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BR comes across really well in this. Brendan Rodgers plans to ginger up Celtic’s ambitions
ANDREW SMITH Spoiler: click to toggle When Neil Lennon became Celtic manager he stated his mission was to “bring the thunder back”. For Brendan Rodgers, the quest is to bring the numbers back. His week in post has been accompanied by close season ticket office queues at Parkhead not witnessed in more than a decade. That fact suggests the Irishman has made a thundering start in his desire to drive up attendances, an upswing achieved simply through Rodgers being Rodgers. In the past two years, Celtic Park has been around a quarter empty for the league flag unfurling. Such modest crowds hadn’t been witnessed for such an occasion in practically three decades. When that day arrives in early August, the sell-out signs can be expected. Rodgers, the supporter, the high roller managerially – courtesy of three years at Liverpool and Swansea City success – will pay his way for his Scottish record £2m-plus salary, and pave the way for the crackling atmosphere he craves. At least initially. “To inspire the supporters to come back and fill Celtic Park,” was how he explained his mission. “When you have 60,000 in the stadium it’s a special place. It’s not just for European nights, it’s week in, week out. It’s a challenge here, we need the supporters if we’re going to succeed and there’s not many better when that crowd’s behind you.” Rodgers will certainly be helped by the presence of Rangers in the top flight for the first time in four years – especially when they have serious designs on restoring the old order. Ultimately, though, he really helps himself. He is a calibre of manager that a disaffected Celtic support had resigned themselves to their club hierarchy having neither the will nor the wherewithal to land. His background, both professionally and personally, ensured a whole different feel from Ronny Deila’s parade two years ago was tangible at his meet and greet on Monday night... wherein he inspired 13,000 punters to come to Celtic Park. “That passion is one of the big draws,” he said. The draw for Celtic supporters is how he differs from Deila, to be frank. There is plenty of common ground in the pair’s drive to develop players and pursue a football vision that involves pressurising high up the pitch without the ball, and dominating in possession. So too their ideal about small-ish squad size, Deila latterly lamenting he allowed it to bloat to over 30. Equally, with the need to bring a coaching confrere with you – which Deila regretted not doing and Rodgers immediately has in recruiting Chris Davies as first-team coach. Yet, as he admitted himself, there was always something alien about Scottish football culture and the obsessive interest generated in his every word and deed for Deila. The contrast with Rodgers is acute. He may be in a new job, but the familiarity with all aspects allowed him to present himself as a man slipping into a pair of old comfortable, beloved shoes as he eased into his surroundings. His clearly well-warranted reputation as a football anorak helps. Whatever we expected from Rodgers this week, it wasn’t wistful, respectful reminisces about Gary Bollan from the former Northern Ireland youth internationalist. This came at the end of a treatise on Scottish managers, whom he seems to have universal knowledge of, after he was asked about the warm words his appointment elicited from Aberdeen manager Derek McInnes. “There’s a number of very good guys up here,” he said. “Derek was very unfortunate at Bristol City. He took over a squad with a load of players. I always found him, when we spoke on football, very good. We met and we would speak. I was delighted to see how well he’s done up here. “Robbie Neilson came down to see me for a couple of days when I was Liverpool manager. I was really impressed with Robbie and I think he’s done an excellent job with Hearts. The other boys up here, Mark McGhee I know, big Tommy Wright. There’s good guys up here. I was looking through all the managers working in Scotland because I was interested to know. “I saw Gary Bollan. He’s at Forfar. I played against Scotland for Northern Ireland at Under-16s and Gary was the captain of Scotland. Paul Dickov was in there as well. Big Jim [Will] was the goalkeeper. It was interesting going through the names.” Rodgers relished reeling off other names the other night. Whether it was that of Paul McStay, his favourite Celtic player of his mid-1980s days of travelling over to games from County Antrim – “He was brilliant for me,” he said – or legends of an earlier vintage. These tripped off his tongue when he was asked about the similarities between the footballing, post-industrial heartlands of Glasgow and Liverpool. “There are similarities, but this is different. This is family, this is blood, this is...Gallacher, Johnstone, McGrain. I loved Liverpool, I loved my time there. At 39 years of age as a manager to feel that there was brilliant for me. And it’s created a great platform for me coming to here. I might be young as a manager but I’ve had quite a bit of experience and hopefully Celtic can benefit from that. “I think it was fate really that got me here. There are so many stars aligned for me to be here at this time. That time at Liverpool. When I went in [four years ago] they were eighth and we weren’t predicted to be in the top four within two years but nearly won the title [in 2014]. It just wasn’t to be. “We had everything going into that game and unfortunately the slip [from Steven Gerrard, to lead to a 2-0 defeat by Chelsea] changes the landscape. But what I did there will be similar to what I can do here in terms of the expectation. Liverpool were never expected to be near the league within two years and with a bit of luck we could have won it. “The idea is to do the very best that you possibly can.” Rodgers has already watched every goal Celtic scored and conceded last season. He was pleased to see PFA Scotland and Scottish football writers’ young player and left-back Kieran Tierney, score off his right foot in the final game, because “attacking full-backs in the modern game have got to get goals”. He will spend the three weeks before the squad return to training in preparation for the mid-July Champions League qualifier “meeting agents”, and being “full on” in his work. “I’ve had a holiday, a great holiday,” he said of his “resting” period since his sacking by Liverpool in October. Rodgers is a canny sort. The feeling persisted that the Deila-John Collins management team never entirely won over the Celtic dressing room. Collins’ unhappy history with Scott Brown from their time at Hibs probably didn’t help. Rodgers knows that Brown is the dressing room leader and intends to ensure the captain is firmly in his corner. It was, he said “one hundred and fifty per cent” the case that Brown will retain the armband as he eulogised the combative performer and predicted a mutually beneficial relationship such as that he previously enjoyed with Gerrard. “I saw him at Hibs as a young player and I thought he was a great athlete, very mobile and competitive. Obviously he’s come here and is a real warrior,” Rodgers said of Brown. “He’s up for every single game. Last year towards the end of the season he was maybe hit a little bit by injury and what not, but he’s 30 years of age and I think he’s still got his best years ahead of him. “When I went into Liverpool Steven Gerrard was 32 years of age. There was talk that his best days were maybe gone but Steven went on for the next two years and was brilliant for me – a great leader and nearly went on to pick up the title. His performance level went up again. So I’m really looking forward to working with Scott. I’d obviously come across him in some of the friendly games we had played and I’ve always been impressed with him as a player and I’m sure he can be a really big help for me.” Rodgers was once derided for stating that he had been his own “biggest mentor”. At Celtic, though, he really is his own biggest asset. Read more: http://www.scotsman.com/sport/football/competitions/premiership/brendan-rodgers-plans-to-ginger-up-celtic-s-ambitions-1-4140516#ixzz4A1qq0pwU Follow us: @TheScotsman on Twitter | TheScotsmanNewspaper on Facebook
I love him already. Great replies from Brendan. He total!y gets it. This could be massive.
