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Brendan Rodgers; "I was born into Celtic"
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Topic Started: 20 May 2016, 05:06 PM (2,288,143 Views)
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5 Feb 2017, 12:30 PM
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- ghirl86
- 3 Feb 2017, 10:14 PM
Have just been reminded of the version of the Brendan Rodgers song that was playing over the tannoy at HT against Aberdeen...what the eff is that? I believe it was runner up to My Lovely Horse in "A Song For Europe"
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5 Feb 2017, 12:40 PM
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- 5 Feb 2017, 03:56 AM
Really impressed by Chris Davies.
I can see him,in time,becoming an excellent manager in his own right. Genuinely think he'll be next Celtic manager
A kind of Pep / Tito passing off the torch.
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5 Feb 2017, 04:00 PM
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He just oozes class.
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5 Feb 2017, 04:06 PM
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That post-match interview on Sky, was superb.
Great insight into both football and man management.
He is a master. Different level.
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5 Feb 2017, 04:10 PM
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Griffiths chat on sky by gaffer hints to lifestyle and why he is not happy. Mentions issues he has with scottish players is just that.
Tend to think Griffiths is maybe running out of time with him at the club.
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5 Feb 2017, 04:19 PM
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Brendan Rodgers, make us dream - Celtic FC.
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- 5 Feb 2017, 04:06 PM
That post-match interview on Sky, was superb.
Great insight into both football and man management.
He is a master. Different level. Thought the fact he highlighted Henderson's previous ill-discipline shows us how important he believes discipline to be in dominating and winning games.
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5 Feb 2017, 04:19 PM
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Please don't ever play without a striker again. You know I love you Brendan, but I'm just saying.
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5 Feb 2017, 04:20 PM
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Always nicely shaven too.
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5 Feb 2017, 04:27 PM
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he in the broom cupboard?
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Brendan Rodgers speaking to the media after Celtic clocked up their 19th successive league win today away to @St_Johnstone_FC 
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5 Feb 2017, 04:28 PM
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he in the broom cupboard? - Quote:
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Brendan Rodgers speaking to the media after Celtic clocked up their 19th successive league win today away to @St_Johnstone_FC 
Bagged the prime seat by the radiator.
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5 Feb 2017, 04:37 PM
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he in the broom cupboard? - Quote:
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Brendan Rodgers speaking to the media after Celtic clocked up their 19th successive league win today away to @St_Johnstone_FC 
Bagged the prime seat by the radiator. well spotted
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5 Feb 2017, 05:56 PM
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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 CeltRodgers revealed his admiration for the late, great Celtic icon after attending this year's Tommy Burns Supper at Celtic Park. Spoiler: click to toggle BYMICHAEL GANNON Brendan Rodgers last week attended his first Burns supper but it wasn’t the legendary Scottish bard who he was quoting and toasting. The Hoops boss raised a glass to the poet of Parkhead and the man who he reckons was a Heaven-sent saint for Celtic . The Tommy Burns Supper at Celtic Park last week brought together friends and family and former teammates of hero, who tragically passed away almost nine years ago. Rodgers forged a firm bond with Burns when the pair were together as coach and manager at Reading following the latter’s stint as Celts boss. And the Northern Irishman admitted it was special to be part of an emotional tribute to the Hoops legend. Speaking in this week’s edition of the Celtic View , Rodgers said: “I’d obviously heard of it and it’s now been happening for a number of years but it was a really nice evening. “It was well put together and it was great to celebrate the memory along with close teammates and friends of his. “It was nice meeting Tommy’s wife Rosemary again and have some of his family whom I haven’t seen for many years, and to evoke memories of him in what is a great season, and celebrate the life of an absolute legend of this club. “Someone said it on the night, and I thought this was a great description