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Brendan Rodgers; "I was born into Celtic"
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4 Sep 2017, 12:39 PM
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Anna Signeul has said Rodgers was the only club manager in Scotland to get in touch and congratulate her on getting the women's national team to the Euros. She's been invited up to spend some time at Lennoxtown as well.
The man is class but this story shows the backward nature of so many involved in the Scottish game. Hopefully Brendan's basic decency rubs off on some of those around him.
Nice touch, but that story doesn't necessarily show the backward nature of anything. You could just as easily say every other manager is struggling with limited budgets and limited players and busting their baws trying to coach any sense of organisation into them. Women's football might just not be on their radar. So out of the 42 senior managers in Scotland the only one that could find the time to any form of congratulations is the manager who has the biggest squad and the most matches to contend with? The rest somehow managed to be busier than Brendan Rodgers?
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4 Sep 2017, 12:46 PM
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Anna Signeul has said Rodgers was the only club manager in Scotland to get in touch and congratulate her on getting the women's national team to the Euros. She's been invited up to spend some time at Lennoxtown as well.
The man is class but this story shows the backward nature of so many involved in the Scottish game. Hopefully Brendan's basic decency rubs off on some of those around him.
Nice touch, but that story doesn't necessarily show the backward nature of anything. You could just as easily say every other manager is struggling with limited budgets and limited players and busting their baws trying to coach any sense of organisation into them. Women's football might just not be on their radar.
So out of the 42 senior managers in Scotland the only one that could find the time to any form of congratulations is the manager who has the biggest squad and the most matches to contend with? The rest somehow managed to be busier than Brendan Rodgers? I just think that the manager of a senior football team has that team and that club as his focus and there might be nothing in his day to day work that even puts women's football into his mind. I don't read that story and instantly think that all 42 managers were aware of this news and chose to ignore it because women's football is beneath them.
In any case, we agree that it's a nice move from Brendan Rodgers.
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4 Sep 2017, 01:01 PM
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So out of the 42 senior managers in Scotland the only one that could find the time to any form of congratulations is the manager who has the biggest squad and the most matches to contend with? The rest somehow managed to be busier than Brendan Rodgers?
I just think that the manager of a senior football team has that team and that club as his focus and there might be nothing in his day to day work that even puts women's football into his mind. I don't read that story and instantly think that all 42 managers were aware of this news and chose to ignore it because women's football is beneath them. In any case, we agree that it's a nice move from Brendan Rodgers. If the guy with the biggest job in Scottish football who's not even from Scotland can do it then you'd think one of the rest of them would have made an effort.
Perhaps the remaining coaches being entirely unaware of it is part of the backwards thing mentioned.
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4 Sep 2017, 03:05 PM
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I just think that the manager of a senior football team has that team and that club as his focus and there might be nothing in his day to day work that even puts women's football into his mind. I don't read that story and instantly think that all 42 managers were aware of this news and chose to ignore it because women's football is beneath them. In any case, we agree that it's a nice move from Brendan Rodgers.
If the guy with the biggest job in Scottish football who's not even from Scotland can do it then you'd think one of the rest of them would have made an effort. Perhaps the remaining coaches being entirely unaware of it is part of the backwards thing mentioned. I don't really give a eff to be honest, I just don't think that this one snippet of news is a damning indictment of every manager in Scottish football. And I don't see what's backwards about not watching a sport you have no interest in, because the quality of it is significantly lower than any other football match that you do watch. And I've seen The Rangers play
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4 Sep 2017, 03:20 PM
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The guy's just a class act.
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4 Sep 2017, 03:33 PM
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Take nothing for granted I know, but I get goosebumps when I think about him winning ten in a row.

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4 Sep 2017, 03:46 PM
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So out of the 42 senior managers in Scotland the only one that could find the time to any form of congratulations is the manager who has the biggest squad and the most matches to contend with? The rest somehow managed to be busier than Brendan Rodgers?
