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Brendan Rodgers; "I was born into Celtic"
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21 Aug 2016, 10:52 AM
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Brendan Rodgers, make us dream - Celtic FC.
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Good piece from the Scotsman. Brendan Rodgers: ‘You either create or wait. I create’ Spoiler: click to toggle It’s not been how his teams have started, but how they’ve finished that has allowed Brendan Rodgers to appear so compelling and convincing a coach in his early tests as Celtic manager. He has the club’s faithful, and his squad, under his spell specifically because he is showing himself to be such an alchemist in awkward moments. The Scottish champions have certainly demonstrated tenacity to tug their way out of tight spots in their Champions League qualifying adventure – but that has always been underpinned by tactical change. It was true in both legs against Astana, and profoundly so on Wednesday as Rodgers rejigged his team with three substitutes to turn an unpromising 3-2 first leg play-off outcome into a 5-2 victory. A result that, surely, will pave the way for group-stage representation to be secured when facing Hapoel Beer-Sheva in Tuesday’s Israeli return. It was put to Rodgers the other day that the consistently progressive nature of his personnel switches could be likened to a cricketer forever willing to play his shots with his team in a pickle. It is said of these sorts that they ‘don’t die wondering’. “Always” that will be the sort of coach he will be, the 43-year-old maintained. It was a theme the former Liverpool manager warmed to as he set out, through his earliest days of a coaching career that began more than two decades ago, he was always going to be a self-made manager. “You are either a coach that waits, or creates,” Rodgers said. “And I come from the creative side. So I’ll never die wondering, or waiting. I always think, whether it is in life or whether it is in football, if you rely on yourself, then you can be happy. Because at least if you fail, you fail on your terms. So that’s by creating, right. If I wait, I’m reliant on someone else. In life, you only rely on yourself, and the team and the people around you. “If I wanted to become a manager, I was never going to cry in a pub when I was 60, 65, ‘well [Jose] Mourinho never gave me a chance, or Luiz Felipe Scolari never gave me a chance, or Steve Coppell, or Alan Pardew, or Tommy Burns, or whoever’, the responsibility is with me – I have to create it. It’s like in a game, if you are wanting something, or feel it needs something, don’t
wait for it, create it. Sometimes it won’t need touched, sometimes you just wait for the momentum to change, to swing back again. But at 3-2 the other night I’m thinking, ‘we are really dominant in the game here, our little inexperience has
cost us at the back here, has cost us the first goal’ but that has given
them a bit of life, a bit of oxygen. But we’ve enough quality on the pitch to hurt, so we then go a little more offensive. “With the momentum swinging [after Hapoel’s two goals in three minutes], as a coach you’re thinking what the other coach might be thinking, ‘well, at 3-2 we can maybe get something from the game’. So you can go two ways: you can stick on a defender and consolidate what you have or you think, actually the space is going to open up even more, because they feel they’ve got something. So how can you swing the momentum back again, and sometimes in the game [if] you make offensive substitutions it can set the team on the front foot again.” Rodgers is striding forward with a team that had endured a year of regression under Ronny Deila. Aside from his flexibility and command of his domain, the Northern Irishman can be set aside from his predecessor in how he reflects on the “most difficult pre-season of my life so far”. Such a statement might suggest that juggling the demands of pre-season with ending Scottish football’s longest ever exile from the Champions League group stages has left him in a daze. “It’s not left me in a daze,” countered Rodgers. “I have loved it. It’s been brilliant. My life is 24 hours a day football. I ask the players to embrace that lifestyle too. There’s no doubt it has been a whirlwind with game after game and all the travelling. We have been all over the world and I look forward to after the international break when it will settle down and you know what games are coming up. “It’s been intense, but I have absolutely loved it. “Down south there is a cycle. This is the preparation phase. Then you go into the competition phase and then it’s about physical maintenance with loading. Here, it’s a preparation phase with the competition phase chucked in. It’s absolutely incredible but thankfully the players and the club have been brilliant. They have embraced what we are trying to do and we have made a decent start. “I’m a better coach for the experiences. That’s what you do. It’s why I wanted to move. Working in the Premier League for the next 20 years doesn’t really broaden my horizons. Coming to work here gives me a wonderful experience of life and football. A lot of coaches may never experience this level of intensity at this stage of a season. I take my hat off to the guys before me who have had the experiences – Ronny [Deila], Neil [Lennon], Gordon [Strachan] and Martin [O’Neill].” The reality is that, should Celtic progress on Tuesday, Rodgers will have immediately made the desired impact in European competition. The Irishman has seemed unburdened by the weight to create instantly on the continent. Read more at: http://www.scotsman.com/sport/football/teams/celtic/brendan-rodgers-you-either-create-or-wait-i-create-1-4208499
This is the manager we have been waiting for.
