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Brendan Rodgers; "I was born into Celtic"
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Was the league cup final not after we'd been beaten by Monchengladbach, rather than Barcelona?
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Was the league cup final not after we'd been beaten by Monchengladbach, rather than Barcelona? Nope
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Was the league cup final not after we'd been beaten by Monchengladbach, rather than Barcelona? naw. semi against the huns after that
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Was the league cup final not after we'd been beaten by Monchengladbach, rather than Barcelona?
Nope I'm thinking of the semi final
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CELTIC supporters will head for Tynecastle to party this afternoon.
And they should dedicate the occasion to Brendan Rodgers.
The Northern Irishman has rescued a club drifting towards obscurity.
The Hoops gaffer has proved the head coach is still the most important person at any football club.
Who needs a director of football when you have someone as savvy as Rodgers in the dugout?
To appreciate Rodgers’ impact you have to remember what he inherited.
Sure, Celtic were champions but nobody was fooled. Under Ronny Deila the club was a basket case.
Supporters had given up on a team that usually choked on the big occasion.
The Northern Irishman has rescued a club drifting towards obscurity.
Keep up to date with ALL the latest news, transfers and goals from Scottish football plus fixtures, results and live match commentary
The Hoops gaffer has proved the head coach is still the most important person at any football club.
Who needs a director of football when you have someone as savvy as Rodgers in the dugout?
To appreciate Rodgers’ impact you have to remember what he inherited.
Sure, Celtic were champions but nobody was fooled. Under Ronny Deila the club was a basket case.
Supporters had given up on a team that usually choked on the big occasion.
His capture of Moussa Dembele for just £500,000 has embarrassed English heavyweight clubs who weren’t sure about the striker.
At £3.5m, Scott Sinclair has proved a bargain. Sinclair is the type to put bums on seats and here’s the rub — Celtic are worth watching again.
Punters know they’re going to be entertained at a club where anything less is unacceptable.
Take both Stuart Armstrong and James Forrest. Had that pair left the club last season, they wouldn’t have been missed.
Like others in that dressing room they’d lost their way under the previous regime.
Brendan’s coaching nous and man-management has reinvented them. That’s what proper managers do, they improve players.
Today at Tynecastle, Celtic will put their unbeaten league run on the line again and you can bet that is a big deal to Brendan.
Rodgers knows he’ll never walk in Jock Stein’s footsteps by conquering Europe but he can still write his own chapter in the club’s history.
If Celtic land the Treble and remain unbeaten until the end of the season, Rodgers will have left his signature on the club.
The trick for Desmond is keeping the manager interested next season and that won’t be easy.
Trust me, the prospect of doing Ten-in-a-row won’t be enough to keep him in Glasgow.
He’ll want to enhance his reputation beyond these shores.
He’ll only do that in the European arena, the testing ground for serious football clubs.
This is where it becomes difficult for Rodgers.
To strengthen the team he needs to add better players to his squad. Right now, it’s not easy to sell Scottish football to signing targets.
At the same time he’ll have his work cut out keeping his squad together.
If Dembele is offered a hundred grand a week elsewhere, he’ll be off.
Kieran Tierney is already on the radar of England’s Premier League clubs while Armstrong’s Scotland debut flagged up his potential.
Meanwhile, Patrick Roberts will return to Manchester City at the end of May.
As for Brendan himself? Unless Arsenal see him as a replacement for Arsene Wenger I don’t see him back in England any time soon.
After Liverpool, he wouldn’t take a mid-table club and there are few opportunities at the top end of the Premier League.
More likely he’ll get an offer from the continent.
A fluent Spanish speaker, he’ll tick a lot of boxes for La Liga clubs. In the meantime, he’s entitled to reflect on his success at Tynecastle today.
Since pitching up among us he’s not put a foot wrong, uttered a word out of place.
He’s embodied everything a Celtic boss should be. Celtic fans should enjoy him while they can.
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CELTIC supporters should enjoy the success their team is having right now…chances are it’s not going to last.
Sure, with Brendan Rodgers in charge things are looking good at Parkhead.
But what if Arsene Wenger leaves Arsenal this summer and the London giants come calling for the Celtic boss?
Does anyone think he’s going to think twice about walking away?
Rodgers would be on the first shuttle to Heathrow and quite rightly so.
Then where would Celtic be? I’ll tell you. Peter Lawwell would have a queue of players at his door, all asking away.
It’s all hypothetical, sure it is. And I’m sure there will be Celtic fans reading this saying I’m desperate for it to happen.
But I’m just saying how it is.
Celtic are worthy title winners this season and far and away the best team in the country, but things can change in the blink of an eye in football.
