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Brendan Rodgers; "I was born into Celtic"
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Topic Started: 20 May 2016, 05:06 PM (2,288,221 Views)
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Hairytoes
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18 Oct 2016, 09:04 PM
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- 18 Oct 2016, 04:55 PM
I'd still let him eat biscuits & crisps in my bed.
He's just pure chocolate!
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18 Oct 2016, 09:11 PM
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- 18 Oct 2016, 06:57 PM
Was interesting listening to Sviatchenko wax lyrical about how much fitter and better organised the squad are this season.
It struck me that we're going into a really huge game tomorrow night with virtually no injuries in the squad, and certainly all of our 'first team' players are fit. Of course, there's an element of luck to injuries and anything can happen in a game scenario, but it feels like a long time since that's been the case. I don't know enough about what went on behind the scenes the last two years and what Brendan has changed, but it is certainly noticable in Scott Brown that he is infinitely more mobile (no international football undoubtedly helps) and Lustig is no longer a shoe-in to be subbed at the 70 minute mark every game. And the change in James Forrest has been remarked upon after just about every match. Tom Rogic seemingly the only exception, although that seems to be more something in his makeup.
Could just be that things are going so well on the pitch at the moment that it's easy to think that everything else is so much better under Brendan, but when you hear the players talk about it publically - and I don't think I'm wrong in saying that Erik isn't the first to mention it? - there must be something in it. I do agree to a large extent although I'd point out that Lustig's and Forrest's injury records cleared up under RD's watch, so credit where it's due
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18 Oct 2016, 09:51 PM
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Hopefully they can work their fitness magic on big Tam Rogic. Would love to see him last the full 90 week in-week out. Pure class that boy.
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18 Oct 2016, 10:54 PM
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- 18 Oct 2016, 09:51 PM
Hopefully they can work their fitness magic on big Tam Rogic. Would love to see him last the full 90 week in-week out. Pure class that boy. The thing about Rogic is that, as a professional footballer, he's not really 23. He started late, played at not that high a level, then spent a couple of years injured.
He's only played regularly for a year. That makes him more like a 19/20 year old.
Physically, I think he could still be a couple of years away from reaching his peak.
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18 Oct 2016, 11:04 PM
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Edited by nails, 19 Oct 2016, 10:23 AM.
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18 Oct 2016, 11:30 PM
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19 Oct 2016, 07:17 AM
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Cheers. May be waiting a while then....
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19 Oct 2016, 07:33 AM
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- 19 Oct 2016, 07:17 AM
Cheers. May be waiting a while then.... BRENDAN RODGERS sat down at a table in the Number Seven suite inside Celtic Park and remarked that this where it had all began which indeed it was.
Spoiler: click to toggle Back in May, which feels more than five months ago, the Northern Irishman was in the very same room being unveiled as the new manager and would-be saviour by a club he supported but was fairly unfamiliar with.
He didn’t know the players, had only a notion of the pressure, lifestyle and intensity the job brings, and while Rodgers is a confident man, he could not say for sure whether he was going to enjoy being Celtic manager.
Just for the record, he is enjoying it very much.
It is Borussia Moenchengladbach in the Champions League tonight and then Rangers in a League Cup semi-final on Sunday. Frantic but fun would be his mantra. The smile on the man’s face suggested that he is loving all of this and why on earth shouldn’t he given that, at least right now, things could hardly have gone better.
Asked if he was enjoying himself more than he thought he would back in May, Rodgers admitted: “Yes. When you win it helps. It has been brilliant. Everyone talks about the goldfish bowl but I have never found that. Maybe it is my experience of being at Liverpool, and managing a huge club, which has helped me with that.
“It’s just a dream to be here and have the responsibility to deliver. I know what the supporters want here, so I know what it feels like. To have that is a huge honour for me. Along with my staff I work tirelessly. We do not have many days free.
“We are in it at 7.15 in the morning and leaving at six or seven in the evening and then at home we are analysing again into the late hours. There’s a lot of work goes into it. But the professional and social life has been brilliant. I have loved every moment of it.”
Not everyone has found it this easy. The list of managers and players who have felt life in Glasgow is a bit too much when they represent one of the two big clubs is growing even this season. Just not in the east end of the city.
