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Brendan Rodgers; "I was born into Celtic"
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Topic Started: 20 May 2016, 05:06 PM (2,288,171 Views)
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7 Dec 2016, 10:25 PM
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What a guy.
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7 Dec 2016, 11:46 PM
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FOR such an Impish start Celtic didn’t half have a stylish finish. That’s what Brendan Rodgers takes most pride from after Tuesday night’s 1-1 draw with Manchester City at the Etihad. Just how far his side had come from the night last July when they were humiliated by a team of Gibraltar part-timers. Lincoln Red Imps stunned the world of football with their shock 1-0 first-leg win over the Hoops. But looking back, Rodgers reckons it was the wake-up call Celts needed on their way to qualification for the group stages. There was plenty in the performance against Pep Guardiola’s side for Rodgers to be filled with joy. He said: “From the first game we played in Gibraltar it’s fair to say we came a long way. “What has been so pleasing was that yesterday was a good day, from when I watched the development team imposing the style we’re trying to create at Celtic in terms of the identity, they were outstanding. They were two up against City and lost 3-2, but it’s great they can go to at club with so much money and talent, and really partcipate at that level. “It was great to see them develop and then, for us, going to a team that will still finish towards the top end of the Premier League. “It was great for us to impose our style, calmness and quality on the game. “The whole campaign has gone from that first match, to finish off with draws that could easily have been wins at two tough places in Monchengladbach and Manchester. “It shows we have grown and developed, and this is what this year was probably going to be about. A year further down the line hopefully we can make the next step.” That defeat to Red Imps saw Celts ridiculed, but Rodgers was always calm under fire. Asked if he feared the worst after losing that first leg, he added: “No, not really. I think that game was a nice little wake-up call for the players. “There had been a lot of the good work done over the pre-season, but that showed me there was still a way to go with these players in terms of belief, that they could actually go out there and lose a game like that. “It can happen with the astro pitch and everything else. “But it sharpened the teeth in many aspects of what we wanted to do. “I said at the time when it was supposedly embarrassing that I knew when we got home we would win the game. It also told me a couple of wee things early on about the fragility of the team.” It wasn’t just the credible result against City, it was the way Celtic played to get it. There was real composure in their play, and at times Rodgers’ side looked like the one with the mega-money players. Rodgers said: “I think it’s the way you sell it. All clubs are different. My way is always an aggressive way. “When I went in at Watford they were in the bottom three, and players had been told they were going down. “It was my first job and I had to sell the idea to the players we could do it and do it in a certain way. “After a difficult start when confidence was low we turned it around and things were able to develop. “At Reading it didn’t work, 20 games and I was out. “At Swansea they were seventh and trying to be the first Welsh team to reach the Premier League. “Can you impose that aggressive style, give them confidence and get promoted? At Liverpool the team had been eighth in the league, and had not qualified for the Champions league for five or six seasons. “I imposed my working style and got there eventually, and nearly won the league. “Here you can participate, but for me you need to be competitive, and in a way that allows you to express yourself. “That’s a mindset. You can sit off and suffer and sit in the box for 85 minutes, but I like to be the aggressor. “If you stand off good players they will run rings round you all day. But how good can they be if you go right up against them? “Every now and then they will earn their £200,000-a- week and play around you a couple of times, that’s OK. “Let’s see if they can do it again and earn their money. If you wait then you will never become a team.” But this is only the start, Rodgers is the first to admit his stars still have a long way to go. Rodgers added: “We’re still a long way off where I want to be. We’re a long way off the penny dropping moment. “But what I am seeing is it’s starting to flow better. We build and consolidate the game. “We are incisive with our movement and passing in the game and finishing. “It’s building well but that’s all it is. It’s still a way to go from where I want us to be. “Last week’s challenge at Motherwell was great, we faced that adversity, and it was a case of how can we deal with it? “How can I give my message to the players that makes them confident to deal with it? “The biggest things is how they cope with pressure by showing calmness, composure and technique — all of that has been so impressive. “That’s something we will strive to improve on.” https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/sport/football/276517/brendan-rodgers-reckons-lincoln-red-imps-shame-was-wake-up-call-celtic-needed/
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7 Dec 2016, 11:52 PM
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Celtic may just be perfect for him
He's learned post Liverpool
He's got time and for Scotland a decent budget
Huns are way short on and off field
Perfect for us too as he is at this stage the dog's b.......
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8 Dec 2016, 12:12 AM
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When the job was up for grabs, it seemed most on here were backing Davie Moyes. I'm so glad it went Brendan's way, because he seems to fit the club like a glove. The improvement is astonishing, and I hope Brendan see's out a long career here. My only worry is that if another top EPL job becomes available (Man Utd), he might feel he has a point to prove down there. I'd love to know what his mindset is regarding this. Like Dembele, just glad to have him here for the time we've got them. Short term, I don't think it's a problem, but a couple of good seasons down the line it might be.
Enjoying the football immensely, and think we've got at least another couple of cracking seasons ahead.
