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Brendan Rodgers; "I was born into Celtic"
Topic Started: 20 May 2016, 05:06 PM (2,288,377 Views)
allthewine
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gary1888
13 Jul 2016, 12:09 PM
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13 Jul 2016, 12:04 PM
CELTBHOY1988
13 Jul 2016, 06:57 AM
Early stages, but Rodgers could be a Delia MK 2.
It was his first competitive game as Celtic manager?

And!that was abysmal the most horrendous result in our history and he was the guy in charge no matter what anyone says
This guy posted that Rodgers could be a Delia mark 2? In Rodger's first competitive match in charge?
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13 Jul 2016, 11:18 AM
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13 Jul 2016, 11:10 AM
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13 Jul 2016, 10:51 AM

Quoting limited to 3 levels deepI genuinely thought that he would at the very least get these players organised to perform better as a team. I didn't see the game last night but sounds as though they looked no different to the team that played under Deila. Yes, I know he has only been there a matter of weeks but I had expected better even with a bunch as limited as this lot: get them better organised and show some team spirit.

There are serious changes to be made and he has to make them. The faults are there for all to see (and have been for some time) as you have pointed out FB but if he doesn't take steps to address this situation then we are in bother.

I wouldn't trust this lot to get us through next week.
This matches what I expected. I hope for an awful lot more over the course of the season, but I expected in our first competitive game to see at least some green shoots of progress.

Not a thing. NOT ONE SINGLE THING has changed for the better since we last watched this shower of scheidt stumble around under Deila.

The honeymoon's over before the groom even got his kecks off. He'll not be getting a shot on the swings for a while if he doesn't clear out the unwanted wedding guests that are still hanging around.
Know we are angry but it was one off game. Albeit against as poor as opposition as we have played in years. Emabarrissing BUT - I'm genuinely shocked how he has alledgely watched our games last year and seen how gash we were and only bought one player so far? Kennedy (that he kept around) did not warn him and tell him who are the imposters and are at fault for our piss poor season last year and need to move on. Again what else is Kennedy there for?

Again 2/3 of the starting line up should be no where near that team last night.

That rotten board of ours now need to back him with £££ and the clout to get his own players (minus John park) and mould his own players and own style and own team. We will got through but it does not detract from BR's start was less than convincing. That was awful last night. He now has to clear out and move on best he can- which I'm sure he will with the right backing from above him. The guy is a good manager and again not deviating from the fact last night was an utter car crash which he contributed to as well - he now needs to get rid of most and get his own team in line and fast. Honeymoon is well and truly over after that result.

Why we have only signed one 19 year old in 6 weeks is seriously baffling when we need 5/6 first team players not squad players.
It's not an easy time to get players in. The euros have just finished and loads still on holiday etc. Also plenty waiting to see what other offers they have before committing. We should have the players to get through this, so getting in anyone as desperate measure at the moment is a bad move in the long run IMO.
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13 Jul 2016, 11:17 AM
shouldn't give those Hun bastards the time of day. They're forever having a kick at our club.
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It looks to me that a number of the players want to leave, and we just aren't able to replace them or let them go yet.

The clubs a bit in limbo at the moment.
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It's obviously disappointing and I'm sure it will come good if he is backed by the board rapid style.

My concern about last night is that playing Griffiths up front and Roberts wide were absolute no brainers. Or at least changing to this when we realised it wasn't working.

I know he was damned if he did, damned if he didn't regards playing his only signing though.
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13 Jul 2016, 12:37 PM
It looks to me that a number of the players want to leave, and we just aren't able to replace them or let them go yet.

The clubs a bit in limbo at the moment.
Really? to whom and to where ?- What Manager could ever satisfy himself that these non trying charlatans would improve his squad
I'd say you probably couldn't give the carrots away at the money they're on.
They honestly dont seem to enjoy playing football for a living nor do they appear to understand the importance of actually winning key matches!
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Radagast
13 Jul 2016, 12:48 PM
It's obviously disappointing and I'm sure it will come good if he is backed by the board rapid style.

My concern about last night is that playing Griffiths up front and Roberts wide were absolute no brainers. Or at least changing to this when we realised it wasn't working.

I know he was damned if he did, damned if he didn't regards playing his only signing though.
Pure speculation on my part but I think he was treating this one as a friendly, given that he experimented with Griffiths out wide.

