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Brendan Rodgers; "I was born into Celtic"
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Topic Started: 20 May 2016, 05:06 PM (2,288,101 Views)
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IainG
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15 Mar 2017, 05:36 PM
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Ah but I was so much older then,I'm younger than that now
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What's "critical" ffs ? It's a Sunderland blogger who doesn't like the car crash scenario his club has even more become in recent years and is firing ammo - We drew against the almighty Sevco who have the best squad in Scotland apparently and yet we didn't like it and most on here including myself are firing a few arrows here and there. I'd rather trust Brendan Rodgers's take on the guy. So would I. A bitter Mackem looking for a scapegoat.
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15 Mar 2017, 05:50 PM
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What's "critical" ffs ? It's a Sunderland blogger who doesn't like the car crash scenario his club has even more become in recent years and is firing ammo - We drew against the almighty Sevco who have the best squad in Scotland apparently and yet we didn't like it and most on here including myself are firing a few arrows here and there. I'd rather trust Brendan Rodgers's take on the guy.
So would I. A bitter Mackem looking for a scapegoat. Maybe he means "critical " as in criticise .
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15 Mar 2017, 05:50 PM
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So would I. A bitter Mackem looking for a scapegoat.
Maybe he means "critical " as in criticise .
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15 Mar 2017, 06:16 PM
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Billy McNeill - "Mr Celtic"
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So would I. A bitter Mackem looking for a scapegoat.
Maybe he means "critical " as in criticise . Or as in I found a negative lot of pish on the guy and will fire it up despite the fact he is just in the door.
Failte Lee - Oh aye but are you" flawed or fraud"?
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15 Mar 2017, 06:28 PM
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- 15 Mar 2017, 05:20 PM
If 'critical' translates to a rumour/innuendo/gossip/sniping appraisal of the guys work rather than a solid evaluation of what he actually did or did not do..........
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15 Mar 2017, 06:56 PM
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Poster of the Tuesday afternoon!
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What's "critical" ffs ? It's a Sunderland blogger who doesn't like the car crash scenario his club has even more become in recent years and is firing ammo - We drew against the almighty Sevco who have the best squad in Scotland apparently and yet we didn't like it and most on here including myself are firing a few arrows here and there. I'd rather trust Brendan Rodgers's take on the guy.
So would I. A bitter Mackem looking for a scapegoat. Whether there's any truth in that article or not, knowing that Brendan Rodgers has worked with Congerton before at Chelsea is enough for me. He must have some sort of insight into Congerton's capabilities already.
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17 Mar 2017, 09:43 PM
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Chris Davies press conference today: https://vimeo.com/208890594
Callum McGregor: https://streamable.com/ppqnp
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17 Mar 2017, 10:17 PM
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So would I. A bitter Mackem looking for a scapegoat.
Whether there's any truth in that article or not, knowing that Brendan Rodgers has worked with Congerton before at Chelsea is enough for me. He must have some sort of insight into Congerton's capabilities already. Exactly who gives a hoot what others say, he ours now and we support him. Sunderland are a classic example of an once proud club, who now through whatever reason, are nothing.
But then they need someone / anyone to blame.
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18 Mar 2017, 12:08 AM
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Callum giving it the "fair result". The media have really set the narrative, if we mention the ref - it's soor plooms.
Strange probing about Brendan too, could see that Chris was uncomfortable with it. They don't get the chance to make Brendan feel awkward, in fact I think he intimates them.
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18 Mar 2017, 12:11 AM
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First and follow up question to McGregor is bizarre. Everyone knows the league is over. It's hardly a last day of the season nail biter where you've got one eye somewhere else ffs
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18 Mar 2017, 09:53 PM
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Linked with a move for..... https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riley_McGree
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18 Mar 2017, 09:57 PM
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- 18 Mar 2017, 09:53 PM
I'm generally suspicious of people with a surname for a first name but he sounds positively...papish.
