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Brendan Rodgers; "I was born into Celtic"
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He swats them off with disdain time after time. Brilliant.
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Brendan Rodgers sounds warning to Leigh Griffiths: "It's about the lifestyle of a footballer. You have to live it right.

Brendan Rodgers wants more commitment from Leigh Griffiths

9 hrs ago / Graeme Macpherson

THERE will be managers up and down the land who would love a centre forward who does nothing but score goals. Brendan Rodgers, though, isn’t one of them. The Celtic manager continues to take a holistic view of his squad and their capabilities, and it is a standpoint that doesn’t augur well for Leigh Griffiths. The striker may have scored 40 goals last season but that’s not enough for Rodgers who wants every player in the group to make a more rounded contribution. “There will be no individual bigger than the team,” said the Celtic manager in what sounded very much like a warning to Griffiths about his future involvement in the team.


The 26 year-old has endured something of a stop-start season, his progress hindered both by the form of Moussa Dembele and a number of minor injuries. Rodgers looks at the latter factor and wonders aloud whether that is something that could be eradicated from Griffiths’ make-up if the player were to show a greater commitment and attitude both in training and in his lifestyle away from the club.

Rodgers has stated repeatedly this season that his primary task as Celtic manager is to make his players better but it seems in Griffiths he has ran into something of a brick wall. He retains a fondness for the Scotland international – “he’s a real good kid, a really good boy” – but it also becomes clear that his patience with him may be running out.

“I want to help him,” said Rodgers. “If he can really focus in on [what happens] outside of the football field he can be a consistent player for a number of years at the top level. If not, it might prove to be very difficult for him.

“That’s about the lifestyle of a footballer. You have to live it right. Unfortunately for him, he’s in this cycle of breaking down. It is not by coincidence that he is injured consistently. If you are not training well then you go into a game and then because of the intensity it catches you out and you feel a bit tight.


“You have to train well, work well. He’s a good boy. He’s not a problem. He’s very spirited young man which I love. He’s got personality. But hopefully he’ll have seen progression in lots of players here through this way of working. It’s total devotion to being a footballer. If he can do that, he can sustain being a top class young striker – not just in Scotland - but at Champions League level. If not, it can be difficult.

“This isn’t new. It is not something that I have just said to him now. This is from the beginning of the season. It is why the likes of [Dedryck] Boyata can come in having hardly played a game all season and play to the level that he has. Why? Because every single day of his life he is training, he is working, he is preparing mentally for the opportunity.

“It’s why Callum McGregor at 10 minutes’ notice can come into a game like on Sunday and perform at 90 minutes at a high level, with big intensity, when he hasn’t featured so much recently. Why? Because he lives his life right, because he is preparing well, because he is tactically ready.

“Whether he is starting or not starting he is prepared to play. If not, they come in and get injured after 15 minutes, 20 minutes. You can’t not train hard, not train well and then go into a game and expect to pick up the tempo, especially with the way we press and the way we run. If you are not prepared for that then you go over the edge.”

Despite not playing regularly Griffiths still has 13 goals for the season but his manager thinks that does not atone for other failings.


“It was the same last year. He would have played but did he train [well]? My point is you can score 40 goals in a season and that is okay from an individual perspective but I am worried about the team and the ethos of the team and how we work every day. It is something that Leigh knows.

“I don’t need 40 goals from him. I said when I came in it was no use getting 40 goals from one player and no-one else scoring. I said I wanted multiple goalscorers so even if he only got 20 goals we’d get the rest from somewhere else.

“It has to be about the ethos of the team. You saw the example on Sunday [against Hearts]. We were without Leigh, Moussa, [Stuart] Armstrong, and [Tom] Rogic – all goalscorers. Yet we still managed to find a way. That’s why we create the team to be that way. We’re not reliant on an individual.

“You have to find a way every single day to stabilise your life in order to maintain the performance. Talent alone is not enough. Leigh is a talent but I have to push everything and sometimes that’s the wee bit that can make the difference with a player to reach the next level.”


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When I heard about Brendan's mention of Sturridge on TS, I immediately thought he was sending Griffiths a message. Our manager is in total control. :worthy:
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Doesn't suffer fools gladly, on the pitch, at training or in press conferences.

He'll give players their chance and if they work hard they're in. A notable bad game and they're out. Toure axed after one bad game, Erik and Jozo named as preferred 1st choice, now Boyata has the jersey - after a decent showing against Albion Rovers - and he's subsequently deserved to keep it. We now hear of Erik's agent wanting to hear plans for a guy that seemingly was solidly planted in Glasgow and in the team.

Griffiths got a public rebuke yesterday. Delivered quite gently but there's no doubt Rodgers is pissed off at him getting injured through a seeming lack of application. De Vries was in and then out.