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BR comes across really well in this. Brendan Rodgers plans to ginger up Celtic’s ambitions
ANDREW SMITH Spoiler: click to toggle When Neil Lennon became Celtic manager he stated his mission was to “bring the thunder back”. For Brendan Rodgers, the quest is to bring the numbers back. His week in post has been accompanied by close season ticket office queues at Parkhead not witnessed in more than a decade. That fact suggests the Irishman has made a thundering start in his desire to drive up attendances, an upswing achieved simply through Rodgers being Rodgers. In the past two years, Celtic Park has been around a quarter empty for the league flag unfurling. Such modest crowds hadn’t been witnessed for such an occasion in practically three decades. When that day arrives in early August, the sell-out signs can be expected. Rodgers, the supporter, the high roller managerially – courtesy of three years at Liverpool and Swansea City success – will pay his way for his Scottish record £2m-plus salary, and pave the way for the crackling atmosphere he craves. At least initially. “To inspire the supporters to come back and fill Celtic Park,” was how he explained his mission. “When you have 60,000 in the stadium it’s a special place. It’s not just for European nights, it’s week in, week out. It’s a challenge here, we need the supporters if we’re going to succeed and there’s not many better when that crowd’s behind you.” Rodgers will certainly be helped by the presence of Rangers in the top flight for the first time in four years – especially when they have serious designs on restoring the old order. Ultimately, though, he really helps himself. He is a calibre of manager that a disaffected Celtic support had resigned themselves to their club hierarchy having neither the will nor the wherewithal to land. His background, both professionally and personally, ensured a whole different feel from Ronny Deila’s parade two years ago was tangible at his meet and greet on Monday night... wherein he inspired 13,000 punters to come to Celtic Park. “That passion is one of the big draws,” he said. The draw for Celtic supporters is how he differs from Deila, to be frank. There is plenty of common ground in the pair’s drive to develop players and pursue a football vision that involves pressurising high up the pitch without the ball, and dominating in possession. So too their ideal about small-ish squad size, Deila latterly lamenting he allowed it to bloat to over 30. Equally, with the need to bring a coaching confrere with you – which Deila regretted not doing and Rodgers immediately has in recruiting Chris Davies as first-team coach. Yet, as he admitted himself, there was always something alien about Scottish football culture and the obsessive interest generated in his every word and deed for Deila. The contrast with Rodgers is acute. He may be in a new job, but the familiarity with all aspects allowed him to present himself as a man slipping into a pair of old comfortable, beloved shoes as he eased into his surroundings. His clearly well-warranted reputation as a football anorak helps. Whatever we expected from Rodgers this week, it wasn’t wistful, respectful reminisces about Gary Bollan from the former Northern Ireland youth internationalist. This came at the end of a treatise on Scottish managers, whom he seems to have universal knowledge of, after he was asked about the warm words his appointment elicited from Aberdeen manager Derek McInnes. “There’s a number of very good guys up here,” he said. “Derek was very unfortunate at Bristol City. He took over a squad with a load of players. I always found him, when we spoke on football, very good. We met and we would speak. I was delighted to see how well he’s done up here. “Robbie Neilson came down to see me for a couple of days when I was Liverpool manager. I was really impressed with Robbie and I think he’s done an excellent job with Hearts. The other boys up here, Mark McGhee I know, big Tommy Wright. There’s good guys up here. I was looking through all the managers working in Scotland because I was interested to know. “I saw Gary Bollan. He’s at Forfar. I played against Scotland for Northern Ireland at Under-16s and Gary was the captain of Scotland. Paul Dickov was in there as well. Big Jim [Will] was the goalkeeper. It was interesting going through the names.” Rodgers relished reeling off other names the other night. Whether it was that of Paul McStay, his favourite Celtic player of his mid-1980s days of travelling over to games from County Antrim – “He was brilliant for me,” he said – or legends of an earlier vintage. These tripped off his tongue when he was asked about the similarities between the footballing, post-industrial heartlands of Glasgow and Liverpool. “There are similarities, but this is different. This is family, this is blood, this is...Gallacher, Johnstone, McGrain. I loved Liverpool, I loved my time there. At 39 years of age as a manager to feel that there was brilliant for me. And it’s created a great platform for me coming to here. I might be young as a manager but I’ve had quite a bit of experience and hopefully Celtic can benefit from that. “I think it was fate really that got me here. There are so many stars aligned for me to be here at this time. That time at Liverpool. When I went in [four years ago] they were eighth and we weren’t predicted to be in the top four within two years but nearly won the title [in 2014]. It just wasn’t to be. “We had everything going into that game and unfortunately the slip [from Steven Gerrard, to lead to a 2-0 defeat by Chelsea] changes the landscape. But what I did there will be similar to what I can do here in terms of the expectation. Liverpool were never expected to be near the league within two years and with a bit of luck we could have won it. “The idea is to do the very best that you possibly can.” Rodgers has already watched every goal Celtic scored and conceded last season. He was pleased to see PFA Scotland and Scottish football writers’ young player and left-back Kieran Tierney, score off his right foot in the final game, because “attacking full-backs in the modern game have got to get goals”. He will spend the three weeks before the squad return to training in preparation for the mid-July Champions League qualifier “meeting agents”, and being “full on” in his work. “I’ve had a holiday, a great holiday,” he said of his “resting” period since his sacking by Liverpool in October. Rodgers is a canny sort. The feeling persisted that the Deila-John Collins management team never entirely won over the Celtic dressing room. Collins’ unhappy history with Scott Brown from their time at Hibs probably didn’t help. Rodgers knows that Brown is the dressing room leader and intends to ensure the captain is firmly in his corner. It was, he said “one hundred and fifty per cent” the case that Brown will retain the armband as he eulogised the combative performer and predicted a mutually beneficial relationship such as that he previously enjoyed with Gerrard. “I saw him at Hibs as a young player and I thought he was a great athlete, very mobile and competitive. Obviously he’s come here and is a real warrior,” Rodgers said of Brown. “He’s up for every single game. Last year towards the end of the season he was maybe hit a little bit by injury and what not, but he’s 30 years of age and I think he’s still got his best years ahead of him. “When I went into Liverpool Steven Gerrard was 32 years of age. There was talk that his best days were maybe gone but Steven went on for the next two years and was brilliant for me – a great leader and nearly went on to pick up the title. His performance level went up again. So I’m really looking forward to working with Scott. I’d obviously come across him in some of the friendly games we had played and I’ve always been impressed with him as a player and I’m sure he can be a really big help for me.” Rodgers was once derided for stating that he had been his own “biggest mentor”. At Celtic, though, he really is his own biggest asset. Read more: http://www.scotsman.com/sport/football/competitions/premiership/brendan-rodgers-plans-to-ginger-up-celtic-s-ambitions-1-4140516#ixzz4A1qq0pwU Follow us: @TheScotsman on Twitter | TheScotsmanNewspaper on Facebook
I love him already.
Great replies from Brendan. He total!y gets it. This could be massive. I don't usually read these rent-a-quote pieces but I agree, his ethos and his knowledge could inspire a generation. Exciting times indeed.
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Ah well, hindsight's a wonderful thing.
Why is hindsight wonderful? Because if you don't have hindsight it's like looking at a mirror from behind, you can't see the future or the past, just a void. Betwixt and between, neither fish nor fowl but good for ne'er man nor beast. And that's a wonderful thing not to be in.
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Ah well, hindsight's a wonderful thing.
Why is hindsight wonderful?
Because if you don't have hindsight it's like looking at a mirror from behind, you can't see the future or the past, just a void. Betwixt and between, neither fish nor fowl but good for ne'er man nor beast. And that's a wonderful thing not to be in.