But Griffiths and Roberts were two of the better performers last season; hopefully they're utilised properly the rest of the season.
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Hope so. Probably got caught out by how shampooe we are.
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Having trained on it they should have known it was basically impossible to play it on the deck and played ciftci and dembele up front to pump balls to all night. Horses for courses.
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wembley88
13 Jul 2016, 01:15 PM
Having trained on it they should have known it was basically impossible to play it on the deck and played ciftci and dembele up front to pump balls to all night. Horses for courses.
This was my biggest issue with the performance. We should have known, if not before the game, then 5 minutes in that playing our usual passing game wouldn't work. We were better in the last 10 minutes when we were just hitting balls up to the forwards. Nae heart and nae brains.
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13 Jul 2016, 01:15 PM
Having trained on it they should have known it was basically impossible to play it on the deck and played ciftci and dembele up front to pump balls to all night. Horses for courses.
That's a fair point, but I think he has this thing about playing passing football and doesn't change it, I remember him saying when he was in charge at Swansea and Liverpool that he would never criticise players who cost goals with a bad pass out from the back if they were trying to play football.
Long balls up to Demebele/Ciftci up front with Griffiths playing off them might not have looked great, but it might have avoided last night's embarrassment and got a result. Principles are fine, but results are what matters. Celtic only really looked like scoring when Ciftci came on, although Dembele did OK in the first half. At least Ciftci came on and tried to get involved and looked interested in putting up a fight.
BR looked like he was having trouble believing what he was seeing last night any time he was in camera shot, genuinely shocked - like everyone else - but I don't think he bounds about and rants and raves on the touchline during games anyway. He must realise now that the job he has taken on is a far bigger challenge than he ever initially thought.
Does anyone know, if Mulgrew signed a contract before the home leg, could he play ? Apologies in advance if this has been covered in the thread or elsewhere.
Edited by AG67, 13 Jul 2016, 01:28 PM.
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Thankfully he can't.

We shouldn't offer him anything anyway.
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13 Jul 2016, 12:20 PM
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13 Jul 2016, 12:01 PM
Rodgers should get a fair amount of criticism for player selection & the teams testicle free performance, just like any previous coach would
In his first game is charge I think he should be afforded some slack. We need time to improve, it isn't going to happen overnight. That doesn't mean that last night wasn't incredibly poor and embarrassing but the histrionics in this thread are way over the top.
I did say fair, to be fair. Could he have knocked a few heads together at half time & said maybe this isnt the sort of pitch to concentrate on possession type football? Not the sort of game to be be playing at a tempo so slow? Maybe from the start, given we had no competitive games under our belts not to be feeling our way into the game but just get the job done?

We've been here before - summer football isnt on the agenda so we have to hit the ground running in qualifiers which means having the right players in place to do the job. Im still of the view that the Europa comp is where we can be competitive but I think thats seen by many as lowering expectations & being complicit with the board. Fact is our squad is a mess, our recruitment over the piece with Park has been poor and the mentality in the cub has been 'just enough' for too long. All things that were true last time I had a moan about the last Euro qualifier disaster.

But Rodgers deserves his share of the blame; just like I said about the last coach he is the one that has to put it right.
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13 Jul 2016, 01:28 PM
Thankfully he can't.

We shouldn't offer him anything anyway.
Exactly, we are trying to rid ourselves of the deadwood not resign them.
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13 Jul 2016, 01:34 PM
remy mcswain
13 Jul 2016, 01:28 PM
Thankfully he can't.

We shouldn't offer him anything anyway.
Exactly, we are trying to rid ourselves of the deadwood not resign them.
I think in the wake of The Efe Effect, people tend to forget just how pish all our other options are as well.
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13 Jul 2016, 12:32 PM
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13 Jul 2016, 12:09 PM
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13 Jul 2016, 12:04 PM

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And!that was abysmal the most horrendous result in our history and he was the guy in charge no matter what anyone says
This guy posted that Rodgers could be a Delia mark 2? In Rodger's first competitive match in charge?
You tell them timmys Gary1888- No matter what anyone says timmy- no matter- no surrender-Look what I wrote Suck
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13 Jul 2016, 12:04 PM
CELTBHOY1988
13 Jul 2016, 06:57 AM
Early stages, but Rodgers could be a Delia MK 2.
It was his first competitive game as Celtic manager?

I'm not saying he will be, but he does have blind spots already the same Delia had. Hopefully he will learn that Brown,Bitton,Forrest and Ambrose should be shown the door.
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CELTBHOY1988
13 Jul 2016, 02:01 PM
allthewine
13 Jul 2016, 12:04 PM
CELTBHOY1988
13 Jul 2016, 06:57 AM
Early stages, but Rodgers could be a Delia MK 2.
It was his first competitive game as Celtic manager?

I'm not saying he will be, but he does have blind spots already the same Delia had. Hopefully he will learn that Brown,Bitton,Forrest and Ambrose should be shown the door.
Isn't his brother on this forum? Someone get him telt! :arrr:
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He was wise not to publicly slate the players. Deila tried that and it didn't work out too well.

Last night's performance had the feel of a friendly. He will have learnt plenty.
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13 Jul 2016, 02:07 PM
He was wise not to publicly slate the players. Deila tried that and it didn't work out too well.

Last night's performance had the feel of a friendly. He will have learnt plenty.
Sorry but a effing big name marquee manager shouldn't need to "learn plenty" playing a pack of bizzies. He's meant to be the best manager we could get, he should be coasting shampoo like this.

Rodgers made a effing dogs dinner of last night. Hope he bins this Griffiths out wide shampooe - he's got form for trying to turn people into something they've not got anything like the attributes to be.
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