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Brendan Rodgers; "I was born into Celtic"
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14 Jan 2017, 11:04 AM
Interesting phrase he used - 'the propaganda of the premier league'. I think it is perceptive to say that the money follows the propaganda. I don't watch a lot of English football but the drought of this winter break has forced me to look at some of their games in desperation for a football fix. And from what I have seen recently ten propaganda is now we'll detached from reality down there.
I've heard him use that phrae before. Whether he believes it or not is another thing, as he could be aware of the cynicism that many Celtic supporters have for the English Premier League. There sure is a lot of money and that in itself is skewing football as everyone knows, but it really struggles to live upto the hype. But with the hype being so sky-high, then maybe that's always going to be the case, so they need to be careful down there.

What goes up must always come down.

As for Brendan Rodgers, does anyone find themselves dealing with a problem at work, or having a deadline to meet, or something in their own life to get sorted and think to themselves 'what would Brendan do?'.

I'm quite happy to take any ridicule that results from that statement.
If i'm dealing with a particularly annoying problem at work i tend to think "what would big Moussa do?". I then skelp a Hun and feel much better about everything.
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14 Jan 2017, 11:04 AM
Interesting phrase he used - 'the propaganda of the premier league'. I think it is perceptive to say that the money follows the propaganda. I don't watch a lot of English football but the drought of this winter break has forced me to look at some of their games in desperation for a football fix. And from what I have seen recently ten propaganda is now we'll detached from reality down there.
I've heard him use that phrae before. Whether he believes it or not is another thing, as he could be aware of the cynicism that many Celtic supporters have for the English Premier League. There sure is a lot of money and that in itself is skewing football as everyone knows, but it really struggles to live upto the hype. But with the hype being so sky-high, then maybe that's always going to be the case, so they need to be careful down there.

What goes up must always come down.

As for Brendan Rodgers, does anyone find themselves dealing with a problem at work, or having a deadline to meet, or something in their own life to get sorted and think to themselves 'what would Brendan do?'.

I'm quite happy to take any ridicule that results from that statement.
If i'm dealing with a particularly annoying problem at work i tend to think "what would big Moussa do?". I then skelp a Hun and feel much better about everything.
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14 Jan 2017, 11:24 AM
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14 Jan 2017, 11:04 AM
Interesting phrase he used - 'the propaganda of the premier league'. I think it is perceptive to say that the money follows the propaganda. I don't watch a lot of English football but the drought of this winter break has forced me to look at some of their games in desperation for a football fix. And from what I have seen recently ten propaganda is now we'll detached from reality down there.
I've heard him use that phrae before. Whether he believes it or not is another thing, as he could be aware of the cynicism that many Celtic supporters have for the English Premier League. There sure is a lot of money and that in itself is skewing football as everyone knows, but it really struggles to live upto the hype. But with the hype being so sky-high, then maybe that's always going to be the case, so they need to be careful down there.

What goes up must always come down.

As for Brendan Rodgers, does anyone find themselves dealing with a problem at work, or having a deadline to meet, or something in their own life to get sorted and think to themselves 'what would Brendan do?'.

I'm quite happy to take any ridicule that results from that statement.
I've jokingly asked myself, "What would Henrik do?" when faced with a dilemma. More often than I care to admit...
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14 Jan 2017, 11:04 AM
Interesting phrase he used - 'the propaganda of the premier league'. I think it is perceptive to say that the money follows the propaganda. I don't watch a lot of English football but the drought of this winter break has forced me to look at some of their games in desperation for a football fix. And from what I have seen recently ten propaganda is now we'll detached from reality down there.
I've heard him use that phrae before. Whether he believes it or not is another thing, as he could be aware of the cynicism that many Celtic supporters have for the English Premier League. There sure is a lot of money and that in itself is skewing football as everyone knows, but it really struggles to live upto the hype. But with the hype being so sky-high, then maybe that's always going to be the case, so they need to be careful down there.

What goes up must always come down.

As for Brendan Rodgers, does anyone find themselves dealing with a problem at work, or having a deadline to meet, or something in their own life to get sorted and think to themselves 'what would Brendan do?'.