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Quoting limited to 3 levels deep Brendan Rodgers plans to ginger up Celtic’s ambitions
ANDREW SMITH Spoiler: click to toggle When Neil Lennon became Celtic manager he stated his mission was to “bring the thunder back”. For Brendan Rodgers, the quest is to bring the numbers back. His week in post has been accompanied by close season ticket office queues at Parkhead not witnessed in more than a decade. That fact suggests the Irishman has made a thundering start in his desire to drive up attendances, an upswing achieved simply through Rodgers being Rodgers. In the past two years, Celtic Park has been around a quarter empty for the league flag unfurling. Such modest crowds hadn’t been witnessed for such an occasion in practically three decades. When that day arrives in early August, the sell-out signs can be expected. Rodgers, the supporter, the high roller managerially – courtesy of three years at Liverpool and Swansea City success – will pay his way for his Scottish record £2m-plus salary, and pave the way for the crackling atmosphere he craves. At least initially. “To inspire the supporters to come back and fill Celtic Park,” was how he explained his mission. “When you have 60,000 in the stadium it’s a special place. It’s not just for European nights, it’s week in, week out. It’s a challenge here, we need the supporters if we’re going to succeed and there’s not many better when that crowd’s behind you.” Rodgers will certainly be helped by the presence of Rangers in the top flight for the first time in four years – especially when they have serious designs on restoring the old order. Ultimately, though, he really helps himself. He is a calibre of manager that a disaffected Celtic support had resigned themselves to their club hierarchy having neither the will nor the wherewithal to land. His background, both professionally and personally, ensured a whole different feel from Ronny Deila’s parade two years ago was tangible at his meet and greet on Monday night... wherein he inspired 13,000 punters to come to Celtic Park. “That passion is one of the big draws,” he said. The draw for Celtic supporters is how he differs from Deila, to be frank. There is plenty of common ground in the pair’s drive to develop players and pursue a football vision that involves pressurising high up the pitch without the ball, and dominating in possession. So too their ideal about small-ish squad size, Deila latterly lamenting he allowed it to bloat to over 30. Equally, with the need to bring a coaching confrere with you – which Deila regretted not doing and Rodgers immediately has in recruiting Chris Davies as first-team coach. Yet, as he admitted himself, there was always something alien about Scottish football culture and the obsessive interest generated in his every word and deed for Deila. The contrast with Rodgers is acute. He may be in a new job, but the familiarity with all aspects allowed him to present himself as a man slipping into a pair of old comfortable, beloved shoes as he eased into his surroundings. His clearly well-warranted reputation as a football anorak helps. Whatever we expected from Rodgers this week, it wasn’t wistful, respectful reminisces about Gary Bollan from the former Northern Ireland youth internationalist. This came at the end of a treatise on Scottish managers, whom he seems to have universal knowledge of, after he was asked about the warm words his appointment elicited from Aberdeen manager Derek McInnes. “There’s a number of very good guys up here,” he said. “Derek was very unfortunate at Bristol City. He took over a squad with a load of players. I always found him, when we spoke on football, very good. We met and we would speak. I was delighted to see how well he’s done up here. “Robbie Neilson came down to see me for a couple of days when I was Liverpool manager. I was really impressed with Robbie and I think he’s done an excellent job with Hearts. The other boys up here, Mark McGhee I know, big Tommy Wright. There’s good guys up here. I was looking through all the managers working in Scotland because I was interested to know. “I saw Gary Bollan. He’s at Forfar. I played against Scotland for Northern Ireland at Under-16s and Gary was the captain of Scotland. Paul Dickov was in there as well. Big Jim [Will] was the goalkeeper. It was interesting going through the names.” Rodgers relished reeling off other names the other night. Whether it was that of Paul McStay, his favourite Celtic player of his mid-1980s days of travelling over to games from County Antrim – “He was brilliant for me,” he said – or legends of an earlier vintage. These tripped off his tongue when he was asked about the similarities between the footballing, post-industrial heartlands of Glasgow and Liverpool. “There are similarities, but this is different. This is family, this is blood, this is...Gallacher, Johnstone, McGrain. I loved Liverpool, I loved my time there. At 39 years of age as a manager to feel that there was brilliant for me. And it’s created a great platform for me coming to here. I might be young as a manager but I’ve had quite a bit of experience and hopefully Celtic can benefit from that. “I think it was fate really that got me here. There are so many stars aligned for me to be here at this time. That time at Liverpool. When I went in [four years ago] they were eighth and we weren’t predicted to be in the top four within two years but nearly won the title [in 2014]. It just wasn’t to be. “We had everything going into that game and unfortunately the slip [from Steven Gerrard, to lead to a 2-0 defeat by Chelsea] changes the landscape. But what I did there will be similar to what I can do here in terms of the expectation. Liverpool were never expected to be near the league within two years and with a bit of luck we could have won it. “The idea is to do the very best that you possibly can.” Rodgers has already watched every goal Celtic scored and conceded last season. He was pleased to see PFA Scotland and Scottish football writers’ young player and left-back Kieran Tierney, score off his right foot in the final game, because “attacking full-backs in the modern game have got to get goals”. He will spend the three weeks before the squad return to training in preparation for the mid-July Champions League qualifier “meeting agents”, and being “full on” in his work. “I’ve had a holiday, a great holiday,” he said of his “resting” period since his sacking by Liverpool in October. Rodgers is a canny sort. The feeling persisted that the Deila-John Collins management team never entirely won over the Celtic dressing room. Collins’ unhappy history with Scott Brown from their time at Hibs probably didn’t help. Rodgers knows that Brown is the dressing room leader and intends to ensure the captain is firmly in his corner. It was, he said “one hundred and fifty per cent” the case that Brown will retain the armband as he eulogised the combative performer and predicted a mutually beneficial relationship such as that he previously enjoyed with Gerrard. “I saw him at Hibs as a young player and I thought he was a great athlete, very mobile and competitive. Obviously he’s come here and is a real warrior,” Rodgers said of Brown. “He’s up for every single game. Last year towards the end of the season he was maybe hit a little bit by injury and what not, but he’s 30 years of age and I think he’s still got his best years ahead of him. “When I went into Liverpool Steven Gerrard was 32 years of age. There was talk that his best days were maybe gone but Steven went on for the next two years and was brilliant for me – a great leader and nearly went on to pick up the title. His performance level went up again. So I’m really looking forward to working with Scott. I’d obviously come across him in some of the friendly games we had played and I’ve always been impressed with him as a player and I’m sure he can be a really big help for me.” Rodgers was once derided for stating that he had been his own “biggest mentor”. At Celtic, though, he really is his own biggest asset. Read more: http://www.scotsman.com/sport/football/competitions/premiership/brendan-rodgers-plans-to-ginger-up-celtic-s-ambitions-1-4140516#ixzz4A1qq0pwU Follow us: @TheScotsman on Twitter | TheScotsmanNewspaper on Facebook
Great replies from Brendan. He total!y gets it. This could be massive.
I don't usually read these rent-a-quote pieces but I agree, his ethos and his knowledge could inspire a generation. Exciting times indeed.  I was at a hun wedding last week. I was kinda worried as the person who invited me as their plus one had told the groom I was a big Celtic fan, really into it, blah, blah. My heart sank when they added that both bride and grooms families were really into the huns, orange order, masons etc. Worse - the wedding was in Armadale.
As the car drove down past the delights of High Academy Street we passed Windsor Hall (a puffed up scouts hut) with its Union Jack wafting high. A little further on was the Masonic Hall in all its tattered glory. 'That's it over' thought I 'if we go the other way to the reception we might never have to witness such spectacles again.' However, the church had a big union jack inside the porch and God Save the Queen was in the hymn book. I was surprised by this. I thought it was the National Anthem. I felt very low and was dreading the reception in case they got pissed and started fighting - probably with me! I felt so uncomfortable.
Well, I never enjoyed a reception so much. They were all nice enough. And they were all utterly, utterly depressed about our Brendan's appointment. Gloomy in the extreme. An ex Liverpool manager has far more kudos than an ex Brentford one. Silk vs Nylon, one might say. It was a truth universally acknowledged that a piss poor Celtic side had still won the league and they worried that the huns would be no competition next year. Rodgers could only improve the team. He could sign quality, manage well, get CFC through he qualifiers and our finances would outstrip theirs by even more millions. They were also unsure that one Joseph Anthony Barton would be sufficient to pierce the halo of Brendan Rodgers and stop us winning the league again.
It was all music to my ears. I just sat there, sipping my champagne, dreamily imagining halcyon days where all their deepest worries came true.
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I wonder if he'll turn out any good? Getting a wee bit worried that he seems to like the look of Brown & Mulgrew. Also that he kept talking about filling the top tier.
I'm not for letting the board off the hook for their years of mis-managment. Hoping that they are going to try turning it around & not just giving us Rodgers + the same old shampooe.
Fully expect Forrest & Mulgrew to get new deals & Brown to remain captain, none of which should happen. If that happens then I feel Rodgers will struggle to do what he has been talking about, bring back exciting winning football & get results in Europe.
Hope that my cynicism is unfounded, but I'm so scunnered by the board that it remains a nagging doubt.