of him as a Celtic man, he was actually a saint that lived with the supporters and a saint that went on to play for Celtic. “He was sent from Heaven as a saint to be a Celt and to be in here and I thought that was quite poignant.” Rodgers has a sharpened sense of his Hoops heritage and he admitted he was thrilled his class of 2017 received the Lisbon Lions seal of approval. The current crop of Celtic broke the 50-year record of Jock Stein’s legends when they made it a 27-game unbeaten start to the domestic campaign with their 4-0 win against Hearts on Sunday. Rodgers admitted at the weekend it’s impossible to compare any Celtic side with the 1967 vintage who went on to win five trophies including the European Cup. But it was Lion John Clark was was first on the scene to offer his congratulations on behalf of the all-conquering side from the sixties. Rodgers said: “What I love about John and when I meet any of the Lions is that there are guys who’ve lived the life of a Lisbon Lion, played for the club and created this wonderful history which is celebrated with the supporters and I am only too aware of that. “What strikes me when I meet these men is the humility, what they achieved and the great history but how humble they all are. “John was actually the first guy to come in and congratulate me on the achievement. He was absolutely delighted that we have opened another page in the great history of this club.” Rodgers relished the record but he insisted the time to celebrate will come when the trophies are handed out at the end of the season. He said: “You’ve got no time to analyse and reflect so much now. That will take place at the end of the season when you can look over the course of the season in the numbers. “It’s more difficult now because you become and even bigger scalp so we have to be even tighter and have our spirit even stronger and continue to fight. “That’s what we’ll look to do. It’s something we are ready for, prepared for, but also focus on what we can control, which is what we do on a daily basis and what we do in the games.” Rodgers’s side have picked up where they left off after the winter break and the boss was delighted his club managed to keep hold of striker Moussa Dembele despite Chelsea showing interest. The forward was forced to miss out at the weekend with a knee problem and with Leigh Griffiths also out injured - Celtic managed to thump the Jambos without a front man. Rodgers insisted his side don’t need a striker - as long as they play like a team. He said: “It’s not what we rely on - our reliance is on the team ethos. When I first came in here I was pretty clear in saying there was no individual who’s bigger than the team. “Of course when you have no strikers you have to be creative. The key is making everyone recognise and understand they are part of it. “Some will play a greater part than the others, but you can’t do it on your own. It’s very much a squad game and for that everyone has to be respected and ready to participate. “We came back out of the winter break looking to solidify a lot of the principles of our game like defensive qualities, our attacking qualities and in the first three games we kept clean sheets and scored goals. “The Hearts game was always going to be a test for us but how we dealt with it, again, showed the real fitness of the players. “We had to wait until the last 15 minutes to really close the game out and to do that you have to be fit and strong. It’s something we’ve shown so I can’t speak highly enough about them. “But we want to do more and for that we have to keep improving.” http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/brendan-rodgers-pays-moving-tribute-9739042
from tirnaog blogspot: Spoiler: click to toggle The plush surroundings of the Kerrydale Suite of Celtic Park aren’t so far removed from areas of Glasgow where deprivation and lack of opportunity linger on. It was fitting then that the club founded to aid the poorest of the poor in Victorian Glasgow hosted one of those charity events which are such a regular feature in the Celtic family. They travelled from far and wide to celebrate the latest ‘Tommy Burns Supper,’ a tradition started by the Herriot Watt and Edinburgh Celtic Supporters Club more than two decades ago. There remains a very deep and tangible affection for Tommy and hundreds of supporters came to raise funds for his Skin cancer charity and the Celtic Charity Foundation. They also came to remember the man who seemed to have an effect on so many who worked with him or knew him.
The evening began with a speech from STV Political pundit and Celtic fan, Bernard Ponsonby who spoke with his usual authority and eloquence of how his family’s Irish roots and growing up in the Garngad made it virtually impossible that he would follow any other team than Celtic. Being born into a Celtic supporting family is something many of us take for granted but isn’t the only route to Celtic Park. He recounted that the actor, David Hayman, came to Celtic later in life after being impressed by both the club and the supporters. ‘This is a political club,’ Bernard said, ‘political with a small P. The people who follow this club won’t just pass on the other side. They’ll help those who need help. It is a club with core values.’