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8 Dec 2016, 12:16 AM
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Brendan Rodgers, make us dream - Celtic FC.
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With the football climate being the way it is, most would see a move from Celtic to Liverpool as the step in the right direction for your career. We have landed lucky getting him after his stint at Liverpool and the experience he will have taken from it.
We are also lucky he and his family are Celtic daft.
The team are playing with a confidence that comes right from him.
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8 Dec 2016, 12:19 AM
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With the football climate being the way it is, most would see a move from Celtic to Liverpool as the step in the right direction for your career. We have landed lucky getting him after his stint at Liverpool and the experience he will have taken from it.
We are also lucky he and his family are Celtic daft.
The team are playing with a confidence that comes right from him.
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8 Dec 2016, 12:24 AM
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- 8 Dec 2016, 12:12 AM
When the job was up for grabs, it seemed most on here were backing Davie Moyes. I'm so glad it went Brendan's way, because he seems to fit the club like a glove. The improvement is astonishing, and I hope Brendan see's out a long career here. My only worry is that if another top EPL job becomes available (Man Utd), he might feel he has a point to prove down there. I'd love to know what his mindset is regarding this. Like Dembele, just glad to have him here for the time we've got them. Short term, I don't think it's a problem, but a couple of good seasons down the line it might be. Enjoying the football immensely, and think we've got at least another couple of cracking seasons ahead. There will always be a worry, but when he speaks it does seem to be long term. He sounds as if he is making plans for the club's future.
Eff replacing Jose, I'd love to see his Celtic team beat Jose's UTD convincingly.
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8 Dec 2016, 12:28 AM
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I'm not ashamed to admit it, I'm developing a serious man crush for the bold Mr. Rodgers!
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8 Dec 2016, 12:36 AM
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- 6 Dec 2016, 02:51 AM
If he stays for the 10 he'll go down in our history as possibly the most important manager since Stein. And he, of all people, knows that.
MON's still ahead of him in terms of importance, he's the one who gave everyone belief in Celtic and what the club could and should be, and he's the one who put the myth of hun superiority for bed once and for all. Rodgers could win the 10 and still not quite beat that IMO, for the simple fact that we don't have any other teams in Scotland that can provide a sustained challenge in the league. If however he can do something in Europe - maybe reaching and even winning the Europa final, or getting to say the quarter finals of the CL (I'd love further obviously but trying to keep this realistic) then I think he can be deemed more important than MON. Also, if he can implement the changes off the pitch that can finally get us the scouting and coaching setups that we've long been crying out for that could benefit the club for decades to come. Note that I'm talking about importance to the club by the way, not about who's the better manager. We'll save that fascinating debate for whenever the next international week is
I think we're in for some great times with Brendan Rodgers and really hope he's backed in January. He's shown what he can do in getting the most out of what he's got with limited transfer funds, now let him get his main targets in in January and make the CL qualification a less fraught affair. No Celtic manager will ever face the circumstances that Martin O'Neill faced when he took over Celtic. He took on a monster and smashed it at the knees. Every Celtic manager that followed had that advantage created by O'Neill's era, even if sometimes it wasn't used wisely - but most importantly they had started openly cheating to keep up and win their subsequent titles. If managed correctly Brendan Rodgers could get the chance to build something special at home and in Europe, playing football the Celtic way. Domestically, that's the kind of football that we need to see. In Europe, well, we can only hope to see it, but the way we moved the ball around in four of our six games, and the way we got so much better after our two major setbacks in the groups, shows that we have a top management team and players who trust them. I think we're going to stack up the trophies and Brendan may well prove to be a manager who wins more, who takes us to 10, and who is ultimately better, but the challenge is different to that faced by O'Neill's Celtic who were, we were told, five years behind being able to compete with Rangers when he walked in the door. Great days back then, and great times ahead too. All very true. I think the point I was trying to make is that to be the manager for 10IAR would instantly make you a club legend regardless of what else went on. Stein will forever be primarily known as the manager that won the big cup and BR would be known as the manager that won the 10. (although hopefully he's also the manager that never lost a match against the Huns, took us further in Europe than we've been for 30 years and developed some of the best young talent we've ever had)
MON's achievements were remarkable at the time and without his era maybe the huns wouldn't have imploded and we wouldn't have got back on top. But yeah, this is a chat to have in the international week when there's nothing better to do.
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8 Dec 2016, 12:40 AM
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What a guy.  Sviatchenko is quite the wordsmith too .
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8 Dec 2016, 12:40 AM
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If he stays for the 10 he'll go down in our history as possibly the most important manager since Stein. And he, of all people, knows that.
