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Brendan Rodgers; "I was born into Celtic"
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15 May 2017, 01:22 PM
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Folk saying he'll leave after 10 or that's his goal should remember that he's not responsible for all of it. Imagine he turned round and said "jock Stein did 9 in a row all by himself, I want to achieve something similar". If the "holy trinity" thing continues then who's to say he's leaving when.
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15 May 2017, 01:29 PM
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This is his job, this is his club and we are his people He works harder for our club than anyone He's a good man who's surrounded himself with the same And he wants to deliver more for our club than any of us can imagine He's insatiable for Celtic I heard that as
"Might as well face it you're addicted to hoops"
As Robert Palmer nearly said.
As others have said it is by no means essential for a manager to be a supporter in order to be a success.
But, other things being equal, if you have a top manager who also happens to be a lifelong supporter then it is a huge bonus.
Great days, a wonderful season and the best is yet to come.
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15 May 2017, 01:30 PM
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Closure. Can Jose come as a guest of the club and we all get to call him a dobber?
Seville isn't built to host a final. That was horrendous in 2003. Lovely City but not fit for this type of event. To be fair, when Seville was selected as the host city for the 2003 final I doubt anyone was expecting quite so many people to turn up.
What did you find horrendous about it anyway? I don't remember any significant issues, apart from all the folk who weren't able to get hotel rooms (but again that's more to do with there being far more fans in the city than might reasonably have been expected).
Getting to and from the stadium wasn't the easiest admittedly, but Sevilla's stadium is a lot closer to the city centre than than the Estadio Olimipco is IIRC.
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15 May 2017, 01:33 PM
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I think he'll stay for the 10 then he'll go with our blessing.
Would you stop at 10 if you were Celtic manager? 4/5 years seems to be the shelf life of most successful sides and that would coincide with the ten and would be a good time to try something new.
I would stay for life but that's just me
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15 May 2017, 01:41 PM
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Seville isn't built to host a final. That was horrendous in 2003. Lovely City but not fit for this type of event.
To be fair, when Seville was selected as the host city for the 2003 final I doubt anyone was expecting quite so many people to turn up. What did you find horrendous about it anyway? I don't remember any significant issues, apart from all the folk who weren't able to get hotel rooms (but again that's more to do with there being far more fans in the city than might reasonably have been expected). Getting to and from the stadium wasn't the easiest admittedly, but Sevilla's stadium is a lot closer to the city centre than than the Estadio Olimipco is IIRC. Transport mainly or lack of it.
We stayed in Jerez. Had to get a local to take us into the city in the back of his van - during the day. Then took forever trying to get back to our digs after the concert on the Tuesday night.
After the match, I walked back to the cathedral from the stadium. Was so gutted I just wanted to go home. I'm sure the game finished at 12.30 and we didn't get back to our digs until 4.30am. Couldn't get a taxi anywhere.
Managed to speak to a local, who was wearing a Celtic top to take us to our digs. He agreed to take me, my cousin and his missus to our digs. Language barrier was a problem. Just at the point we were getting into his punto, a couple appeared from nowhere saying they had 20 mins to get to the airport and ended up with 7 of us in his wee punto. Dropped them off at the airport in an overloaded car right in front of the Police - who didn't give a feck - then he drove us about 30 mins in the wrong direction - thought we were getting taken somewhere to get mugged. Stopped at a fancy hotel somewhere to ask for directions. I ended up seeing Elaine C Smith who must have been staying there and was ready to ask if we could kip on her floor
Anyway, the lad kept at it and finally got us to our digs at 4.30am - we gave him 50 euro and a new Celtic top. if it wasn't for some of the locals we would have been screwed.
The pubs were old fashioned and not really fit for the purpose of catering for so many people.
As I said, lovely city but not ideal for this type of event.
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15 May 2017, 02:02 PM
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He is on record that he wants the Celtic Support to enjoy the Brendan Rodgers ERA!!!! He is also on record that he wants to BUILD so that HIS Celtic are competing REGULARLY in the last 16 of the CL. Take that to the feckin bank* any lurkers!!!! * Sorry - Forgot you can't do that as nobody will give you proper banking facilities.