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BR comes across really well in this. Brendan Rodgers plans to ginger up Celtic’s ambitions
ANDREW SMITH Spoiler: click to toggle When Neil Lennon became Celtic manager he stated his mission was to “bring the thunder back”. For Brendan Rodgers, the quest is to bring the numbers back. His week in post has been accompanied by close season ticket office queues at Parkhead not witnessed in more than a decade. That fact suggests the Irishman has made a thundering start in his desire to drive up attendances, an upswing achieved simply through Rodgers being Rodgers. In the past two years, Celtic Park has been around a quarter empty for the league flag unfurling. Such modest crowds hadn’t been witnessed for such an occasion in practically three decades. When that day arrives in early August, the sell-out signs can be expected. Rodgers, the supporter, the high roller managerially – courtesy of three years at Liverpool and Swansea City success – will pay his way for his Scottish record £2m-plus salary, and pave the way for the crackling atmosphere he craves. At least initially. “To inspire the supporters to come back and fill Celtic Park,” was how he explained his mission. “When you have 60,000 in the stadium it’s a special place. It’s not just for European nights, it’s week in, week out. It’s a challenge here, we need the supporters if we’re going to succeed and there’s not many better when that crowd’s behind you.” Rodgers will certainly be helped by the presence of Rangers in the top flight for the first time in four years – especially when they have serious designs on restoring the old order. Ultimately, though, he really helps himself. He is a calibre of manager that a disaffected Celtic support had resigned themselves to their club hierarchy having neither the will nor the wherewithal to land. His background, both professionally and personally, ensured a whole different feel from Ronny Deila’s parade two years ago was tangible at his meet and greet on Monday night... wherein he inspired 13,000 punters to come to Celtic Park. “That passion is one of the big draws,” he said. The draw for Celtic supporters is how he differs from Deila, to be frank. There is plenty of common ground in the pair’s drive to develop players and pursue a football vision that involves pressurising high up the pitch without the ball, and dominating in possession. So too their ideal about small-ish squad size, Deila latterly lamenting he allowed it to bloat to over 30. Equally, with the need to bring a coaching confrere with you – which Deila regretted not doing and Rodgers immediately has in recruiting Chris Davies as first-team coach. Yet, as he admitted himself, there was always something alien about Scottish football culture and the obsessive interest generated in his every word and deed for Deila. The contrast with Rodgers is acute. He may be in a new job, but the familiarity with all aspects allowed him to present himself as a man slipping into a pair of old comfortable, beloved shoes as he eased into his surroundings. His clearly well-warranted reputation as a football anorak helps. Whatever we expected from Rodgers this week, it wasn’t wistful, respectful reminisces about Gary Bollan from the former Northern Ireland youth internationalist. This came at the end of a treatise on Scottish managers, whom he seems to have universal knowledge of, after he was asked about the warm words his appointment elicited from Aberdeen manager Derek McInnes. “There’s a number of very good guys up here,” he said. “Derek was very unfortunate at Bristol City. He took over a squad with a load of players. I always found him, when we spoke on football, very good. We met and we would speak. I was delighted to see how well he’s done up here. “Robbie Neilson came down to see me for a couple of days when I was Liverpool manager. I was really impressed with Robbie and I think he’s done an excellent job with Hearts. The other boys up here, Mark McGhee I know, big Tommy Wright. There’s good guys up here. I was looking through all the managers working in Scotland because I was interested to know. “I saw Gary Bollan. He’s at Forfar. I played against Scotland for Northern Ireland at Under-16s and Gary was the captain of Scotland. Paul Dickov was in there as well. Big Jim [Will] was the goalkeeper. It was interesting going through the names.” Rodgers relished reeling off other names the other night. Whether it was that of Paul McStay, his favourite Celtic player of his mid-1980s days of travelling over to games from County Antrim – “He was brilliant for me,” he said – or legends of an earlier vintage. These tripped off his tongue when he was asked about the similarities between the footballing, post-industrial heartlands of Glasgow and Liverpool. “There are similarities, but this is different. This is family, this is blood, this is...Gallacher, Johnstone, McGrain. I loved Liverpool, I loved my time there. At 39 years of age as a manager to feel that there was brilliant for me. And it’s created a great platform for me coming to here. I might be young as a manager but I’ve had quite a bit of experience and hopefully Celtic can benefit from that. “I think it was fate really that got me here. There are so many stars aligned for me to be here at this time. That time at Liverpool. When I went in [four years ago] they were eighth and we weren’t predicted to be in the top four within two years but nearly won the title [in 2014]. It just wasn’t to be. “We had everything going into that game and unfortunately the slip [from Steven Gerrard, to lead to a 2-0 defeat by Chelsea] changes the landscape. But what I did there will be similar to what I can do here in terms of the expectation. Liverpool were never expected to be near the league within two years and with a bit of luck we could have won it. “The idea is to do the very best that you possibly can.” Rodgers has already watched every goal Celtic scored and conceded last season. He was pleased to see PFA Scotland and Scottish football writers’ young player and left-back Kieran Tierney, score off his right foot in the final game, because “attacking full-backs in the modern game have got to get goals”. He will spend the three weeks before the squad return to training in preparation for the mid-July Champions League qualifier “meeting agents”, and being “full on” in his work. “I’ve had a holiday, a great holiday,” he said of his “resting” period since his sacking by Liverpool in October. Rodgers is a canny sort. The feeling persisted that the Deila-John Collins management team never entirely won over the Celtic dressing room. Collins’ unhappy history with Scott Brown from their time at Hibs probably didn’t help. Rodgers knows that Brown is the dressing room leader and intends to ensure the captain is firmly in his corner. It was, he said “one hundred and fifty per cent” the case that Brown will retain the armband as he eulogised the combative performer and predicted a mutually beneficial relationship such as that he previously enjoyed with Gerrard. “I saw him at Hibs as a young player and I thought he was a great athlete, very mobile and competitive. Obviously he’s come here and is a real warrior,” Rodgers said of Brown. “He’s up for every single game. Last year towards the end of the season he was maybe hit a little bit by injury and what not, but he’s 30 years of age and I think he’s still got his best years ahead of him. “When I went into Liverpool Steven Gerrard was 32 years of age. There was talk that his best days were maybe gone but Steven went on for the next two years and was brilliant for me – a great leader and nearly went on to pick up the title. His performance level went up again. So I’m really looking forward to working with Scott. I’d obviously come across him in some of the friendly games we had played and I’ve always been impressed with him as a player and I’m sure he can be a really big help for me.” Rodgers was once derided for stating that he had been his own “biggest mentor”. At Celtic, though, he really is his own biggest asset. Read more: http://www.scotsman.com/sport/football/competitions/premiership/brendan-rodgers-plans-to-ginger-up-celtic-s-ambitions-1-4140516#ixzz4A1qq0pwU Follow us: @TheScotsman on Twitter | TheScotsmanNewspaper on Facebook
I love him already.
Great replies from Brendan. He total!y gets it. This could be massive. "Gets it" youve just jinxed the poor guy to eff with that phrase
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I wonder if he'll turn out any good? Getting a wee bit worried that he seems to like the look of Brown & Mulgrew. Also that he kept talking about filling the top tier.
I'm not for letting the board off the hook for their years of mis-managment. Hoping that they are going to try turning it around & not just giving us Rodgers + the same old shampooe.
Fully expect Forrest & Mulgrew to get new deals & Brown to remain captain, none of which should happen. If that happens then I feel Rodgers will struggle to do what he has been talking about, bring back exciting winning football & get results in Europe.
Hope that my cynicism is unfounded, but I'm so scunnered by the board that it remains a nagging doubt.
BRFA... etc you are being kind to yourself there regarding the cynicism
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I wonder if he'll turn out any good? Getting a wee bit worried that he seems to like the look of Brown & Mulgrew. Also that he kept talking about filling the top tier.
I'm not for letting the board off the hook for their years of mis-managment. Hoping that they are going to try turning it around & not just giving us Rodgers + the same old shampooe.
Fully expect Forrest & Mulgrew to get new deals & Brown to remain captain, none of which should happen. If that happens then I feel Rodgers will struggle to do what he has been talking about, bring back exciting winning football & get results in Europe.
Hope that my cynicism is unfounded, but I'm so scunnered by the board that it remains a nagging doubt.
BRFA... etc
you are being kind to yourself there regarding the cynicism Am I?
OK, cool.
That'll be that then, CL here we come. Let me buy a family season book, everyone full kits (all 3 of them) & celtic TV.
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Regardless of what the support think of certain players, it would be a terrible move for him to be publicly slating our captain and one of the other most experienced players before he has even met the squad.
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Don't you just love some of our support BR is hardly in the door, has only given a couple of interviews and already some are second guessing the up and giving him grief over something he might or might ot do
Let's give the guy a chance to get his feet under the door and .actually see some of our squad in person rather than on video. That what a good professional manager would do!