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21 Aug 2016, 11:08 AM
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Has his boots and is available for selection
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Good piece from the Scotsman. Brendan Rodgers: ‘You either create or wait. I create’ Spoiler: click to toggle It’s not been how his teams have started, but how they’ve finished that has allowed Brendan Rodgers to appear so compelling and convincing a coach in his early tests as Celtic manager. He has the club’s faithful, and his squad, under his spell specifically because he is showing himself to be such an alchemist in awkward moments. The Scottish champions have certainly demonstrated tenacity to tug their way out of tight spots in their Champions League qualifying adventure – but that has always been underpinned by tactical change. It was true in both legs against Astana, and profoundly so on Wednesday as Rodgers rejigged his team with three substitutes to turn an unpromising 3-2 first leg play-off outcome into a 5-2 victory. A result that, surely, will pave the way for group-stage representation to be secured when facing Hapoel Beer-Sheva in Tuesday’s Israeli return. It was put to Rodgers the other day that the consistently progressive nature of his personnel switches could be likened to a cricketer forever willing to play his shots with his team in a pickle. It is said of these sorts that they ‘don’t die wondering’. “Always” that will be the sort of coach he will be, the 43-year-old maintained. It was a theme the former Liverpool manager warmed to as he set out, through his earliest days of a coaching career that began more than two decades ago, he was always going to be a self-made manager. “You are either a coach that waits, or creates,” Rodgers said. “And I come from the creative side. So I’ll never die wondering, or waiting. I always think, whether it is in life or whether it is in football, if you rely on yourself, then you can be happy. Because at least if you fail, you fail on your terms. So that’s by creating, right. If I wait, I’m reliant on someone else. In life, you only rely on yourself, and the team and the people around you. “If I wanted to become a manager, I was never going to cry in a pub when I was 60, 65, ‘well [Jose] Mourinho never gave me a chance, or Luiz Felipe Scolari never gave me a chance, or Steve Coppell, or Alan Pardew, or Tommy Burns, or whoever’, the responsibility is with me – I have to create it. It’s like in a game, if you are wanting something, or feel it needs something, don’t
wait for it, create it. Sometimes it won’t need touched, sometimes you just wait for the momentum to change, to swing back again. But at 3-2 the other night I’m thinking, ‘we are really dominant in the game here, our little inexperience has
cost us at the back here, has cost us the first goal’ but that has given
them a bit of life, a bit of oxygen. But we’ve enough quality on the pitch to hurt, so we then go a little more offensive. “With the momentum swinging [after Hapoel’s two goals in three minutes], as a coach you’re thinking what the other coach might be thinking, ‘well, at 3-2 we can maybe get something from the game’. So you can go two ways: you can stick on a defender and consolidate what you have or you think, actually the space is going to open up even more, because they feel they’ve got something. So how can you swing the momentum back again, and sometimes in the game [if] you make offensive substitutions it can set the team on the front foot again.” Rodgers is striding forward with a team that had endured a year of regression under Ronny Deila. Aside from his flexibility and command of his domain, the Northern Irishman can be set aside from his predecessor in how he reflects on the “most difficult pre-season of my life so far”. Such a statement might suggest that juggling the demands of pre-season with ending Scottish football’s longest ever exile from the Champions League group stages has left him in a daze. “It’s not left me in a daze,” countered Rodgers. “I have loved it. It’s been brilliant. My life is 24 hours a day football. I ask the players to embrace that lifestyle too. There’s no doubt it has been a whirlwind with game after game and all the travelling. We have been all over the world and I look forward to after the international break when it will settle down and you know what games are coming up. “It’s been intense, but I have absolutely loved it. “Down south there is a cycle. This is the preparation phase. Then you go into the competition phase and then it’s about physical maintenance with loading. Here, it’s a preparation phase with the competition phase chucked in. It’s absolutely incredible but thankfully the players and the