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Brendan Rodgers; "I was born into Celtic"
Topic Started: 20 May 2016, 05:06 PM (2,288,350 Views)
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Has Kennedy ever been appointed as defensive coach? It only seems to be on Celtic websites I see him labeled this. Think that's due to him being an ex defender more than anything.

Funnily enough he was a coach when we had our best defensive record in decades in Deilas first season. Tends to get overlooked though.
Think its been more to do with the quality of players in the time hes been coaching than his coaching ability. He had two of our best centre halfs in recent times at his disposal in VVD and Denayer in Ronnys first year, and last year we never really had a settled pairing and only Sviatchenko looked up to it. Still very young for a coach, think the club are trying to develop him. He'll learn a lot from Rodgers this year
Worth remembering that he'll be told how to coach them as well. He's still an employee - looked like Ronny fired him under a bus last year by saying he left set pieces etc to him.
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Brendan Rodgers Press Conference: http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x4mw2xg
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2 Aug 2016, 05:25 PM
Brendan Rodgers Press Conference: http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x4mw2xg
The bit that stuck out was he said something along the lines of - we have identified the players we want to come here but until they do I am happy with what we have got.

I really hope the hold up is not from our end
Edited by Ess, 2 Aug 2016, 06:00 PM.
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Brendan Rodgers Press Conference: http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x4mw2xg
Reading between the lines, Efe doesn't have a future with us :clap:
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Liked that press conference so much better than Delia
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2 Aug 2016, 05:25 PM
Brendan Rodgers Press Conference: http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x4mw2xg
Good listen. :thumbsup:

The lassie 40 seconds in harping on about our 1 goal lead... :ffs:
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Brendan Rodgers Press Conference: http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x4mw2xg
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2 Aug 2016, 05:25 PM
Brendan Rodgers Press Conference: http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x4mw2xg
cheers for that :thumbsup:

typical that they force Rodgers into a corner around efe, nothing he could've said would've made it seem positive and just puts even more pressure on him tomorrow if he starts.

does seem like he'll be off though which is good news
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While David Moyes, the Sunderland manager, confirmed on Monday that he had rebuffed the chance to come to Celtic this summer to stay in the Barclays Premier League, Rodgers said the positives of the job outweighed the negatives.

“Everyone is different," said the former Liverpool manager. "I’m sure the club spoke to a number of people but when they asked to speak to me I obviously knew the size of the club and the positives and negatives to the job. But for me the positives of being up here far outweighed everything else at this stage in my career.

"I’m probably a bit younger than most, but there was no hesitation for me to come," he added. "To come to Scottish football in general was going to be exciting for me. I don’t know so much about it but I know it’s competitive and I know it can be tough.

"I can see where David is coming from if he spoke to the club but still felt he wanted to be in the Premier League. But for me, I’m different. I’ve got another 15 to 20 years as a coach and I didn’t want it all to be in the Premier League. I’m from Northern Ireland and moved to Reading when I was 16. I lived in Wales in Swansea, then in the north west of England. I hadn’t been to Scotland and was happy to come. They tell me the weather can be good and for me it’s a special experience. Everyone’s individual needs are different but for me I was open-minded when I spoke to the club – probably like David was – and I was honoured to be asked to take it on.”
http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/football/14657787.Rodgers__Griffiths_would_be_worth___15m_if_he_had_a_more_exotic_name/?


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BRENDAN Rodgers looks at Scott Brown and sees a little bit of Steven Gerrard.

By that, the Celtic manager means a versatile veteran footballer who uncomplainingly sets aside his individual ambitions for those of the team, a character regarded as part of the fabric of the club yet one who isn't immune from a healthy dose of criticism when things go awry.

If some Celtic fans have a love/hate relationship with their captain it is worth stating right away that Rodgers' time with Gerrard had its downs as well as its ups. The on-field captain and fulcrum of the side which nearly took the title back to Anfield before one fateful slip against Chelsea, Gerrard fell out of favour the following season and eventually left for the MLS. Rather than a blaze of glory, his departure came shortly after taking umbrage at being omitted from one last starting line-up against Manchester United, seeing red seconds after appearing from the substitutes' bench for a kick on Juan Mata.

How much of all this transpires with his captain at Celtic remains to be seen, but Rodgers is well aware that Brown will be a key lieutenant when it comes to tonight's second leg against Astana. With Nir Bitton set to miss out with a swollen ankle, the Scotland captain will be relied upon to show another string to his bow, by hoarding possession in a deeper midfield role against the Kazakhs. In Rodgers parlance, he will be a "controller" rather than a "runner in the corridor".

The Celtic manager was effusive yesterday about how quickly Brown has adjusted to different tactical concepts and feels that at 31 he could be about to enter a new phase of his career. All that nous may be required tonight with Celtic knowing a goalless draw will suffice for them to reach the play-off round while a large Parkhead crowd roar the home side on.