Moussa Dembele could soon be on his way, whether Rodgers is the manager or not.
Kieran Tierney has a different club looking at him every other week.
Now Stuart Armstrong is an international player who is certain to attract big interest.
Lose three players like that and suddenly Celtic’s squad doesn’t look so strong.
It’s okay to say the club would be raking in millions but it’s not easy replacing quality players.
It’s not like Celtic are going to sell Dembele for £30m and then spend £30m on bringing someone else in.
Time will tell what’s going to happen in the months to come. But if I was a Celtic fan I’d be wary of milking things too much.
People go on about the distance between Celtic and Rangers right now and how massive it is.
At Ibrox all everyone seems to talk about is ‘how are we going to close the gap?’ But they might not have to.
Celtic may soon come back down to their level. History has shown that one of two things happens to successful teams.
Time catches up with them, or they’re so good they lose their best people.
Celtic’s squad is probably worth up to £80million if they sold their best players.
But if their best players go they’re not going to be easily replaced — and it’s the same with their manager.
Put it this way. Whoever Celtic appoint as their next boss they’re going to be worse off.
The next man isn’t going to be as good as Rodgers.
The timing was just perfect for Rodgers and Celtic last summer with the Northern Irishman out of the game and looking to reinvent himself.
But he’s done that already.
He’s achieved so much in such a short space of time that it may be he thinks he has to take the first big opportunity that comes his way.
The Arsenal job isn’t one that comes up every year and looking at the way he manages clubs, I think the Emirates would be perfect for him.
Rodgers is very similar to Wenger in the way he runs the entire football club.
He did it at Swansea and he did it at Liverpool.
Rodgers is now doing it at Celtic, where he’s got influence and sway that Neil Lennon and Ronny Deila never had.
He also gets his teams playing a style of football that’s attractive.
Listen, Celtic are far and away the best team in the country right now.
They’re at the level the rest of us need to try and get to. He’s brought in good players.
Look at Dembele, things couldn’t have gone much better for him this season.
But for me it’s been more impressive how Rodgers has got more out of the guys who were already there.
Armstrong’s Celtic career looked over under Deila, the lad himself deserves so much credit for the way he’s turned things around, but you can’t get away from the way Rodgers has transformed him.
Armstrong was seriously underperforming a year ago but his Scotland debut last weekend was just utterly sensational.
He was virtually running through brick walls to get onto the ball.
He ran the game and looked like he’d been playing at that level for a good number of years. I just look at him and see a midfielder who could play in the English Premier League.
Tierney is definitely someone big clubs will be looking at this summer but it wouldn’t surprise me if Armstrong was the next £12million player to leave Celtic.
I see an unbelievable talent in there.
For me Celtic should just be wary of how quickly things can turn in this game.
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CELTIC supporters will head for Tynecastle to party this afternoon.
And they should dedicate the occasion to Brendan Rodgers.
The Northern Irishman has rescued a club drifting towards obscurity.
The Hoops gaffer has proved the head coach is still the most important person at any football club.
Who needs a director of football when you have someone as savvy as Rodgers in the dugout?
To appreciate Rodgers’ impact you have to remember what he inherited.
Sure, Celtic were champions but nobody was fooled. Under Ronny Deila the club was a basket case.
Supporters had given up on a team that usually choked on the big occasion.
The Northern Irishman has rescued a club drifting towards obscurity.
Keep up to date with ALL the latest news, transfers and goals from Scottish football plus fixtures, results and live match commentary
The Hoops gaffer has proved the head coach is still the most important person at any football club.
Who needs a director of football when you have someone as savvy as Rodgers in the dugout?
To appreciate Rodgers’ impact you have to remember what he inherited.
Sure, Celtic were champions but nobody was fooled. Under Ronny Deila the club was a basket case.
Supporters had given up on a team that usually choked on the big occasion.
His capture of Moussa Dembele for just £500,000 has embarrassed English heavyweight clubs who weren’t sure about the striker.
At £3.5m, Scott Sinclair has proved a bargain. Sinclair is the type to put bums on seats and here’s the rub — Celtic are worth watching again.
Punters know they’re going to be entertained at a club where anything less is unacceptable.
Take both Stuart Armstrong and James Forrest. Had that pair left the club last season, they wouldn’t have been missed.
Like others in that dressing room they’d lost their way under the previous regime.
Brendan’s coaching nous and man-management has reinvented them. That’s what proper managers do, they improve players.
Today at Tynecastle, Celtic will put their unbeaten league run on the line again and you can bet that is a big deal to Brendan.