I just think that the manager of a senior football team has that team and that club as his focus and there might be nothing in his day to day work that even puts women's football into his mind. I don't read that story and instantly think that all 42 managers were aware of this news and chose to ignore it because women's football is beneath them. In any case, we agree that it's a nice move from Brendan Rodgers. I dont doubt managers are under pressure, but to cite that as a reason why womens football isnt on their radar is a load of pish.
Nothing in their day to day work would put womens football in their mind?
Apart from playing the same game in the same country under the same association?
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4 Sep 2017, 03:59 PM
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If the guy with the biggest job in Scottish football who's not even from Scotland can do it then you'd think one of the rest of them would have made an effort. Perhaps the remaining coaches being entirely unaware of it is part of the backwards thing mentioned.
I don't really give a eff to be honest, I just don't think that this one snippet of news is a damning indictment of every manager in Scottish football. And I don't see what's backwards about not watching a sport you have no interest in, because the quality of it is significantly lower than any other football match that you do watch. And I've seen The Rangers play I don't think anyone's said it was a damning indictment, just that it showed up the attitude towards these things. Although you calling it a different sport is illustrative. Maybe other managers could make the effort to be supportive, considerate and respectful to fellow professionals regardless of their level, that is if they're not too busy being swamped with the mountain of work that is managing Elgin.
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4 Sep 2017, 04:25 PM
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Anna Signeul has said Rodgers was the only club manager in Scotland to get in touch and congratulate her on getting the women's national team to the Euros. She's been invited up to spend some time at Lennoxtown as well.
The man is class but this story shows the backward nature of so many involved in the Scottish game. Hopefully Brendan's basic decency rubs off on some of those around him.
Nice touch, but that story doesn't necessarily show the backward nature of anything. You could just as easily say every other manager is struggling with limited budgets and limited players and busting their baws trying to coach any sense of organisation into them. Women's football might just not be on their radar. You think managing Hamilton Accies is a harder and more time consuming job than managing Celtic?
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4 Sep 2017, 05:32 PM
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Anna Signeul has said Rodgers was the only club manager in Scotland to get in touch and congratulate her on getting the women's national team to the Euros. She's been invited up to spend some time at Lennoxtown as well.
The man is class but this story shows the backward nature of so many involved in the Scottish game. Hopefully Brendan's basic decency rubs off on some of those around him.
Nice touch, but that story doesn't necessarily show the backward nature of anything. You could just as easily say every other manager is struggling with limited budgets and limited players and busting their baws trying to coach any sense of organisation into them. Women's football might just not be on their radar.
You think managing Hamilton Accies is a harder and more time consuming job than managing Celtic? I don't think I said that it is. All I had in mind was trying to coach limited players and it taking more effort to get your ideas to stick. If the likes of St Johnstone (who I had in mind on the back of this article) show relatively impressive organisation against us, then that's despite them having less of a coaching budget than we do. If they have less coaches, and poorer quality coaches at that, then them doing anything at a level that sees them compete with us may mean that they spent more hours on that aspect of the game than we'd need to. It might mean that Tommy Wright can't delegate that stuff to his coaches and has to teach it himself, leaving him for less time for anything beyond the immediate task at hand of improving his players.
I'm sure I have more free time than Tommy Wright does and I couldn't have told you about Scotland's womens team qualifying for anything. If it was yet more of a major sport and was constantly and prominently in the news, I'd maybe take it as a bit of a slight that nobody recognised their efforts but I don't think it's so prominent that I'd expect everyone to notice.
For all I know, Brendan Rodgers doesn't give a flying eff about womens football, but a wee PR dude at Celtic told him to send congratulations
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4 Sep 2017, 05:44 PM
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Yeh phonecalls and emails are so time consuming!
Did you not see the doco piece with the Sheffield United manager on deadline day? You know the BUSIEST day for any football manager?
Well he spent half of it playing effing pool so I'd imagine most have a bit of free time on their hands on quieter days.
Maybe it's a new Malky Mackay led initiative.....