As Rodgers said, winning helps and it would be different had things not clicked into place right away. But they have and it’s a big reason why he already feels at home.
He said: “Listen, every individual is different. I tend to focus on my professional life, family and that’s it. When I can take a break from it I will do. I went away in the last international break I didn’t in the one before that, because sometimes you need to press the re-set button again and think over things in a different setting. It’s been brilliant.
“I understand the expectancy, I understand the pressure of a big club and, like I said, maybe the rollercoaster of the Premier League and all that side of it prepares you well. This is still a huge challenge, it’s a huge club. As you know, there are many nationals and locals (papers) but it is fine."
So does he allow himself any time off at all? Yes but only now and then.
He said: “Players are different. They get up in the morning and come in, they get fed, train, recover and go home. It’s not easy but it is different. As a coach and manager you are preparing sessions, you are worrying about playing good football, you are preparing your travel, you are preparing your monthly schedule for work, and you are worrying about working well. It’s a different life.
“But socially, the moments I do get out, it has been brilliant. I was saying to Charlotte (his partner) the other day, the number of restaurants you have up here is incredible – I never knew the choice. It is incredible. You could eat out somewhere different every night for a whole year. And maybe some of you do!”
As he said this, us fine men of the Fourth Estate felt the need to collectively hold in our bellies.
“You have to be careful because it’s a great life,” he added and right now for Rodgers it's difficult not to feel smug. Not that he is settling because he believes there is so much more to come from this team. BRENDAN RODGERS sat down at a table in the Number Seven suite inside Celtic Park and remarked that this where it had all began which indeed it was.
Back in May, which feels more than five months ago, the Northern Irishman was in the very same room being unveiled as the new manager and would-be saviour by a club he supported but was fairly unfamiliar with.
He didn’t know the players, had only a notion of the pressure, lifestyle and intensity the job brings, and while Rodgers is a confident man, he could not say for sure whether he was going to enjoy being Celtic manager
Just for the record, he is enjoying it very much.
It is Borussia Moenchengladbach in the Champions League tonight and then Rangers in a League Cup semi-final on Sunday. Frantic but fun would be his mantra. The smile on the man’s face suggested that he is loving all of this and why on earth shouldn’t he given that, at least right now, things could hardly have gone better.
Asked if he was enjoying himself more than he thought he would back in May, Rodgers admitted: “Yes. When you win it helps. It has been brilliant. Everyone talks about the goldfish bowl but I have never found that. Maybe it is my experience of being at Liverpool, and managing a huge club, which has helped me with that.
“It’s just a dream to be here and have the responsibility to deliver. I know what the supporters want here, so I know what it feels like. To have that is a huge honour for me. Along with my staff I work tirelessly. We do not have many days free.
“We are in it at 7.15 in the morning and leaving at six or seven in the evening and then at home we are analysing again into the late hours. There’s a lot of work goes into it. But the professional and social life has been brilliant. I have loved every moment of it.”
Not everyone has found it this easy. The list of managers and players who have felt life in Glasgow is a bit too much when they represent one of the two big clubs is growing even this season. Just not in the east end of the city
As Rodgers said, winning helps and it would be different had things not clicked into place right away. But they have and it’s a big reason why he already feels at home.
He said: “Listen, every individual is different. I tend to focus on my professional life, family and that’s it. When I can take a break from it I will do. I went away in the last international break I didn’t in the one before that, because sometimes you need to press the re-set button again and think over things in a different setting. It’s been brilliant.
“I understand the expectancy, I understand the pressure of a big club and, like I said, maybe the rollercoaster of the Premier League and all that side of it prepares you well. This is still a huge challenge, it’s a huge club. As you know, there are many nationals and locals (papers) but it is fine."
So does he allow himself any time off at all? Yes but only now and then.
He said: “Players are different. They get up in the morning and come in, they get fed, train, recover and go home. It’s not easy but it is different. As a coach and manager you are preparing sessions, you are worrying about playing good football, you are preparing your travel, you are preparing your monthly schedule for work, and you are worrying about working well. It’s a different life.
“But socially, the moments I do get out, it has been brilliant. I was saying to Charlotte (his partner) the other day, the number of restaurants you have up here is incredible – I never knew the choice. It is incredible. You could eat out somewhere different every night for a whole year. And maybe some of you do!”