Never mind lurkers, there are plenty on here who simply can't seem to accept that he has stated time and again that he's just started the job, he's the happiest he's ever been and he wants to leave a lasting legacy at the club he supported all his life. He's not just living his dream, he's living the dream of his family. He set short term targets to make a quick mark on out history and he's three games and one goal short of achieving all of them. He has also set longer term targets which we can assume given the length of the contract means getting to 10, while he has also spoken about Europe - which he has said is a bigger challenge than any England can offer him. The guy plays things with a straight bat. He doesn't need the money. He's no itch to scratch in England. He spoke about wanting to manage Celtic when he was in the EPL (not about wanting to manage one of the 'big' clubs in England). For him, as he's stated just about clearly as anyone can, Celtic isn't a means to an end. It is the end. Having been unable to play for us he wants to make his name ring out as a manager. He knows what needs to be done and he's going to give it his best shot. It would be good if some Celtic fans could accept this, never mind anyone else. Get rid of the EPL inferiority complex and obsession with money. He's here for the glory and the dream so the least we can do is enjoy it.
I don't know how much clearer he needs to be for people to realse his plans are long term. He has seemed clear enough to me.
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15 May 2017, 02:03 PM
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Folk saying he'll leave after 10 or that's his goal should remember that he's not responsible for all of it. Imagine he turned round and said "jock Stein did 9 in a row all by himself, I want to achieve something similar". If the "holy trinity" thing continues then who's to say he's leaving when. Brendan Rodgers is a Class Guy - Fwiw he has already let it be known and emphasised the fact that Jock Stein got all 9 titles as the Celtic Manager and anything achieved since has been under various Managers - Leading Celtic to the 10iar would be a superb and legendary achievement in Celtic's History but you can rest assured he will never claim he won the ten if it happened.
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15 May 2017, 02:05 PM
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- 15 May 2017, 01:04 PM
brendans here for ten in a row he sings it every day
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15 May 2017, 02:14 PM
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To be fair, when Seville was selected as the host city for the 2003 final I doubt anyone was expecting quite so many people to turn up. What did you find horrendous about it anyway? I don't remember any significant issues, apart from all the folk who weren't able to get hotel rooms (but again that's more to do with there being far more fans in the city than might reasonably have been expected). Getting to and from the stadium wasn't the easiest admittedly, but Sevilla's stadium is a lot closer to the city centre than than the Estadio Olimipco is IIRC.
Transport mainly or lack of it. We stayed in Jerez. Had to get a local to take us into the city in the back of his van - during the day. Then took forever trying to get back to our digs after the concert on the Tuesday night. After the match, I walked back to the cathedral from the stadium. Was so gutted I just wanted to go home. I'm sure the game finished at 12.30 and we didn't get back to our digs until 4.30am. Couldn't get a taxi anywhere. Managed to speak to a local, who was wearing a Celtic top to take us to our digs. He agreed to take me, my cousin and his missus to our digs. Language barrier was a problem. Just at the point we were getting into his punto, a couple appeared from nowhere saying they had 20 mins to get to the airport and ended up with 7 of us in his wee punto. Dropped them off at the airport in an overloaded car right in front of the Police - who didn't give a feck - then he drove us about 30 mins in the wrong direction - thought we were getting taken somewhere to get mugged. Stopped at a fancy hotel somewhere to ask for directions. I ended up seeing Elaine C Smith who must have been staying there and was ready to ask if we could kip on her floor Anyway, the lad kept at it and finally got us to our digs at 4.30am - we gave him 50 euro and a new Celtic top. if it wasn't for some of the locals we would have been screwed. The pubs were old fashioned and not really fit for the purpose of catering for so many people. As I said, lovely city but not ideal for this type of event. I think that's definitely more a problem with the number of hotel rooms than transport infrastructure, after all like I said they surely weren't expecting there to be so many people coming into the city (it was totally unprecedented after all) and some folk therefore having to book digs 90km away. There can't be many places where you can easily get a train to take you that kind of distance at that time of night.
Likewise there can't be many places outside where the pubs can cope with that number of people demanding industrial quantities of booze, especially not in Mediterranean countries where the drinking culture is so different.
It really just came down to the fairly unique circumstances which we created by travelling (and drinking) in such huge numbers. Given that it was unprecedented at the time, and (the huns' Manchester riot apart) hasn't come close to being repeated since, it's fairly understandable that UEFA would keep choosing cities like Seville for finals. After all, had Boavista beaten us in the semi there it's safe to say that wouldn't have been any of the issues you describe.