Rodgers knows he’ll never walk in Jock Stein’s footsteps by conquering Europe but he can still write his own chapter in the club’s history.
If Celtic land the Treble and remain unbeaten until the end of the season, Rodgers will have left his signature on the club.
The trick for Desmond is keeping the manager interested next season and that won’t be easy.
Trust me, the prospect of doing Ten-in-a-row won’t be enough to keep him in Glasgow.
He’ll want to enhance his reputation beyond these shores.
He’ll only do that in the European arena, the testing ground for serious football clubs.
This is where it becomes difficult for Rodgers.
To strengthen the team he needs to add better players to his squad. Right now, it’s not easy to sell Scottish football to signing targets.
At the same time he’ll have his work cut out keeping his squad together.
If Dembele is offered a hundred grand a week elsewhere, he’ll be off.
Kieran Tierney is already on the radar of England’s Premier League clubs while Armstrong’s Scotland debut flagged up his potential.
Meanwhile, Patrick Roberts will return to Manchester City at the end of May.
As for Brendan himself? Unless Arsenal see him as a replacement for Arsene Wenger I don’t see him back in England any time soon.
After Liverpool, he wouldn’t take a mid-table club and there are few opportunities at the top end of the Premier League.
More likely he’ll get an offer from the continent.
A fluent Spanish speaker, he’ll tick a lot of boxes for La Liga clubs. In the meantime, he’s entitled to reflect on his success at Tynecastle today.
Since pitching up among us he’s not put a foot wrong, uttered a word out of place.
He’s embodied everything a Celtic boss should be. Celtic fans should enjoy him while they can.
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CELTIC supporters should enjoy the success their team is having right now…chances are it’s not going to last.
Sure, with Brendan Rodgers in charge things are looking good at Parkhead.
But what if Arsene Wenger leaves Arsenal this summer and the London giants come calling for the Celtic boss?
Does anyone think he’s going to think twice about walking away?
Rodgers would be on the first shuttle to Heathrow and quite rightly so.
Then where would Celtic be? I’ll tell you. Peter Lawwell would have a queue of players at his door, all asking away.
It’s all hypothetical, sure it is. And I’m sure there will be Celtic fans reading this saying I’m desperate for it to happen.
But I’m just saying how it is.
Celtic are worthy title winners this season and far and away the best team in the country, but things can change in the blink of an eye in football.
Moussa Dembele could soon be on his way, whether Rodgers is the manager or not.
Kieran Tierney has a different club looking at him every other week.
Now Stuart Armstrong is an international player who is certain to attract big interest.
Lose three players like that and suddenly Celtic’s squad doesn’t look so strong.
It’s okay to say the club would be raking in millions but it’s not easy replacing quality players.
It’s not like Celtic are going to sell Dembele for £30m and then spend £30m on bringing someone else in.
Time will tell what’s going to happen in the months to come. But if I was a Celtic fan I’d be wary of milking things too much.
People go on about the distance between Celtic and Rangers right now and how massive it is.
At Ibrox all everyone seems to talk about is ‘how are we going to close the gap?’ But they might not have to.
Celtic may soon come back down to their level. History has shown that one of two things happens to successful teams.
Time catches up with them, or they’re so good they lose their best people.
Celtic’s squad is probably worth up to £80million if they sold their best players.
But if their best players go they’re not going to be easily replaced — and it’s the same with their manager.
Put it this way. Whoever Celtic appoint as their next boss they’re going to be worse off.
The next man isn’t going to be as good as Rodgers.
The timing was just perfect for Rodgers and Celtic last summer with the Northern Irishman out of the game and looking to reinvent himself.
But he’s done that already.
He’s achieved so much in such a short space of time that it may be he thinks he has to take the first big opportunity that comes his way.
The Arsenal job isn’t one that comes up every year and looking at the way he manages clubs, I think the Emirates would be perfect for him.
Rodgers is very similar to Wenger in the way he runs the entire football club.
He did it at Swansea and he did it at Liverpool.
Rodgers is now doing it at Celtic, where he’s got influence and sway that Neil Lennon and Ronny Deila never had.
He also gets his teams playing a style of football that’s attractive.
Listen, Celtic are far and away the best team in the country right now.
They’re at the level the rest of us need to try and get to. He’s brought in good players.
Look at Dembele, things couldn’t have gone much better for him this season.
But for me it’s been more impressive how Rodgers has got more out of the guys who were already there.
Armstrong’s Celtic career looked over under Deila, the lad himself deserves so much credit for the way he’s turned things around, but you can’t get away from the way Rodgers has transformed him.
Armstrong was seriously underperforming a year ago but his Scotland debut last weekend was just utterly sensational.
