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Brendan Rodgers; "I was born into Celtic"
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7 Apr 2017, 08:53 PM
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- 7 Apr 2017, 08:41 PM
That toure interview is incredible ... what an influence thay guy must have on the whole changing room. Totally. Couldn't stop smiling just watching it. Loved the part about pushing other players even when not in the team. Perfect attitude and infectious to be around... all the attributes to be a top coach.
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7 Apr 2017, 08:56 PM
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- 7 Apr 2017, 08:41 PM
That toure interview is incredible ... what an influence thay guy must have on the whole changing room.
Totally. Couldn't stop smiling just watching it. Loved the part about pushing other players even when not in the team. Perfect attitude and infectious to be around... all the attributes to be a top coach. Outstanding.
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7 Apr 2017, 09:03 PM
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He is the man. So glad we have a manager of his standing at the club. What a turnaround from this time last year.
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7 Apr 2017, 09:18 PM
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- maestromichael
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- liamdav06
- 7 Apr 2017, 08:41 PM
That toure interview is incredible ... what an influence thay guy must have on the whole changing room.
Totally. Couldn't stop smiling just watching it. Loved the part about pushing other players even when not in the team. Perfect attitude and infectious to be around... all the attributes to be a top coach.
Outstanding. Kolo  A video going round twitter the other night showed him coaching one of the youth teams.. 13s possibly.
Fantastic influence.
Get him signed up to the coaching team pronto.
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7 Apr 2017, 09:18 PM
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- 7 Apr 2017, 07:30 PM
Really enjoyed Toures interview. I genuinely buy into what he's saying. Just something about the big man.
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7 Apr 2017, 09:20 PM
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- maestromichael
- 7 Apr 2017, 08:53 PM
Quoting limited to 3 levels deep
Outstanding. Kolo 
A video going round twitter the other night showed him coaching one of the youth teams.. 13s possibly. Fantastic influence. Get him signed up to the coaching team pronto. If the dressing room videos post-League Cup and last weekend are anything to go by, he is a squad hero!
Some man!
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7 Apr 2017, 09:21 PM
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Keeping the type of manger like Rodgers to Celtic Park is a great bit of business but if we are looking to be a CL team year after year this must be the norm !!!
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7 Apr 2017, 09:23 PM
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- peddev
- 7 Apr 2017, 09:21 PM
Keeping the type of manger like Rodgers to Celtic Park is a great bit of business but if we are looking to be a CL team year after year we must do better! What I thought you were going to say
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7 Apr 2017, 09:31 PM
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Evolution, building from a position of strength. Many of us have spent our lives waiting, hoping for this.
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7 Apr 2017, 09:39 PM
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- 7 Apr 2017, 08:41 PM
That toure interview is incredible ... what an influence thay guy must have on the whole changing room. Absolutely, you can see he must be selling that joy, commitment and professionalism to the rest of the squad.
Whether he plays or not Celtic have to give him another year, if anything at least for the dancing lessons.
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7 Apr 2017, 09:42 PM
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"He's here for the TEN.....He's here for the TEEE-E-EN....BRENDAN RODGERS......HE's HERE FOR THE TEN!!
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7 Apr 2017, 09:46 PM
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Brendan Rodgers, make us dream - Celtic FC.
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- 7 Apr 2017, 09:31 PM
Evolution, building from a position of strength. Many of us have spent our lives waiting, hoping for this.
During Brendan's unveiling back in May, there were a couple of guys, one holding a sign that said something along this lines of "This is what we want" and the other with a replica big cup. Amen to that.
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7 Apr 2017, 10:14 PM
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- liamdav06
- 7 Apr 2017, 08:41 PM
That toure interview is incredible ... what an influence thay guy must have on the whole changing room.