Great story though
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15 May 2017, 02:31 PM
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Folk saying he'll leave after 10 or that's his goal should remember that he's not responsible for all of it. Imagine he turned round and said "jock Stein did 9 in a row all by himself, I want to achieve something similar". If the "holy trinity" thing continues then who's to say he's leaving when.
Brendan Rodgers is a Class Guy - Fwiw he has already let it be known and emphasised the fact that Jock Stein got all 9 titles as the Celtic Manager and anything achieved since has been under various Managers - Leading Celtic to the 10iar would be a superb and legendary achievement in Celtic's History but you can rest assured he will never claim he won the ten if it happened. If I'm reading this correctly, Brendan is here for 16 in a row.
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15 May 2017, 02:43 PM
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I think his main project and indeed challenge is making us formidable in Europe again by improving players not just spending big money on names. That IS more of a personal challenge than any he could get in England and why he won't get 'bored' anytime soon as naysayers like to put it.
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15 May 2017, 02:56 PM
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Folk saying he'll leave after 10 or that's his goal should remember that he's not responsible for all of it. Imagine he turned round and said "jock Stein did 9 in a row all by himself, I want to achieve something similar". If the "holy trinity" thing continues then who's to say he's leaving when.
Brendan Rodgers is a Class Guy - Fwiw he has already let it be known and emphasised the fact that Jock Stein got all 9 titles as the Celtic Manager and anything achieved since has been under various Managers - Leading Celtic to the 10iar would be a superb and legendary achievement in Celtic's History but you can rest assured he will never claim he won the ten if it happened.
If I'm reading this correctly, Brendan is here for 16 in a row. 
I wish.
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15 May 2017, 03:14 PM
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Here we go, 10 in a row...
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Brendan apparently looking at Lucas Leiva (Liverpool), Charly Musonda (Chelsea) and Dani Gomez (Real Madrid B) in terms of summer signings. Apologies if this has already been posted http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/39912977
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15 May 2017, 03:14 PM
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Folk saying he'll leave after 10 or that's his goal should remember that he's not responsible for all of it. Imagine he turned round and said "jock Stein did 9 in a row all by himself, I want to achieve something similar". If the "holy trinity" thing continues then who's to say he's leaving when.
Brendan Rodgers is a Class Guy - Fwiw he has already let it be known and emphasised the fact that Jock Stein got all 9 titles as the Celtic Manager and anything achieved since has been under various Managers - Leading Celtic to the 10iar would be a superb and legendary achievement in Celtic's History but you can rest assured he will never claim he won the ten if it happened.
If I'm reading this correctly, Brendan is here for 16 in a row.
Doesn't quite scan.
Will need a slight tweak.
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15 May 2017, 03:27 PM
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Transport mainly or lack of it. We stayed in Jerez. Had to get a local to take us into the city in the back of his van - during the day. Then took forever trying to get back to our digs after the concert on the Tuesday night. After the match, I walked back to the cathedral from the stadium. Was so gutted I just wanted to go home. I'm sure the game finished at 12.30 and we didn't get back to our digs until 4.30am. Couldn't get a taxi anywhere. Managed to speak to a local, who was wearing a Celtic top to take us to our digs. He agreed to take me, my cousin and his missus to our digs. Language barrier was a problem. Just at the point we were getting into his punto, a couple appeared from nowhere saying they had 20 mins to get to the airport and ended up with 7 of us in his wee punto. Dropped them off at the airport in an overloaded car right in front of the Police - who didn't give a feck - then he drove us about 30 mins in the wrong direction - thought we were getting taken somewhere to get mugged. Stopped at a fancy hotel somewhere to ask for directions. I ended up seeing Elaine C Smith who must have been staying there and was ready to ask if we could kip on her floor Anyway, the lad kept at it and finally got us to our digs at 4.30am - we gave him 50 euro and a new Celtic top. if it wasn't for some of the locals we would have been screwed. The pubs were old fashioned and not really fit for the purpose of catering for so many people. As I said, lovely city but not ideal for this type of event.