He was virtually running through brick walls to get onto the ball.
He ran the game and looked like he’d been playing at that level for a good number of years. I just look at him and see a midfielder who could play in the English Premier League.
Tierney is definitely someone big clubs will be looking at this summer but it wouldn’t surprise me if Armstrong was the next £12million player to leave Celtic.
I see an unbelievable talent in there.
For me Celtic should just be wary of how quickly things can turn in this game.
If Dembele, Tierney, and Armstrong all leave for the EPL, we'll have upwards of £60 million to spend to replace them. Total disaster
I don't see Arsenal appointing Rodgers. He isn't a big enough name, and is too associated with Liverpool.
Still, that garbage keeps Fatso in crisps, so fair play to the lardarse hun tax dodger.
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CELTIC supporters will head for Tynecastle to party this afternoon.
And they should dedicate the occasion to Brendan Rodgers.
The Northern Irishman has rescued a club drifting towards obscurity.
The Hoops gaffer has proved the head coach is still the most important person at any football club.
Who needs a director of football when you have someone as savvy as Rodgers in the dugout?
To appreciate Rodgers’ impact you have to remember what he inherited.
Sure, Celtic were champions but nobody was fooled. Under Ronny Deila the club was a basket case.
Supporters had given up on a team that usually choked on the big occasion.
The Northern Irishman has rescued a club drifting towards obscurity.
Keep up to date with ALL the latest news, transfers and goals from Scottish football plus fixtures, results and live match commentary
The Hoops gaffer has proved the head coach is still the most important person at any football club.
Who needs a director of football when you have someone as savvy as Rodgers in the dugout?
To appreciate Rodgers’ impact you have to remember what he inherited.
Sure, Celtic were champions but nobody was fooled. Under Ronny Deila the club was a basket case.
Supporters had given up on a team that usually choked on the big occasion.
His capture of Moussa Dembele for just £500,000 has embarrassed English heavyweight clubs who weren’t sure about the striker.
At £3.5m, Scott Sinclair has proved a bargain. Sinclair is the type to put bums on seats and here’s the rub — Celtic are worth watching again.
Punters know they’re going to be entertained at a club where anything less is unacceptable.
Take both Stuart Armstrong and James Forrest. Had that pair left the club last season, they wouldn’t have been missed.
Like others in that dressing room they’d lost their way under the previous regime.
Brendan’s coaching nous and man-management has reinvented them. That’s what proper managers do, they improve players.
Today at Tynecastle, Celtic will put their unbeaten league run on the line again and you can bet that is a big deal to Brendan.
Rodgers knows he’ll never walk in Jock Stein’s footsteps by conquering Europe but he can still write his own chapter in the club’s history.
If Celtic land the Treble and remain unbeaten until the end of the season, Rodgers will have left his signature on the club.
The trick for Desmond is keeping the manager interested next season and that won’t be easy.
Trust me, the prospect of doing Ten-in-a-row won’t be enough to keep him in Glasgow.
He’ll want to enhance his reputation beyond these shores.
He’ll only do that in the European arena, the testing ground for serious football clubs.
This is where it becomes difficult for Rodgers.
To strengthen the team he needs to add better players to his squad. Right now, it’s not easy to sell Scottish football to signing targets.
At the same time he’ll have his work cut out keeping his squad together.
If Dembele is offered a hundred grand a week elsewhere, he’ll be off.
Kieran Tierney is already on the radar of England’s Premier League clubs while Armstrong’s Scotland debut flagged up his potential.
Meanwhile, Patrick Roberts will return to Manchester City at the end of May.
As for Brendan himself? Unless Arsenal see him as a replacement for Arsene Wenger I don’t see him back in England any time soon.
After Liverpool, he wouldn’t take a mid-table club and there are few opportunities at the top end of the Premier League.
More likely he’ll get an offer from the continent.
A fluent Spanish speaker, he’ll tick a lot of boxes for La Liga clubs. In the meantime, he’s entitled to reflect on his success at Tynecastle today.
Since pitching up among us he’s not put a foot wrong, uttered a word out of place.
He’s embodied everything a Celtic boss should be. Celtic fans should enjoy him while they can.
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CELTIC supporters should enjoy the success their team is having right now…chances are it’s not going to last.
Sure, with Brendan Rodgers in charge things are looking good at Parkhead.
But what if Arsene Wenger leaves Arsenal this summer and the London giants come calling for the Celtic boss?
Does anyone think he’s going to think twice about walking away?
Rodgers would be on the first shuttle to Heathrow and quite rightly so.
