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Brendan Rodgers; "I was born into Celtic"
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Topic Started: 20 May 2016, 05:06 PM (2,288,008 Views)
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28 Jul 2017, 11:04 PM
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Someone wrote in the match thread last night that he had a go at Sinclair and (I think) Armstrong, apparently for not doing as they were told during the game.
Any truth?
And what if he did managers have a go, reiterate instructions all the time during games.
I wasn't judging the decision, I was merely asking if anyone had seen it happen as I wasn't in a position to see the game.
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29 Jul 2017, 12:00 AM
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Not sure I'm following the logic of BR's comments about not having three top strikers at the club.
If that means the third striker has to be around Cifti's level then it makes no sense to leave him unregistered for two crucial games when it looks like the top strikers are out. I can understand not wanting to throw a young player into these games but surely Cifti being up there would have made things even slightly better? I don't see how it can make them much worse. I'm more worried about his comment about Scottish football all of last season he was more than positive about it.
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29 Jul 2017, 09:09 AM
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Not sure I'm following the logic of BR's comments about not having three top strikers at the club.
If that means the third striker has to be around Cifti's level then it makes no sense to leave him unregistered for two crucial games when it looks like the top strikers are out. I can understand not wanting to throw a young player into these games but surely Cifti being up there would have made things even slightly better? I don't see how it can make them much worse.
I'm more worried about his comment about Scottish football all of last season he was more than positive about it. This is the subtext to the summer (so-far) and winter windows, though.
If PL is meddling/fecking-up behind the scenes (and getting away with it, in his inimitable styleE££), then the genuine affection and (dare I say) loyalty that BR has to the club will be dissipated, and his head will be easily turned once the offers start to appear for him.
I genuinely (naively) thought that this window would be a real statement of intent, but unless (I know, I know) BR's been told he can have two blockbuster signings if we qualify, then it's yet another mighty damp squib.
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29 Jul 2017, 09:15 AM
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Not sure I'm following the logic of BR's comments about not having three top strikers at the club.
If that means the third striker has to be around Cifti's level then it makes no sense to leave him unregistered for two crucial games when it looks like the top strikers are out. I can understand not wanting to throw a young player into these games but surely Cifti being up there would have made things even slightly better? I don't see how it can make them much worse.
I'm more worried about his comment about Scottish football all of last season he was more than positive about it.
This is the subtext to the summer (so-far) and winter windows, though. If PL is meddling/fecking-up behind the scenes (and getting away with it, in his inimitable styleE££), then the genuine affection and (dare I say) loyalty that BR has to the club will be dissipated, and his head will be easily turned once the offers start to appear for him. I genuinely (naively) thought that this window would be a real statement of intent, but unless ( I know, I know) BR's been told he can have two blockbuster signings if we qualify, then it's yet another mighty damp squib. I can't be the only person who finds your excessive use of italics quite annoying.
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29 Jul 2017, 09:18 AM
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BR's once again reiterating that he believes that Celtic can't have three strikers. I don't know if he either under estimated Rosenberg or his belief in his players was too high and he believed that he could play them anywhere and we would win. Wednesday night did not work and if Griffiths is not back for the return leg he is going to have to change the set up, again, and hope that there is someone there who can score a goal or two. Someone who can play like a striker and cause the defence problems, even I fhe doesn't score, open Rosenberg up for someone else to have a pop.
He said: “With all due respect to Scottish football, you can’t have three top strikers. “You are not playing in the Premier League or a real competitive league.
Spoiler: click to toggle “It is equally as tough but in a different way. “You cannot bring in another top striker because the dynamic wouldn’t work within the group, within the model of how we play, it is not going to suit us. “But it is something that we have to look at. “If Moussa is out until that period and Leigh is up and down with his fitness then of course we would have to look to get one in. “The idea is to maybe get one other player in before the end of the window but of course this period now between the games is very difficult to get one in. “I am not one for stockpiling players. I don’t want to bring in one for the sake of it. “It needs to be the right quality and needs to be something that is right within the dynamics of the team and squad.” https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/sport/football/1344672/celtic-brendan-rodgers-moussa-dembele-leigh-griffiths/
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29 Jul 2017, 09:32 AM
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This is the subtext to the summer (so-far) and winter windows, though. If PL is meddling/fecking-up behind the scenes (and getting away with it, in his inimitable styleE££), then the genuine affection and (dare I say) loyalty that BR has to the club will be dissipated, and his head will be easily turned once the offers start to appear for him. I genuinely (naively) thought that this window would be a real statement of intent, but unless ( I know, I know) BR's been told he can have two blockbuster signings if we qualify, then it's yet another mighty damp squib.
I can't be the only person who finds your excessive use of italics quite annoying. sorry
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29 Jul 2017, 09:46 AM
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Quoting limited to 3 levels deepsubtext to the summer (so-far) and winter windows, though.
