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Brendan Rodgers; "I was born into Celtic"
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Topic Started: 20 May 2016, 05:06 PM (2,288,051 Views)
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jimthetim73
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7 May 2017, 11:19 PM
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- pauldg1
- 7 May 2017, 11:01 PM
First Celtic manager to win it since 2009.
An absolute hero of a man, and easily our greatest signing since Henrik.
Congratulations Brendan, and congratulations to the Celtic board on getting the perfect man for the job. First since 2009 Genuinely didn't know this! Who won it the year we beat Barcelona and made it to knockout stages of CL?
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murphio
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7 May 2017, 11:22 PM
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- jimthetim73
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- pauldg1
- 7 May 2017, 11:01 PM
First Celtic manager to win it since 2009.
An absolute hero of a man, and easily our greatest signing since Henrik.
Congratulations Brendan, and congratulations to the Celtic board on getting the perfect man for the job.
First since 2009 Genuinely didn't know this! Who won it the year we beat Barcelona and made it to knockout stages of CL? Anyone but Neil Lennon.
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Zurawski 7
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7 May 2017, 11:22 PM
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- jimthetim73
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- pauldg1
- 7 May 2017, 11:01 PM
First Celtic manager to win it since 2009.
An absolute hero of a man, and easily our greatest signing since Henrik.
Congratulations Brendan, and congratulations to the Celtic board on getting the perfect man for the job.
First since 2009 Genuinely didn't know this! Who won it the year we beat Barcelona and made it to knockout stages of CL? allan johnston from the 3rd tier
strachans win in 2009 was a couple of weeks before we blew the league title to make it worse
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Quiet Assasin
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7 May 2017, 11:24 PM
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- Zurawski 7
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- jimthetim73
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- pauldg1
- 7 May 2017, 11:01 PM
First Celtic manager to win it since 2009.
An absolute hero of a man, and easily our greatest signing since Henrik.
Congratulations Brendan, and congratulations to the Celtic board on getting the perfect man for the job.
First since 2009 Genuinely didn't know this! Who won it the year we beat Barcelona and made it to knockout stages of CL?
allan johnston from the 3rd tier strachans win in 2009 was a couple of weeks before we blew the league title to make it worse They halved the POTY award that year.
Should have probably just shelved the MOTY.
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jimthetim73
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7 May 2017, 11:41 PM
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- Zurawski 7
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- jimthetim73
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- pauldg1
- 7 May 2017, 11:01 PM
First Celtic manager to win it since 2009.
An absolute hero of a man, and easily our greatest signing since Henrik.
Congratulations Brendan, and congratulations to the Celtic board on getting the perfect man for the job.
First since 2009 Genuinely didn't know this! Who won it the year we beat Barcelona and made it to knockout stages of CL?
allan johnston from the 3rd tier strachans win in 2009 was a couple of weeks before we blew the league title to make it worse FFS Shouldn't be shocked. It's always anyone but Celtic. Just as well we haven't lost a domestic game yet No excuses!! Great times to be a Tim
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Zurawski 7
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8 May 2017, 12:11 AM
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Brendan Rodgers is eager to create a more competitive Celtic squad next season, by making a handful of top-class summer signings. Rodgers was voted PFA Scotland's manager of the year on Sunday, after guiding the champions to the League Cup and Premiership title. And he feels supplementing Celtic's obvious strength in depth will help propel his team to the next level. "Players will tell you, if they have competition it improves them," he said. "It's the best time to develop. You can never become complacent. The players have improved, they're going to improve even more and gain more confidence next season. "And if we can add one or two to that with genuine quality, then it just makes the group really competitive on a daily basis, and that will improve them in the games. "We're very much wheels in motion, looking to improve and bring more quality to the squad as opposed to numbers. That's well underway. We've got a great recruitment team and people behind the scenes working very closely with myself and Peter on that." Under Rodgers, Celtic have not lost a domestic match, and will complete a first treble of national trophies since 2001 should they beat Aberdeen in the Scottish Cup final on 27 May. Results aside, an early hallmark of the former Liverpool boss's tenure has been the startling surges in form of players such as Callum McGregor and Stuart Armstrong - midfielders on the fringes of the Parkhead squad last season, but whom are flourishing under his tutelage. "For myself and the coaching staff it's just trying to maximise what we get out of players," Rodgers added. "What are their strengths, what are they good at, and how can we develop their strengths to a greater level, while looking at other aspects of their game as well. Hopefully if you pull it altogether you've got something tangible to show; it's just about time on the training field and hopefully getting the rewards from that." Celtic defender Kieran Tierney won the PFA's young player of the year award for the second season running, despite missing two months of first-team action with respective shoulder and ankle ligament problems. The 19-year-old left-back admits he did not expect to beat team-mates Moussa Dembele and Patrick Roberts, and Hibernian striker Jason Cummings to the trophy. "I'm surprised (to win) because the competition was brilliant this season - Moussa, Patrick and Jason have been great," Tierney said. "I thought my chances would have been lower because I was out for a few months, had a couple of operations, but I'm just grateful to the people who voted for me. "Maybe (the way I came back from injury) is a factor. I worked hard in my few months out to come back just as I left off." Tierney, who in just his third Scotland cap switched flanks to the right side of defence in the crucial win over Slovenia, believes he is a more technically proficient player 12 months on from winning the award for the first time. And while his burgeoning talents may attract summer suitors, he insists ignoring any speculation over his future is easy. "I'm a lot more experienced now; I've played over double the games I had last season," Tierney added. "I have a Champions League campaign and I've played in a few different positions. "You see stuff in the papers and on Twitter, people telling you, but I just need to concentrate on what I'm doing - training and playing well for Celtic. It's easy for me (to ignore) because I'm happy where I am." http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/39840443
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8 May 2017, 12:48 AM
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Already a legend. Can't say anything more than has been said.