As he said this, us fine men of the Fourth Estate felt the need to collectively hold in our bellies.
“You have to be careful because it’s a great life,” he added and right now for Rodgers it's difficult not to feel smug. Not that he is settling because he believes there is so much more to come from this
“Are we at the point where if we play well we’ll win? No there’s still a long way to go. My aim here is to build a team with power, with speed, a high level of technical ability and unpredictability in their game, that scores goals, creates many chances and defends strongly. I’ve a way to go in terms of that.
"We’ve made a great start with the players and the few additions we have, but there will come a point where – wherever we are and whatever jungle we are in the world – we’ll be able to impose our style. And I’ll be happy to go to wherever it is and play our way.”
It says much for where Celtic are right now when Leigh Griffiths will start on the bench once again. However, at least the man in front of him is Moussa Dembele who with all due respect is a cut above Chris Martin.
“It’s difficult for the kid at the moment but he has shown a great attitude,” said Rodgers.
“He is coming off the back of 40 goals and started this season great. He then gets injured and his replacement comes in. Unfortunately, his replacement is one of the best young strikers in European football.
“It’s not as if he is being kept out by someone who is not a good player. However hard it is for him, he understands it. He is a great boy. I have loved him from the first time I met him here.”
And with that, Rodgers left after delivering perhaps the most positive press conference in the history of Celtic.
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19 Oct 2016, 07:39 AM
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Why do people post these huge links ffs man
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19 Oct 2016, 07:47 AM
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- 19 Oct 2016, 07:39 AM
Why do people post these huge links ffs man  Why do people moan for the sake of moaning ?
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19 Oct 2016, 07:55 AM
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His partner is Charlotte (fakes)
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19 Oct 2016, 08:40 AM
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- 19 Oct 2016, 07:39 AM
Why do people post these huge links ffs man  It's a pain in the arse.
As we've said before, if you're posting a huge link, put it in a spoiler.
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19 Oct 2016, 09:29 AM
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Why do people post these huge links ffs man 
It's a pain in the arse. As we've said before, if you're posting a huge link, put it in a spoiler. Won't bother next time
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19 Oct 2016, 09:37 AM
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Why do people post these huge links ffs man 
It's a pain in the arse. As we've said before, if you're posting a huge link, put it in a spoiler. I think the general advice is to PM a mod and get them spoiler it rather than clog up the thread.
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19 Oct 2016, 10:17 AM
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Why do people post these huge links ffs man 
It's a pain in the arse. As we've said before, if you're posting a huge link, put it in a spoiler.
Won't bother next time Many of us log on here on our phone. Those huge links just render the whole thing pointless as the page then becomes near impossible to read.
It's been pointed out many times in the past so I don't think anyone is having a dig at you personally.
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19 Oct 2016, 10:27 AM
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It's beginning to feel like the MON years.
I just hope he stays interested enough after a couple of seasons. We could be in for a great rollercoaster ride.
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19 Oct 2016, 10:58 AM
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My aim here is to build a team with power, with speed, high level of technical ability and unpredictability in their game. A team that scores goals, creates many chances and defends strongly. There will come a point where, wherever we are and whatever jungle we are in in the world, we’ll be able to impose our style and I’ll be happy to go to wherever it is and play our way.
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19 Oct 2016, 12:32 PM
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Why do people post these huge links ffs man 
It's a pain in the arse. As we've said before, if you're posting a huge link, put it in a spoiler. Or paste it into tinyurl.com to shorten it
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19 Oct 2016, 12:41 PM
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My aim here is to build a team with power, with speed, high level of technical ability and unpredictability in their game. A team that scores goals, creates many chances and defends strongly. There will come a point where, wherever we are and whatever jungle we are in in the world, we’ll be able to impose our style and I’ll be happy to go to wherever it is and play our way.
 I love him.
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19 Oct 2016, 03:18 PM
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My aim here is to build a team with power, with speed, high level of technical ability and unpredictability in their game. A team that scores goals, creates many chances and defends strongly. There will come a point where, wherever we are and whatever jungle we are in in the world, we’ll be able to impose our style and I’ll be happy to go to wherever it is and play our way.
 So...what he's saying is that he wants to dominate possession against Barcelona
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