Among the first footballing guests to speak about Tommy Burns were Tosh McKinley, Tom Boyd, Gordon Strachan and Brendan Rodgers. Tosh was asked about the cross he swung in for the winning goal in the 1995 Cup final and said, ‘Makes a change, I usually get asked about sticking the head on Henrik Larsson.’ Tosh knew what that cup win meant to Burns and the wider Celtic support and was rightly proud that a Celtic supporting lad like him played a part in it. He recounted that him time at Celtic was sometimes less than plain sailing. After one match an elderly fan spoke to him outside Celtic Park saying, ‘Tosh, I’d compare you to Roberto Carlos…compared to him you’re shampooe!’ The sartorially elegant full back was then asked where he bought his sharp suits and replied, ‘It’s amazing what you can get with a crisis loan.’
Gordon Strachan was in top form remembering that epic 2008 championship win and how it was tinged with huge sadness as his great friend and colleague had passed before Celtic won that title. He recalled getting petrol from a garage on the London Road and being asked in the spring of 2008 by the owner who he thought would win the league. Strachan said…
‘I could see by the look of him he was a Rangers fan. I said Celtic will win it to which the man replied ‘naw ye won’t, Rangers will.’ I said ‘well what the f*ck are you asking for?’ In May 2008 as Celtic’s team bus drove back to Celtic Park from Tannadice with the trophy we passed the garage and I said, ‘driver, stop here.’ I went in and asked for the boss and the lassie said ‘He’s not working tonight can I take a message?’ I said, ‘Aye, tell him when he comes in Gordon Strachan said he can go f*ck himself!’
Speaking of his great friend and assistant Manager, Tommy Burns, Strachan recalled one match where the advice he got from his colleague was less than helpful…
‘We were playing Manchester United in the Champions League and they had Giggs, Berbatov, Rooney, Ronaldo and Tevez running at us. We were hanging on a bit at the end and the crowd were getting on my back a bit demanding I change it. All I had was Ben Hutchison on the bench. I saw Tommy standing at the opposite end of the dugout watching the team hang on. He comes walking up to me as the crowd think ‘Aye, Tommy will tell him what to do to sort it.’ Well he stops in front of me, puts his hand over his mouth so no one can see what he’s saying and I’m waiting for the tactical master plan, and he said, ‘By the way the blind section and giving you some abuse!’ I looked along and saw a blind guy on his feet waving his arms shouting ‘Strachan yer f*cking useless!’ He canny even see the game and he’s giving me stick! Even his guide dog had its paw over its eyes!’
Brendan Rodgers spoke eloquently and with that media savvy he has. He wouldn’t be drawn on any upcoming transfer business and said when asked is anything happening, ‘Not at the moment.’ His thoughts on Tommy were formed firstly as a young fan from Ireland who followed the Hoops avidly. He was thrilled to work as a young coach under Tommy at Reading and found the man to be as decent as he had heard. When asked to describe Tommy in a few words he replied, ‘He had the X-Factor. He was the top man.’ When asked simply. ‘Celtic or Liverpool?’ he replied, ‘I’ve been a Celtic fan all my life so no doubting who I choose. It’s an honour to manage the club I support.’ When Pat Bonner was asked to sum up Tommy in a few words, he said that Tommy was ‘the personification of Celtic.’ Strachan said simply, ‘He was my best friend.’ Billy Stark spoke of the ‘unbreakable bond’ that the Centenary team had and that Tommy was at the centre of that.
The evening passed with many such anecdotes and now and then the assembled supporters would burst into those chants of ‘Tommy Burns, Tommy Burns, Tommy Burns,’ which used to echo around the stadium. Thousands of pounds were raised for charity and Tommy would have liked that. He would also be delighted that his people still cherish his memory and still remember the flame haired Calton boy who dreamed of playing for the team he loved and made that dream a reality.
There was laughter and tears in the Kerrydale Suite last night but pride also that such a fine man had contributed to Celtic’s history in such a meaningful way. His old friend Peter Grant said movingly, ‘I still talk to him every day.’ For Celtic fans who saw him play or were lucky enough to speak to him, they knew he was special.
Whenever I go to see Celtic play I think of men like Tommy and Jock and Jimmy and know that somehow their spirit is still around the place. To paraphrase Tommy…
‘They’re there and they’re always there.’