club have been brilliant. They have embraced what we are trying to do and we have made a decent start. “I’m a better coach for the experiences. That’s what you do. It’s why I wanted to move. Working in the Premier League for the next 20 years doesn’t really broaden my horizons. Coming to work here gives me a wonderful experience of life and football. A lot of coaches may never experience this level of intensity at this stage of a season. I take my hat off to the guys before me who have had the experiences – Ronny [Deila], Neil [Lennon], Gordon [Strachan] and Martin [O’Neill].” The reality is that, should Celtic progress on Tuesday, Rodgers will have immediately made the desired impact in European competition. The Irishman has seemed unburdened by the weight to create instantly on the continent. Read more at: http://www.scotsman.com/sport/football/teams/celtic/brendan-rodgers-you-either-create-or-wait-i-create-1-4208499 This is the manager we have been waiting for. “You are either a coach that waits, or creates,”
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21 Aug 2016, 12:16 PM
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If you rely on yourself, then you can be happy. Because if you fail, you fail on your own terms.
Fantastic. No excuses. Taking responsibility for your own actions, for better or worse.
He is possibly going to be the best manager I've ever seen at Celtic.
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21 Aug 2016, 01:20 PM
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Good piece from the Scotsman. Brendan Rodgers: ‘You either create or wait. I create’ Spoiler: click to toggle It’s not been how his teams have started, but how they’ve finished that has allowed Brendan Rodgers to appear so compelling and convincing a coach in his early tests as Celtic manager. He has the club’s faithful, and his squad, under his spell specifically because he is showing himself to be such an alchemist in awkward moments. The Scottish champions have certainly demonstrated tenacity to tug their way out of tight spots in their Champions League qualifying adventure – but that has always been underpinned by tactical change. It was true in both legs against Astana, and profoundly so on Wednesday as Rodgers rejigged his team with three substitutes to turn an unpromising 3-2 first leg play-off outcome into a 5-2 victory. A result that, surely, will pave the way for group-stage representation to be secured when facing Hapoel Beer-Sheva in Tuesday’s Israeli return. It was put to Rodgers the other day that the consistently progressive nature of his personnel switches could be likened to a cricketer forever willing to play his shots with his team in a pickle. It is said of these sorts that they ‘don’t die wondering’. “Always” that will be the sort of coach he will be, the 43-year-old maintained. It was a theme the former Liverpool manager warmed to as he set out, through his earliest days of a coaching career that began more than two decades ago, he was always going to be a self-made manager. “You are either a coach that waits, or creates,” Rodgers said. “And I come from the creative side. So I’ll never die wondering, or waiting. I always think, whether it is in life or whether it is in football, if you rely on yourself, then you can be happy. Because at least if you fail, you fail on your terms. So that’s by creating, right. If I wait, I’m reliant on someone else. In life, you only rely on yourself, and the team and the people around you. “If I wanted to become a manager, I was never going to cry in a pub when I was 60, 65, ‘well [Jose] Mourinho never gave me a chance, or Luiz Felipe Scolari never gave me a chance, or Steve Coppell, or Alan Pardew, or Tommy Burns, or whoever’, the responsibility is with me – I have to create it. It’s like in a game, if you are wanting something, or feel it needs something, don’t
wait for it, create it. Sometimes it won’t need touched, sometimes you just wait for the momentum to change, to swing back again. But at 3-2 the other night I’m thinking, ‘we are really dominant in the game here, our little inexperience has
cost us at the back here, has cost us the first goal’ but that has given