I think that's definitely more a problem with the number of hotel rooms than transport infrastructure, after all like I said they surely weren't expecting there to be so many people coming into the city (it was totally unprecedented after all) and some folk therefore having to book digs 90km away. There can't be many places where you can easily get a train to take you that kind of distance at that time of night. Likewise there can't be many places outside where the pubs can cope with that number of people demanding industrial quantities of booze, especially not in Mediterranean countries where the drinking culture is so different. It really just came down to the fairly unique circumstances which we created by travelling (and drinking) in such huge numbers. Given that it was unprecedented at the time, and (the huns' Manchester riot apart) hasn't come close to being repeated since, it's fairly understandable that UEFA would keep choosing cities like Seville for finals. After all, had Boavista beaten us in the semi there it's safe to say that wouldn't have been any of the issues you describe. Great story though
Let's hope we can do it again next season
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15 May 2017, 03:31 PM
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He is on record that he wants the Celtic Support to enjoy the Brendan Rodgers ERA!!!! He is also on record that he wants to BUILD so that HIS Celtic are competing REGULARLY in the last 16 of the CL. Take that to the feckin bank* any lurkers!!!! * Sorry - Forgot you can't do that as nobody will give you proper banking facilities.
Never mind lurkers, there are plenty on here who simply can't seem to accept that he has stated time and again that he's just started the job, he's the happiest he's ever been and he wants to leave a lasting legacy at the club he supported all his life. He's not just living his dream, he's living the dream of his family. He set short term targets to make a quick mark on out history and he's three games and one goal short of achieving all of them. He has also set longer term targets which we can assume given the length of the contract means getting to 10, while he has also spoken about Europe - which he has said is a bigger challenge than any England can offer him. The guy plays things with a straight bat. He doesn't need the money. He's no itch to scratch in England. He spoke about wanting to manage Celtic when he was in the EPL (not about wanting to manage one of the 'big' clubs in England). For him, as he's stated just about clearly as anyone can, Celtic isn't a means to an end. It is the end. Having been unable to play for us he wants to make his name ring out as a manager. He knows what needs to be done and he's going to give it his best shot. It would be good if some Celtic fans could accept this, never mind anyone else. Get rid of the EPL inferiority complex and obsession with money. He's here for the glory and the dream so the least we can do is enjoy it. Up until last week I would have wholeheartedly agreed with every word of your post TC. Like you, I'm seduced by Brendan's soft Irish brogue, that all year Mediterranean tan and the glint in his eye when he tells us directly or indirectly he's here for 10 in a row.
However I spoke to someone from the club last week, someone very close to the action, and they winced at the suggestion he'll be here till the end of his current contract. Most staff share this opinion apparently. A successful CL campaign and he (not to mention half the first team) will be offski is the general consensus.
Now this is nothing more than someone else's opinion - albeit someone who is privy to what goes on behind the scenes - and I sincerely hope it turns out to be shengus, but it's not just Hun wishful thinking to form a view that he won't be here forever.
Fair ruined my weekend, the bastard.
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15 May 2017, 03:33 PM
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He is on record that he wants the Celtic Support to enjoy the Brendan Rodgers ERA!!!! He is also on record that he wants to BUILD so that HIS Celtic are competing REGULARLY in the last 16 of the CL. Take that to the feckin bank* any lurkers!!!! * Sorry - Forgot you can't do that as nobody will give you proper banking facilities.
Never mind lurkers, there are plenty on here who simply can't seem to accept that he has stated time and again that he's just started the job, he's the happiest he's ever been and he wants to leave a lasting legacy at the club he supported all his life. He's not just living his dream, he's living the dream of his family. He set short term targets to make a quick mark on out history and he's three games and one goal short of achieving all of them. He has also set longer term targets which we can assume given the length of the contract means getting to 10, while he has also spoken about Europe - which he has said is a bigger challenge than any England can offer him. The guy plays things with a straight bat. He doesn't need the money. He's no itch to scratch in England. He spoke about wanting to manage Celtic when he was in the EPL (not about wanting to manage one of the 'big' clubs in England). For him, as he's stated just about clearly as anyone can, Celtic isn't a means to an end. It is the end. Having been unable to play for us he wants to make his name ring out as a manager. He knows what needs to be done and he's going to give it his best shot. It would be good if some Celtic fans could accept this, never mind anyone else. Get rid of the EPL inferiority complex and obsession with money. He's here for the glory and the dream so the least we can do is enjoy it.