If PL is meddling/fecking-up behind the scenes (and getting away with it, in his inimitable styleE££), then the genuine affection and (dare I say) loyalty that BR has to the club will be dissipated, and his head will be easily turned once the offers start to appear for him.
I genuinely (naively) thought that this window would be a real statement of intent, but unless (I know, I know) BR's been told he can have two blockbuster signings if we qualify, then it's yet another mighty damp squib.
I can't be the only person who finds your excessive use of italics quite annoying. sorry Actual LOL.
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29 Jul 2017, 09:47 AM
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This is the subtext to the summer (so-far) and winter windows, though. If PL is meddling/fecking-up behind the scenes (and getting away with it, in his inimitable styleE££), then the genuine affection and (dare I say) loyalty that BR has to the club will be dissipated, and his head will be easily turned once the offers start to appear for him. I genuinely (naively) thought that this window would be a real statement of intent, but unless ( I know, I know) BR's been told he can have two blockbuster signings if we qualify, then it's yet another mighty damp squib.
I can't be the only person who finds your excessive use of italics quite annoying. How else can he emphasise that he really doesn't like Lawwell or Desmond?
He'd just have to refer to it in every post and that would become tedious
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29 Jul 2017, 09:51 AM
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Not sure I'm following the logic of BR's comments about not having three top strikers at the club.
If that means the third striker has to be around Cifti's level then it makes no sense to leave him unregistered for two crucial games when it looks like the top strikers are out. I can understand not wanting to throw a young player into these games but surely Cifti being up there would have made things even slightly better? I don't see how it can make them much worse.
I'm more worried about his comment about Scottish football all of last season he was more than positive about it. Just as well it wasn't Alan Pardew who said that.
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29 Jul 2017, 10:00 AM
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Not sure I'm following the logic of BR's comments about not having three top strikers at the club.
If that means the third striker has to be around Cifti's level then it makes no sense to leave him unregistered for two crucial games when it looks like the top strikers are out. I can understand not wanting to throw a young player into these games but surely Cifti being up there would have made things even slightly better? I don't see how it can make them much worse.
I'm more worried about his comment about Scottish football all of last season he was more than positive about it. Aye, that was a bit of a concern. Maybe we're not the only ones not impressed with how this transfer window is going.
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29 Jul 2017, 01:51 PM
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hearing he's as unhappy with pre season (and all that encompasses) as we are
be interested to know if anyone else hearing similar
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29 Jul 2017, 01:53 PM
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hearing he's as unhappy with pre season (and all that encompasses) as we are be interested to know if anyone else hearing similar Would be surprising - and, to an extent, disappointing - if he wasn't.
The way pre-season has gone, particularly with regard to transfers, goes against virtually everything Brendan has been talking about for at least the last seven months. His comment about three strikers and Scottish football yesterday was something he would never have said last season.
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29 Jul 2017, 02:27 PM
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hearing he's as unhappy with pre season (and all that encompasses) as we are be interested to know if anyone else hearing similar
Would be surprising - and, to an extent, disappointing - if he wasn't. The way pre-season has gone, particularly with regard to transfers, goes against virtually everything Brendan has been talking about for at least the last seven months. His comment about three strikers and Scottish football yesterday was something he would never have said last season. Eh?
Since last year he has talked about not wanting to do any major surgery to the squad. In a supporters q&a he indicated that hd been looking for a centre back, a central midfielder and a winger. In other press conferences he said he'd only be looking to add one or two signings.
BR has said from day one that he's keen to work with a small group of players in first team to allow room for developing youngsters. I'd prefer that we had either retained Izzy or now looked to replace him with an experienced player but looking to Miller, Ralston or others in the squad to fill in (Hayes/McGregor) is consistent with what he's said before. He also said that players who hadn't played regularly last year might be looking to move on to get games. There's no inconsistency there.
At the player of the year awards in april he said Paddy would be going back to city for pre-season and then we'd see what happened after the qualifiers and near the end of the window.
In the first week of preseason he said after getting Hayes that he wanted to add one more player (who turned out to be Ncham) for the qualifiers and then would wait to see who was available at the end of the window in england.
BR has been consistent throughout in terms of what he's said and what we've done. The only disappointment he's ever expressed was in missing out on some players in Jan.
The idea that it's all going horribly wrong is deriving from here and other forums. Fans have to stop imposing their own viewpoints and attitudes on BR to create their own alternative realities.
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29 Jul 2017, 02:53 PM
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hearing he's as unhappy with pre season (and all that encompasses) as we are be interested to know if anyone else hearing similar
Would be surprising - and, to an extent, disappointing - if he wasn't. The way pre-season has gone, particularly with regard to transfers, goes against virtually everything Brendan has been talking about for at least the last seven months. His comment about three strikers and Scottish football yesterday was something he would never have said last season.