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19 Mar 2017, 03:38 AM
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The followers. It is the peculiar phrase used by Chris Davies, Celtic's assistant manager, to describe all those who have bought in so wholeheartedly over these past eight months to the ethos and mindset of the man he describes as 'Our Leader'. You sense it was something of a Freudian slip, a description he might have liked to swallow before it escaped, following it up within the same breath with the more traditional collective terms of 'the players and the staff'. It is out there now, though. When quizzed directly that using such language suggests that stamping your mark on a football club in the way manager Brendan Rodgers has since taking over at Celtic is rather like building up a cult, Davies retreats just that little bit more. What Rodgers has developed in such a relatively short space of time at Parkhead is something rather special, though. Against Dundee on Sunday afternoon, his team will attempt to take their unbeaten domestic record for the season to 36 games and move ever closer to the Premiership title. Rodgers has created the impression of a squad, and a club, all marching in the same direction. There has been little public dissension or negative headlines, something Davies puts down to strong internal discipline. Make no mistake, this is a revolution that has been built around a figurehead and Davies insists the reason it has been so successful is because Rodgers leads from the front, asking the same kind of questions of himself as those below him and seeking to observe exactly the same standards in the quest to become ever more ruthless and unrelenting. 'I think it's about leadership, as it is in any organisation,' said the 31-year-old, who also worked under Rodgers at Swansea City and Liverpool. 'We just happen to be a football club. Our leader is someone who demands a certain level from himself. He demands that level from the followers, the players and the staff. He expects you to meet that. Therefore, you become relentless. He can only demand that if he's demanded it from himself. 'I've seen managers over the years who have made similar demands of the players, without making those same demands of themselves. As a leader, Brendan's always been the same and that is the vital aspect. 'He's extremely hard-working, dedicated to his profession and a winner. The players feed off that. They see Brendan — and us as a staff — as being relentless so they can be relentless. 'It's all about the importance of leadership and the job Brendan has done. I've worked with him at different clubs and he's always very well respected by the players. You are trying to create this mentality where we defend the badge and we're all together. 'You're always better in numbers and that's the spirit we've tried to create here, but that needs strong leadership. We've got a big squad with lots of different possibilities, and different scenarios occur during a season. Brendan's leadership for everyone is so important. 'There is a big staff here and he is the big decision-maker. He is the one we all look to. He sets the vision and we all try to get there.' Despite enjoying the luxury of a sizeable squad, Rodgers seems, from the outside at least, to be capable of keeping his players happy. Wins help, of course, but there have been no real negative headlines, no rows, no bust-ups, no photographs of anyone looking tired and emotional in some of Edinburgh's less salubrious areas. 'We work on the basis of respect,' stated Davies. 'We treat the players in a respectful way as adults in the way we communicate with them. There is no shouting or screaming or confrontation. It's about how we reach a common goal as adults by working together. 'The players respond to that. You treat them with respect and they give you respect back. Brendan is pretty strong on rules and making sure there is clear discipline. Without that, you have big problems. But he makes that clear whenever he goes into a club. He always has done. 'He makes it clear what he expects and I think players want that. Some players maybe want an easy life, but, in general, they want discipline, structure and strong leadership and that's what Brendan gives them.' One of Rodgers' first acts, of course, was to fly club captain Scott Brown to his London home last summer for dinner and a lengthy chat over the best way forward for the club. The bond between both men has grown in the intervening period and become an integral part of the developing success story. 'As a manager, he's developed very good relationships with leadership players and captains such as Garry Monk, Steven Gerrard and now Scott Brown,' said Davies. 'These are people that can relate to Brendan because of the way he is. They respect him. Scott Brown is a perfect example of a leader in the dressing room. Every single day, even in the warm-up, he is at his maximum. 'He is one of the best trainers I've ever seen. He matches up to the world-class players I have worked with in terms of mentality. He is well respected. Senior players are vital is the point I'm trying to make. We've got that, not just in Scott Brown, but he's the shining example.' Brown has already been involved in coaching the Under-20 side at Celtic and is keen to move into that side of the game when his playing career comes to a halt. Davies has no doubt the midfielder will prove to be a success as a manager — just like the other captains to have served under Rodgers. 'I mentioned Garry Monk, who is now at Leeds doing a fantastic job,' he said. 'Steven Gerrard will also go on to become a really good manager. I'm certain Scott will become a good manager one day, too. He's intelligent, he has leadership qualities, and he lives the game inside out. 'He's still got plenty of football left in him and he's been really good this year. We're looking forward to the next few years of him performing on the pitch, but, after that, I think he will go into management and he will be very good if he does.' In the meantime, it is all about wrapping up the league as quickly as possible, capturing a domestic Treble and preparing for another assault on the Champions League next season. 'When we came up here, Brendan made the point in his first press conference that he wanted to continue with our domination of domestic football,' said Davies. 'It probably has exceeded expectations in that respect and we're really enjoying that. There are games you really remember — Rangers at home when we scored five. 'That was a moment where we showed all the elements we wanted: speed, aggression, pressing. We scored in open play, on the counter attack. It was complete. There have been other moments where you need different elements — late goals or whatever. Throughout the early stages of the season, it was so exciting because we could see we could take the team to a new level. 'We're getting to meet the fans and it's nice to get that bit of feedback. When you're working as a player, a coach or manager, you want the fans to be proud of their team. 'I think they can recognise that we are working as hard as we can for them with the aggression we are playing with, the pressing, keeping the ball. We've given them a team they can be proud of. 'That's the best thing, not necessarily the winning runs.' The followers are, indeed, many. And the Great Leader is providing them with everything they could wish for as he continues creating his own, new version of Paradise. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-4328074/Brendan-Rodgers-Celtic-marching-direction.html
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19 Mar 2017, 07:58 AM
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Can't find the press thread??