them a bit of life, a bit of oxygen. But we’ve enough quality on the pitch to hurt, so we then go a little more offensive. “With the momentum swinging [after Hapoel’s two goals in three minutes], as a coach you’re thinking what the other coach might be thinking, ‘well, at 3-2 we can maybe get something from the game’. So you can go two ways: you can stick on a defender and consolidate what you have or you think, actually the space is going to open up even more, because they feel they’ve got something. So how can you swing the momentum back again, and sometimes in the game [if] you make offensive substitutions it can set the team on the front foot again.” Rodgers is striding forward with a team that had endured a year of regression under Ronny Deila. Aside from his flexibility and command of his domain, the Northern Irishman can be set aside from his predecessor in how he reflects on the “most difficult pre-season of my life so far”. Such a statement might suggest that juggling the demands of pre-season with ending Scottish football’s longest ever exile from the Champions League group stages has left him in a daze. “It’s not left me in a daze,” countered Rodgers. “I have loved it. It’s been brilliant. My life is 24 hours a day football. I ask the players to embrace that lifestyle too. There’s no doubt it has been a whirlwind with game after game and all the travelling. We have been all over the world and I look forward to after the international break when it will settle down and you know what games are coming up. “It’s been intense, but I have absolutely loved it. “Down south there is a cycle. This is the preparation phase. Then you go into the competition phase and then it’s about physical maintenance with loading. Here, it’s a preparation phase with the competition phase chucked in. It’s absolutely incredible but thankfully the players and the club have been brilliant. They have embraced what we are trying to do and we have made a decent start. “I’m a better coach for the experiences. That’s what you do. It’s why I wanted to move. Working in the Premier League for the next 20 years doesn’t really broaden my horizons. Coming to work here gives me a wonderful experience of life and football. A lot of coaches may never experience this level of intensity at this stage of a season. I take my hat off to the guys before me who have had the experiences – Ronny [Deila], Neil [Lennon], Gordon [Strachan] and Martin [O’Neill].” The reality is that, should Celtic progress on Tuesday, Rodgers will have immediately made the desired impact in European competition. The Irishman has seemed unburdened by the weight to create instantly on the continent. Read more at: http://www.scotsman.com/sport/football/teams/celtic/brendan-rodgers-you-either-create-or-wait-i-create-1-4208499 This is the manager we have been waiting for.
“You are either a coach that waits, or creates,” I see an Antrim Rap in our future...
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22 Aug 2016, 08:56 AM
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No Bastian or Xavi.
Rodgers: Qualify and transfer market could ‘explode’ for us
Spoiler: click to toggle Rodgers has played down suggestions of Celtic moving for a marquee signing such as Schweinsteiger or Xavi, insisting any new recruits must retain the fitness and athleticism necessary to play in his system. CELTIC manager Brendan Rodgers believes the transfer market will “explode” with enticing possibilities to add to his squad if they qualify for the group stage of the Champions League tomorrow night. But Rodgers has played down suggestions of the Scottish champions moving for a marquee signing such as Bastian Schweinsteiger or Xavi, insisting any new recruits must retain the fitness and athleticism necessary to play in his system. Celtic flew out to Israel yesterday ahead of the second leg of their Champions League play-off round tie against Hapoel Beer-Sheva, where they will kick off with a 5-2 lead from last Wednesday’s thrilling first instalment in Glasgow. On the verge of reaching the prestigious group stage for the first time in three years, Celtic will land a jackpot of around £20 million if Rodgers’ team finish the job successfully. It will strengthen Rodgers’ hand in the remaining ten days of the current transfer window, providing both extra spending power and greater incentive for prospective targets to join Celtic. “The market explodes, the whole thing explodes when you make the Champions League,” said Rodgers. “But we have to get there first. That’s our
message. We’ve put ourselves in a brilliant position. But we are focused. If we can get through, there will be a bit of work to do between then and when the market shuts.” That work, however, is unlikely to include rumoured moves for out of favour 32-year-old Manchester United midfielder Schweinsteiger, pictured below, or 36-year-old former Barcelona playmaker Xavi who is currently with Qatari club Al Sadd. “I just need the best