I'm quite happy to take any ridicule that results from that statement.
I've jokingly asked myself, "What would Henrik do?" when faced with a dilemma. More often than I care to admit...
Smoke, is probably the right answer
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14 Jan 2017, 11:04 AM
Interesting phrase he used - 'the propaganda of the premier league'. I think it is perceptive to say that the money follows the propaganda. I don't watch a lot of English football but the drought of this winter break has forced me to look at some of their games in desperation for a football fix. And from what I have seen recently ten propaganda is now we'll detached from reality down there.
I've heard him use that phrae before. Whether he believes it or not is another thing, as he could be aware of the cynicism that many Celtic supporters have for the English Premier League. There sure is a lot of money and that in itself is skewing football as everyone knows, but it really struggles to live upto the hype. But with the hype being so sky-high, then maybe that's always going to be the case, so they need to be careful down there.

What goes up must always come down.

As for Brendan Rodgers, does anyone find themselves dealing with a problem at work, or having a deadline to meet, or something in their own life to get sorted and think to themselves 'what would Brendan do?'.

I'm quite happy to take any ridicule that results from that statement.
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BRENDAN RODGERS has claimed he couldn’t care less if he doesn’t work in the English Premier League again.

Celtic fans fear the former Swansea City and Liverpool gaffer will be lured back to England’s top flight within a couple of years.

But Rodgers — sacked by the Reds in October 2015 — addressed the issue in an interview with local media in Dubai during the Hoops’ winter break this week.

Quizzed if he’d like to manage again in the Premier League, he said: “I’m not really worried, I’m not bothered.

“I’m enjoying my experience with Celtic, a huge club. If I go back there one day, great. If I don’t, there’s no drama.

“It’s been nice watching it from a different perspective for the first time in a few years.

“I’ll be coaching for another 20 years. I’ll enjoy the travel and see where it takes me.”
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BRENDAN RODGERS has claimed he couldn’t care less if he doesn’t work in the English Premier League again.

Celtic fans fear the former Swansea City and Liverpool gaffer will be lured back to England’s top flight within a couple of years.

But Rodgers — sacked by the Reds in October 2015 — addressed the issue in an interview with local media in Dubai during the Hoops’ winter break this week.

Quizzed if he’d like to manage again in the Premier League, he said: “I’m not really worried, I’m not bothered.

“I’m enjoying my experience with Celtic, a huge club. If I go back there one day, great. If I don’t, there’s no drama.

“It’s been nice watching it from a different perspective for the first time in a few years.

“I’ll be coaching for another 20 years. I’ll enjoy the travel and see where it takes me.”
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Have seen quite a few fans of EPL teams making assumptions he will go back to England when he is done with us...complete with the usual snide bollocks about us and our league.

They assume far too much.
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BRENDAN RODGERS has claimed he couldn’t care less if he doesn’t work in the English Premier League again.

Celtic fans fear the former Swansea City and Liverpool gaffer will be lured back to England’s top flight within a couple of years.

But Rodgers — sacked by the Reds in October 2015 — addressed the issue in an interview with local media in Dubai during the Hoops’ winter break this week.

Quizzed if he’d like to manage again in the Premier League, he said: “I’m not really worried, I’m not bothered.

“I’m enjoying my experience with Celtic, a huge club. If I go back there one day, great. If I don’t, there’s no drama.

“It’s been nice watching it from a different perspective for the first time in a few years.

“I’ll be coaching for another 20 years. I’ll enjoy the travel and see where it takes me.”
rodgers-says-he-doesnt-care-if-he-never-works-in-england-again

Have seen quite a few fans of EPL teams making assumptions he will go back to England when he is done with us...complete with the usual snide bollocks about us and our league.

They assume far too much.
He will fancy trying his luck abroad I think

Hope hes with us for years though :rocker:
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Have seen quite a few fans of EPL teams making assumptions he will go back to England when he is done with us...complete with the usual snide bollocks about us and our league.

They assume far too much.
He will fancy trying his luck abroad I think

Hope hes with us for years though :rocker:
He has an opportunity to go into the Celtic record books as a legend, I think he may stay until that's done.
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14 Jan 2017, 08:04 PM
Have seen quite a few fans of EPL teams making assumptions he will go back to England when he is done with us...complete with the usual snide bollocks about us and our league.

They assume far too much.
He will fancy trying his luck abroad I think

Hope hes with us for years though :rocker: 1
Absolutely, hopefully leaving behind him a structure which will do us well long after he has stepped out of the manager's office...sounds like his plan anyway when he speaks.