Even if he wanted to punt every bandit he would still say good things about people, so that we could move them on
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Quoting limited to 3 levels deep Brendan Rodgers plans to ginger up Celtic’s ambitions
ANDREW SMITH Spoiler: click to toggle When Neil Lennon became Celtic manager he stated his mission was to “bring the thunder back”. For Brendan Rodgers, the quest is to bring the numbers back. His week in post has been accompanied by close season ticket office queues at Parkhead not witnessed in more than a decade. That fact suggests the Irishman has made a thundering start in his desire to drive up attendances, an upswing achieved simply through Rodgers being Rodgers. In the past two years, Celtic Park has been around a quarter empty for the league flag unfurling. Such modest crowds hadn’t been witnessed for such an occasion in practically three decades. When that day arrives in early August, the sell-out signs can be expected. Rodgers, the supporter, the high roller managerially – courtesy of three years at Liverpool and Swansea City success – will pay his way for his Scottish record £2m-plus salary, and pave the way for the crackling atmosphere he craves. At least initially. “To inspire the supporters to come back and fill Celtic Park,” was how he explained his mission. “When you have 60,000 in the stadium it’s a special place. It’s not just for European nights, it’s week in, week out. It’s a challenge here, we need the supporters if we’re going to succeed and there’s not many better when that crowd’s behind you.” Rodgers will certainly be helped by the presence of Rangers in the top flight for the first time in four years – especially when they have serious designs on restoring the old order. Ultimately, though, he really helps himself. He is a calibre of manager that a disaffected Celtic support had resigned themselves to their club hierarchy having neither the will nor the wherewithal to land. His background, both professionally and personally, ensured a whole different feel from Ronny Deila’s parade two years ago was tangible at his meet and greet on Monday night... wherein he inspired 13,000 punters to come to Celtic Park. “That passion is one of the big draws,” he said. The draw for Celtic supporters is how he differs from Deila, to be frank. There is plenty of common ground in the pair’s drive to develop players and pursue a football vision that involves pressurising high up the pitch without the ball, and dominating in possession. So too their ideal about small-ish squad size, Deila latterly lamenting he allowed it to bloat to over 30. Equally, with the need to bring a coaching confrere with you – which Deila regretted not doing and Rodgers immediately has in recruiting Chris Davies as first-team coach. Yet, as he admitted himself, there was always something alien about Scottish football culture and the obsessive interest generated in his every word and deed for Deila. The contrast with Rodgers is acute. He may be in a new job, but the familiarity with all aspects allowed him to present himself as a man slipping into a pair of old comfortable, beloved shoes as he eased into his surroundings. His clearly well-warranted reputation as a football anorak helps. Whatever we expected from Rodgers this week, it wasn’t wistful, respectful reminisces about Gary Bollan from the former Northern Ireland youth internationalist. This came at the end of a treatise on Scottish managers, whom he seems to have universal knowledge of, after he was asked about the warm words his appointment elicited from Aberdeen manager Derek McInnes. “There’s a number of very good guys up here,” he said. “Derek was very unfortunate at Bristol City. He took over a squad with a load of players. I always found him, when we spoke on football, very good. We met and we would speak. I was delighted to see how well he’s done up here. “Robbie Neilson came down to see me for a couple of days when I was Liverpool manager. I was really impressed with Robbie and I think he’s done an excellent job with Hearts. The other boys up here, Mark McGhee I know, big Tommy Wright. There’s good guys up here. I was looking through all the managers working in Scotland because I was interested to know. “I saw Gary Bollan. He’s at Forfar. I played against Scotland for Northern Ireland at Under-16s and Gary was the captain of Scotland. Paul Dickov was in there as well. Big Jim [Will] was the goalkeeper. It was interesting going through the names.” Rodgers relished reeling off other names the other night. Whether it was that of Paul McStay, his favourite Celtic player of his mid-1980s days of travelling over to games from County Antrim – “He was brilliant for me,” he said – or legends of an earlier vintage. These tripped off his tongue when he was asked about the similarities between the footballing, post-industrial heartlands of Glasgow and Liverpool. “There are similarities, but this is different. This is family, this is blood, this is...Gallacher, Johnstone, McGrain. I loved Liverpool, I loved my time there. At 39 years of age as a manager to feel that there was brilliant for me. And it’s created a great platform for me coming to here. I might be young as a manager but I’ve had quite a bit of experience and hopefully Celtic can benefit from that. “I think it was fate really that got me here. There are so many stars aligned for me to be here at this time. That time at Liverpool. When I went in [four years ago] they were eighth and we weren’t predicted to be in the top four within two years but nearly won the title [in 2014]. It just wasn’t to be. “We had everything going into that game and unfortunately the slip [from Steven Gerrard, to lead to a 2-0 defeat by Chelsea] changes the landscape. But what I did there will be similar to what I can do here in terms of the expectation. Liverpool were never expected to be near the league within two years and with a bit of luck we could have won it. “The idea is to do the very best that you possibly can.” Rodgers has already watched every goal Celtic scored and conceded last season. He was pleased to see PFA Scotland and Scottish football writers’ young player and left-back Kieran Tierney, score off his right foot in the final game, because “attacking full-backs in the modern game have got to get goals”. He will spend the three weeks before the squad return to training in preparation for the mid-July Champions League qualifier “meeting agents”, and being “full on” in his work. “I’ve had a holiday, a great holiday,” he said of his “resting” period since his sacking by Liverpool in October. Rodgers is a canny sort. The feeling persisted that the Deila-John Collins management team never entirely won over the Celtic dressing room. Collins’ unhappy history with Scott Brown from their time at Hibs probably didn’t help. Rodgers knows that Brown is the dressing room leader and intends to ensure the captain is firmly in his corner. It was, he said “one hundred and fifty per cent” the case that Brown will retain the armband as he eulogised the combative performer and predicted a mutually beneficial relationship such as that he previously enjoyed with Gerrard. “I saw him at Hibs as a young player and I thought he was a great athlete, very mobile and competitive. Obviously he’s come here and is a real warrior,” Rodgers said of Brown. “He’s up for every single game. Last year towards the end of the season he was maybe hit a little bit by injury and what not, but he’s 30 years of age and I think he’s still got his best years ahead of him. “When I went into Liverpool Steven Gerrard was 32 years of age. There was talk that his best days were maybe gone but Steven went on for the next two years and was brilliant for me – a great leader and nearly went on to pick up the title. His performance level went up again. So I’m really looking forward to working with Scott. I’d obviously come across him in some of the friendly games we had played and I’ve always been impressed with him as a player and I’m sure he can be a really big help for me.” Rodgers was once derided for stating that he had been his own “biggest mentor”. At Celtic, though, he really is his own biggest asset. Read more: http://www.scotsman.com/sport/football/competitions/premiership/brendan-rodgers-plans-to-ginger-up-celtic-s-ambitions-1-4140516#ixzz4A1qq0pwU Follow us: @TheScotsman on Twitter | TheScotsmanNewspaper on Facebook
I don't usually read these rent-a-quote pieces but I agree, his ethos and his knowledge could inspire a generation. Exciting times indeed. 
I was at a hun wedding last week. I was kinda worried as the person who invited me as their plus one had told the groom I was a big Celtic fan, really into it, blah, blah. My heart sank when they added that both bride and grooms families were really into the huns, orange order, masons etc. Worse - the wedding was in Armadale. As the car drove down past the delights of High Academy Street we passed Windsor Hall (a puffed up scouts hut) with its Union Jack wafting high. A little further on was the Masonic Hall in all its tattered glory. 'That's it over' thought I 'if we go the other way to the reception we might never have to witness such spectacles again.' However, the church had a big union jack inside the porch and God Save the Queen was in the hymn book. I was surprised by this. I thought it was the National Anthem. I felt very low and was dreading the reception in case they got pissed and started fighting - probably with me! I felt so uncomfortable. Well, I never enjoyed a reception so much. They were all nice enough. And they were all utterly, utterly depressed about our Brendan's appointment. Gloomy in the extreme. An ex Liverpool manager has far more kudos than an ex Brentford one. Silk vs Nylon, one might say. It was a truth universally acknowledged that a piss poor Celtic side had still won the league and they worried that the huns would be no competition next year. Rodgers could only improve the team. He could sign quality, manage well, get CFC through he qualifiers and our finances would outstrip theirs by even more millions. They were also unsure that one Joseph Anthony Barton would be sufficient to pierce the halo of Brendan Rodgers and stop us winning the league again. It was all music to my ears. I just sat there, sipping my champagne, dreamily imagining halcyon days where all their deepest worries came true. Armadale - what a pit.
Stayed there since I got married.
