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Brendan Rodgers; "I was born into Celtic"
Topic Started: 20 May 2016, 05:06 PM (2,288,176 Views)
Blinkerscat
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Just gets Celtic. And he's made the players get Celtic again.
A match made in heaven. Sky is the limit with him in charge.
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fatboab
3 Dec 2016, 05:07 PM
apparently today we changed to a " 3-diamond-3", according to BR.

Whatever that means, it was a stroke of genius. :worthy:

Games like this will only make him love us more, and make it much easier to keep his interest.
Think the diamond was brown sitting deep, McGregor to his right and Armstrong to his left, Rogic in the attacking centre.

Forrest and Roberts stayed as wingers rather than wing backs (which might have cost us the third goal)

It's the system the Dutch and Ajax used in early to mid-90s.

Think Jansen wanted to use something similar when he first arrived but felt the players weren't comfortable with it
Edited by mick82, 3 Dec 2016, 05:44 PM.
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fatboab
3 Dec 2016, 05:07 PM
apparently today we changed to a " 3-diamond-3", according to BR.

Whatever that means, it was a stroke of genius. :worthy:

Games like this will only make him love us more, and make it much easier to keep his interest.
---------------------------------------------------Gordon-------------------------------------------------

-----------------------Lustig---------------------Toure----------------------Simunovic-----------------


---------------------------------------------------Brown---------------------------------------------------

-----------------McGregor-----------------------------------------------Armstrong----------------------

---------------------------------------------------Rogic-----------------------------------------------------

-------------Roberts---------------------------------------------------------------------Forrest-----------

---------------------------------------------------Dembele--------------------------------------------------
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Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers defended his "exemplary" backroom staff after critical remarks from Motherwell boss Mark McGhee following the Hoops' dramatic 4-3 win at Fir Park.

The Northern Irishman was unhappy that the Scotland assistant boss had tried to interfere with the visitors' shooting practice before a pulsating Ladbrokes Premiership match which had the home side leading at the interval thanks to a Louis Moult double.

In a frenzied second half, substitute Callum McGregor reduced the deficit before winger Patrick Roberts levelled to spark a crazy couple of minutes in which Well substitute Lionel Ainsworth restored the hosts' lead only for Stuart Armstrong to equalise again.

The final twist came in the 90th minute when Australia midfielder Tom Rogic drove in the winner to keep the leaders unbeaten domestically this term, and there was no love lost between McGhee and Celtic assistant manager Chris Davies at the final whistle.

The Well boss was first into the media room afterwards, saying: "Brendan was as good as gold, dignified in victory and dignified in defeat.

"There are no problems with Brendan. Some of the other staff are not really Celtic-quality in terms of their behaviour.

"I don't know his name actually (Davies) - you have told me his name. He wasn't shaking hands with me. He seemed for some reason to be angry that they won. Explain that to me?"

However, when Rodgers emerged to be told of McGhee's "quality" remarks, he said: "I think that is very unfair, especially as he comes up into our warm-up before the game to ask our players to warm up in a different area. He shouldn't be doing that.

"I don't think that is very befitting of an assistant manager of a national team and manager of Motherwell.

"My staff are exemplary in their behaviour. We know what we are representing. We have integrity.

"I said congratulations to the groundsman here before the game because the pitch is very good. But why can't we do our warm-up here at Motherwell? The one we have done in every stadium in the world we have been to so far this season?

"So I don't know what the issue was there and maybe that's where it sparked from.

"But that isn't the story of the game. The story is that my team were brilliant in the second half."

Indeed, Rodgers was more than delighted with the way his players responded to potentially their first league defeat of the season.

"It is arguably the most pleasing (win) after being in that adverse situation," he said. "We hadn't had that before so to see the joy in the supporters, they appreciate the fight and spirit in the team.

"I thought we were defensively very poor in the first half but I thought we were brilliant in the second half in terms of our composure, at 2-0 down.

"Huge credit to the players and the winning mentality and spirit within the team.