"They are very similar," said Rodgers. "Steven, like Scott, was a wonderful ambassador for his club. And in the changing room they are very strong, they are able to lead.

"Scott’s ambition is for the club, not for himself," he added. "That’s what you find in these types of players – they are not selfish. Everything they do is based around what’s best for the team and they put themselves secondary to that.

"But Scott is such a driving force for the team, that sometimes when things don’t go so well for the team that player gets the brunt of it. I saw that with Steven Gerrard. With everything Steven did at Liverpool, there were still times when he bore the brunt of it. But thankfully he has a strong character. Mentally Scott is very good and knows he has a big responsibility here as one of the main pillars of the club."

Brown has shown Rodgers things that he "didn't think he had, to be honest". "The kid has been a runner all his life, ever since he broke into the Hibs team at 17," said the Celtic manager. “But from what we have given them so far, which has been a lot, he is tactically very astute. He probes into spaces, fills gaps both with and without the ball. His passing is good and he can open it up at times. Of course, like any player it could be better. But he can really drive the team, hunt and press. Then he has the calmness to make the first pass when he wins it. So he has really impressed me."

Celtic will guarantee themselves a place in the Europa League group stages at worst with victory tonight. There is a school of thought that Uefa's secondary competition would prove a more forgiving standard of play to bed in a new team. But the thought hasn't entered Rodgers' mind. "As a team we set our target to qualify for the group stage and hopefully nothing will get in the way of that," said Rodgers. "The Europa League I haven’t given one second’s thought to.”

New strikers enjoy little time to adjust at clubs like Celtic but Rodgers feels it is important that Moussa Dembele, still to get off the mark, is given "breathing space". "It’s worth remembering it’s still pre-season," he said. "I know the nature of life here is that there is competition very early on. But the goals will come. He is settling into working in a different country with a different group of teammates and has just turned 20. Even talent needs time."

One young talent who has wasted little of his acclimatising to the big time is Kieran Tierney. The left back, all of 19, has shown an uncanny knack of handing big occasions and will hope to put in a similarly nerveless display with £16m Champions League cash on the line in the latest biggest match of his life. He revealed yesterday that his secret was doing the matchday quiz in the programme in the dressing room before kick off.

“There is always a programme there when you go in and sit down, so everyone has a read of that," said Tierney. "There’s a quiz at the back of that, a Celtic quiz, so I try my best to do that every week. You don’t want to be just sitting there for an hour in the dressing room knowing it’s a big, big game.” After two seasons on the outside looking in, Celtic will hope to have all the right answers to their Champions League conundrum.
http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/14657792.Brendan_Rodgers__Scott_Brown_reminds_me_of_Steven_Gerrard_even_if_he_sometimes_bears_the_brunt_of_the_criticism/?
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A top, top manager.

If Ronny had been in charge we would have lost tonight.
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Guided us through a difficult European tie minus our first choice central defence.

No mean feat.
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3 Aug 2016, 09:55 PM
Guided us through a difficult European tie minus our first choice central defence.

No mean feat.
Absolutely. The playoff will be difficult, and there's a good chance we won't make it through, but the early signs are encouraging.

Just effing back him with the players he wants.
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gordon janko lustig tierney oconnell mgregror forrest all peanuts, armstong £1m+, griffiths £1m? roberts loan Brown £4m ten year ago

time for a big cash injection to give the Brendan what he needs

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Brought Dembele on tonight and kept two up top - both linked to win the second penalty. BR deserves a huge amount of credit for guiding us through two qualifying rounds.

Even more impressive when you consider that after a couple of months in the job, he has the team playing different formations, not just from game to game, but mid-way through games - after two years of playing the same formation week after week.

As others have said, it's now time for the board to back him, bring in Sinclair and a central midfielder and get us into the CL!

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I love that we now have a manager who can make substitutions or switch formations during a match and swing things in our favour. After two full seasons of watching a rigid 4-2-3-1, and Ronny Deila looking lost on the touchline, it is a refreshing development. Having a top manager makes such a difference, both in real terms and in how optimistic I feel about the team. With Brendan in the dugout my level of optimism is very high.
Edited by CelticInMySoul, 3 Aug 2016, 11:23 PM.
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3 Aug 2016, 09:52 PM
A top, top manager.

If Ronny had been in charge we would have lost tonight.
:thumbsup: Simple as that.
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Really makes you wonder what the hell was going on in training and with match preparation the last 2 years. What a waste. And I'm not even a huge Rodgers fan, the players obviously are though so that's all that matters.
Edited by Willie Wonka, 3 Aug 2016, 11:25 PM.
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So far so good
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Anyone got a link to his post-matcher?
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He made good changes again tonight, even if we looked slightly unsettled with the formation switch. These things take time to perfect, but it's very encouraging. Could be said we got a bit of luck tonight too, but that's no bad thing. All our luck has been bad luck in Europe recently, so a very pleasant change.
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