If as you say the huns you met were nice enough you should count yourself fortunate.
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I wonder if he'll turn out any good? Getting a wee bit worried that he seems to like the look of Brown & Mulgrew. Also that he kept talking about filling the top tier.
I'm not for letting the board off the hook for their years of mis-managment. Hoping that they are going to try turning it around & not just giving us Rodgers + the same old shampooe.
Fully expect Forrest & Mulgrew to get new deals & Brown to remain captain, none of which should happen. If that happens then I feel Rodgers will struggle to do what he has been talking about, bring back exciting winning football & get results in Europe.
Hope that my cynicism is unfounded, but I'm so scunnered by the board that it remains a nagging doubt.
BRFA... etc
you are being kind to yourself there regarding the cynicism
Am I? OK, cool. That'll be that then, CL here we come. Let me buy a family season book, everyone full kits (all 3 of them) & celtic TV. Danny Graham CSC Is there not a resonable middle ground you could inhabit between declaring him the messiah and deciding it might all be going wrong based on some paper transfer talk and a few quotes about our current squad ?
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Don't you just love some of our support BR is hardly in the door, has only given a couple of interviews and already some are second guessing the up and giving him grief over something he might or might ot do Let's give the guy a chance to get his feet under the door and .actually see some of our squad in person rather than on video. That what a good professional manager would do! Even if he wanted to punt every bandit he would still say good things about people, so that we could move them on Discord and strife has broken out before we have even played a single minute of football.
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Quoting limited to 3 levels deep Brendan Rodgers plans to ginger up Celtic’s ambitions
ANDREW SMITH Spoiler: click to toggle When Neil Lennon became Celtic manager he stated his mission was to “bring the thunder back”. For Brendan Rodgers, the quest is to bring the numbers back. His week in post has been accompanied by close season ticket office queues at Parkhead not witnessed in more than a decade. That fact suggests the Irishman has made a thundering start in his desire to drive up attendances, an upswing achieved simply through Rodgers being Rodgers. In the past two years, Celtic Park has been around a quarter empty for the league flag unfurling. Such modest crowds hadn’t been witnessed for such an occasion in practically three decades. When that day arrives in early August, the sell-out signs can be expected. Rodgers, the supporter, the high roller managerially – courtesy of three years at Liverpool and Swansea City success – will pay his way for his Scottish record £2m-plus salary, and pave the way for the crackling atmosphere he craves. At least initially. “To inspire the supporters to come back and fill Celtic Park,” was how he explained his mission. “When you have 60,000 in the stadium it’s a special place. It’s not just for European nights, it’s week in, week out. It’s a challenge here, we need the supporters if we’re going to succeed and there’s not many better when that crowd’s behind you.” Rodgers will certainly be helped by the presence of Rangers in the top flight for the first time in four years – especially when they have serious designs on restoring the old order. Ultimately, though, he really helps himself. He is a calibre of manager that a disaffected Celtic support had resigned themselves to their club hierarchy having neither the will nor the wherewithal to land. His background, both professionally and personally, ensured a whole different feel from Ronny Deila’s parade two years ago was tangible at his meet and greet on Monday night... wherein he inspired 13,000 punters to come to Celtic Park. “That passion is one of the big draws,” he said. The draw for Celtic supporters is how he differs from Deila, to be frank. There is plenty of common ground in the pair’s drive to develop players and pursue a football vision that involves pressurising high up the pitch without the ball, and dominating in possession. So too their ideal about small-ish squad size, Deila latterly lamenting he allowed it to bloat to over 30. Equally, with the need to bring a coaching confrere with you – which Deila regretted not doing and Rodgers immediately has in recruiting Chris Davies as first-team coach. Yet, as he admitted himself, there was always something alien about Scottish football culture and the obsessive interest generated in his every word and deed for Deila. The contrast with Rodgers is acute. He may be in a new job, but the familiarity with all aspects allowed him to present himself as a man slipping into a pair of old comfortable, beloved shoes as he eased into his surroundings. His clearly well-warranted reputation as a football anorak helps. Whatever we expected from Rodgers this week, it wasn’t wistful, respectful reminisces about Gary Bollan from the former Northern Ireland youth internationalist. This came at the end of a treatise on Scottish managers, whom he seems to have universal knowledge of, after he was asked about the warm words his appointment elicited from Aberdeen manager Derek McInnes. “There’s a number of very good guys up here,” he said. “Derek was very unfortunate at Bristol City. He took over a squad with a load of players. I always found him, when we spoke on football, very good. We met and we would speak. I was delighted to see how well he’s done up here. “Robbie Neilson came down to see me for a couple of days when I was Liverpool manager. I was really impressed with Robbie and I think he’s done an excellent job with Hearts. The other boys up here, Mark McGhee I know, big Tommy Wright. There’s good guys up here. I was looking through all the managers working in Scotland because I was interested to know. “I saw Gary Bollan. He’s at Forfar. I played against Scotland for Northern Ireland at Under-16s and Gary was the captain of Scotland. Paul Dickov was in there as well. Big Jim [Will] was the goalkeeper. It was interesting going through the names.” Rodgers relished reeling off other names the other night. Whether it was that of Paul McStay, his favourite Celtic player of his mid-1980s days of travelling over to games from County Antrim – “He was brilliant for me,” he said – or legends of an earlier vintage. These tripped off his tongue when he was asked about the similarities between the footballing, post-industrial heartlands of Glasgow and Liverpool. “There are similarities, but this is different. This is family, this is blood, this is...Gallacher, Johnstone, McGrain. I loved Liverpool, I loved my time there. At 39 years of age as a manager to feel that there was brilliant for me. And it’s created a great platform for me coming to here. I might be young as a manager but I’ve had quite a bit of experience and hopefully Celtic can benefit from that. “I think it was fate really that got me here. There are so many stars aligned for me to be here at this time. That time at Liverpool. When I went in [four years ago] they were eighth and we weren’t predicted to be in the top four within two years but nearly won the title [in 2014]. It just wasn’t to be. “We had everything going into that game and unfortunately the slip [from Steven Gerrard, to lead to a 2-0 defeat by Chelsea] changes the landscape. But what I did there will be similar to what I can do here in terms of the expectation. Liverpool were never expected to be near the league within two years and with a bit of luck we could have won it. “The idea is to do the very best that you possibly can.” Rodgers has already watched every goal Celtic scored and conceded last season. He was pleased to see PFA Scotland and Scottish football writers’ young player and left-back Kieran Tierney, score off his right foot in the final game, because “attacking full-backs in the modern game have got to get goals”. He will spend the three weeks before the squad return to training in preparation for the mid-July Champions League qualifier “meeting agents”, and being “full on” in his work. “I’ve had a holiday, a great holiday,” he said of his “resting” period since his sacking by Liverpool in October. Rodgers is a canny sort. The feeling persisted that the Deila-John Collins management team never entirely won over the Celtic dressing room. Collins’ unhappy history with Scott Brown from their time at Hibs probably didn’t help. Rodgers knows that Brown is the dressing room leader and intends to ensure the captain is firmly in his corner. It was, he said “one hundred and fifty per cent” the case that Brown will retain the armband as he eulogised the combative performer and predicted a mutually beneficial relationship such as that he previously enjoyed with Gerrard. “I saw him at Hibs as a young player and I thought he was a great athlete, very mobile and competitive. Obviously he’s come here and is a real warrior,” Rodgers said of Brown. “He’s up for every single game. Last year towards the end of the season he was maybe hit a little bit by injury and what not, but he’s 30 years of age and I think he’s still got his best years ahead of him. “When I went into Liverpool Steven Gerrard was 32 years of age. There was talk that his best days were maybe gone but Steven went on for the next two years and was brilliant for me – a great leader and nearly went on to pick up the title. His performance level went up again. So I’m really looking forward to working with Scott. I’d obviously come across him in some of the friendly games we had played and I’ve always been impressed with him as a player and I’m sure he can be a really big help for me.” Rodgers was once derided for stating that he had been his own “biggest mentor”. At Celtic, though, he really is his own biggest asset. Read more: http://www.scotsman.com/sport/football/competitions/premiership/brendan-rodgers-plans-to-ginger-up-celtic-s-ambitions-1-4140516#ixzz4A1qq0pwU Follow us: @TheScotsman on Twitter | TheScotsmanNewspaper on Facebook
I was at a hun wedding last week. I was kinda worried as the person who invited me as their plus one had told the groom I was a big Celtic fan, really into it, blah, blah. My heart sank when they added that both bride and grooms families were really into the huns, orange order, masons etc. Worse - the wedding was in Armadale. As the car drove down past the delights of High Academy Street we passed Windsor Hall (a puffed up scouts hut) with its Union Jack wafting high. A little further on was the Masonic Hall in all its tattered glory. 'That's it over' thought I 'if we go the other way to the reception we might never have to witness such spectacles again.' However, the church had a big union jack inside the porch and God Save the Queen was in the hymn book. I was surprised by this. I thought it was the National Anthem. I felt very low and was dreading the reception in case they got pissed and started fighting - probably with me! I felt so uncomfortable. Well, I never enjoyed a reception so much. They were all nice enough. And they were all utterly, utterly depressed about our Brendan's appointment. Gloomy in the extreme. An ex Liverpool manager has far more kudos than an ex Brentford one. Silk vs Nylon, one might say. It was a truth universally acknowledged that a piss poor Celtic side had still won the league and they worried that the huns would be no competition next year. Rodgers could only improve the team. He could sign quality, manage well, get CFC through he qualifiers and our finances would outstrip theirs by even more millions. They were also unsure that one Joseph Anthony Barton would be sufficient to pierce the halo of Brendan Rodgers and stop us winning the league again. It was all music to my ears. I just sat there, sipping my champagne, dreamily imagining halcyon days where all their deepest worries came true.
