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Brendan Rodgers; "I was born into Celtic"
Topic Started: 20 May 2016, 05:06 PM (2,287,929 Views)
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Of course you can count that game ffs :lol:
Sure, you can count it. But it needs some context - half their team were kids or reserves and the game felt more like a pre-season friendly than a Champions League encounter.
We also faced Man City in both games with no De Bruyne. I think that would have opened up a whole world of trouble for us. Yeah, you can go through all the players we have not had for any type of game, but we won a watch that he was injured to be honest, because he is exceptional.

As for changing the approach, it might have been better second half in terms of getting the ball out, but there were still two or three occasions where we really should have conceded a goal from just rank bad passing and complete stupidity in giving the ball away to brilliant footballers 40 yards from our own goal.

It's exactly the same philosophy that has Liverpool down in 8th place and considered a soft touch. There is such a thing as over-playing, passing for passing's sake, and passing the ball into areas where the opposition are quite happy for you to play it. Playing yourself into trouble. It's been around as long as the game has. No amount of having bravery or nerve on the ball will change the fact that there are some passes you just should not be attempting to play.

We are still guilty of that.
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judging by everything BR has said in the aftermath of CL defeats, not even advanced Pilates will make him more flexible in his approach. What he needs to do in that case is find players who can do the job he wants from them, and not expose the likes of Craig Gordon to situations they can't cope with. I'm not convinced that we should be playing every game away from home in Europe in the same style as we play in the SPL, but if that's what BR is committed to, then let's get the correct tools for the job.
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I along with everyone else, am very disappointed with the result in Munich on Wednesday night. But I am more upset with the performance. We can play a lot better than that.
BR can advocate the passing game all he likes, but he got things seriously wrong on Wednesday night.
It is nigh impossible to pass your way out of defence if the players can't pass.
It is even more ridiculous for a goalkeeper to play high balls out to fullbacks on the touchline who can't effectively control the ball.
I am also acutely aware that it is difficult to make a pass if there is no one available to pass to.
I lost count of the number of times KT was looking to pass the ball up the line to Sinclair only to find Sinclair had drifted inside a good 15 yards making a pass impossible.

Another point; Why did he have all the subs out 'warming up' at halftime? They did a wee bit of running around, some keepy ups and stretches whilst watching the highlights of the other ties on the big screen. Were they not to be privy to his team talk on how the team was going to approach the second half at 2-0 down?
At 2-0 down the next goal is crucial. Brendan waited a full 15 minutes after we were 3-0 down before making changes. What did he think this was going to achieve? Apart from saving some players for Saturday;s game v Hibs, what was the point? The game was gone.
I don't expect us to beat teams the likes of Bayern, but FFS I do expect that we make it difficult for them and for us to show some of our own qualities. Celtic on Wednesday night did neither.
Brendan Rodgers is a very good manager and I love him to bits, but let's not be blinded by the light.
You've never seen a Brendan Rodgers Celtic team have you?

Literally every game the subs are out a half time and he makes a sub around the 60 minute mark (barring injury).

Every game Tierney gets the ball wide and Sinclair moves inside. It's how we play down that side.

Every game Gordon plays balls out to the full backs. We start attacks from there a hell of a lot.

You didn't understand my post, did you?

As others above have stated, we are trying to play a brand of football which not suitable for the CL given the opposition and players at our disposal.
Whilst I fully recognise that whilst we strive to tempt better quality players to the club BR has to make the best of what he already has.

However, if these players can't pass the ball and control it effectively especially in key positions, against quality opposition, then why do it?
Additionally, you cannot pass the ball to a player (Sinclair) who has moved 15 yards in field and is being marked tightly, when he should be on the touchline.
Sinclair doesn’t have the ‘nerve’ as Brendan puts it. He was hiding for must of the game. KT was exasperated and kept throwing his arms in the air as he had no out ball.