player,” added Rodgers. “It doesn’t have to be a marquee signing. We have already brought in some really top talents who have come in and excited the supporters. “I don’t need a marquee signing that can’t run. I can get you a marquee signing, but they’ve got to be able to press and they’ve got to be able to run. “For me, it’s never been about the name. But of course if the name is big and he can play, then great, but for me it’s about having the right profile of player who can come in. No matter the age, they have to be hungry in every single game and every training session and that’s what I always look for. “I think as long as they maintain the hunger and the will, because this is a team that you have to be able to run in. You have to be athletic, you have to be able to press. You can’t run forward if you can’t run back, that’s one of my rules for a team. “The athleticism, the mobility, the hunger and the intensity has to be there and they have to be leading their life right. If that’s a big name, great, and if we can do it, great, but if not we just get the best possible player that we can.” Celtic have been boosted by the return from injury of on-loan Manchester City winger Patrick Roberts who travelled with the squad yesterday. Right-back Mikael Lustig, who missed Saturday’s 4-2 Premiership win at
St Johnstone, is also back and expected to play tomorrow. Read more at: http://www.scotsman.com/sport/football/teams/celtic/rodgers-qualify-and-transfer-market-could-explode-for-us-1-4209042
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22 Aug 2016, 11:06 AM
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No Bastian or Xavi. Rodgers: Qualify and transfer market could ‘explode’ for us Spoiler: click to toggle Rodgers has played down suggestions of Celtic moving for a marquee signing such as Schweinsteiger or Xavi, insisting any new recruits must retain the fitness and athleticism necessary to play in his system. CELTIC manager Brendan Rodgers believes the transfer market will “explode” with enticing possibilities to add to his squad if they qualify for the group stage of the Champions League tomorrow night. But Rodgers has played down suggestions of the Scottish champions moving for a marquee signing such as Bastian Schweinsteiger or Xavi, insisting any new recruits must retain the fitness and athleticism necessary to play in his system. Celtic flew out to Israel yesterday ahead of the second leg of their Champions League play-off round tie against Hapoel Beer-Sheva, where they will kick off with a 5-2 lead from last Wednesday’s thrilling first instalment in Glasgow. On the verge of reaching the prestigious group stage for the first time in three years, Celtic will land a jackpot of around £20 million if Rodgers’ team finish the job successfully. It will strengthen Rodgers’ hand in the remaining ten days of the current transfer window, providing both extra spending power and greater incentive for prospective targets to join Celtic. “The market explodes, the whole thing explodes when you make the Champions League,” said Rodgers. “But we have to get there first. That’s our
message. We’ve put ourselves in a brilliant position. But we are focused. If we can get through, there will be a bit of work to do between then and when the market shuts.” That work, however, is unlikely to include rumoured moves for out of favour 32-year-old Manchester United midfielder Schweinsteiger, pictured below, or 36-year-old former Barcelona playmaker Xavi who is currently with Qatari club Al Sadd. “I just need the best
player,” added Rodgers. “It doesn’t have to be a marquee signing. We have already brought in some really top talents who have come in and excited the supporters. “I don’t need a marquee signing that can’t run. I can get you a marquee signing, but they’ve got to be able to press and they’ve got to be able to run. “For me, it’s never been about the name. But of course if the name is big and he can play, then great, but for me it’s about having the right profile of player who can come in. No matter the age, they have to be hungry in every single game and every training session and that’s what I always look for. “I think as long as they maintain the hunger and the will, because this is a team that you have to be able to run in. You have to be athletic, you have to be able to press. You can’t run forward if you can’t run back, that’s one of my rules for a team. “The athleticism, the mobility, the hunger and the intensity has to be there and they have to be leading their life right. If that’s a big name, great, and if we can do it, great, but if not we just get the best possible player that we can.” Celtic have been boosted by the return from injury of on-loan Manchester City winger Patrick Roberts who travelled with the squad yesterday. Right-back Mikael Lustig, who missed Saturday’s 4-2 Premiership win at
St Johnstone, is also back and expected to play tomorrow. Read more at: http://www.scotsman.com/sport/football/teams/celtic/rodgers-qualify-and-transfer-market-could-explode-for-us-1-4209042 Is Schweinsteiger really that past it?