Then where would Celtic be? I’ll tell you. Peter Lawwell would have a queue of players at his door, all asking away.
It’s all hypothetical, sure it is. And I’m sure there will be Celtic fans reading this saying I’m desperate for it to happen.
But I’m just saying how it is.
Celtic are worthy title winners this season and far and away the best team in the country, but things can change in the blink of an eye in football.
Moussa Dembele could soon be on his way, whether Rodgers is the manager or not.
Kieran Tierney has a different club looking at him every other week.
Now Stuart Armstrong is an international player who is certain to attract big interest.
Lose three players like that and suddenly Celtic’s squad doesn’t look so strong.
It’s okay to say the club would be raking in millions but it’s not easy replacing quality players.
It’s not like Celtic are going to sell Dembele for £30m and then spend £30m on bringing someone else in.
Time will tell what’s going to happen in the months to come. But if I was a Celtic fan I’d be wary of milking things too much.
People go on about the distance between Celtic and Rangers right now and how massive it is.
At Ibrox all everyone seems to talk about is ‘how are we going to close the gap?’ But they might not have to.
Celtic may soon come back down to their level. History has shown that one of two things happens to successful teams.
Time catches up with them, or they’re so good they lose their best people.
Celtic’s squad is probably worth up to £80million if they sold their best players.
But if their best players go they’re not going to be easily replaced — and it’s the same with their manager.
Put it this way. Whoever Celtic appoint as their next boss they’re going to be worse off.
The next man isn’t going to be as good as Rodgers.
The timing was just perfect for Rodgers and Celtic last summer with the Northern Irishman out of the game and looking to reinvent himself.
But he’s done that already.
He’s achieved so much in such a short space of time that it may be he thinks he has to take the first big opportunity that comes his way.
The Arsenal job isn’t one that comes up every year and looking at the way he manages clubs, I think the Emirates would be perfect for him.
Rodgers is very similar to Wenger in the way he runs the entire football club.
He did it at Swansea and he did it at Liverpool.
Rodgers is now doing it at Celtic, where he’s got influence and sway that Neil Lennon and Ronny Deila never had.
He also gets his teams playing a style of football that’s attractive.
Listen, Celtic are far and away the best team in the country right now.
They’re at the level the rest of us need to try and get to. He’s brought in good players.
Look at Dembele, things couldn’t have gone much better for him this season.
But for me it’s been more impressive how Rodgers has got more out of the guys who were already there.
Armstrong’s Celtic career looked over under Deila, the lad himself deserves so much credit for the way he’s turned things around, but you can’t get away from the way Rodgers has transformed him.
Armstrong was seriously underperforming a year ago but his Scotland debut last weekend was just utterly sensational.
He was virtually running through brick walls to get onto the ball.
He ran the game and looked like he’d been playing at that level for a good number of years. I just look at him and see a midfielder who could play in the English Premier League.
Tierney is definitely someone big clubs will be looking at this summer but it wouldn’t surprise me if Armstrong was the next £12million player to leave Celtic.
I see an unbelievable talent in there.
For me Celtic should just be wary of how quickly things can turn in this game.
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CELTIC supporters will head for Tynecastle to party this afternoon.
And they should dedicate the occasion to Brendan Rodgers.
The Northern Irishman has rescued a club drifting towards obscurity.
The Hoops gaffer has proved the head coach is still the most important person at any football club.
Who needs a director of football when you have someone as savvy as Rodgers in the dugout?
To appreciate Rodgers’ impact you have to remember what he inherited.
Sure, Celtic were champions but nobody was fooled. Under Ronny Deila the club was a basket case.
Supporters had given up on a team that usually choked on the big occasion.
The Northern Irishman has rescued a club drifting towards obscurity.
Keep up to date with ALL the latest news, transfers and goals from Scottish football plus fixtures, results and live match commentary
The Hoops gaffer has proved the head coach is still the most important person at any football club.
Who needs a director of football when you have someone as savvy as Rodgers in the dugout?
To appreciate Rodgers’ impact you have to remember what he inherited.
Sure, Celtic were champions but nobody was fooled. Under Ronny Deila the club was a basket case.
Supporters had given up on a team that usually choked on the big occasion.
His capture of Moussa Dembele for just £500,000 has embarrassed English heavyweight clubs who weren’t sure about the striker.
At £3.5m, Scott Sinclair has proved a bargain. Sinclair is the type to put bums on seats and here’s the rub — Celtic are worth watching again.
Punters know they’re going to be entertained at a club where anything less is unacceptable.
Take both Stuart Armstrong and James Forrest. Had that pair left the club last season, they wouldn’t have been missed.
