused on bringing continued success to the Parkhead club and maintains he'll ignore the scant regard for his achievements from south of the border.
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ByKeith Jackson
06:00, 28 NOV 2017
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There's a difficult internal balance that Brendan Rodgers must now be striving to strike.
How does Celtic’s manager maintain his motivation to obliterate all that Scottish football can muster, while putting his own international reputation on the line every time he digs out his passport?
Because for every domestic trophy he secures during his time in charge of Celtic – and with every record he smashes – there’s a snide remark waiting for him back over the border, where they just can’t seem to bring themselves to take his work here seriously. It's the Liverpool legacy that he just can’t shake.
This sense that he must forever be regarded as damaged goods down south because he once failed to take the title to Anfield. That he came closer than anyone else this side of the millennium to actually do so is, of course, neither here nor there. Rodgers insists he's had is shot at managing in England's top flight and is loving life in Scotland Rodgers insists he's had is shot at managing in England's top flight and is loving life in Scotland (Image: Getty) Read More
Patrick Roberts insists Celtic will take it one game at a time as they target historic Double Treble
That he has rattled off 65 games without defeat in Scottish football, scooping up four major trophies on the spin? Well that’s just a damning indictment of the state of the rest of our game.
It’s a twisted kind of logic which dictates that, the longer this remarkable run stretches, the more his critics claim vindication. The less credit they are willing to give him for it. And it’s led Rodgers to arrive at a simple solution. He does his best not to listen to it.
When asked if he is irritated by this stubborn scant regard for his achievements he said: “Not really. I tend now with experience to listen less and read less. Everyone has an opinion now and, for me, as long as I’m happy that’s all that matters to me.
“I managed Swansea in the Premier League, I loved it, enjoyed it, got a promotion with them, amazing. I worked at one of the great clubs in Liverpool and went closer than anyone to a title in the Premier League.
“So I’ve been at that level. I’m now up here and genuinely love my life. What people think doesn’t really concern me to be honest. Rodgers insists he isn't concerned by what people think about him being at Celtic Rodgers insists he isn't concerned by what people think about him being at Celtic Rodgers admits he told Dermot Desmond and Peter Lawwell he wanted Celtic to dominate Scottish football Rodgers admits he told Dermot Desmond and Peter Lawwell he wanted Celtic to dominate Scottish football (Image: SNS Group)
“I know the demands of Celtic, I know the pressures up here and my challenge is, like I said when I met with Dermot Desmond and Peter Lawwell, dominate domestically, that was the idea, and qualify for the Champions League. Now we’re qualifying for Champions League, I think we’re expected to take on these super clubs which is so, so tough.
“I’ll always put myself out there to challenge that and that’s how I’ve always been. I’ve been optimistic for the club.”
Had Rodgers been any other way then he might have been more inclined to take the first ticket out of Paradise. That he has privately rebuffed any number of invitations to return to the English top flight is a sign of his sincerity and of his contentment.
Recently – over the last few weeks in fact – both West Ham and Swansea have quietly sent out feelers over the border and both were left in little doubt any formal pursuit of Rodgers would be a pointless exercise. He has found happiness here, along with success which makes for a powerful combination.
He was still picking the ticker tape out of the Betfred Cup yesterday morning when none other than Joey Barton joined in the debate, in typically Barton-esque style. Click to play Brendan Rodgers makes young Celtic fan's day as he gives her his Betfred Cup winners medal
This latest bauble means nothing, Barton philosophised, when it comes on the back of a 7-1 Champions League thrashing in Paris.
Barton told talkSPORT: “Getting beat 7-1 is amateur. It just gives people in England who have a lot of disrespect for the Scottish league, who don’t think it’s got any credibility and gives them all the ammo they need to say look how poor you are. That you get battered whenever you run into a decent side and that Celtic are flat-track bullies.”
The former Rangers player – whose shortlived Ibrox career ended with a 5-1 mauling from Rodgers’s side – added: “Everyone’s going on about Brendan, how good Brendan is. Listen you can’t knock them domestically, but I just think in Europe, Neil Lennon showed a bit more tactical nous.
“Celtic never got humped and that’s the only way to describe what happened in the Parc des Princes during the week.
“Celtic have to adjust from the domestic campaign to cut their cloth accordingly.”
There’s a very obvious irony here given that Barton failed so spectacularly to cut it in Scottish football, having predicted ahead of his own arrival last summer that it would be some sort of cakewalk.
Barton lasted a few weeks. Rodgers is now 18 months unbeaten. But Celtic’s manager is learning to accept that the view from over the wall is unlikely to change. Rodgers knows his side need to adapt to compete against Europe's best Rodgers knows his side need to adapt to compete against Europe's best
He said: “Of course not but that doesn’t worry me. I think there’s a real authenticity about being in Scotland, I think my attitude has always been to help the mentality of the Scottish players, in particular, because there can be a wee bit of a mentality that everything is a negativity; Hampden’s not very good and the players aren’t very good and everything.
“But I don’t buy into that. I’m one that arrived into my professional life being very optimistic in life, in terms of trying to help people and develop them. And so far, in the early part of my time here it’s working well but I’ve got a real burning hunger to keep pushing on and developing and not standing still.”