"I didn't go berserk at half-time - there was none of that. The issues were simple. The back four were too deep and that didn't allow us to press the game and there was too much space, but how could we find the solution?

"I am delighted for them."
http://www.sportinglife.com/football/live/match-reaction/357113/rodgers-hits-back-at-mcghee
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Mubo Loravcik
3 Dec 2016, 05:45 PM
fatboab
3 Dec 2016, 05:07 PM
apparently today we changed to a " 3-diamond-3", according to BR.

Whatever that means, it was a stroke of genius. :worthy:

Games like this will only make him love us more, and make it much easier to keep his interest.
---------------------------------------------------Gordon-------------------------------------------------

-----------------------Lustig---------------------Toure----------------------Simunovic-----------------


---------------------------------------------------Brown---------------------------------------------------

-----------------McGregor-----------------------------------------------Armstrong----------------------

---------------------------------------------------Rogic-----------------------------------------------------

-------------Roberts---------------------------------------------------------------------Forrest-----------

---------------------------------------------------Dembele--------------------------------------------------
This might explain why Motherwell got a fair bit of joy down our left m
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McGhee is an arsehole.
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Hagi Bhoy
3 Dec 2016, 06:06 PM
McGhee is an arsehole.
Aye. Probably still bitter that he thought he was getting the Celtic job and didn't get it. It was never happening ya big fud! :lol:
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Watts Kiwi Manias
3 Dec 2016, 06:09 PM
Hagi Bhoy
3 Dec 2016, 06:06 PM
McGhee is an arsehole.
Aye. Probably still bitter that he thought he was getting the Celtic job and didn't get it. It was never happening ya big fud! :lol:
It's the "Celtic quality" remark that's the slyist dig. He's suggesting he knows the club well having played there and he doesn't think the new boy has learned about the stature of the club or how to conduct yourself as a Celtic employee.

BUT he's tried to cover himself by saying Brendan, who he probably knows quite well, was exemplary in his conduct.

Brendan's just called him out. He's my assistant, he's doing a terrific job and you can eff off. We are a team and you if slight one of ours we'll back him all the way regardless of the "controversy".

Edited by Hagi Bhoy, 3 Dec 2016, 06:17 PM.
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Brilliant to see Brendan and John celebrating the winner. Sheer delight on their faces.

:wub:

Hagi Boy, agree he is trying to cover himself with his comments about Brendan. Glad to see Brendan is having none of it.
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Brendan's boldness to change tactics and/or personnel at any stage in a game he sees fit is truly refreshing.

He is just strolling it at the moment :worthy:
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Didn't that pumpkin McGhee do something similar last season with one of Deila's assistants ?
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3 Dec 2016, 06:39 PM
Didn't that pumpkin McGhee do something similar last season with one of Deila's assistants ?
He refused to shake Ronnys hand

Cant mind what was behind it though
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I like McGhee. He's a curmudgeonly old Tim that wants his team to win.
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3 Dec 2016, 06:42 PM
cardenbhoy
3 Dec 2016, 06:39 PM
Didn't that pumpkin McGhee do something similar last season with one of Deila's assistants ?
He refused to shake Ronnys hand

Cant mind what was behind it though
Which just goes to show what a hypocritical eejit he is complaining about Davis doing similar. It sounds like McGhee trying to play mind games but just sounding like a bitter old fud.
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Any links to post match interview? I want to hear his voice :wub:
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3 Dec 2016, 06:58 PM
I like McGhee. He's a curmudgeonly old Tim that wants his team to win.
Let's see how up for things he and his team are when they play the zombies!
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Amazing what a proper manager can do with the same players
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3 Dec 2016, 08:36 PM
Amazing what a proper manager can do with the same players
How many times was it said on here last season that these players were better than they looked. A good manager is an absolute must. We have a good one now, a really good one. :worthy:
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3 Dec 2016, 08:35 PM
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3 Dec 2016, 06:58 PM
I like McGhee. He's a curmudgeonly old Tim that wants his team to win.
Let's see how up for things he and his team are when they play the zombies!
Why wouldn't they be?
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