Throw it in here. Truly bizarre "article". I would suggest that his attitude towards winning is perhaps a key reason his football career was so poor. I'm guessing he was missing a key element of hunger and the will to win.
1990–1992 Dundee United 0 (0) 1992–1997 Clyde 49 (10) 1997 Dumbarton 4 (0) 1997–1998 East Stirlingshire 21 (1) 1998–1999 Queen's Park 20 (1) 2004–2005 East Stirlingshire 9 (0) 2005 Clyde 0 (0) Total 103 (12)
http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/opinion/sport/celtic-boss-brendan-rodgers-losing-10051495
With all the physical stature of a jockey’s whip, young Jack Aitchison pulled up a chair and spoke of his chances of playing for Celtic.
The season’s all but done and dusted domestically and he talked in bittersweet terms of the Invincibles tag currently doing the rounds at his club.
Aitchison acknowledged his boss Brendan Rodgers has the blinkers on in pursuit of a season of unbeaten perfection. The kid didn’t say it but a defeat would do his hopes the world of good. Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers should be allowing his star men to rest up for the rest of the season Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers should be allowing his star men to rest up for the rest of the season
Forgive the Cheltenham talk but Celtic are being flogged to exhaustion in a bid to create modern-day history by not losing a domestic match and it’s time to ease up.
Invincibles? It really doesn’t matter, in all honesty, it was always going to be a one-horse race for the title.
Rodgers should tell Scott Sinclair, Moussa Dembele, Craig Gordon, Kieran Tierney, Scott Brown and Mikael Lustig they’ve run their race this term – with the exception of two more games.
The next hurdle in their bid for the Treble is next month’s Scottish Cup semi-final against Rangers and if that is negotiated then it’s all down to Hampden in May.
For all the praise thrown Rodgers’ way for his stunning transformation of a team which is unrecognisable from Ronny Deila’s reign there are still some signs of a managerial naivety.
A coach with no track record of lifting trophies is asking the same players to produce for him time after time. With the exception of this season’s League Cup, the Irishman has never been in the winner’s enclosure and he’s learning on the job what it takes to guide a team over the line.
Mistakes are being made. Last weekend’s draw with Rangers had the look of weariness written all over it and by all accounts Celtic’s training is still being done at full pelt.
That’s why it would be wise to tell Sinclair and company to take a back seat and give the likes of Aitchison and other academy kids a run in the league games.
The bravery to blood youngsters into first-team action is a balancing act which also needs to be a part of the managerial armoury.
Celtic have the chance to give their main men a breather for not just the challenges ahead this term but with one eye on the start of next season.
The Champions League qualifiers are fast appearing on the horizon and the Invincibles tag could easily become the Also-Rans.