And so Rodgers will press on with his one-man plan for Scotland’s domination knowing the more trophies he collects, the more shine his critics will attempt to take off his achievements. But it’s hardly a thankless task.
He said: “I don’t know. It’s not for me, that’s for you to write about. It’s human nature isn’t it, the more you win the more you’re off the back pages, you’re pushed inside somewhere out the way. Rodgers is determined that his players realise they are part of something special Rodgers is determined that his players realise they are part of something special (Image: SNS Group)
“For us, my job is to come in here and like I said to the players we’re limited in our time. This is a really special football club Celtic, so our time that we’re here is limited, so we have a responsibility to honour the great history of the club, what they have won before and then add to that whilst we are here. And for that I’ll always have a cause for which the players stay hungry to fight for.
“So whenever we move on and pass the ball to someone else we’ve left a legacy that will echo way beyond our time here but for that, the actions of today means you have to win.
“So these are the messages we give to the players emotionally to ensure that every game, every cup final we fight for our life because, like I say, when we’re long gone it’ll be spoken about. So create it while you’re here.” ....Brendan....Gonnae go away eh? ........please jist gonnae?
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28 Nov 2017, 11:55 AM
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Not sure if this goes here - Just listening to the Sportsound podcast. "Boydy" defending his dismissive comments about Aberdeen players being picked for Scotland. Used Killie's own shocking record against Aberdeen to insist that his comments had no effect on the player's performances. "My comments didn't inspire the win - We've lost 13 out of 14 against them, it was a given anyway". His new manager must love hearing that. I’m amazed Clarke hasn’t reigned that far disaster in. He needs to decide if he wants to be a footballer or a pundit, he clearly can’t do both.
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28 Nov 2017, 11:57 AM
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Not sure if this goes here - Just listening to the Sportsound podcast. "Boydy" defending his dismissive comments about Aberdeen players being picked for Scotland. Used Killie's own shocking record against Aberdeen to insist that his comments had no effect on the player's performances. "My comments didn't inspire the win - We've lost 13 out of 14 against them, it was a given anyway". His new manager must love hearing that.
I’m amazed Clarke hasn’t reigned that far disaster in. He needs to decide if he wants to be a footballer or a pundit, he clearly can’t do either. FTFY.
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28 Nov 2017, 12:03 PM
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- 28 Nov 2017, 01:49 AM
Not sure if this goes here - Just listening to the Sportsound podcast. "Boydy" defending his dismissive comments about Aberdeen players being picked for Scotland. Used Killie's own shocking record against Aberdeen to insist that his comments had no effect on the player's performances. "My comments didn't inspire the win - We've lost 13 out of 14 against them, it was a given anyway". His new manager must love hearing that.
I’m amazed Clarke hasn’t reigned that far disaster in. He needs to decide if he wants to be a footballer or a pundit, he clearly can’t do both. Boy fae Saltcoats slaps Boy fae Irvine down - Irvine Herald Headlines !
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28 Nov 2017, 01:50 PM
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Scrub Sunday fae the records, Keith Lasleys wife has spoken http://tinyurl.com/ybenu2tq
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28 Nov 2017, 02:13 PM
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Not sure if this goes here - Just listening to the Sportsound podcast. "Boydy" defending his dismissive comments about Aberdeen players being picked for Scotland. Used Killie's own shocking record against Aberdeen to insist that his comments had no effect on the player's performances. "My comments didn't inspire the win - We've lost 13 out of 14 against them, it was a given anyway". His new manager must love hearing that.
I’m amazed Clarke hasn’t reigned that far disaster in. He needs to decide if he wants to be a footballer or a pundit, he clearly can’t do both. He clearly can't do either.
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28 Nov 2017, 05:04 PM
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SMSM still going on about Sinclair.
Can’t even hide their tears.
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28 Nov 2017, 05:12 PM
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“Cheats are never winners”
Yep, just look at your husband for example.
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28 Nov 2017, 05:18 PM
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so it’s ok for the spouse of a club employee to go public with comments like this?
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28 Nov 2017, 05:19 PM
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so it’s ok for the spouse of a club employee to go public with comments like this?
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28 Nov 2017, 05:26 PM
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The fact that annoys me is Moussa is fortunate not to be out with a broken leg and they continue to focus on Sinclair.
Hurting Hun bastards, the lot of them
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28 Nov 2017, 05:30 PM
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https://www.scotsman.com/sport/football/teams/celtic/moussa-dembele-references-cedric-kipre-tackle-in-post-match-tweet-1-4623881
this picture of the tackle on Moussa shows the best/worst angle. Horrific doesn't begin to describe it.
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28 Nov 2017, 05:33 PM
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The fact that annoys me is Moussa is fortunate not to be out with a broken leg and they continue to focus on Sinclair.
Hurting Hun bastards, the lot of them This. It's feckin absurd.
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28 Nov 2017, 05:56 PM
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Shocking
The weight of the challenge buckled his ankle, even though it’s on his shin.
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28 Nov 2017, 06:03 PM
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- 28 Nov 2017, 01:50 PM
Another crazy day on the sports desk for the online sports editor. It’s be less embarrassing if they said he spent the morning playing champ manager rather than admit all he had to do with his day is trawl Twitter
Edit: sorry folks, I see the daily record already beat the times in playing video games and writing articles about it.
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