Like others in that dressing room they’d lost their way under the previous regime.
Brendan’s coaching nous and man-management has reinvented them. That’s what proper managers do, they improve players.
Today at Tynecastle, Celtic will put their unbeaten league run on the line again and you can bet that is a big deal to Brendan.
Rodgers knows he’ll never walk in Jock Stein’s footsteps by conquering Europe but he can still write his own chapter in the club’s history.
If Celtic land the Treble and remain unbeaten until the end of the season, Rodgers will have left his signature on the club.
The trick for Desmond is keeping the manager interested next season and that won’t be easy.
Trust me, the prospect of doing Ten-in-a-row won’t be enough to keep him in Glasgow.
He’ll want to enhance his reputation beyond these shores.
He’ll only do that in the European arena, the testing ground for serious football clubs.
This is where it becomes difficult for Rodgers.
To strengthen the team he needs to add better players to his squad. Right now, it’s not easy to sell Scottish football to signing targets.
At the same time he’ll have his work cut out keeping his squad together.
If Dembele is offered a hundred grand a week elsewhere, he’ll be off.
Kieran Tierney is already on the radar of England’s Premier League clubs while Armstrong’s Scotland debut flagged up his potential.
Meanwhile, Patrick Roberts will return to Manchester City at the end of May.
As for Brendan himself? Unless Arsenal see him as a replacement for Arsene Wenger I don’t see him back in England any time soon.
After Liverpool, he wouldn’t take a mid-table club and there are few opportunities at the top end of the Premier League.
More likely he’ll get an offer from the continent.
A fluent Spanish speaker, he’ll tick a lot of boxes for La Liga clubs. In the meantime, he’s entitled to reflect on his success at Tynecastle today.
Since pitching up among us he’s not put a foot wrong, uttered a word out of place.
He’s embodied everything a Celtic boss should be. Celtic fans should enjoy him while they can.
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CELTIC supporters should enjoy the success their team is having right now…chances are it’s not going to last.
Sure, with Brendan Rodgers in charge things are looking good at Parkhead.
But what if Arsene Wenger leaves Arsenal this summer and the London giants come calling for the Celtic boss?
Does anyone think he’s going to think twice about walking away?
Rodgers would be on the first shuttle to Heathrow and quite rightly so.
Then where would Celtic be? I’ll tell you. Peter Lawwell would have a queue of players at his door, all asking away.
It’s all hypothetical, sure it is. And I’m sure there will be Celtic fans reading this saying I’m desperate for it to happen.
But I’m just saying how it is.
Celtic are worthy title winners this season and far and away the best team in the country, but things can change in the blink of an eye in football.
Moussa Dembele could soon be on his way, whether Rodgers is the manager or not.
Kieran Tierney has a different club looking at him every other week.
Now Stuart Armstrong is an international player who is certain to attract big interest.
Lose three players like that and suddenly Celtic’s squad doesn’t look so strong.
It’s okay to say the club would be raking in millions but it’s not easy replacing quality players.
It’s not like Celtic are going to sell Dembele for £30m and then spend £30m on bringing someone else in.
Time will tell what’s going to happen in the months to come. But if I was a Celtic fan I’d be wary of milking things too much.
People go on about the distance between Celtic and Rangers right now and how massive it is.
At Ibrox all everyone seems to talk about is ‘how are we going to close the gap?’ But they might not have to.
Celtic may soon come back down to their level. History has shown that one of two things happens to successful teams.
Time catches up with them, or they’re so good they lose their best people.
Celtic’s squad is probably worth up to £80million if they sold their best players.
But if their best players go they’re not going to be easily replaced — and it’s the same with their manager.
Put it this way. Whoever Celtic appoint as their next boss they’re going to be worse off.
The next man isn’t going to be as good as Rodgers.
The timing was just perfect for Rodgers and Celtic last summer with the Northern Irishman out of the game and looking to reinvent himself.
But he’s done that already.
He’s achieved so much in such a short space of time that it may be he thinks he has to take the first big opportunity that comes his way.
The Arsenal job isn’t one that comes up every year and looking at the way he manages clubs, I think the Emirates would be perfect for him.
Rodgers is very similar to Wenger in the way he runs the entire football club.
He did it at Swansea and he did it at Liverpool.
Rodgers is now doing it at Celtic, where he’s got influence and sway that Neil Lennon and Ronny Deila never had.
He also gets his teams playing a style of football that’s attractive.
Listen, Celtic are far and away the best team in the country right now.
They’re at the level the rest of us need to try and get to. He’s brought in good players.
Look at Dembele, things couldn’t have gone much better for him this season.