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22 Aug 2016, 12:20 PM
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You can't run forward if you can't run back. I love him
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And to think I wanted Moyes. Fool that I am
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And to think I wanted Moyes. Fool that I am I was thinking that myself He knows his stuff and he seems a better fit than Moyes
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22 Aug 2016, 12:31 PM
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And to think I wanted Moyes. Fool that I am
I was thinking that myself  He knows his stuff and he seems a better fit than Moyes Considering the type of football we always desire of course he was.
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22 Aug 2016, 12:40 PM
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And to think I wanted Moyes. Fool that I am there was nothing wrong with wanting Moyes. More of us wanted Moyes than Rodgers and in fact one much loved poster of this parish suggested Rodgers first act would be to put his own picture up amongst the legends round the stadium . We'll never know what Moyes might or might not have been, but Rodgers has surprised many already.
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22 Aug 2016, 12:44 PM
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The game is over, the rebels have won.
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And to think I wanted Moyes. Fool that I am
there was nothing wrong with wanting Moyes. More of us wanted Moyes than Rodgers and in fact one much loved poster of this parish suggested Rodgers first act would be to put his own picture up amongst the legends round the stadium  . We'll never know what Moyes might or might not have been, but Rodgers has surprised many already. I preffered Moyes to Rodgers when we were linked with both.
They are 2 quality managers, the fact we were able to discuss the pros and cons of both shows how good we have it.
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22 Aug 2016, 12:53 PM
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And to think I wanted Moyes. Fool that I am
there was nothing wrong with wanting Moyes. More of us wanted Moyes than Rodgers and in fact one much loved poster of this parish suggested Rodgers first act would be to put his own picture up amongst the legends round the stadium  . We'll never know what Moyes might or might not have been, but Rodgers has surprised many already. I said to my SiL yesterday that I thought we dodged a bullet there.
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following on from that interview, I was wondering what it would take for the SPFL winner to qualify directly into the group stages or just have to play 1 playoff. Would we need 3 years in the CL group stages, making the last 16 each time?
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22 Aug 2016, 12:59 PM
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- 22 Aug 2016, 12:57 PM
following on from that interview, I was wondering what it would take for the SPFL winner to qualify directly into the group stages or just have to play 1 playoff. Would we need 3 years in the CL group stages, making the last 16 each time? For this we probably need the Huns to get their act together as no other Scottish team is ever going to do anything
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22 Aug 2016, 01:12 PM
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I was one of the few who wanted nowt to do with Moyes and would not have been happy with him in the door, especially in front of Rodgers. Sunderland are welcome to Moyes.
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22 Aug 2016, 01:25 PM
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- Bobby Peru
- 22 Aug 2016, 12:59 PM
- lunarhog
- 22 Aug 2016, 12:57 PM
following on from that interview, I was wondering what it would take for the SPFL winner to qualify directly into the group stages or just have to play 1 playoff. Would we need 3 years in the CL group stages, making the last 16 each time?
For this we probably need the Huns to get their act together as no other Scottish team is ever going to do anything To be fair, Hearts were building up a decent co-efficient a few years back, and Aberdeen made it beyond Christmas in 2008, so it can happen.
The Swiss champions are now getting direct entry to the Champions League, and I can't remember too may sides other than Basel making much impact in Europe.
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22 Aug 2016, 01:26 PM
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- lunarhog
- 22 Aug 2016, 12:57 PM
following on from that interview, I was wondering what it would take for the SPFL winner to qualify directly into the group stages or just have to play 1 playoff. Would we need 3 years in the CL group stages, making the last 16 each time? The lowest ranked country to get an automatic Champions League group stage place for 2016/17 is Switzerland, who are 12th with a coefficient of 33.775.
Scotland is 25th, with a coefficient of 17.3.
Without getting into specifics, the short answer to your question is no time soon.