Armadale - what a pit. Stayed there since I got married. If as you say the huns you met were nice enough you should count yourself fortunate. Loathsome bunch for the most part. . Very much so a real wretched hive of scum and villainy.
One of my best mates brothers died recently hes lived there all his life and are accepted as the tims amongst all the Huns.
Had to have the funeral service in the Church not the chapel as if it was the latter NOBODY would go.
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Quoting limited to 3 levels deep Brendan Rodgers plans to ginger up Celtic’s ambitions
ANDREW SMITH Spoiler: click to toggle When Neil Lennon became Celtic manager he stated his mission was to “bring the thunder back”. For Brendan Rodgers, the quest is to bring the numbers back. His week in post has been accompanied by close season ticket office queues at Parkhead not witnessed in more than a decade. That fact suggests the Irishman has made a thundering start in his desire to drive up attendances, an upswing achieved simply through Rodgers being Rodgers. In the past two years, Celtic Park has been around a quarter empty for the league flag unfurling. Such modest crowds hadn’t been witnessed for such an occasion in practically three decades. When that day arrives in early August, the sell-out signs can be expected. Rodgers, the supporter, the high roller managerially – courtesy of three years at Liverpool and Swansea City success – will pay his way for his Scottish record £2m-plus salary, and pave the way for the crackling atmosphere he craves. At least initially. “To inspire the supporters to come back and fill Celtic Park,” was how he explained his mission. “When you have 60,000 in the stadium it’s a special place. It’s not just for European nights, it’s week in, week out. It’s a challenge here, we need the supporters if we’re going to succeed and there’s not many better when that crowd’s behind you.” Rodgers will certainly be helped by the presence of Rangers in the top flight for the first time in four years – especially when they have serious designs on restoring the old order. Ultimately, though, he really helps himself. He is a calibre of manager that a disaffected Celtic support had resigned themselves to their club hierarchy having neither the will nor the wherewithal to land. His background, both professionally and personally, ensured a whole different feel from Ronny Deila’s parade two years ago was tangible at his meet and greet on Monday night... wherein he inspired 13,000 punters to come to Celtic Park. “That passion is one of the big draws,” he said. The draw for Celtic supporters is how he differs from Deila, to be frank. There is plenty of common ground in the pair’s drive to develop players and pursue a football vision that involves pressurising high up the pitch without the ball, and dominating in possession. So too their ideal about small-ish squad size, Deila latterly lamenting he allowed it to bloat to over 30. Equally, with the need to bring a coaching confrere with you – which Deila regretted not doing and Rodgers immediately has in recruiting Chris Davies as first-team coach. Yet, as he admitted himself, there was always something alien about Scottish football culture and the obsessive interest generated in his every word and deed for Deila. The contrast with Rodgers is acute. He may be in a new job, but the familiarity with all aspects allowed him to present himself as a man slipping into a pair of old comfortable, beloved shoes as he eased into his surroundings. His clearly well-warranted reputation as a football anorak helps. Whatever we expected from Rodgers this week, it wasn’t wistful, respectful reminisces about Gary Bollan from the former Northern Ireland youth internationalist. This came at the end of a treatise on Scottish managers, whom he seems to have universal knowledge of, after he was asked about the warm words his appointment elicited from Aberdeen manager Derek McInnes. “There’s a number of very good guys up here,” he said. “Derek was very unfortunate at Bristol City. He took over a squad with a load of players. I always found him, when we spoke on football, very good. We met and we would speak. I was delighted to see how well he’s done up here. “Robbie Neilson came down to see me for a couple of days when I was Liverpool manager. I was really impressed with Robbie and I think he’s done an excellent job with Hearts. The other boys up here, Mark McGhee I know, big Tommy Wright. There’s good guys up here. I was looking through all the managers working in Scotland because I was interested to know. “I saw Gary Bollan. He’s at Forfar. I played against Scotland for Northern Ireland at Under-16s and Gary was the captain of Scotland. Paul Dickov was in there as well. Big Jim [Will] was the goalkeeper. It was interesting going through the names.” Rodgers relished reeling off other names the other night. Whether it was that of Paul McStay, his favourite Celtic player of his mid-1980s days of travelling over to games from County Antrim – “He was brilliant for me,” he said – or legends of an earlier vintage. These tripped off his tongue when he was asked about the similarities between the footballing, post-industrial heartlands of Glasgow and Liverpool. “There are similarities, but this is different. This is family, this is blood, this is...Gallacher, Johnstone, McGrain. I loved Liverpool, I loved my time there. At 39 years of age as a manager to feel that there was brilliant for me. And it’s created a great platform for me coming to here. I might be young as a manager but I’ve had quite a bit of experience and hopefully Celtic can benefit from that. “I think it was fate really that got me here. There are so many stars aligned for me to be here at this time. That time at Liverpool. When I went in [four years ago] they were eighth and we weren’t predicted to be in the top four within two years but nearly won the title [in 2014]. It just wasn’t to be. “We had everything going into that game and unfortunately the slip [from Steven Gerrard, to lead to a 2-0 defeat by Chelsea] changes the landscape. But what I did there will be similar to what I can do here in terms of the expectation. Liverpool were never expected to be near the league within two years and with a bit of luck we could have won it. “The idea is to do the very best that you possibly can.” Rodgers has already watched every goal Celtic scored and conceded last season. He was pleased to see PFA Scotland and Scottish football writers’ young player and left-back Kieran Tierney, score off his right foot in the final game, because “attacking full-backs in the modern game have got to get goals”. He will spend the three weeks before the squad return to training in preparation for the mid-July Champions League qualifier “meeting agents”, and being “full on” in his work. “I’ve had a holiday, a great holiday,” he said of his “resting” period since his sacking by Liverpool in October. Rodgers is a canny sort. The feeling persisted that the Deila-John Collins management team never entirely won over the Celtic dressing room. Collins’ unhappy history with Scott Brown from their time at Hibs probably didn’t help. Rodgers knows that Brown is the dressing room leader and intends to ensure the captain is firmly in his corner. It was, he said “one hundred and fifty per cent” the case that Brown will retain the armband as he eulogised the combative performer and predicted a mutually beneficial relationship such as that he previously enjoyed with Gerrard. “I saw him at Hibs as a young player and I thought he was a great athlete, very mobile and competitive. Obviously he’s come here and is a real warrior,” Rodgers said of Brown. “He’s up for every single game. Last year towards the end of the season he was maybe hit a little bit by injury and what not, but he’s 30 years of age and I think he’s still got his best years ahead of him. “When I went into Liverpool Steven Gerrard was 32 years of age. There was talk that his best days were maybe gone but Steven went on for the next two years and was brilliant for me – a great leader and nearly went on to pick up the title. His performance level went up again. So I’m really looking forward to working with Scott. I’d obviously come across him in some of the friendly games we had played and I’ve always been impressed with him as a player and I’m sure he can be a really big help for me.” Rodgers was once derided for stating that he had been his own “biggest mentor”. At Celtic, though, he really is his own biggest asset. Read more: http://www.scotsman.com/sport/football/competitions/premiership/brendan-rodgers-plans-to-ginger-up-celtic-s-ambitions-1-4140516#ixzz4A1qq0pwU Follow us: @TheScotsman on Twitter | TheScotsmanNewspaper on Facebook
Great replies from Brendan. He total!y gets it. This could be massive.