Up until last week I would have wholeheartedly agreed with every word of your post TC. Like you, I'm seduced by Brendan's soft Irish brogue, that all year Mediterranean tan and the glint in his eye when he tells us directly or indirectly he's here for 10 in a row. However I spoke to someone from the club last week, someone very close to the action, and they winced at the suggestion he'll be here till the end of his current contract. Most staff share this opinion apparently. A successful CL campaign and he (not to mention half the first team) will be offski is the general consensus. Now this is nothing more than someone else's opinion - albeit someone who is privy to what goes on behind the scenes - and I sincerely hope it turns out to be shengus, but it's not just Hun wishful thinking to form a view that he won't be here forever. Fair ruined my weekend, the bastard. Thanks for sharing.
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Brendan apparently looking at Lucas Leiva (Liverpool), Charly Musonda (Chelsea) and Dani Gomez (Real Madrid B) in terms of summer signings. Apologies if this has already been posted http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/39912977 All 3 would improve the squad.
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15 May 2017, 03:47 PM
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He is on record that he wants the Celtic Support to enjoy the Brendan Rodgers ERA!!!! He is also on record that he wants to BUILD so that HIS Celtic are competing REGULARLY in the last 16 of the CL. Take that to the feckin bank* any lurkers!!!! * Sorry - Forgot you can't do that as nobody will give you proper banking facilities.
Never mind lurkers, there are plenty on here who simply can't seem to accept that he has stated time and again that he's just started the job, he's the happiest he's ever been and he wants to leave a lasting legacy at the club he supported all his life. He's not just living his dream, he's living the dream of his family. He set short term targets to make a quick mark on out history and he's three games and one goal short of achieving all of them. He has also set longer term targets which we can assume given the length of the contract means getting to 10, while he has also spoken about Europe - which he has said is a bigger challenge than any England can offer him. The guy plays things with a straight bat. He doesn't need the money. He's no itch to scratch in England. He spoke about wanting to manage Celtic when he was in the EPL (not about wanting to manage one of the 'big' clubs in England). For him, as he's stated just about clearly as anyone can, Celtic isn't a means to an end. It is the end. Having been unable to play for us he wants to make his name ring out as a manager. He knows what needs to be done and he's going to give it his best shot. It would be good if some Celtic fans could accept this, never mind anyone else. Get rid of the EPL inferiority complex and obsession with money. He's here for the glory and the dream so the least we can do is enjoy it.
Up until last week I would have wholeheartedly agreed with every word of your post TC. Like you, I'm seduced by Brendan's soft Irish brogue, that all year Mediterranean tan and the glint in his eye when he tells us directly or indirectly he's here for 10 in a row. However I spoke to someone from the club last week, someone very close to the action, and they winced at the suggestion he'll be here till the end of his current contract. Most staff share this opinion apparently. A successful CL campaign and he (not to mention half the first team) will be offski is the general consensus. Now this is nothing more than someone else's opinion - albeit someone who is privy to what goes on behind the scenes - and I sincerely hope it turns out to be shengus, but it's not just Hun wishful thinking to form a view that he won't be here forever. Fair ruined my weekend, the bastard. amazing the different stories you hear, but I have heard exactly the opposite. Things in motion just now that suggest he's going to be here for at least the duration of this contract, and like you Neilly, that comes from people very close to the action.
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15 May 2017, 03:52 PM
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Up until last week I would have wholeheartedly agreed with every word of your post TC. Like you, I'm seduced by Brendan's soft Irish brogue, that all year Mediterranean tan and the glint in his eye when he tells us directly or indirectly he's here for 10 in a row. However I spoke to someone from the club last week, someone very close to the action, and they winced at the suggestion he'll be here till the end of his current contract. Most staff share this opinion apparently. A successful CL campaign and he (not to mention half the first team) will be offski is the general consensus. Now this is nothing more than someone else's opinion - albeit someone who is privy to what goes on behind the scenes - and I sincerely hope it turns out to be shengus, but it's not just Hun wishful thinking to form a view that he won't be here forever. Fair ruined my weekend, the bastard.
amazing the different stories you hear, but I have heard exactly the opposite. Things in motion just now that suggest he's going to be here for at least the duration of this contract, and like you Neilly, that comes from people very close to the action. Jumps out of bed.
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