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Brendan Rodgers; "I was born into Celtic"
Topic Started: 20 May 2016, 05:06 PM (2,288,147 Views)
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what did we all do to deserve this?


Suffer the Deila years?
There are clubs who would put stars on their shirts for two leagues and a cup in two years.
:thumbsup: Damn tooting. If anyone knows about suffering it's Torquemada and the Delia years were anything but suffering. Slighlty disappointing in European terms but not suffering.
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Don't know if this has been posted but it's a nice piece.

Brendan Rodgers pays moving tribute to Celtic icon Tommy Burns: He was sent from Heaven as a saint to be a Celt
Rodgers revealed his admiration for the late, great Celtic icon after attending this year's Tommy Burns Supper at Celtic Park.
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2 Feb 2017, 07:32 AM
Last night was Rodgers' 40th game in charge: Won 30 (75%), Drawn 5 (12.5%), Lost 5 (12.5%). F90 A37 GD +53.

In that time he's won the first trophy of (hopefully) our treble, oversaw our joint-best league start ever, led us to 28 consecutive domestic games unbeaten this season, crushed the huns 3/3 times and currently we're 25 points clear after 23 games.

He become the first Celtic manager to qualify for the Champions League in his first season - seeing Celtic back after a 3 year absence - and despite ultimately finishing bottom, we got 3 valuable draws in a group of death. This included a phenomenal game ending Guardiola's winning run, and going desperately close to beating a Bundesliga team away from home. He made 2 monumental signings in Sinclair and Dembele, with Toure also pivotal in seeing us through the UCL qualifiers, and I have a good feeling about Eboue Kouassi.

He's demonstrated top class man management skills. Gordon, Gamboa, Boyata, Simunovic, Forrest, Brown, Armstrong, McGregor and Rogic have all to various degrees gained confidence, adapted their game, improved their work ethic or have simply contributed far more than was seen under the previous manager.

His success thus far has also signified a change in dynamics at the club. Unlike previous Celtic managers post-O'Neill, he has complete authority and control of the football department. He has installed tactical fluidity in any given game, and has shown to be able to make tough decisions i.e gradually diminishing Toure's role in the team (whether you agree or disagree), as well as proving he isn't stubborn when quickly ditching De Vries - someone he lavished with praise and heavily indicated would be Celtic's #1 - for Gordon to reclaim the mantle.

I'm not one for schmaltz but while it's always a joy being a Celtic fan, this season has been beyond my expectations and it's like last year never happened. I truly hope the juggernaut rolls on and on for many weeks, months and years to come with Brendan at the helm.
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There are clubs who would put stars on their shirts for two leagues and a cup in two years.
:thumbsup: Damn tooting. If anyone knows about suffering it's Torquemada and the Delia years were anything but suffering. Slighlty disappointing in European terms but not suffering.
The Deila year.

Robbed of a treble, European football after xmas, defensive record broken and some very good football.

This "everything was shampooe under Deila" nonsense needs to stop, the second season was torture, I really enjoyed the first one.
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Brendan gives great press conference - that was informative, open and swatted away any attempts by the press to create controversy out of nothing. :worthy:
He makes it almost impossible for them to distort anything and as with most things, the truth is much simpler and far less tawdry than the tabloids like to think.
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What did we all do to deserve this? :chuffed:
We support Celtic :D
We suffered the 90s

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:worthy: God hes brilliant :lol:
That evil smile at them right at the end. :lol:
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:thumbsup: Damn tooting. If anyone knows about suffering it's Torquemada and the Delia years were anything but suffering. Slighlty disappointing in European terms but not suffering.
The Deila year.

Robbed of a treble, European football after xmas, defensive record broken and some very good football.

This "everything was shampooe under Deila" nonsense needs to stop, the second season was torture, I really enjoyed the first one.
I enjoyed the first year too and had high hopes for the rest of his tenure. :thumbsup:

I'm not sure if it was Gonga or i who suggested that Ronny should get 5 years to see the changes he was making come to fruitiion but i was on the Delia bus right until he decided to defend against Sevco in the SC semi. Even i could see that they would crumble under our pressing game if we played it and when Ronny failed to see that and we lost the game i jumped off that bus and waited around hoping the Bielsa bus would turn up. It didn't so i jumped on the Brendan bus, not realising that it was really turbo charged, fuel injected, uranium power DE Lorean. Man i'm glad to be here now.

I suffered the Huns 9 in a row years and these past years have made up for that. What a time to be a tim, what a manager to have in charge. :rocker: :clap: :worthy:
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:thumbsup: Damn tooting. If anyone knows about suffering it's Torquemada and the Delia years were anything but suffering. Slighlty disappointing in European terms but not suffering.
The Deila year.

Robbed of a treble, European football after xmas, defensive record broken and some very good football.

This "everything was shampooe under Deila" nonsense needs to stop, the second season was torture, I really enjoyed the first one.
Well, that joke didn't land.
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It's imperative for every Celtic fan to enjoy these times as while it seems unimaginable in this moment, it won't last forever.

I also agree that it's very unfair to use the Deila era as the precipice when you consider our recent history. In 8 seasons between 1989-1997 we won just 1 Scottish Cup and nothing else.