Absolutely, you can see he must be selling that joy, commitment and professionalism to the rest of the squad. Whether he plays or not Celtic have to give him another year, if anything at least for the dancing lessons. If joy, commitment and professionalism are the criteria Otis, we need to get your avatar signed up toot sweet
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7 Apr 2017, 10:32 PM
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Ten in a row is about righting a wrong. The club's greatest achievement will remain 9IAR and all achieved during that run but Brendan is still cognisant of what it means to be the man to remedy things for us. Got some bad news today (professional, not personal) and I wasn't in poor form leaving work. Saw the story about the 4 year deal on my phone on the way home and I'd say my mood changed instantaneously. Love the man.
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7 Apr 2017, 10:33 PM
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He's going to deliver 10.
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7 Apr 2017, 10:36 PM
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- 7 Apr 2017, 07:46 PM
Such a welcome and pleasant surprise. Really cheered me up. We can look to the future with even greater optimism. Brendan is happy. The board are happy and every Celtic supporter will be over the moon. Makes the task of developing and taking the team forward easier. It's a demonstration of faith by the board in Brendan and he has taken a huge leap of faith be signing this contract. We've had the odd bit of talk about other clubs being interested in him. Signing this contract allays those fears, at least for a while. If he continues to achieve there will be interest in him and if the right job offer was put to him, he might be tempted. But, at least we have him under contract and would be suitably recompensed. The squad will get a lift from this and if we continue to be successful, it might be easier to attract the kind of player we want and need to take us to a higher level. Just Bloomin marvellous. sums it up perfectly for me Hoops
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7 Apr 2017, 10:40 PM
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- 7 Apr 2017, 10:33 PM
He's going to deliver 10. My first thought when I heard he'd signed up for another 4 years.
Out of interest, who was the last manager we had on a multi-year deal, and not a rolling contract?
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7 Apr 2017, 10:58 PM
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BRENDAN Rodgers declared he is out to deliver 10-in-a-row to Celtic after penning a new deal until 2021. The Northern Irishman, who has already landed a Ladbrokes Premiership and League Cup double in his first season in charge, has gone 38 domestic matches unbeaten during his campaign and could become only the third manager in the club's history to complete a treble. Having arrived at the club on a one-year rolling contract, he said he was delighted to pledge the next four years of his career to what he called "the greatest club in the world" and was planning to see the contract out. “That [ten in a row] excites the supporters," said Rodgers. "When you start to accumulate titles and you get up to six then of course that’s what they look towards. There’s a heck of a lot of work and things that could change before then. But I just wanted to commit myself to a life I love both professionally and personally. "Maybe after one or two years the club say 'Brendan, we have had enough of you, it has been great'," he added. "I will never forget that I signed four years at Liverpool and after a year it was 'thank you very much'. So you never know what will happen. But that is the plan - the plan is to be here for four years. "Every manager here wants to win the league each year. I am no different, so that’s the aim. We want to dominate Scottish football, get in to the Champions League and look to make a mark in Europe. The way we are building, that’s the length of time I see will help us do that." While the club chose not to reveal the exact compensation amount required should any interested party desire to prise him away before then, Rodgers shrugged off recent speculation suggesting he could be Arsene Wenger's long-term replacement at Arsenal. "I didn't really take any notice of that," said the Northern Irishman. "It is nice when guys like Charlie [Nicholas], who has been down there a long time, and Ray Parlour and whoever else say things like that. I've got experience of working at a big club so maybe that can have an influence. I went close with Liverpool with a team at the time which was eighth in the league. So I have got experience of a big club but I am happy to be at this club now." As a boyhood supporter of Celtic, he feels he has a special insight into the club, and will never tire of managing in Scottish football. "We will play Rangers six times this season," he said. "I am sure there’s a timeline when, sometime, you might look at it. But you never get bored of winning. "There might be other things you want to experience. But there’s never been a tired day since I’ve been here at Celtic. I drive in here and it’s like driving into the best cathedral in the world. "I could be a manager till I’m 60, so that gives me another 16 years. But, in these next four years, I want to give everything to Celtic. I have no notion to be anywhere else but here." http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/sport/celtic/15212156.Here_we_go__10_in_a_row__Brendan_Rodgers_plots_historic_Celtic_legacy_after_signing_new_deal/