:rocker: indeed.
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In 2014 in an interview with a Spanish paper he said ''One day hopefully it [management] can take me to Spain and I can experience a wonderful country, culture and as I said, some wonderful football club.''

As he speaks Spanish quite well I'm sure Spain would be his next destination after he has given us a good few years.
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14 Jan 2017, 11:04 AM
Interesting phrase he used - 'the propaganda of the premier league'. I think it is perceptive to say that the money follows the propaganda. I don't watch a lot of English football but the drought of this winter break has forced me to look at some of their games in desperation for a football fix. And from what I have seen recently ten propaganda is now we'll detached from reality down there.
I've heard him use that phrae before. Whether he believes it or not is another thing, as he could be aware of the cynicism that many Celtic supporters have for the English Premier League. There sure is a lot of money and that in itself is skewing football as everyone knows, but it really struggles to live upto the hype. But with the hype being so sky-high, then maybe that's always going to be the case, so they need to be careful down there.

What goes up must always come down.

As for Brendan Rodgers, does anyone find themselves dealing with a problem at work, or having a deadline to meet, or something in their own life to get sorted and think to themselves 'what would Brendan do?'.

I'm quite happy to take any ridicule that results from that statement.
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14 Jan 2017, 11:04 AM
Interesting phrase he used - 'the propaganda of the premier league'. I think it is perceptive to say that the money follows the propaganda. I don't watch a lot of English football but the drought of this winter break has forced me to look at some of their games in desperation for a football fix. And from what I have seen recently ten propaganda is now we'll detached from reality down there.
I've heard him use that phrae before. Whether he believes it or not is another thing, as he could be aware of the cynicism that many Celtic supporters have for the English Premier League. There sure is a lot of money and that in itself is skewing football as everyone knows, but it really struggles to live upto the hype. But with the hype being so sky-high, then maybe that's always going to be the case, so they need to be careful down there.

What goes up must always come down.

As for Brendan Rodgers, does anyone find themselves dealing with a problem at work, or having a deadline to meet, or something in their own life to get sorted and think to themselves 'what would Brendan do?'.

I'm quite happy to take any ridicule that results from that statement.
Do you fancy the secretary in your work too?
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BRENDAN RODGERS has warned his Celtic stars he wants MORE in the second half of the season.

The Hoops boss has heaped praise on his side for their stunning start to the campaign.

Celtic are unbeaten in 24 domestic games and 19 points clear at the top of the Premiership table, but Rodgers is raising the bar and challenged his squad to keep up with his demands.

The players who can handle that will be part of his plans going forward but those who cannot will be thanked for their time and effort — and politely shown the door.

Rodgers said: “I feel that if I went back and reflected on the last six months of 2016, everything has gone really, really well.

“Going to Dubai was a chance to press the reset button and the message is very, very simple: We need MORE and we need to be BETTER.

“They are absolutely giving everything. The attitude and mental fitness is now strong.

“In pre-season I talked about reclaiming that working mentality, to work and to have this mindset that allows you to win games and win in the style that we want to win them.

“But we need to create more chances. My philosophy is non-negotiable: We attack. But we can defend better to allow us to attack more.

“So in Dubai we were talking about creating more pressure with speed, power and aggression in our game. We can create more chances through defending better in better moments, as a collective.

“Those are areas we have to work on tactically. Technically there is a level we can be better in but the players are ready, they are soaking it up in order to be the best they can be. That’s what you want.

“We will have strategies to guard against that complacency. I don’t think it’s in the mentality of the group now. That was something we nailed from the very first day. I don’t know, sometimes at big clubs, especially a club like Celtic, your talent can hide you in among other good players.

“You can be hidden and you can be protected a little bit, which means you don’t have to work quite so hard because your ability takes you there.

“No chance. If you’re not working here you will be out, regardless of your talent.

“I think I said it before a few months back — some players will struggle to keep up.

“Their talent is there but they can’t keep up with the demand. So your talent won’t be protected. You can be a good player but it’s not enough.

“If you want to be elite and you want to be the best then you have to align the work mentality with the talent. That means you push, every single game you play, and the next game is always the critical one.”

Any Celtic manager’s first job is to win the league title but Rodgers has ambitions and targets which focuses on success in Europe.

He added: “That’s the ambition. That’s where I want Celtic to be.