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19 Mar 2017, 08:35 AM
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Can't find the press thread?? Throw it in here. Truly bizarre "article". I would suggest that his attitude towards winning is perhaps a key reason his football career was so poor. I'm guessing he was missing a key element of hunger and the will to win. 1990–1992 Dundee United 0 (0) 1992–1997 Clyde 49 (10) 1997 Dumbarton 4 (0) 1997–1998 East Stirlingshire 21 (1) 1998–1999 Queen's Park 20 (1) 2004–2005 East Stirlingshire 9 (0) 2005 Clyde 0 (0) Total 103 (12) http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/opinion/sport/celtic-boss-brendan-rodgers-losing-10051495With all the physical stature of a jockey’s whip, young Jack Aitchison pulled up a chair and spoke of his chances of playing for Celtic. The season’s all but done and dusted domestically and he talked in bittersweet terms of the Invincibles tag currently doing the rounds at his club. Aitchison acknowledged his boss Brendan Rodgers has the blinkers on in pursuit of a season of unbeaten perfection. The kid didn’t say it but a defeat would do his hopes the world of good. Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers should be allowing his star men to rest up for the rest of the season Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers should be allowing his star men to rest up for the rest of the season Forgive the Cheltenham talk but Celtic are being flogged to exhaustion in a bid to create modern-day history by not losing a domestic match and it’s time to ease up. Invincibles? It really doesn’t matter, in all honesty, it was always going to be a one-horse race for the title. Rodgers should tell Scott Sinclair, Moussa Dembele, Craig Gordon, Kieran Tierney, Scott Brown and Mikael Lustig they’ve run their race this term – with the exception of two more games. The next hurdle in their bid for the Treble is next month’s Scottish Cup semi-final against Rangers and if that is negotiated then it’s all down to Hampden in May. For all the praise thrown Rodgers’ way for his stunning transformation of a team which is unrecognisable from Ronny Deila’s reign there are still some signs of a managerial naivety. A coach with no track record of lifting trophies is asking the same players to produce for him time after time. With the exception of this season’s League Cup, the Irishman has never been in the winner’s enclosure and he’s learning on the job what it takes to guide a team over the line. Mistakes are being made. Last weekend’s draw with Rangers had the look of weariness written all over it and by all accounts Celtic’s training is still being done at full pelt. That’s why it would be wise to tell Sinclair and company to take a back seat and give the likes of Aitchison and other academy kids a run in the league games. The bravery to blood youngsters into first-team action is a balancing act which also needs to be a part of the managerial armoury. Celtic have the chance to give their main men a breather for not just the challenges ahead this term but with one eye on the start of next season. The Champions League qualifiers are fast appearing on the horizon and the Invincibles tag could easily become the Also-Rans. Thats it, we're effed. Might as well give up now. How can we have been so stupid?
Rangers have Caixhinha the invincible.
We have BR, who is learning on the job, has no track record of lifting trophies and is making mistakes.
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19 Mar 2017, 08:40 AM
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The followers. It is the peculiar phrase used by Chris Davies, Celtic's assistant manager, to describe all those who have bought in so wholeheartedly over these past eight months to the ethos and mindset of the man he describes as 'Our Leader'. You sense it was something of a Freudian slip, a description he might have liked to swallow before it escaped, following it up within the same breath with the more traditional collective terms of 'the players and the staff'. It is out there now, though. When quizzed directly that using such language suggests that stamping your mark on a football club in the way manager Brendan Rodgers has since taking over at Celtic is rather like building up a cult, Davies retreats just that little bit more. What Rodgers has developed in such a relatively short space of time at Parkhead is something rather special, though. Against Dundee on Sunday afternoon, his team will attempt to take their unbeaten domestic record for the season to 36 games and move ever closer to the Premiership title. Rodgers has created the impression of a squad, and a club, all marching in the same direction. There has been little public dissension or negative headlines, something Davies puts down to strong internal discipline. Make no mistake, this is a revolution that has been built around a figurehead and Davies insists the reason it has been so successful is because Rodgers leads from the front, asking the same kind of questions of himself as those below him and seeking to observe exactly the same standards in the quest to become ever more ruthless and unrelenting. 'I think it's about leadership, as it is in any organisation,' said the 31-year-old, who also worked under Rodgers at Swansea City and Liverpool. 'We just happen to be a football club. Our leader is someone who demands a certain level from himself. He demands that level from the followers, the players and the staff. He expects you to meet that. Therefore, you become relentless. He can only demand that if he's demanded it from himself. 'I've seen managers over the years who have made similar demands of the players, without making those same demands of themselves. As a leader, Brendan's always been the same and that is the vital aspect. 'He's extremely hard-working, dedicated to his profession and a winner. The players feed off that. They see Brendan — and us as a staff — as being relentless so they can be relentless. 'It's all about the importance of leadership and the job Brendan has done. I've worked with him at different clubs and he's always very well respected by the players. You are trying to create this mentality where we defend the badge and we're all together. 'You're always better in numbers and that's the spirit we've tried to create here, but that needs strong leadership. We've got a big squad with lots of different possibilities, and different scenarios occur during a season. Brendan's leadership for everyone is so important. 