MON's still ahead of him in terms of importance, he's the one who gave everyone belief in Celtic and what the club could and should be, and he's the one who put the myth of hun superiority for bed once and for all. Rodgers could win the 10 and still not quite beat that IMO, for the simple fact that we don't have any other teams in Scotland that can provide a sustained challenge in the league. If however he can do something in Europe - maybe reaching and even winning the Europa final, or getting to say the quarter finals of the CL (I'd love further obviously but trying to keep this realistic) then I think he can be deemed more important than MON. Also, if he can implement the changes off the pitch that can finally get us the scouting and coaching setups that we've long been crying out for that could benefit the club for decades to come. Note that I'm talking about importance to the club by the way, not about who's the better manager. We'll save that fascinating debate for whenever the next international week is
I think we're in for some great times with Brendan Rodgers and really hope he's backed in January. He's shown what he can do in getting the most out of what he's got with limited transfer funds, now let him get his main targets in in January and make the CL qualification a less fraught affair. No Celtic manager will ever face the circumstances that Martin O'Neill faced when he took over Celtic. He took on a monster and smashed it at the knees. Every Celtic manager that followed had that advantage created by O'Neill's era, even if sometimes it wasn't used wisely - but most importantly they had started openly cheating to keep up and win their subsequent titles. If managed correctly Brendan Rodgers could get the chance to build something special at home and in Europe, playing football the Celtic way. Domestically, that's the kind of football that we need to see. In Europe, well, we can only hope to see it, but the way we moved the ball around in four of our six games, and the way we got so much better after our two major setbacks in the groups, shows that we have a top management team and players who trust them. I think we're going to stack up the trophies and Brendan may well prove to be a manager who wins more, who takes us to 10, and who is ultimately better, but the challenge is different to that faced by O'Neill's Celtic who were, we were told, five years behind being able to compete with Rangers when he walked in the door. Great days back then, and great times ahead too. Amen.
Rodgers may prove to be the greatest manager since Stein if he stays, in terms of trophies and dominance, but none of it would be possible without Martin O'Neill - the man who took the Huns at their most dominant, and started the slow descent into extinction.
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8 Dec 2016, 02:11 AM
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I am in actual love with this man.
He gets it.
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8 Dec 2016, 08:37 AM
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- 7 Dec 2016, 06:36 PM
I know that clown Barton has departed the SPFL circus, but is it noticeable that Brendan is not getting asked stoopid questions anymore by the sports hacks, basically because he wasn't giving them copy.
It is evident that he is also a man that doesn't stop learning, his road to Celtic manager was helped by his time at Reading, Chelsea, Swansea and Liverpool.
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8 Dec 2016, 08:39 AM
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What a guy. 
Sviatchenko is quite the wordsmith too . Very impressive guy - reminiscent of mjallby - ready made captain
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8 Dec 2016, 08:41 AM
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Billy McNeill - "Mr Celtic"
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I am in actual love with this man.
He gets it. He has "got" Celtic for a long,long time long before he actually shipped up here.
He even once concocted a plan with Tommy Burns that he thought would get him the Celtic job - He was 34 years old at that point in time.
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8 Dec 2016, 09:24 AM
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The huns are dead-it's true!!
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Sviatchenko is quite the wordsmith too .
Very impressive guy - reminiscent of mjallby - ready made captain He is quite the boy is Erik - even in a second language he's a classy, informed speaker. Granted he's no Bomber Brown but hey - ho, can't have everything
Erik will do very well
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It turns the accepted way of things on its head for Brendan Rodgers to have served his apprenticeship with a huge club in the EPL before coming to Celtic just as he's approaching the peak of his powers as a manager.
We are lucky to have him; a man who could have stayed on the eternal merry-go-round of lucrative but ultimately unambitious middling-to-top English club jobs but who, to his credit, has decided to go somewhere where he can win things and leave a legacy.
His heart might already have been in the right place, but Desmond and Lawwell also deserve huge credit for convincing him to give the SPL a go when its stock as a league has never been lower.
The turnaround in so many previously underperforming players since he arrived is nothing short of astonishing. He certainly has a Midas touch his predecessor lacked.
As an ambassador for the club he has the aura, poise, authority and surefootedness his compatriot Martin O'Neill had. We've had some decent managers in the intervening period who have achieved some great things but Rodgers and O'Neill are on a different level altogether.
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8 Dec 2016, 10:10 AM
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Sviatchenko is quite the wordsmith too .
Very impressive guy - reminiscent of mjallby - ready made captain Never argues with his maw about dig money either.
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8 Dec 2016, 10:22 AM
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I am in actual love with this man.
He gets it.
He has "got" Celtic for a long,long time long before he actually shipped up here. He even once concocted a plan with Tommy Burns that he thought would get him the Celtic job - He was 34 years old at that point in time. For real? What a hero.
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8 Dec 2016, 11:10 AM
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I am in actual love with this man.
He gets it.
He has "got" Celtic for a long,long time long before he actually shipped up here. He even once concocted a plan with Tommy Burns that he thought would get him the Celtic job - He was 34 years old at that point in time.  For real? What a hero. 100%.
It involved Brendan taking the Leicester City job which he was offered by Milan Mandoric (whom he didn't trust) and he asked Tommy to be his D of F with the aim of replicating that partnership down the line at Celtic. Sadly Tommy's cancer had just come back at the time so it was a no go but Rodgers's aim was to be successful in the hope Celtic approached him and Tommy down the line.
He is as sharp as they come.
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