So to those who suffered through the Minty Moonbeams era, I know you're savouring this more than anyone. :thumbsup:
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2 Feb 2017, 04:11 PM
It's imperative for every Celtic fan to enjoy these times as while it seems unimaginable in this moment, it won't last forever.

I also agree that it's very unfair to use the Deila era as the precipice when you consider our recent history. In 8 seasons between 1989-1997 we won just 1 Scottish Cup and nothing else.

So to those who suffered through the Minty Moonbeams era, I know you're savouring this more than anyone. :thumbsup:
I just don't see the circumstances that will stop us anytime soon.
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2 Feb 2017, 04:11 PM
It's imperative for every Celtic fan to enjoy these times as while it seems unimaginable in this moment, it won't last forever.

I also agree that it's very unfair to use the Deila era as the precipice when you consider our recent history. In 8 seasons between 1989-1997 we won just 1 Scottish Cup and nothing else.

So to those who suffered through the Minty Moonbeams era, I know you're savouring this more than anyone. :thumbsup:
This :thumbsup:

Barely missed a game home or away through that spell.

I tried to compare what we went through with what they`re going through now. It bears no resemblance.

They have a board full of mealy mouthed shysters, we did too. Difference is we didn`t delude ourselves that one of them was suddenly going to stick his hand in his own pocket and cough up £30 million for players/stadium repairs/a manager worth two bob.

We don`t have an owner up to his neck in Scottish establishment banking.

We also didn`t delude ourselves that our custodians had the best interest of the club at heart and took positive ,united,almost single minded, relentless action to eventually oust them from the club. With the help of the right man/men in charge we also pumped £9 million into our club to regenerate it.

They are not competing with a financially doped club, who constantly bend the rules with assistance from friends in the SFA to attract players to their club who they otherwise could not afford. They are not competing with a club who consistently get the benefit of refereeing decisions over a season. And they are not competing with a club revered/feared by the local press to the extent that bad news about their club is treated like rabies or plague.

They are fishing in ponds not dissimilar to what we did for players, they have however no youth system to speak so not even a Mcstay to savour. Those ponds they are now fishing in are now so poorly stocked that half decent fish go for £10 million. They can`t afford a John Collins , Tom Boyd,Paul Elliott or even a Stuart Slater. They are left pretending that has beens and fringe youth loans are the next Brian Laudrup or Paul Gascoigne.

They have no prospect of a normal, hard working, hard nosed entepreneur with Rangers leanings coming in and revamping the club top to bottom, they have many toxic elements in their club financially, structurally, environmentally and historically.

And they don`t and never will have men at the helm of the calibre of O`neill or Brendan Rodgers.

Tramp the dirt down, they`ll be a long time dead and it`s all self inflicted.
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It's imperative for every Celtic fan to enjoy these times as while it seems unimaginable in this moment, it won't last forever.

I also agree that it's very unfair to use the Deila era as the precipice when you consider our recent history. In 8 seasons between 1989-1997 we won just 1 Scottish Cup and nothing else.

So to those who suffered through the Minty Moonbeams era, I know you're savouring this more than anyone. :thumbsup:
100% this.

I mind watching us 1-0 up away to Bayern & my mate said these were halcyon days & to enjoy every minute. We've had plenty great times since, but the early 00s will always be difficult to top.

This is definitely the start of something special under Rodgers - I think we've all felt that for a long time now. Coupled with the sheer misery the huns have been enduring every day since HT at Rugby Park when we were 3-0 down, these really are glory days.

Can only echo your sentiments re the Minty years. I will never tire of gloating whilst the huns suffer after those dark times.
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The Deila year.

Robbed of a treble, European football after xmas, defensive record broken and some very good football.

This "everything was shampooe under Deila" nonsense needs to stop, the second season was torture, I really enjoyed the first one.
I enjoyed the first year too and had high hopes for the rest of his tenure. :thumbsup:

I'm not sure if it was Gonga or i who suggested that Ronny should get 5 years to see the changes he was making come to fruitiion but i was on the Delia bus right until he decided to defend against Sevco in the SC semi. Even i could see that they would crumble under our pressing game if we played it and when Ronny failed to see that and we lost the game i jumped off that bus and waited around hoping the Bielsa bus would turn up. It didn't so i jumped on the Brendan bus, not realising that it was really turbo charged, fuel injected, uranium power DE Lorean. Man i'm glad to be here now.

I suffered the Huns 9 in a row years and these past years have made up for that. What a time to be a tim, what a manager to have in charge. :rocker: :clap: :worthy:
After the day ive had i just wish to christ any bus would feckin turn up
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They have a board full of mealy mouthed shysters, we did too.
Worth remembering that some of the same 'shysters' gave Fergus McCann their shares for nothing - shares he made an absolute killing on.
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:worthy: God hes brilliant :lol:
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:rocker: one for tonight, as on we go!
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:worthy: God hes brilliant :lol:
That evil smile at them right at the end. :lol:
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http://www.uefa.com/memberassociations/news/newsid=2345759.html

According to this, the record European league winning margin is 31 points (PSG 15/16).

We could blow this out the water at current rates :)
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Sorry it's the record


http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/watch-celtic-superfan-jay-beatty-9745612
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Chris Davies Press Conference: https://vimeo.com/202393679

Kieran Tierney: http://streamable.com/2jbnx
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