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You think managing Hamilton Accies is a harder and more time consuming job than managing Celtic?
I don't think I said that it is. All I had in mind was trying to coach limited players and it taking more effort to get your ideas to stick. If the likes of St Johnstone (who I had in mind on the back of this article) show relatively impressive organisation against us, then that's despite them having less of a coaching budget than we do. If they have less coaches, and poorer quality coaches at that, then them doing anything at a level that sees them compete with us may mean that they spent more hours on that aspect of the game than we'd need to. It might mean that Tommy Wright can't delegate that stuff to his coaches and has to teach it himself, leaving him for less time for anything beyond the immediate task at hand of improving his players. I'm sure I have more free time than Tommy Wright does and I couldn't have told you about Scotland's womens team qualifying for anything. If it was yet more of a major sport and was constantly and prominently in the news, I'd maybe take it as a bit of a slight that nobody recognised their efforts but I don't think it's so prominent that I'd expect everyone to notice. For all I know, Brendan Rodgers doesn't give a flying eff about womens football, but a wee PR dude at Celtic told him to send congratulations That is a truly desperate effort to recover a ridiculous fumble.
Just accept that our manager is a class act, a cut above the rest. It's not difficult unless you think your opinions should be carved in marble.
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4 Sep 2017, 06:38 PM
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I don't really give a eff to be honest, yet you've spent most of your afternoon arguing about it
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5 Sep 2017, 09:39 AM
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I don't think I said that it is. All I had in mind was trying to coach limited players and it taking more effort to get your ideas to stick. If the likes of St Johnstone (who I had in mind on the back of this article) show relatively impressive organisation against us, then that's despite them having less of a coaching budget than we do. If they have less coaches, and poorer quality coaches at that, then them doing anything at a level that sees them compete with us may mean that they spent more hours on that aspect of the game than we'd need to. It might mean that Tommy Wright can't delegate that stuff to his coaches and has to teach it himself, leaving him for less time for anything beyond the immediate task at hand of improving his players. I'm sure I have more free time than Tommy Wright does and I couldn't have told you about Scotland's womens team qualifying for anything. If it was yet more of a major sport and was constantly and prominently in the news, I'd maybe take it as a bit of a slight that nobody recognised their efforts but I don't think it's so prominent that I'd expect everyone to notice. For all I know, Brendan Rodgers doesn't give a flying eff about womens football, but a wee PR dude at Celtic told him to send congratulations  That is a truly desperate effort to recover a ridiculous fumble. Just accept that our manager is a class act, a cut above the rest. It's not difficult unless you think your opinions should be carved in marble. I've basically said that twice in my 4 posts on the topic
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Cheers for the videos -always good to hear what our guys actually say rather than the interpretations put forward by the press
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My first love was Bobby Murdoch, there were a few after that ( am I a tart? ), Kenny Dalglish, Danny, Cadette, Ghod, Lubo, but feck me sideways and from behind, Brendan Rodgers is pure Celtic. If he gets us to the edge of back to back trebles, I will not be able to watch the Scottish Cup Final next May!!!
Bearing in mind there might be a Europa League thingy to endure.
C'mon the Hoops!!!
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My first love was Bobby Murdoch, there were a few after that ( am I a tart? ), Kenny Dalglish, Danny, Cadette, Ghod, Lubo, but feck me sideways and from behind, Brendan Rodgers is pure Celtic. If he gets us to the edge of back to back trebles, I will not be able to watch the Scottish Cup Final next May!!!
Bearing in mind there might be a Europa League thingy to endure.
C'mon the Hoops!!! Imagine if we do go on a run in the Europa, though...
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My first love was Bobby Murdoch, there were a few after that ( am I a tart? ), Kenny Dalglish, Danny, Cadette, Ghod, Lubo, but feck me sideways and from behind, Brendan Rodgers is pure Celtic. If he gets us to the edge of back to back trebles, I will not be able to watch the Scottish Cup Final next May!!!