We have a manager that's utterly ruthless in doing what's best for Celtic and if that means dropping his own or fans' favourites he'll do it. All the while the team spirit is solid. There will be no toys getting chucked out of any prams under Rodgers' watch. No players coasting or getting complacent because of the league we play in, no 70 percenter's. No power struggles as there would only be one winner.

He's the guy Celtic have needed for a long time. He has players playing better and the tills ringing, while understanding exactly what he wants with team building. If anyone leaves, he'll have had his say on the matter.

Here's hoping he's here for five years (and more).

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31 Jan 2017, 08:50 AM
i love how he still brings up the inverness game and how it annoys him. no chance of us getting complacent anytime soon :clap:

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BRENDAN RODGERS last night gave his personal guarantee that Craig Gordon will NOT be sold to Chelsea.

As SunSport revealed, the Premier League leaders have made TWO approaches to Celtic for the Scotland goalie.

Celts turned down their advances on both occasions, vowing to reward keeper Gordon, 34, with a bumper new contract.

As yet there have been no serious negotiations with Gordon still intrigued by the interest Chelsea are showing in him.

But Rodgers is calm about the situation, insisting Gordon will be in his side to face Aberdeen at home tomorrow.

Rodgers said: “For me, it’s always been clear. Craig will be here, he will be in goal on Wednesday night, and we want to get him signed up on a new deal.

“Antonio Conte will be in a similar position, he knows he’s got a keeper that wants to go out and play, he’s been the No2, but now he wants to play.

“My job here is I’ve been brought in to lead Celtic, look after the football side, and help manage the club.

“So my job is to protect Celtic and to build the best team I possibly can here, and that means keeping Craig Gordon.

“There’s two parts to it, you can only speak to someone if another club meets a valuation of what a player is maybe worth.

“You don’t willy-nilly let a player go and talk to them. It doesn’t work like that.

“It’s a little bit more complex than that. But the stance is the same, we don’t want to lose him.”

Of course, Celtic’s stance could change if Chelsea suddenly up the ante to such an extent it makes more sense to sell Gordon than keep him.

But Rodgers added: “That’s all hypothetical isn’t it? I don’t worry about things like that.

“Craig will be in goal on Wednesday night, I guarantee you, so write that. That’s all you need to write. He will be in goal. End of story.”

It’s the same story for superkid Kieran Tierney, who now has scouts from several English clubs flocking to Celtic Park.

Rodgers said: “The kid loves it here. I said when I came in he’s top class. But he’s 19, and developing very well. He has so many good qualities.

“Kieran’s a great young boy who’s living the dream. So there’s no rush for him. He’s just turned 19 and playing in a team that suits his qualities and style.

“Kieran is a supporter who is on the pitch, and you see that in every performance.

“I think it’s great. When there’s speculation around your players it means something is going okay.

“It’s been Moussa Dembele, Gordon, Tierney . . . probably Dedryck Boyata will be next.

“So it’s all good. My job is to control the background noise, don’t worry so much.

“People have to earn money, agents have to get stories out. But for me there’s no drama.”

Rodgers has been working to bring new stars in.

But he doesn’t expect any more arrivals before tomorrow’s deadline.

Rodgers added: “We’re in total control. I don’t think we’ll get in what we want to, but we’ve got a great squad of players here.

“Don’t get me wrong, I wanted to strengthen in January. I want to improve the team, but only when the right players become available, and I just don’t think it’s going to be.

“We’ve made one fantastic signing in Kouassi Eboue. We wanted a couple more, but it’s not going to happen. I don’t waste my time worrying about it.”

Rodgers is a happy man right now with his side breaking the Lisbon Lions’ 26-game unbeaten run in style against Hearts.

He said: “Yeah, a few managers have rung in or sent messages. I heard from Neil Lennon. People in the game, both north and south of the border, know how difficult it is.

“It doesn’t matter what level, it’s all relative. It’s a really difficult thing to do when you think of the number of tough games we’ve had.

“To win 21 league games out of 22 — and the Inverness match still irks me after playing so well in the second half up there — is such a tough ask of any team.

“It shows how committed the players have been to what we are trying to do here.

“It was a great day on Sunday. If you think of the 129-year history of Celtic, and of how long that record stood for, and think of all the great teams and brilliant players who have been here — I think my players deserve all the credit they get.

“It is a remarkable show of professionalism, quality, desire and spirit, all the key attributes needed to make up a team. So it is a great achievement.

“The players have now opened a new page in the history of Celtic, and now we want to continue writing a really positive story on that. Hopefully we can stay focused and keep pushing on.

“The Lisbon Lions are unique. What they achieved in that period of time was totally unique.