'There is a big staff here and he is the big decision-maker. He is the one we all look to. He sets the vision and we all try to get there.' Despite enjoying the luxury of a sizeable squad, Rodgers seems, from the outside at least, to be capable of keeping his players happy. Wins help, of course, but there have been no real negative headlines, no rows, no bust-ups, no photographs of anyone looking tired and emotional in some of Edinburgh's less salubrious areas. 'We work on the basis of respect,' stated Davies. 'We treat the players in a respectful way as adults in the way we communicate with them. There is no shouting or screaming or confrontation. It's about how we reach a common goal as adults by working together. 'The players respond to that. You treat them with respect and they give you respect back. Brendan is pretty strong on rules and making sure there is clear discipline. Without that, you have big problems. But he makes that clear whenever he goes into a club. He always has done. 'He makes it clear what he expects and I think players want that. Some players maybe want an easy life, but, in general, they want discipline, structure and strong leadership and that's what Brendan gives them.' One of Rodgers' first acts, of course, was to fly club captain Scott Brown to his London home last summer for dinner and a lengthy chat over the best way forward for the club. The bond between both men has grown in the intervening period and become an integral part of the developing success story. 'As a manager, he's developed very good relationships with leadership players and captains such as Garry Monk, Steven Gerrard and now Scott Brown,' said Davies. 'These are people that can relate to Brendan because of the way he is. They respect him. Scott Brown is a perfect example of a leader in the dressing room. Every single day, even in the warm-up, he is at his maximum. 'He is one of the best trainers I've ever seen. He matches up to the world-class players I have worked with in terms of mentality. He is well respected. Senior players are vital is the point I'm trying to make. We've got that, not just in Scott Brown, but he's the shining example.' Brown has already been involved in coaching the Under-20 side at Celtic and is keen to move into that side of the game when his playing career comes to a halt. Davies has no doubt the midfielder will prove to be a success as a manager — just like the other captains to have served under Rodgers. 'I mentioned Garry Monk, who is now at Leeds doing a fantastic job,' he said. 'Steven Gerrard will also go on to become a really good manager. I'm certain Scott will become a good manager one day, too. He's intelligent, he has leadership qualities, and he lives the game inside out. 'He's still got plenty of football left in him and he's been really good this year. We're looking forward to the next few years of him performing on the pitch, but, after that, I think he will go into management and he will be very good if he does.' In the meantime, it is all about wrapping up the league as quickly as possible, capturing a domestic Treble and preparing for another assault on the Champions League next season. 'When we came up here, Brendan made the point in his first press conference that he wanted to continue with our domination of domestic football,' said Davies. 'It probably has exceeded expectations in that respect and we're really enjoying that. There are games you really remember — Rangers at home when we scored five. 'That was a moment where we showed all the elements we wanted: speed, aggression, pressing. We scored in open play, on the counter attack. It was complete. There have been other moments where you need different elements — late goals or whatever. Throughout the early stages of the season, it was so exciting because we could see we could take the team to a new level. 'We're getting to meet the fans and it's nice to get that bit of feedback. When you're working as a player, a coach or manager, you want the fans to be proud of their team. 'I think they can recognise that we are working as hard as we can for them with the aggression we are playing with, the pressing, keeping the ball. We've given them a team they can be proud of. 'That's the best thing, not necessarily the winning runs.' The followers are, indeed, many. And the Great Leader is providing them with everything they could wish for as he continues creating his own, new version of Paradise. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-4328074/Brendan-Rodgers-Celtic-marching-direction.html
Got to say after watching the Davies interview posted above by The Edge I also thought there was a tiny bit of a cultish attitude displayed. A fine line between buying into the "project" completely and blindly following I guess.
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19 Mar 2017, 09:23 AM
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Dark Tan Yin would have written a more balanced piece than that raging crock of scheidt by Gordon Park in the Rectum.
If that is what they are prepared to put into the public domain under their own names, try to imagine what they're saying in private among themselves.
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Gordon Parks
One minute he's slagging Deila saying he's amateurish and the job his too big for him. The next, he's slating BR for trying to embed a culture of perfection and going for an unbeaten season. Which one is it Gordon?
What manager in their right mind starts to give his players rests, breaks or holidays in March just as the season builds to a close and all the hard work put in over the previous 9 months is rewarded?
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Broadsword
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19 Mar 2017, 09:58 AM
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Can I have 12 bottles of bleach please?
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Utter rum-addled nonsense from Parks. There's no way he maintained a fully clothed condition as he typed up that mince.
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Fascinating Rhythm
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19 Mar 2017, 10:06 AM
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I follow my Leader.
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