An absolute privilege to have him as manager.
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8 May 2017, 05:40 AM
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"We've got a great recruitment team and people behind the scenes working very closely with myself and Peter on that".
very telling, let's hope he gets in his first choices
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8 May 2017, 05:47 AM
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Congratulations Brendan
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fletch
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8 May 2017, 07:17 AM
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Well deserved, HH
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Joe the Baker
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8 May 2017, 07:45 AM
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It feels like yesterday... I wish it was tomorrow.
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- Haitch
- 7 May 2017, 09:12 PM
Very well deserved. First Celtic manager to win it since WGS.
Which is a shambles but that's another matter. Thoroughly deserved. There could be no other winner.
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CaltonBhoy1967
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9 May 2017, 09:05 AM
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Billy McNeill - "Mr Celtic"
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I still smile when I log on and see cartuja's kds banner at the top of the page - Brendan Rodgers Manager of the Champions.
God willing it will be going up a good few times in the next few years under this genius of a magical,mercurial Irishman.
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9 May 2017, 10:28 AM
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I reckon once the cup finals out the road we'll confirm a couple of signings soon after. I think Brendan knows he needs them in and prepared for the CL qualifying games and theres maybe a few deals all but done already
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sally maclennane
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9 May 2017, 09:45 PM
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- 8 May 2017, 05:40 AM
"We've got a great recruitment team and people behind the scenes working very closely with myself and Peter on that".  very telling, let's hope he gets in his first choices He uses myself
My love for him has died now
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9 May 2017, 10:50 PM
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Rodgers says he is living the dream at Parkhead right now — but knows life at the Old Firm can quickly turn into a nightmare.
The Hoops are one game away from a Treble and are firmly on course to end the domestic campaign unbeaten.
No wonder Scotland’s newly- crowned Manager of the Year doesn’t want it to end.
Yet despite the shambolic state of Rangers right now, Rodgers is savvy enough to realise nothing in football ever lasts forever.
That’s why he is determined to savour it while he can.
He said: “We want to sustain a winning period here.
“I came in on the back of a good coach with Ronny Deila and an excellent coach before that in Neil Lennon.
“I came in to begin a new cycle with a different way of working here. And with new ambitions. For me, I’m living the dream.
“I’m a Celtic supporter and I don’t want it to end. It will one day, but while there is work to do and there is progress and whilst there is development I hope to be here to see that through.
“It won’t always be like this. There will be some bumps along the way. But at the moment it is a young squad that has energy and happiness.
“They want to learn, are coachable and want to become better and better.”
Given the chasm between Celtic and Rangers it is hard to see how the Ibrox can bridge the gulf any time soon.
However, Rodgers is not thinking beyond the duration of the four-year contract he penned last month.
He said: “I am realistic and the reality in this modern world is that people can quickly fall out of love with you.
“One day you are the devil, the next you can walk on water. I never get too carried away and make rash statements that I will be here for ten years.
“It would be a huge pleasure if I was but the reality is that may not be the case.
“I signed for four years because that is what I want to be here for — to help the club develop on and off the field.
“And then after that you see where it takes us.”