Bearing in mind there might be a Europa League thingy to endure.
C'mon the Hoops!!!
Imagine if we do go on a run in the Europa, though...  Final is in France
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ODSONNE EDOUARD is expected to shine brightly at Celtic. Right now, though, the young French kid is just trying to get used to turning up for training in the dark. Brendan Rodgers has high hopes for the on-loan PSG ace. The 19-year-old striker looks set to make his debut against Hamilton Accies at New Douglas Park. But today’s morning training session — under the floodlights at Lennoxtown — left the teenager stunned. Rodgers said: “He is still adapting. I don’t think he’s ever trained at 11 o’clock in the morning with the rain and floodlights on, so he’ll be adapting to Scottish football. He looked a bit cold this morning in our tactical session.” Rodgers feels strongly that Celtic are on to a winner with Edouard, adding: “He’s typical of the French recently. “He’s come through their youth system and he is super-quick. He’s also strong and he has a good touch. He’s on the upward curve in his career. “Time will tell how far he can go. It is going to be about attitude and determination and personality. “But purely on talent, he is a BIG talent. He’s got great feel and great ability. “And, like I say, he’s got that modern asset of sheer pace and power. He’s still young, so he’s got a lot to learn, but what a great place for him to come and learn.” Edouard’s arrival — along with the return of Patrick Roberts — was the only business Rodgers was able to get done before the transfer window shut last week. But it wasn’t for the want of trying. Rodgers worked hard to bring in a centre-half, knowing he was light in that area. Rivaldo Coetzee was his No 1 target but that deal collapsed because of an injury the South African sustained. Jason Denayer became a possibility at one stage before the Belgian made it clear he wanted another spell in Turkey with Galatasaray. In the end it just wasn’t possible for Celtic to sign a defender. Rodgers added: “It was clear we wanted a centre-half and Rivaldo was a player who was young but had good experience and who came highly recommended to us. “So we were disappointed at the time for the youngster but unfortunately it wasn’t meant to happen. “We tried one or two other things late on once that fell through, but I wasn’t just looking at a number. “I didn’t want to just bring in a centre-half, it needed to be a certain profile, a certain type. I am not one for stockpiling players. “We were offered young centre-halves but that isn’t really what we needed when I have got young players here. “We have some really promising young players here in Anthony Ralston and Kristoffer Ajer and we can move things about until we get the right ones.” Rodgers even considered signing an old head just to help shore up his defence, adding: “It wasn’t just a young one — we were looking at experienced ones as well. But it is easier said than done. “If you are going to bring one in like that then they need to know they are going to come in and play. It is the oldest conundrum in the world for centre-halves. “We looked at Denayer but he had already made a promise to go back to Turkey three months ago and we respected that he didn’t want to break his word. “He has history here and would have done well but likewise we were looking at more senior ones. “It is easier to think: ‘Just get a centre-half’ but it needs to be the right one. “If you bring in the wrong one then it can disrupt your changing room and that isn’t what we want to do, especially when we have talents here that we can develop and who can gain experience.” Celtic face Accies with one eye firmly on PSG, a game Rodgers can’t wait for. He added: “It’s exciting. The players, the staff, the supporters, we are all looking forward to it. We have a job to do against Hamilton first. “Once that’s done you are looking forward to hopefully one of the great nights at Celtic Park in terms of atmosphere and occasion — PSG will be coming to Celtic Park to put a show on. “It’s the first game in the Champions League and it’s been selected for television. It’s going to be a wonderful occasion. “Individually they are exceptional, but you are always trying to find a way to get a result. “But we have always been pretty clear, our bread and butter is not looking too far ahead of ourselves. “We focus on playing well in the game in front of us. “There are some brilliant games coming up but let’s start off how we mean to go on. “Hamilton have made a nice little start. “Martin Canning will be delighted with how they have gone. It’s on telly and they will want to show up well. “We need to meet this challenge before we think about the next one.” https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/brendan-rodgers
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