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Brendan Rodgers; "I was born into Celtic"
Topic Started: 20 May 2016, 05:06 PM (2,288,135 Views)
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7 Feb 2017, 02:15 AM
Only seems good because he has a far bigger budget than any other team in the country. Just wait till the bears start competing again and you'll have people calling for his head.
I hope we get to keep this one as a pet.

What happened Declan? A few shandies last night? Logged on and couldn't contain yourself?
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If there is anything in the DD story then it is pretty shameful imo. He shouldn't need to be inspired or have crucial decisions made him by some Huns celebrating. He should be striving for the best regardless - not leaving Lawwell to eff up the appointment of Roy Keane before rubber stamping his earmarked number two. The dwindling season tickets, lack of Champions league and poor financial performance should have been enough - eff what the huns think.
It is true.

The club were treading water, unfortunately it took losing to them to wake certain people up.
I'm with murphio. It all seems all a bit bizarre that a decision for the club to spend more money and hire the best manager was based on on a rival club's directors celebrating exuberantly. Doesn't impress me in the least. If true, which I doubt.
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If there is anything in the DD story then it is pretty shameful imo. He shouldn't need to be inspired or have crucial decisions made him by some Huns celebrating. He should be striving for the best regardless - not leaving Lawwell to eff up the appointment of Roy Keane before rubber stamping his earmarked number two. The dwindling season tickets, lack of Champions league and poor financial performance should have been enough - eff what the huns think.
It is true.

The club were treading water, unfortunately it took losing to them to wake certain people up.
I'm with murphio. It all seems all a bit bizarre that a decision for the club to spend more money and hire the best manager was based on on a rival club's directors celebrating exuberantly. Doesn't impress me in the least. If true, which I doubt.
So it was because kid-on rangers were back in the league?

Given our recent financial news then we shot ourselves in the foot the past couple of seasons hiring Ronny instead of a competent football manager. £40million lost. :(
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I'm with murphio. It all seems all a bit bizarre that a decision for the club to spend more money and hire the best manager was based on on a rival club's directors celebrating exuberantly. Doesn't impress me in the least. If true, which I doubt.
So it was because kid-on rangers were back in the league?

Given our recent financial news then we shot ourselves in the foot the past couple of seasons hiring Ronny instead of a competent football manager. £40million lost. :(
Agree with that. But have trouble with the peculiar reason people are giving for changing that approach.
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Only seems good because he has a far bigger budget than any other team in the country. Just wait till the bears start competing again and you'll have people calling for his head.
I hope we get to keep this one as a pet.



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If there is anything in the DD story then it is pretty shameful imo. He shouldn't need to be inspired or have crucial decisions made him by some Huns celebrating. He should be striving for the best regardless - not leaving Lawwell to eff up the appointment of Roy Keane before rubber stamping his earmarked number two. The dwindling season tickets, lack of Champions league and poor financial performance should have been enough - eff what the huns think.
It is true.

The club were treading water, unfortunately it took losing to them to wake certain people up.
I'm with murphio. It all seems all a bit bizarre that a decision for the club to spend more money and hire the best manager was based on on a rival club's directors celebrating exuberantly. Doesn't impress me in the least. If true, which I doubt.
The straw that broke the camels back, moment of clarity, call it what you want, that was the moment that changed everything.
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I'm with murphio. It all seems all a bit bizarre that a decision for the club to spend more money and hire the best manager was based on on a rival club's directors celebrating exuberantly. Doesn't impress me in the least. If true, which I doubt.
The straw that broke the camels back, moment of clarity, call it what you want, that was the moment that changed everything.
TBF even before that game the fans were fed up with Ronny, crowds were down from what they should have been for a team winning 4/5iar, something had to be done.
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The straw that broke the camels back, moment of clarity, call it what you want, that was the moment that changed everything.
TBF even before that game the fans were fed up with Ronny, crowds were down from what they should have been for a team winning 4/5iar, something had to be done.
We'll never really know if that was the proverbial straw, it shouldn't have been as the signs were there for a long time prior.
It wasn't nice losing to those manky bastards, never is, but if the net result of that defeat was DD getting his arse in gear and taking an interest again and subsequently appointing Rodgers, then
that's a hell of a silver lining.
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7 Feb 2017, 02:15 AM
Only seems good because he has a far bigger budget than any other team in the country. Just wait till the bears start competing again and you'll have people calling for his head.
Ban this cretin
I got banned from fik off fik off because they asked about the players you feared coming to Ipox
All I said was Simpson, Craig, Gemmell etc etc and the cants banned me :lol: :lol: :lol:
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Whatever the reason for the change in policy from the board lets enjoy it. The rights or wrongs re the past are exactly that the past.

The present is a joy to behold and we are only going to get better.

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The straw that broke the camels back, moment of clarity, call it what you want, that was the moment that changed everything.
TBF even before that game the fans were fed up with Ronny, crowds were down from what they should have been for a team winning 4/5iar, something had to be done.
We knew, the owner didn't.
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I've been going to Celtic Park since the sixties, walking into the ground these days still gives me the same goose bumps as it did when I was welcomed by David Soul. Over the years I witnessed managerial incompetency and genius in equal measures, I've seen Jock, Davie, Billy, Tommy, Martin and Brendan along with some questionable others. As I assess Brendan I need to take into account Barcelona and the garbage we slaughter each week, but I must say the wee Man really has something, his tactical astuteness and his player development are on a par with Jock. I wonder what the next few years will bring if we back Brendan – we’ve been in four European cup semi-finals, I believe Brendan backed by an ambitious but financially responsible board could make it a fifth, once you get to the Semi finals anything’s possible with our support.
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Only seems good because he has a far bigger budget than any other team in the country. Just wait till the bears start competing again and you'll have people calling for his head.
Ban this cretin
I got banned from fik off fik off because they asked about the players you feared coming to Ipox
All I said was Simpson, Craig, Gemmell etc etc and the cants banned me :lol: :lol: :lol:
Ah lay off him. He's probably only got a couple of hours a night that he's allowed to use the big computer for before his maw holds their nightly "how independence would ruin 'ra people" lecture.