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BRENDAN RODGERS has warned the rest of Scottish football that Celtic’s stunning form this season is just the start of years of domination. The Hoops have four games left to complete an unbeaten domestic season and claim the treble for only the fourth time in the club’s history. They are on course to finish as many as 30 points ahead of second-placed Aberdeen, who they meet at Pittodrie on Friday night and again in the Scottish Cup Final on May 27. And more top stars are set to arrive this summer, with 19-year-old Chelsea attacker Dominic Solanke the latest to be linked with a move. Rodgers said: “We want to sustain a winning period here. My aim is to be the best I can be here. “The players have been amazing and there is a lot more to come. “What was important was the vision we presented to the players on the first day and they saw it was not short term. “I came in to begin a new cycle with a different way of working and with new ambitions. For me, I’m living the dream. I’m a Celtic supporter and I don’t want it to end. “I think you saw in the St Johnstone game last Saturday that the standard isn’t dropping. “There is a drive for us to be the very best that we can be and that is a continuation. There is no chance of it slipping up. “It will one day but while there is work to do and there is progress and whilst there is development I hope to be here to see that through. “But, at the moment it is a young squad that has energy and happiness. They want to learn, are coachable and want to become better and better.” Celtic transfer target Solanke is quitting Stamford Bridge this summer after refusing a new deal. The England Under-21 cap, who had a season-long loan with Dutch club Vitesse in 2015, can play up front or on either wing. However, Liverpool are also in the hunt for Solanke, who is in his country’s squad for this month’s U-20 World Cup in South Korea. http://www.express.co.uk/sport/football/802472/Brendan-Rodgers-Scottish-football-Celtic-Premiership-Dominic-Solanke
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10 May 2017, 12:25 AM
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Brendan Rodgers admits he doesn’t want his dream start as Celtic manager to come to an end. The Parkhead boss secured the PFA Scotland manager of the year crown at a glittering Glasgow dinner last Sunday night. And as his side closes in on an unbeaten season and a domestic treble, Rodgers has reiterated his intention to stay with Celtic for the next four years at least. The first man to capture manager of the year awards in England and Scotland, Rodgers admitted: ‘I have confidence in what I do. ‘I am realistic and the reality in this modern world is that quickly people can fall out of love with you. ‘One day you are the devil, the next you can walk on water. ‘I never get too carried away and make rash statements that I will be here for ten years. ‘It would be a huge pleasure if I was - but the reality is that may not be the case. ‘I signed for four years because that is what I want to be here for; to help the club develop on and off the field. ‘And then after that you see where it takes us.’ Rodgers handed Celtic a huge show of commitment when he penned a new four-year contract extension last month. Playing down suspicions the Scottish game could quickly lose any semblance of a challenge, the Northern Irishman insisted: ‘For me, I’m living the dream. ‘I’m a Celtic supporter and I don’t want it to end. ‘It will one day - but while there is work to do and there is progress and whilst there is development I hope to be here to see that through. ‘It won’t always be like this. There will be some bumps along the way. ‘But, at the moment it is a young squad that has energy and happiness. ‘They want to learn, are coachable and want to become better and better.’ Rodgers can become only the third Parkhead manager after Jock Stein and Martin O’Neill to win a domestic treble if his side overcome Aberdeen in the Scottish Cup Final on May 27. ‘It would be something else,’ he admitted. ‘It would be a strange feeling. As Brendan Rodgers the supporter looking in, I would think it was something else. But I tend not to think too much about it. ‘I’m only thinking of Aberdeen and the pitch. And Derek (McInnes) tells me it is not in great nick. My aim is to be the best I can be here. ‘The players have been amazing and there is a lot more to come. ‘All the dreaming stuff I tend to stay away from. I will have a little bit of time to reflect after the Aberdeen game.’ http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-4490116/Brendan-Rodgers-long-term-plans-Celtic.html
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10 May 2017, 07:52 AM
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“I came in on the back of a good coach with Ronny Deila and an excellent coach before that in Neil Lennon."
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10 May 2017, 08:51 AM
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- remy mcswain
- 10 May 2017, 07:52 AM
“I came in on the back of a good coach with Ronny Deila and an excellent coach before that in Neil Lennon." I can only assume it took him two trips?
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10 May 2017, 10:06 AM
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Just before the Dawn
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- remy mcswain
- 10 May 2017, 07:52 AM
“I came in on the back of a good coach with Ronny Deila and an excellent coach before that in Neil Lennon." that certainly jumped off the page.
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10 May 2017, 10:29 AM
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Here we go, 10 in a row...
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Well done Brendan, didn't expect anything less. HH
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