“We want to be qualifying for Champions League group stages and there is a certain demand, it doesn’t happen just by accident.

“You have to have talent but it has to be working talent. The ambition of course is beyond that. You have to work to that level every day.”

The mentality in Scotland is that just getting into the Champions League is a success story but Rodgers wants to change that mindset.

He added: “We’re not saying it’s easy to get there because it’s not.

“But you saw how we progressed in the Champions League. It’s as much a mindset as anything else. You have to take on the challenge and enjoy it and accept it.”
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Now the appetite has been whetted once again at that level, it is clear that Rodgers is already striving to return there.

While they tower over their rivals in Scotland, the yearn to rise high elsewhere shimmers strongly.

“That’s the ambition. That’s where I want Celtic to be,” he said. “We want to be qualifying for Champions League group stages and there is a certain demand, it doesn’t happen just by accident. You have to have talent but it has to be working talent. The ambition, of course, is beyond that.

“You have to create a certain standard that every single day matches that. Of course, when you get to the latter stages of the Champions League then it’s difficult to get there. We’re not saying it’s easy to get there because it’s not. You know how hard it is to qualify and then to come through the group stage is notoriously difficult.

“But you saw how we progressed in the Champions League. It’s as much a mindset as anything else. Listen, you can play the ‘poor man’ and you can be beaten before you even begin but it’s not a mentality that I’m used to.

“You have to take on the challenge and enjoy it and accept it. For us, where Scottish football is a great challenge for a club like Celtic and of course it prepares us for the next challenges.

"Obviously we have to adapt at times but one, you have to get there and, two, it’s then about the mentality and the belief to play in it. This group of players will grow in that belief as they work more together.”
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BRENDAN RODGERS has claimed he couldn’t care less if he doesn’t work in the English Premier League again.

Celtic fans fear the former Swansea City and Liverpool gaffer will be lured back to England’s top flight within a couple of years.

But Rodgers — sacked by the Reds in October 2015 — addressed the issue in an interview with local media in Dubai during the Hoops’ winter break this week.

Quizzed if he’d like to manage again in the Premier League, he said: “I’m not really worried, I’m not bothered.

“I’m enjoying my experience with Celtic, a huge club. If I go back there one day, great. If I don’t, there’s no drama.

“It’s been nice watching it from a different perspective for the first time in a few years.

“I’ll be coaching for another 20 years. I’ll enjoy the travel and see where it takes me.”
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If he stays for 10 in a row and gets us into the champions league 3 or 4 times then he is a magician…the mental staring of those two on any manager means that is some achievement.

I want him to stay for years obviously but keeping him genuinely interested will be something that is key to him staying. Our league is pretty dire limited in many ways as we all know but the English league is not all singing as they would like you/I to think. Fact that we are force fed everything when we watch sky sports for anything.

By his interview above albeit a short one he maybe is looking overseas to work.
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BRENDAN RODGERS has claimed he couldn’t care less if he doesn’t work in the English Premier League again.

Celtic fans fear the former Swansea City and Liverpool gaffer will be lured back to England’s top flight within a couple of years.

But Rodgers — sacked by the Reds in October 2015 — addressed the issue in an interview with local media in Dubai during the Hoops’ winter break this week.

Quizzed if he’d like to manage again in the Premier League, he said: “I’m not really worried, I’m not bothered.

“I’m enjoying my experience with Celtic, a huge club. If I go back there one day, great. If I don’t, there’s no drama.

“It’s been nice watching it from a different perspective for the first time in a few years.

“I’ll be coaching for another 20 years. I’ll enjoy the travel and see where it takes me.”
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If he stays for 10 in a row and gets us into the champions league 3 or 4 times then he is a magician…the mental staring of those two on any manager means that is some achievement.

I want him to stay for years obviously but keeping him genuinely interested will be something that is key to him staying. Our league is pretty dire limited in many ways as we all know but the English league is not all singing as they would like you/I to think. Fact that we are force fed everything when we watch sky sports for anything.

By his interview above albeit a short one he maybe is looking overseas to work.
He speaks fluent Spanish and has a gaff over that way so that wouldn't surprise me if that was his next port of call albeit I I have no idea if any of the two Big Guns would ever consider him irrespective of how successful he is with us.
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He'll stay for 10 only issue is whether it's his own 10 or just to get us to 10
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