“So for us to be mentioned even in the same breath as them, and to receive congratulations from the likes of John Clark and Bobby Lennox, is a really humbling experience.”
=thescottishsun.co.uk/=celtic-boss-brendan-rodgers-
Refuses to take the bait and swats the feckers when they try it on - Makes it seem easy,never gets it wrong and yet everything is measured and calculated as he knows exactly what he is saying and doing ensuring that we know where he wants to take us whilst reminding the Board of the same.

He really is masterful on and off the park :worthy:
Edited by CaltonBhoy1967, 31 Jan 2017, 09:56 AM.
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31 Jan 2017, 09:27 AM
Doesn't suffer fools gladly, on the pitch, at training or in press conferences.

He'll give players their chance and if they work hard they're in. A notable bad game and they're out. Toure axed after one bad game, Erik and Jozo named as preferred 1st choice, now Boyata has the jersey - after a decent showing against Albion Rovers - and he's subsequently deserved to keep it. We now hear of Erik's agent wanting to hear plans for a guy that seemingly was solidly planted in Glasgow and in the team.

Griffiths got a public rebuke yesterday. Delivered quite gently but there's no doubt Rodgers is pissed off at him getting injured through a seeming lack of application. De Vries was in and then out.

We have a manager that's utterly ruthless in doing what's best for Celtic and if that means dropping his own or fans' favourites he'll do it. All the while the team spirit is solid. There will be no toys getting chucked out of any prams under Rodgers' watch. No players coasting or getting complacent because of the league we play in, no 70 percenter's. No power struggles as there would only be one winner.

He's the guy Celtic have needed for a long time. He has players playing better and the tills ringing, while understanding exactly what he wants with team building. If anyone leaves, he'll have had his say on the matter.

Here's hoping he's here for five years (and more).

:potm:
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First time I've heard Brendan sound a bit testy in his time at celtic in that press conference,i think something has pissed him off.
Edited by MILLIGANS ISLAND, 31 Jan 2017, 12:02 PM.
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Turned the problem back to Chelsea very adroitly. Begovic is your issue not ours.

He's a smart cookie.
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Just watched the Boss's press conference. Master class.

He is in absolute control of every footballing aspect of our club.

Don't normally listen but caught a bit of Clyde last night while driving home and Keevins made the point that the hacks hang on to his every word, analysing everything he says and that there is always a strategy behind statements. In that respect, that press conference is a real slap in the earhole for Leigh. He is clearly pissed off big style that Leigh wasn't ready to come in when Moussa got a knock.

We are either going to be seeing a revitalised striker or Leigh is for the exit door.

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31 Jan 2017, 02:45 AM
What was the final thing said that made him laugh? I can't make it out
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What was the final thing said that made him laugh? I can't make it out
Think it was "we were just wondering"
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31 Jan 2017, 03:16 AM
Is it just me who envisages Rodgers sat at a press conference on February 1st, THAT wry grin on his faces, 6million pocketed from Gordon and a new keeper and the Nigerian Henry through the door?
My reading of it was he was 100% certain on the Gordon issue, but he didn't close the door on anything else. I'll bet the pumpkin who asked about the second best team couldn't wait to get back in his car! Ooooooftttttt!!!
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So it begins, the annual verbal gymnastics as to why a Celtic manager should not (never) be Manager of the Year:

Neil Cameron in The Herald kicks it off with his nomination of Jim Duffy even if Brendan goes the domestic season unbeaten, does the treble and did secure qualification to C L Group stage
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So it begins, the annual verbal gymnastics as to why a Celtic manager should not (never) be Manager of the Year:

Neil Cameron in The Herald kicks it off with his nomination of Jim Duffy even if Brendan goes the domestic season unbeaten, does the treble and did secure qualification to C L Group stage
In it's most basic form that award goes to the best manager in the country.

- unbeaten domestically
- won the only available cup so far
- drew with England's highest spending team twice
- qualified for the CL
- inherited a squad in massive need of repair and made them unbeatable in domestic competitions and able to give assured and respectable performances in Europe
- turned around the career's of Brown, Forrest, Armstrong and a few others

It could be argued that Celtic managers are expected to win and have the best team in the country, but BR has gone so far beyond that in less than a year.

I really fail to see what other manager even comes close to that.
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I don't even know where to begin, everything you can ask for in a Manager.
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31 Jan 2017, 02:45 AM
:worthy: God hes brilliant :lol:
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31 Jan 2017, 02:45 AM
:worthy: God hes brilliant :lol:
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:rocker: one for tonight, as on we go!
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It's becoming apparent that he's a proper genius at the man management stuff.
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I think Brendan and Liverpool was Man U's Fergie moment - they kept Fergie when it was rocky cos they had faith; but Liverpool bottled it. Their loss our gain.
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