It's like having a particularly foolish puppy for the board to play with. I vote that he doesn't get banned.

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Good times. Enjoy. Dermot disnae read this, so enough with the whatabouttery?, its great being a Tim. Didnt requote a quote, TOO EASY......some moanin goin on but; WHATS not to like? ......, cmon, sluuuurrppp......the GOOD DAYS
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Only seems good because he has a far bigger budget than any other team in the country. Just wait till the bears start competing again and you'll have people calling for his head.
Still here?
He seems legit enough to me. :bawman:
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I see Davie Provan in The Herald is the latest soup taker to tell us that Brendan wont be hanging around at Celtic long

I take it we have adopted Paddington Bear now?
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"Celtic will struggle to hold on to Brendan Rodgers - he'll be on the managerial shortlist at top English clubs"


DAVIE Provan, the former Celtic winger turned Sky Sports pundit, last night warned the Parkhead club could struggle to hold on to their manager Brendan Rodgers if he wins the domestic treble this season.

Provan works extensively in the Barclays Premier League in England and believes that how Rodgers has fared during his first season in Scotland will have impressed club owners down south.

Under the Northern Irishman, Celtic have qualified for the group stages of the Champions League for the first time in three years, won the Betfred Cup and built up a 27 point lead at the top of the Ladbrokes Premiership.


The Scottish champions released their financial results for the last six months of 2016 on Monday which showed they had made profits of almost £19 million as a result of their success.

Provan predicted that Rodgers, who led Swansea City into the Premier League for the first time and came close to winning the English title during his time in charge of Liverpool, will soon be a target for a top six club.

“The problem for Celtic in the longer term could be trying to keep him here,” he said. “There’s no doubt he’ll want another go at the Premier League in England.

“The trick for Celtic is finding the means of keeping him here and keeping him motivated which might be the more difficult of the two.

I’d love to think they could keep him for four years, but there’s has to be doubt about that. I’m not sure he’ll see 10-in-a-row as the big picture.

“He’ll see restoring Celtic’s credibility in Europe as the number one priority. He’ll want to make Celtic regular Champions League participants.

“Under Brendan, if he’s given the backing from the board, and it would seem at the moment that they are buying into him, I don’t see why Celtic can’t be regulars.”

He added: “But managers down there are given no time at all and there’s a huge turnover in jobs. I would think Brendan would be on the short-list of most clubs down there.


“I don’t think he would take a lower Premier League job. It would take something special to attract him. That would be the worry for Celtic.

“The two performances and results against Manchester City didn’t go unnoticed down south. Those are the ones people in England would have been looking for.

“If he wins the treble this year, and he’s already qualified for the Champions League, where does he go after that? The concern would be that he does it all and does it really early and then he looks around and wonders what he should be doing.

“He’s still young enough to take his time and I hope he stays in Scotland for the foreseeable future. But the way he’s going, the way he’s improving the team, he will get offers. That’s inevitable. Peter Lawwell will know that.

“He’ll want another go at England because he clearly wouldn’t have been happy with how it ended at Liverpool.”

Provan suspects Rodgers, who was sacked by Liverpool last season after the Anfield club made a poor start to the season, may grow frustrated if his best players are offloaded and feel he is unable to realise his ambitions in Glasgow.

“It would be difficult if Celtic got a daft offer for (Moussa) Dembele and the player wanted to go,” he said. “In those circumstances, you can’t keep him. If they were to get a daft offer for him or a daft offer for Kieran Tierney then very often it is up to the player.

“That would be the difficulty that Brendan would have - trying to build a team and keep his best players because some players would see Scottish football as the bridge towards the Premier League.


“Players can earn four or five times their salary down south and it is very tempting. It can be difficult for Brendan to keep the team together.”

Davie Provan was speaking at a William Hill media event. William Hill is the proud sponsor of the Scottish Cup.


edit to add; not a lot wrong wi' that, especially the bit in bold :)

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I can't see him being high on the list for any of the "big" English clubs. That's even assuming that a) they're getting rid of their current managers and b) Brendan is interested in taking any of the jobs in question.

Ignoring the fact that Mourinho's just got his feet under the table, Man Utd wouldn't go for him because of the Liverpool connection, and while there might be some at Liverpool who regret ditching him for Klopp there's next to no chance of them coming back in for him.

Chelsea aren't going to get rid of Conte any time soon, and when he does go I just can't see Abramovich's ego allowing him to appoint a manager whose last job was in Scotland. My bet would be that they'll go for someone like Simeone or Zidane when Conte leaves. I suppose Rodgers does have a past history with Chelsea though so perhaps not completely impossible, especially if he does even better in Europe with us than any of us are expecting him to.

Man City is surely a no go. They'll also be shopping in the Simeone/Zidane/Ancelotti/Conte sort of market when Guardiola leaves.

Wenger will die in the Arsenal dugout. Even if by some miracle they got him out of the club, I think they'll want someone who can almost guarantee success straight away, as they won't have won anything of note in a couple of decades by then, so they'd probably be looking at the very top-rated guys again.

In short, unless we get to at least the semi-finals of the Champions League (and we'd probably need to do that more than once) I don't think any of England's top clubs will be going for Rodgers. In fact I don't think he'll ever manage in England again, I think when he leaves us - hopefully not for a long while yet - it'll be for a Spanish club. Probably not Barca or Real, but I could certainly see him at a club like Valencia or Sevilla.
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