Eh? Since last year he has talked about not wanting to do any major surgery to the squad. In a supporters q&a he indicated that hd been looking for a centre back, a central midfielder and a winger. In other press conferences he said he'd only be looking to add one or two signings. BR has said from day one that he's keen to work with a small group of players in first team to allow room for developing youngsters. I'd prefer that we had either retained Izzy or now looked to replace him with an experienced player but looking to Miller, Ralston or others in the squad to fill in (Hayes/McGregor) is consistent with what he's said before. He also said that players who hadn't played regularly last year might be looking to move on to get games. There's no inconsistency there. At the player of the year awards in april he said Paddy would be going back to city for pre-season and then we'd see what happened after the qualifiers and near the end of the window. In the first week of preseason he said after getting Hayes that he wanted to add one more player (who turned out to be Ncham) for the qualifiers and then would wait to see who was available at the end of the window in england. BR has been consistent throughout in terms of what he's said and what we've done. The only disappointment he's ever expressed was in missing out on some players in Jan. The idea that it's all going horribly wrong is deriving from here and other forums. Fans have to stop imposing their own viewpoints and attitudes on BR to create their own alternative realities. bollox - im not imposing anything - ive heard this from a good source and the detail ive heard does not fit with my agenda or anything else
that's why i asked if other people who have access to people close to brendan are hearing the same thing
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29 Jul 2017, 02:56 PM
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hearing he's as unhappy with pre season (and all that encompasses) as we are be interested to know if anyone else hearing similar and who are your hearing that from
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29 Jul 2017, 03:01 PM
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Eh? Since last year he has talked about not wanting to do any major surgery to the squad. In a supporters q&a he indicated that hd been looking for a centre back, a central midfielder and a winger. In other press conferences he said he'd only be looking to add one or two signings. BR has said from day one that he's keen to work with a small group of players in first team to allow room for developing youngsters. I'd prefer that we had either retained Izzy or now looked to replace him with an experienced player but looking to Miller, Ralston or others in the squad to fill in (Hayes/McGregor) is consistent with what he's said before. He also said that players who hadn't played regularly last year might be looking to move on to get games. There's no inconsistency there. At the player of the year awards in april he said Paddy would be going back to city for pre-season and then we'd see what happened after the qualifiers and near the end of the window. In the first week of preseason he said after getting Hayes that he wanted to add one more player (who turned out to be Ncham) for the qualifiers and then would wait to see who was available at the end of the window in england. BR has been consistent throughout in terms of what he's said and what we've done. The only disappointment he's ever expressed was in missing out on some players in Jan. The idea that it's all going horribly wrong is deriving from here and other forums. Fans have to stop imposing their own viewpoints and attitudes on BR to create their own alternative realities.
bollox - im not imposing anything - ive heard this from a good source and the detail ive heard does not fit with my agenda or anything else that's why i asked if other people who have access to people close to brendan are hearing the same thing Wasn't replying to you. Was replying to point on the transfer activity and it going against everything he believes. Don't think there's any evidence of that. If anything, it's the contrary.
In terms of him being unhappy, what does your good source say he's unhappy about? I'm pretty unhappy at the moment but more about the griping I've read and heard since the end of a fantastic season.
I'm a bit surprised that you are looking for back up from other sources if your source is that good
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29 Jul 2017, 03:30 PM
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bollox - im not imposing anything - ive heard this from a good source and the detail ive heard does not fit with my agenda or anything else that's why i asked if other people who have access to people close to brendan are hearing the same thing
Wasn't replying to you. Was replying to point on the transfer activity and it going against everything he believes. Don't think there's any evidence of that. If anything, it's the contrary. In terms of him being unhappy, what does your good source say he's unhappy about? I'm pretty unhappy at the moment but more about the griping I've read and heard since the end of a fantastic season. I'm a bit surprised that you are looking for back up from other sources if your source is that good A few weeks ago, I posted saying I wondered if BR was finding it tougher to attract players to Celtic than he'd expected. Fat Boab replied saying something along the lines that he thought that might be the case. Don't know if that was just a personal perception on his part, though, or something he'd gleaned from sources.
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29 Jul 2017, 03:55 PM
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We don't have a massive squad therefore a handful of injuries could see our team peppered with youth players. That's how it is. We either have a big squad of ordinary or a smaller squad of quality.
I'm happy with how we're set up. Interesting that BR refers to Boyata as our #1 CB. It's unfortunate that we lose our best CF and CB for the most important part of our season and it's what we've got. In Brendan we trust.
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29 Jul 2017, 06:05 PM
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hearing he's as unhappy with pre season (and all that encompasses) as we are be interested to know if anyone else hearing similar Just need one person on the internet to concur with this person and we have an new article of faith .' And on the third day Rodgers was smited by Lawwell the bastard'
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29 Jul 2017, 06:58 PM
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