"Gets it" youve just jinxed the poor guy to eff with that phrase Seems very Celtic Minded
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Quoting limited to 3 levels deep Brendan Rodgers plans to ginger up Celtic’s ambitions
ANDREW SMITH Spoiler: click to toggle When Neil Lennon became Celtic manager he stated his mission was to “bring the thunder back”. For Brendan Rodgers, the quest is to bring the numbers back. His week in post has been accompanied by close season ticket office queues at Parkhead not witnessed in more than a decade. That fact suggests the Irishman has made a thundering start in his desire to drive up attendances, an upswing achieved simply through Rodgers being Rodgers. In the past two years, Celtic Park has been around a quarter empty for the league flag unfurling. Such modest crowds hadn’t been witnessed for such an occasion in practically three decades. When that day arrives in early August, the sell-out signs can be expected. Rodgers, the supporter, the high roller managerially – courtesy of three years at Liverpool and Swansea City success – will pay his way for his Scottish record £2m-plus salary, and pave the way for the crackling atmosphere he craves. At least initially. “To inspire the supporters to come back and fill Celtic Park,” was how he explained his mission. “When you have 60,000 in the stadium it’s a special place. It’s not just for European nights, it’s week in, week out. It’s a challenge here, we need the supporters if we’re going to succeed and there’s not many better when that crowd’s behind you.” Rodgers will certainly be helped by the presence of Rangers in the top flight for the first time in four years – especially when they have serious designs on restoring the old order. Ultimately, though, he really helps himself. He is a calibre of manager that a disaffected Celtic support had resigned themselves to their club hierarchy having neither the will nor the wherewithal to land. His background, both professionally and personally, ensured a whole different feel from Ronny Deila’s parade two years ago was tangible at his meet and greet on Monday night... wherein he inspired 13,000 punters to come to Celtic Park. “That passion is one of the big draws,” he said. The draw for Celtic supporters is how he differs from Deila, to be frank. There is plenty of common ground in the pair’s drive to develop players and pursue a football vision that involves pressurising high up the pitch without the ball, and dominating in possession. So too their ideal about small-ish squad size, Deila latterly lamenting he allowed it to bloat to over 30. Equally, with the need to bring a coaching confrere with you – which Deila regretted not doing and Rodgers immediately has in recruiting Chris Davies as first-team coach. Yet, as he admitted himself, there was always something alien about Scottish football culture and the obsessive interest generated in his every word and deed for Deila. The contrast with Rodgers is acute. He may be in a new job, but the familiarity with all aspects allowed him to present himself as a man slipping into a pair of old comfortable, beloved shoes as he eased into his surroundings. His clearly well-warranted reputation as a football anorak helps. Whatever we expected from Rodgers this week, it wasn’t wistful, respectful reminisces about Gary Bollan from the former Northern Ireland youth internationalist. This came at the end of a treatise on Scottish managers, whom he seems to have universal knowledge of, after he was asked about the warm words his appointment elicited from Aberdeen manager Derek McInnes. “There’s a number of very good guys up here,” he said. “Derek was very unfortunate at Bristol City. He took over a squad with a load of players. I always found him, when we spoke on football, very good. We met and we would speak. 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These tripped off his tongue when he was asked about the similarities between the footballing, post-industrial heartlands of Glasgow and Liverpool. “There are similarities, but this is different. This is family, this is blood, this is...Gallacher, Johnstone, McGrain. I loved Liverpool, I loved my time there. At 39 years of age as a manager to feel that there was brilliant for me. And it’s created a great platform for me coming to here. I might be young as a manager but I’ve had quite a bit of experience and hopefully Celtic can benefit from that. “I think it was fate really that got me here. There are so many stars aligned for me to be here at this time. That time at Liverpool. When I went in [four years ago] they were eighth and we weren’t predicted to be in the top four within two years but nearly won the title [in 2014]. It just wasn’t to be. “We had everything going into that game and unfortunately the slip [from Steven Gerrard, to lead to a 2-0 defeat by Chelsea] changes the landscape. But what I did there will be similar to what I can do here in terms of the expectation. Liverpool were never expected to be near the league within two years and with a bit of luck we could have won it. “The idea is to do the very best that you possibly can.” Rodgers has already watched every goal Celtic scored and conceded last season. He was pleased to see PFA Scotland and Scottish football writers’ young player and left-back Kieran Tierney, score off his right foot in the final game, because “attacking full-backs in the modern game have got to get goals”. He will spend the three weeks before the squad return to training in preparation for the mid-July Champions League qualifier “meeting agents”, and being “full on” in his work. “I’ve had a holiday, a great holiday,” he said of his “resting” period since his sacking by Liverpool in October. Rodgers is a canny sort. The feeling persisted that the Deila-John Collins management team never entirely won over the Celtic dressing room. Collins’ unhappy history with Scott Brown from their time at Hibs probably didn’t help. Rodgers knows that Brown is the dressing room leader and intends to ensure the captain is firmly in his corner. It was, he said “one hundred and fifty per cent” the case that Brown will retain the armband as he eulogised the combative performer and predicted a mutually beneficial relationship such as that he previously enjoyed with Gerrard. “I saw him at Hibs as a young player and I thought he was a great athlete, very mobile and competitive. Obviously he’s come here and is a real warrior,” Rodgers said of Brown. “He’s up for every single game. Last year towards the end of the season he was maybe hit a little bit by injury and what not, but he’s 30 years of age and I think he’s still got his best years ahead of him. “When I went into Liverpool Steven Gerrard was 32 years of age. There was talk that his best days were maybe gone but Steven went on for the next two years and was brilliant for me – a great leader and nearly went on to pick up the title. His performance level went up again. So I’m really looking forward to working with Scott. I’d obviously come across him in some of the friendly games we had played and I’ve always been impressed with him as a player and I’m sure he can be a really big help for me.” Rodgers was once derided for stating that he had been his own “biggest mentor”. At Celtic, though, he really is his own biggest asset. Read more: http://www.scotsman.com/sport/football/competitions/premiership/brendan-rodgers-plans-to-ginger-up-celtic-s-ambitions-1-4140516#ixzz4A1qq0pwU Follow us: @TheScotsman on Twitter | TheScotsmanNewspaper on Facebook
Armadale - what a pit. Stayed there since I got married. If as you say the huns you met were nice enough you should count yourself fortunate. Loathsome bunch for the most part. .
Very much so a real wretched hive of scum and villainy. One of my best mates brothers died recently hes lived there all his life and are accepted as the tims amongst all the Huns. Had to have the funeral service in the Church not the chapel as if it was the latter NOBODY would go. Plenty of good Tims in Armadale going to games mate -well outnumbered by huns that have never seen sevco
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Am I? OK, cool. That'll be that then, CL here we come. Let me buy a family season book, everyone full kits (all 3 of them) & celtic TV. Danny Graham CSC
Is there not a resonable middle ground you could inhabit between declaring him the messiah and deciding it might all be going wrong based on some paper transfer talk and a few quotes about our current squad ? Jus-sayinCSC Your missing my point mate. It's the board I'm worried about. He'll really need to be the messiah, if he is going to be required to work with what our board have been giving lately.
I'm hoping against my recent evidence of experience, that he'll be given the means to make improvements - this means moving a lot on - especially the underperforming senior squad members. I'm genuinely worried that he'll be convinced to keep them on & then stifle any possible progress.
I've been worried about this for ages & I'm yet to be convinced otherwise, as our deterioration in every possible department proves.
It's going to take a while before I'm confident of having a team who could do what Rodgers is talking about. It'll take more than him going to a few games years ago to change that - that's just where I am at the moment.
Really hoping he will help turn us around.
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