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Brendan Rodgers; "I was born into Celtic"
Topic Started: 20 May 2016, 05:06 PM (2,288,011 Views)
smudgethecat
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He's a world class coach. Maybe second only to Jock.
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Watching the Invincibles show on Sky, my man-love for Brendan groweth. :wub:
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Brendan Rodgers admits he has not given up working on a way to plug a partnership of Moussa Dembele and Leigh Griffiths into his Celtic team.

The Parkhead manager fully intended linking up his top strikers, worth 50 club goals combined last season, at Parkhead against Linfield before Griffiths was ruled out with a calf injury.

That left Dembele as the central striker of an experimental formation featuring a back three with midfield general Scott Brown occasionally dropping back to join a scarcely troubled defence.

The midfield mix was mesmerising for the visitors, with Olivier Ntcham, Callum McGregor and the advanced Tom Rogic complemented by width from Scott Sinclair and James Forrest.

The formation switches suggest that Rodgers has plans to ask more of his team in terms of their flexibility. That may yet include the Dembele-Griffiths combination if he can find the ideal formation to operate in behind the deadly duo.

Rodgers has spoken about the issue since early last season when Dembele's dynamite start kept the previous campaign's 40-goal forward Griffiths on the bench.

When asked if plotting permutations with a back three might lead towards the partnership being formed, Rodgers said: 'Sometimes when those two have played together they've made the same runs. They're similar types of player who want to be in the box.

'Sometimes the fluency is broken when the two play together. But it's my job — and the coaches' job — to say: 'Can we find a way?' If not, we'll just keep doing what we're doing.

'It's dependent on the game. Against a team like Linfield — and we'll see it in the Scottish Premiership as well — you have to try to disorganise their back four.

'Sometimes having two up there can do that, just depending on where your wingers and midfielders are. We're trying to find different structures in the team that help but it has to be fluent.

'That's the key. We went to a back three with one controlling midfield player who could drop into the backline (Scott Brown), two advanced in front of that, two wingers to stretch the game.

'Ninety-five percent of the two Linfield games were played in the final third of the pitch. And we know lots of teams now come and do that.

'The players are understanding it better now. And with the positioning of the players inside, they can circulate the ball with confidence, knowing that because of their fitness they'll hopefully come through in the end.

'We won't be perfect this year. It's a gradual thing. But the more we work together, the more the players will get confident.

'We're starting to piece together the qualities that are needed to play in the Champions League, which are speed, power and technique.'

Negotiating a way past Rosenborg is imminently what is needed to move closer to playing in the Champions League, with the Norwegian league leaders in Glasgow on Wednesday.

Their biggest name — or biggest head, if his self-styled reputation still stands — is former Arsenal striker Nicklas Bendtner. Rodgers knows he can be a threat.

The Celtic boss added: 'He was obviously a big talent when he was at Arsenal as a boy, but it's always difficult to break through as a youngster at big clubs.

'He's one of these players that you'd say on his day has qualities. The big question is do they have enough days? Hopefully against us he won't.

'Rosenborg will be super organised, hard to break down, hard to beat. We've just got to find ways. They're top of their league midway through the season, so it will be a tough test.'
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/Rodgers-eyes-Dembele-Griffiths
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Brendan Press Conference: https://vimeo.com/226937668

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The Edge
25 Jul 2017, 06:37 PM
Brendan Press Conference: https://vimeo.com/226937668

Henke 20: https://streamable.com/21u9m

Classic European Goals: https://streamable.com/2nyop

The Huddle: https://streamable.com/0gm25

12 Years Since Naka Signed: https://streamable.com/6s9po
Edge, you make my life easy. Brilliant work mate.
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25 Jul 2017, 06:37 PM
Brendan Press Conference: https://vimeo.com/226937668

Henke 20: https://streamable.com/21u9m

Classic European Goals: https://streamable.com/2nyop

The Huddle: https://streamable.com/0gm25

12 Years Since Naka Signed: https://streamable.com/6s9po
Some goals i n those nakamura and henrik vids :rocker: :clap:
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He was in charge tonight.
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Can't escape criticism for that.
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After a year at the club, where he has worked wonders, but still thinks that two strikers is more than adequate then I think he has to take some blame for that piss tonight
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Not a reaction to the result tonight but will we see the dreaded 2nd season syndrome. :twitch:

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I will reserve judgement until after 2nd leg but some poor decisions tonight
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Big week ahead for him and the club.

I've no idea whose responsibility this summer's transfer activity has been - given that Brendan spoke frequently enough last season about his want for three quality additions I suspect maybe not the manager - but it could prove to be severely shambolic.
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26 Jul 2017, 10:48 PM
Not a reaction to the result tonight but will we see the dreaded 2nd season syndrome. :twitch:

We've had a poor game in our third competitive game of the season with no strikers available.

I accept he's holding the blame for tonight but he deserves much than this judgement after last season ffs.
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Under pressure to get a result next week. He shouldnt be imo.
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Post-Match Press Conference: https://streamable.com/yzly6
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26 Jul 2017, 10:57 PM
Big week ahead for him and the club.

I've no idea whose responsibility this summer's transfer activity has been - given that Brendan spoke frequently enough last season about his want for three quality additions I suspect maybe not the manager - but it could prove to be severely shambolic.
Indeed.
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Hellas67
26 Jul 2017, 10:36 PM
After a year at the club, where he has worked wonders, but still thinks that two strikers is more than adequate then I think he has to take some blame for that piss tonight
It's not so much the transfer activity that bothers me, he's hanging his hat on late buys so at least we know where we stand. He didn't seem to have the players ready for the biggest game since away in Israel last year. Pre season has been so low key with 30 mins here and there for a lot of them, no game last weekend etc.
it just seems a bit complacent
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Post-Match Press Conference: https://streamable.com/yzly6
I feel a bit more at ease after listening to that! Lol
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26 Jul 2017, 10:57 PM
Big week ahead for him and the club.

I've no idea whose responsibility this summer's transfer activity has been - given that Brendan spoke frequently enough last season about his want for three quality additions I suspect maybe not the manager - but it could prove to be severely shambolic.
Someone deserves a shoeing for getting into this mess

I suspect because altho it will primarily be PLs doing BR will have played along to some degree

Therefore no shoeing

If however despite his on board message BR is not happy then we have far bigger problem looming



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This place is mental sometimes.

I don't know what he could have done differently last night
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