But for me it’s been more impressive how Rodgers has got more out of the guys who were already there.
Armstrong’s Celtic career looked over under Deila, the lad himself deserves so much credit for the way he’s turned things around, but you can’t get away from the way Rodgers has transformed him.
Armstrong was seriously underperforming a year ago but his Scotland debut last weekend was just utterly sensational.
He was virtually running through brick walls to get onto the ball.
He ran the game and looked like he’d been playing at that level for a good number of years. I just look at him and see a midfielder who could play in the English Premier League.
Tierney is definitely someone big clubs will be looking at this summer but it wouldn’t surprise me if Armstrong was the next £12million player to leave Celtic.
I see an unbelievable talent in there.
For me Celtic should just be wary of how quickly things can turn in this game.
Ach, let's just lose all our games till the end of the season and give it to 'Rangers', they're going to get it at some point anyway.
Oh wait though, even if we do that 'Rangers' still can't catch us. Do you understand that Kris?
Only with Celtic is success bad because it won't last.
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Watching Brendan's presentation as manager again, what a beginning.
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Provan and Kris Boyd. Kris Boyd ffs. Spoiler: click to toggle - Quote:
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CELTIC supporters will head for Tynecastle to party this afternoon.
And they should dedicate the occasion to Brendan Rodgers.
The Northern Irishman has rescued a club drifting towards obscurity.
The Hoops gaffer has proved the head coach is still the most important person at any football club.
Who needs a director of football when you have someone as savvy as Rodgers in the dugout?
To appreciate Rodgers’ impact you have to remember what he inherited.
Sure, Celtic were champions but nobody was fooled. Under Ronny Deila the club was a basket case.
Supporters had given up on a team that usually choked on the big occasion.
The Northern Irishman has rescued a club drifting towards obscurity.
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The Hoops gaffer has proved the head coach is still the most important person at any football club.
Who needs a director of football when you have someone as savvy as Rodgers in the dugout?
To appreciate Rodgers’ impact you have to remember what he inherited.
Sure, Celtic were champions but nobody was fooled. Under Ronny Deila the club was a basket case.
Supporters had given up on a team that usually choked on the big occasion.
His capture of Moussa Dembele for just £500,000 has embarrassed English heavyweight clubs who weren’t sure about the striker.
At £3.5m, Scott Sinclair has proved a bargain. Sinclair is the type to put bums on seats and here’s the rub — Celtic are worth watching again.
Punters know they’re going to be entertained at a club where anything less is unacceptable.
Take both Stuart Armstrong and James Forrest. Had that pair left the club last season, they wouldn’t have been missed.
Like others in that dressing room they’d lost their way under the previous regime.
Brendan’s coaching nous and man-management has reinvented them. That’s what proper managers do, they improve players.
Today at Tynecastle, Celtic will put their unbeaten league run on the line again and you can bet that is a big deal to Brendan.
Rodgers knows he’ll never walk in Jock Stein’s footsteps by conquering Europe but he can still write his own chapter in the club’s history.
If Celtic land the Treble and remain unbeaten until the end of the season, Rodgers will have left his signature on the club.
The trick for Desmond is keeping the manager interested next season and that won’t be easy.
Trust me, the prospect of doing Ten-in-a-row won’t be enough to keep him in Glasgow.
He’ll want to enhance his reputation beyond these shores.
He’ll only do that in the European arena, the testing ground for serious football clubs.
This is where it becomes difficult for Rodgers.
To strengthen the team he needs to add better players to his squad. Right now, it’s not easy to sell Scottish football to signing targets.
At the same time he’ll have his work cut out keeping his squad together.
If Dembele is offered a hundred grand a week elsewhere, he’ll be off.
Kieran Tierney is already on the radar of England’s Premier League clubs while Armstrong’s Scotland debut flagged up his potential.
Meanwhile, Patrick Roberts will return to Manchester City at the end of May.
As for Brendan himself? Unless Arsenal see him as a replacement for Arsene Wenger I don’t see him back in England any time soon.
After Liverpool, he wouldn’t take a mid-table club and there are few opportunities at the top end of the Premier League.
More likely he’ll get an offer from the continent.
A fluent Spanish speaker, he’ll tick a lot of boxes for La Liga clubs. In the meantime, he’s entitled to reflect on his success at Tynecastle today.
Since pitching up among us he’s not put a foot wrong, uttered a word out of place.
He’s embodied everything a Celtic boss should be. Celtic fans should enjoy him while they can.
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CELTIC supporters should enjoy the success their team is having right now…chances are it’s not going to last.
Sure, with Brendan Rodgers in charge things are looking good at Parkhead.