Was on the tannadice pitch that night as the team lifted the trophy, was setting up the Clydesdale bank stage and holding the one of the flags as the team walked up to it, still remember strachan trying to get the fans to stop singing to listen to TB's favourite song playing over the tannoy. Proudest night of my life
edit; Mack the Knife
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5 Feb 2017, 06:06 PM
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- 5 Feb 2017, 04:10 PM
Griffiths chat on sky by gaffer hints to lifestyle and why he is not happy. Mentions issues he has with scottish players is just that.
Tend to think Griffiths is maybe running out of time with him at the club.
I think it was a very clear message to Leigh Griffith's that he either steps up or steps out. Standards are improving at CP and what he might have got away with Ronny he won't get it away with now. I do hope Griffith's does get the message but if he doesn't he will be away to the championship.
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5 Feb 2017, 06:11 PM
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- 5 Feb 2017, 11:34 AM
As if i needed another reason to think ronny was a clown  To be fair there is nothing wrong with that article.
Every manager will lay some rightful claim to players and teams finding success after they are gone, and technically they are right to do so.
To still be banging on about a relatively inexperienced coach who didn't get the same level of performance out of (almost the) same team, in comparison to a world reknowned manager who brings more spotlight to the club and each player than anyone we have had since O'Neil is exttemely petty.
He should be thanked for leaving a pretty simple job behind for BR, and not the complete destruction and rebuild that some kept role playing in their heads.
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5 Feb 2017, 06:13 PM
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The huns are dead-it's true!!
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- 5 Feb 2017, 04:28 PM
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he in the broom cupboard? - Quote:
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Brendan Rodgers speaking to the media after Celtic clocked up their 19th successive league win today away to @St_Johnstone_FC 
Bagged the prime seat by the radiator. Well spotted !
And if Brendan was a true moany KDSer (and he may well be) he has his right hand on the radiator saying things like " this place is like a sauna" , "do we really need this on at full blast" and of course "if it's cold, put on a jersey - look - I have !"
Good man Brendan - this is how we can afford better players. Huns take note.
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5 Feb 2017, 06:16 PM
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He should be thanked

Anyway moving back to reality, another fine win this afternoon for the manager.
P41 W31 (75.6%) D5 (12.2%) L5 (12.2%) F95 A39 GD +56
The previous 2 seasons are nothing but a distant memory
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5 Feb 2017, 06:17 PM
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He should be thanked Anyway moving back to reality, another fine win this afternoon for the manager. P41 W31 (75.6%) D5 (12.2%) L5 (12.2%) F95 A39 GD +56 The previous 2 seasons are nothing but a distant memory Minutes..
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5 Feb 2017, 06:20 PM
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Griffiths chat on sky by gaffer hints to lifestyle and why he is not happy. Mentions issues he has with scottish players is just that.
Tend to think Griffiths is maybe running out of time with him at the club.
I think it was a very clear message to Leigh Griffith's that he either steps up or steps out. Standards are improving at CP and what he might have got away with Ronny he won't get it away with now. I do hope Griffith's does get the message but if he doesn't he will be away to the championship. Unlike Deila, the manager has complete authority and I'm certain Griffiths will take his constructive criticism on board.
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5 Feb 2017, 06:22 PM
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Griffiths chat on sky by gaffer hints to lifestyle and why he is not happy. Mentions issues he has with scottish players is just that.
Tend to think Griffiths is maybe running out of time with him at the club.
I think it was a very clear message to Leigh Griffith's that he either steps up or steps out. Standards are improving at CP and what he might have got away with Ronny he won't get it away with now. I do hope Griffith's does get the message but if he doesn't he will be away to the championship.
Unlike Deila, the manager has complete authority and I'm certain Griffiths will take his constructive criticism on board. Really? How long do you think he hadn't bothered before BR went public?
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5 Feb 2017, 06:24 PM
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Quoting limited to 3 levels deep
Unlike Deila, the manager has complete authority and I'm certain Griffiths will take his constructive criticism on board.
Really? How long do you think he hadn't bothered before BR went public? Who said Griffiths 'hadn't bothered'?
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