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THE Premiership may not have the glitz and glamour of its English counterpart. It certainly does not have the financial riches that are on offer south of the border. But for Brendan Rodgers, working in the Scottish top flight as the manager of his boyhood heroes gives him something money can’t buy in terms of job satisfaction. Having guided Celtic to six-in-a-row in a debut season that remains unbeaten in domestic competition, there was speculation that Rodgers could be tempted by a return to England. But he has shown his commitment to the club he loves by penning a new four-year deal with the Hoops. While he may grow weary being in another managerial hotseat, Rodgers insists he will never grow tired of winning at Celtic and wants to continue doing so for as long as possible. Rodgers said: “Happiness is the key. If you’re not happy then, despite what money you can get, you can’t work very well. “There’s may be possibilities to have gone to the Premier League. But I would forfeit all of that to be here and happy. This is a club I love and know well. “I could be a manager till I’m 60, so that gives me another 16 years. But in these next four years I want to give everything to Celtic. “We will play Rangers six times this season. I am sure there’s a timeline when you might look at it, but you never get bored of winning. There might be other things you want to experience but there’s never been a tired day since I’ve been here at Celtic. “I drive in here and it’s like driving into the best cathedral in the world. I don’t think I will ever get bored of managing Celtic. But, of course, there might be challenges later on. I was very honoured when the club came to me. It just felt so right. The journey has only just begun and there’s a lot of differences I feel I can make. “It’s hard to express how I felt when the club let me know they wanted to do this. This just makes me even more motivated to be the best I can be for them.” When Rodgers joined Celtic last May it was on a one-year rolling contract but having convinced many of his squad – including James Forrest, Tom Rogic and Kieran Tierney – to commit their long-term future to the club, he insists it was important for him to do the same. Celtic are currently in talks with Stuart Armstrong, while Moussa Dembele has been linked with a multi-million summer move away, but Rodgers feels by showing he’s here for the long haul it can convince players to follow suit. He said: “I love to improve players individually and within a team. That was one of the key factors for me. That’s why I love to work. “These are guys I want to commit. I had one year because that was the agreement with the club at the beginning. But I want to see through the stability to stay for three, four, five years. I am here for that. It hopefully shows them that this is the best place for them to be. “Young Kieran Tierney signed a five-year deal last year and has four years to go. Dembele coming in on four years – I felt it could be for them, for the players who have given me so much, for me to give them something. “Hopefully that can be something which can help nourish them for the most important part of their careers.” Rodgers took Celtic back into the Champions League group stage last season following a three-year absence and he’s driven to make them a force in European football again. He said: “It is very difficult in the modern game but we must try to do that. That is key for us. “We are looking at defining a way of playing and working which is now synonymous with that. Getting people excited about it is great. If we can roll that out into European football then that is what we want to do. We know it is tough but that is our aim.” http://www.express.co.uk/sport/football/789358/Celtic-Brendan-Rodgers-Scottish-Premiership
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Rodgers said that he hoped that signing an extended contract at the club would help others, who may be swithering over new deals to stay on. He said that the length of contract would allow him to see through the tenure recently afforded to exciting young players like Moussa Dembele and Kieran Tierney, while the club are hopeful of agreeing a new deal imminently with Stuart Armstrong, whose current deal is due to expire next summer. “I look at the contracts of the players here and I want to help those players make the club the best we possibly can," said Rodgers. "That was one of the key factors for me. That’s why I love to work. I love to improve players individually and within a team. Young Kieran Tierney signed a five year deal last year and has four years to go. Dembele coming in on four years. These are guys I want to commit. I had one year because that was the agreement with the club at the beginning. But I want to see through the stability to stay for three, four, five years. I am am here for that, it hopefully shows them that this is the best place for them to be. I want to show them that I believe in what I say. Hopefully I can help nourish them for the most important part of their careers." http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/football/15212155.Brendan_Rodgers__I_am_planning_on_staying_on_for_ten_in_a_row/