But what if Arsene Wenger leaves Arsenal this summer and the London giants come calling for the Celtic boss?
Does anyone think he’s going to think twice about walking away?
Rodgers would be on the first shuttle to Heathrow and quite rightly so.
Then where would Celtic be? I’ll tell you. Peter Lawwell would have a queue of players at his door, all asking away.
It’s all hypothetical, sure it is. And I’m sure there will be Celtic fans reading this saying I’m desperate for it to happen.
But I’m just saying how it is.
Celtic are worthy title winners this season and far and away the best team in the country, but things can change in the blink of an eye in football.
Moussa Dembele could soon be on his way, whether Rodgers is the manager or not.
Kieran Tierney has a different club looking at him every other week.
Now Stuart Armstrong is an international player who is certain to attract big interest.
Lose three players like that and suddenly Celtic’s squad doesn’t look so strong.
It’s okay to say the club would be raking in millions but it’s not easy replacing quality players.
It’s not like Celtic are going to sell Dembele for £30m and then spend £30m on bringing someone else in.
Time will tell what’s going to happen in the months to come. But if I was a Celtic fan I’d be wary of milking things too much.
People go on about the distance between Celtic and Rangers right now and how massive it is.
At Ibrox all everyone seems to talk about is ‘how are we going to close the gap?’ But they might not have to.
Celtic may soon come back down to their level. History has shown that one of two things happens to successful teams.
Time catches up with them, or they’re so good they lose their best people.
Celtic’s squad is probably worth up to £80million if they sold their best players.
But if their best players go they’re not going to be easily replaced — and it’s the same with their manager.
Put it this way. Whoever Celtic appoint as their next boss they’re going to be worse off.
The next man isn’t going to be as good as Rodgers.
The timing was just perfect for Rodgers and Celtic last summer with the Northern Irishman out of the game and looking to reinvent himself.
But he’s done that already.
He’s achieved so much in such a short space of time that it may be he thinks he has to take the first big opportunity that comes his way.
The Arsenal job isn’t one that comes up every year and looking at the way he manages clubs, I think the Emirates would be perfect for him.
Rodgers is very similar to Wenger in the way he runs the entire football club.
He did it at Swansea and he did it at Liverpool.
Rodgers is now doing it at Celtic, where he’s got influence and sway that Neil Lennon and Ronny Deila never had.
He also gets his teams playing a style of football that’s attractive.
Listen, Celtic are far and away the best team in the country right now.
They’re at the level the rest of us need to try and get to. He’s brought in good players.
Look at Dembele, things couldn’t have gone much better for him this season.
But for me it’s been more impressive how Rodgers has got more out of the guys who were already there.
Armstrong’s Celtic career looked over under Deila, the lad himself deserves so much credit for the way he’s turned things around, but you can’t get away from the way Rodgers has transformed him.
Armstrong was seriously underperforming a year ago but his Scotland debut last weekend was just utterly sensational.
He was virtually running through brick walls to get onto the ball.
He ran the game and looked like he’d been playing at that level for a good number of years. I just look at him and see a midfielder who could play in the English Premier League.
Tierney is definitely someone big clubs will be looking at this summer but it wouldn’t surprise me if Armstrong was the next £12million player to leave Celtic.
I see an unbelievable talent in there.
For me Celtic should just be wary of how quickly things can turn in this game.
Boyd is a thick Hun who is dreaming of his perfect scenario. What if this happens, what if that happens, and all the time ignoring the state of his beloved team and the financial meltdown that continues.
They are 10 points behind Aberdeen and still talk as if they are our challengers and ready to pounce.
Hope the thicko keeps hurting, here we go 10 in a row.
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2 Apr 2017, 07:50 AM
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Brendan wasn't in total control at Liverpool though. Who would actually employ Kris Boyd & why?
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...And we're off to Dublin in the green...
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'If only, if only! If only me auntie had bollocks she'd be me uncle.'
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Rodgers to Arsenal is a wet dream for the media & Huns.
It's no slight on Rodgers but Arsenal are attractive to the top bracket managers like Allegri , guys who have won the top leagues in Europe & been to CL Finals.
That's where they'll be looking when it comes to appointing a new manager.
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Such a shame that their only hope of equality now is Celtic losing players or managers and not being able to replace them. Desperation now. Up yeez.
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- 2 Apr 2017, 12:41 AM
Seriously, is Kris Boyd's opinion really worth commenting on? Yes
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I'm new. Be gentle.
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thank you Brendan.done it with style and class
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These boots were made for hunbustin'
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The joy of 6. Cheers Brendan, it's been a belter.
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