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22 Aug 2016, 01:27 PM
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- Luca
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- 22 Aug 2016, 08:56 AM
No Bastian or Xavi. Rodgers: Qualify and transfer market could ‘explode’ for us Spoiler: click to toggle Rodgers has played down suggestions of Celtic moving for a marquee signing such as Schweinsteiger or Xavi, insisting any new recruits must retain the fitness and athleticism necessary to play in his system. CELTIC manager Brendan Rodgers believes the transfer market will “explode” with enticing possibilities to add to his squad if they qualify for the group stage of the Champions League tomorrow night. But Rodgers has played down suggestions of the Scottish champions moving for a marquee signing such as Bastian Schweinsteiger or Xavi, insisting any new recruits must retain the fitness and athleticism necessary to play in his system. Celtic flew out to Israel yesterday ahead of the second leg of their Champions League play-off round tie against Hapoel Beer-Sheva, where they will kick off with a 5-2 lead from last Wednesday’s thrilling first instalment in Glasgow. On the verge of reaching the prestigious group stage for the first time in three years, Celtic will land a jackpot of around £20 million if Rodgers’ team finish the job successfully. It will strengthen Rodgers’ hand in the remaining ten days of the current transfer window, providing both extra spending power and greater incentive for prospective targets to join Celtic. “The market explodes, the whole thing explodes when you make the Champions League,” said Rodgers. “But we have to get there first. That’s our
message. We’ve put ourselves in a brilliant position. But we are focused. If we can get through, there will be a bit of work to do between then and when the market shuts.” That work, however, is unlikely to include rumoured moves for out of favour 32-year-old Manchester United midfielder Schweinsteiger, pictured below, or 36-year-old former Barcelona playmaker Xavi who is currently with Qatari club Al Sadd. “I just need the best
player,” added Rodgers. “It doesn’t have to be a marquee signing. We have already brought in some really top talents who have come in and excited the supporters. “I don’t need a marquee signing that can’t run. I can get you a marquee signing, but they’ve got to be able to press and they’ve got to be able to run. “For me, it’s never been about the name. But of course if the name is big and he can play, then great, but for me it’s about having the right profile of player who can come in. No matter the age, they have to be hungry in every single game and every training session and that’s what I always look for. “I think as long as they maintain the hunger and the will, because this is a team that you have to be able to run in. You have to be athletic, you have to be able to press. You can’t run forward if you can’t run back, that’s one of my rules for a team. “The athleticism, the mobility, the hunger and the intensity has to be there and they have to be leading their life right. If that’s a big name, great, and if we can do it, great, but if not we just get the best possible player that we can.” Celtic have been boosted by the return from injury of on-loan Manchester City winger Patrick Roberts who travelled with the squad yesterday. Right-back Mikael Lustig, who missed Saturday’s 4-2 Premiership win at
St Johnstone, is also back and expected to play tomorrow. Read more at: http://www.scotsman.com/sport/football/teams/celtic/rodgers-qualify-and-transfer-market-could-explode-for-us-1-4209042
Is Schweinsteiger really that past it? Hasn't put a decent run of games together for over two years. Discarded by Guardiola a year ago and now Mourinho wants nothing to do with him. I know this sounds bonkers when discussing a guy who's been one of the best midfielders in the world over the past decade but he's really not the type of player we should be looking to build a team around. Suspect if we did sign him it would be reminiscent of Roy Keane's time - a handful of outstanding performances, some mediocre ones, long spells on the treatment table and, ultimately, a premature exit due to injuries. Not worth the hassle or expense.
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22 Aug 2016, 01:30 PM
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- fatboab
- 22 Aug 2016, 12:40 PM
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- 22 Aug 2016, 12:28 PM
And to think I wanted Moyes. Fool that I am
there was nothing wrong with wanting Moyes. More of us wanted Moyes than Rodgers and in fact one much loved poster of this parish suggested Rodgers first act would be to put his own picture up amongst the legends round the stadium  . We'll never know what Moyes might or might not have been, but Rodgers has surprised many already. I voted for Moyes.
I knew Rodgers would play the silkier football but felt Moyes's pragmatic style would have been more suitable for us in Europe. That was before I knew the board were actually going to bring in some quality.
I think Rodgers tactics in the earlier rounds were at times questionable but has adapted well and has been brave enough to go with one up front and play a 4-2-3-1 - Poor Ronny
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