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PETER Lawwell couldn't have tied down his prime asset more spectacularly if he had handcuffed him to the statue of Brother Walfrid. The Celtic chief executive said last night that Brendan Rodgers' new four-year contract sends out the message that any interested clubs shouldn't even waste their time trying to persuade him to leave. While a well-established and successful business model is in operation at the Celtic where players sign long-term contracts and are sold on mid way through those deals for multi-million pound sums, Lawwell said that it was a different story altogether when it comes to a managerial miracle worker like Rodgers. On a day of grand statements in the Kerrydale Suite, not least of them came when Lawwell said he was the finest manager that he had worked with. “The message it sends out is that he is staying with Celtic," said Lawwell. "Don’t bother, don’t waste your time. The message is clear. We want him here for at least the length of his contract. We have plans. We have ambition. There is an expectation from the supporters and he is fundamental to it." It was, Lawwell said with a smile, "purely co-incidence" that the deal expires on June 2021 by which time, at their current rate of success, the Northern Irishman could well have led Celtic to a historic ten top flight titles in a row. “When you get to six it gets closer and closer and our fans are looking at it and everyone is looking towards it but as Brendan said you’ve just got to do it season by season, do your work, keep improving and just keep winning," he said. "But at the moment it would be very difficult to find somebody better suited than him, for where we are at the moment as a club." When Lawwell says that, with the greatest of respect, Rodgers is the best manager he has worked with, what he means is that he is closest to having the full package, a training ground coach and excellent tactician and motivator with a track record of developing players rather than just buying them in. For the record, the remainder of his management team, newly installed or inherited, will also be secured to a similar length of deal. “I have been here for 14 years now and worked with five different managers," he added. "They are all great managers but I definitely think Brendan is world class. Technically, tactically he is exceptional. It has worked out really well. He has surpassed all our expectations but the most surprising thing is that’s he’s done it with the same squad. That shows you one of his main strengths is making players better. He has come in and taken them to another level. "With the greatest respect to the managers that have been here because we have had great managers - Lenny [Neil Lennon] won three titles and Ronny [Deila] had two - Brendan would be nearer the full package, in terms of having the lot," he said. "Others have big strengths and some weaknesses but he’s as near to the full package [as you get]. That’s what we need, creating, developing, building teams as opposed to buying them. He’s demonstrated his excellence in doing that, on the back of the majority of players being here last season." While it would perhaps be wrong to establish an expectation of a huge transfer outlay in this squad this summer, Celtic fans should hope for a further nurturing of existing talent in the first team squad in the academy, with perhaps a couple of key additions. While one name Rodgers threw into the mix yesterday was youth team player Mikey Johnston, the first item on the to-do list will be tying down a new contract for the emergent Stuart Armstrong, along with Scott Brown one of the few top team stars who is entering the final year of their deal next summer. “In terms of the fundamentals of the club we’ll put everything back in that comes in, we’ll be flexible with debt but we’ll never put the club in jeopardy and Brendan gets that," said Lawwell. “If you believe in that, you can’t have money to buy the best, you have to create the best and that’s what he is a creator and developer and that’s what we need to rely on. “Brendan’s now committed and hopefully others will follow. We’re talking to Stuart now. Scott has a year at the end of this year, as does Stuart. Others that are core to us are on two and three-years. Kris [Commons] and Efe [Ambrose] are out at the end of the season. Emilio has another year and we’ll keep him for another year. So we’re pretty well covered. “Last year Moussa and his agents, unusually, were looking to the long-term rather than the short term and you need that cooperation," he added. "Moussa has proved the formula, Kieran’s another one that’s done really well, Stuart Armstrong, Tom Rogic, these are players who are getting better. The commitment Brendan has made allows them to believe in him, that he’s going to be around and stay a bit longer and develop. It also helps that both the manager and young players like Kieran Tierney just happen to be Celtic fans. “Even for myself you have long days, dark nights, and it does give you that addition factor to be passionate about the club as supporters," he said. http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/football/15212157.Peter_Lawwell__Don__39_t_even_waste_your_time_attempting_to_persuade_Brendan_Rodgers_to_leave_Celtic/
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7 Apr 2017, 11:01 PM
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"Best cathedral in the world."
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"This is a club I love and I know well."
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