With regards my point about substitutes at halftime; what would have happened if Ajer had to come on at some stage in the second half?
According to Brendan, he had to make the point at halftime that

Quote: “We didn’t once, from being in position in the first half, play from the goalkeeper to a centre-half.

“Not once, not once
.”
How does Ajer get the message if he is out on the pitch watching the effing telly?

The point that we are making is that Brendan is being stubborn in his approach and that is costing us games at this level.
Hope this helps you.
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I along with everyone else, am very disappointed with the result in Munich on Wednesday night. But I am more upset with the performance. We can play a lot better than that.
BR can advocate the passing game all he likes, but he got things seriously wrong on Wednesday night.
It is nigh impossible to pass your way out of defence if the players can't pass.
It is even more ridiculous for a goalkeeper to play high balls out to fullbacks on the touchline who can't effectively control the ball.
I am also acutely aware that it is difficult to make a pass if there is no one available to pass to.
I lost count of the number of times KT was looking to pass the ball up the line to Sinclair only to find Sinclair had drifted inside a good 15 yards making a pass impossible.

Another point; Why did he have all the subs out 'warming up' at halftime? They did a wee bit of running around, some keepy ups and stretches whilst watching the highlights of the other ties on the big screen. Were they not to be privy to his team talk on how the team was going to approach the second half at 2-0 down?
At 2-0 down the next goal is crucial. Brendan waited a full 15 minutes after we were 3-0 down before making changes. What did he think this was going to achieve? Apart from saving some players for Saturday;s game v Hibs, what was the point? The game was gone.
I don't expect us to beat teams the likes of Bayern, but FFS I do expect that we make it difficult for them and for us to show some of our own qualities. Celtic on Wednesday night did neither.
Brendan Rodgers is a very good manager and I love him to bits, but let's not be blinded by the light.
You've never seen a Brendan Rodgers Celtic team have you?

Literally every game the subs are out a half time and he makes a sub around the 60 minute mark (barring injury).

Every game Tierney gets the ball wide and Sinclair moves inside. It's how we play down that side.

Every game Gordon plays balls out to the full backs. We start attacks from there a hell of a lot.

You didn't understand my post, did you?

As others above have stated, we are trying to play a brand of football which not suitable for the CL given the opposition and players at our disposal.
Whilst I fully recognise that whilst we strive to tempt better quality players to the club BR has to make the best of what he already has.

However, if these players can't pass the ball and control it effectively especially in key positions, against quality opposition, then why do it?
Additionally, you cannot pass the ball to a player (Sinclair) who has moved 15 yards in field and is being marked tightly, when he should be on the touchline.
Sinclair doesn’t have the ‘nerve’ as Brendan puts it. He was hiding for must of the game. KT was exasperated and kept throwing his arms in the air as he had no out ball.


With regards my point about substitutes at halftime; what would have happened if Ajer had to come on at some stage in the second half?
According to Brendan, he had to make the point at halftime that

Quote: “We didn’t once, from being in position in the first half, play from the goalkeeper to a centre-half.

“Not once, not once
.”
How does Ajer get the message if he is out on the pitch watching the effing telly?

The point that we are making is that Brendan is being stubborn in his approach and that is costing us games at this level.
Hope this helps you.
The Manager doesn't think its unsuitable and not possible and that's the most important point.

His saying the players can do it but are in essence freezing against the better opposition. His trying to change this and get them to be braver and to believe in what they are coached and taught.

I find this perfectly reasonable rather than abandoning those ideas whenever we have to face sides better than we are. There is no reason for example why are Centre backs cannot show for the ball away to Bayern Munich when Gordon has it.
Edited by puroresu_boy, 20 Oct 2017, 12:39 PM.
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judging by everything BR has said in the aftermath of CL defeats, not even advanced Pilates will make him more flexible in his approach. What he needs to do in that case is find players who can do the job he wants from them, and not expose the likes of Craig Gordon to situations they can't cope with. I'm not convinced that we should be playing every game away from home in Europe in the same style as we play in the SPL, but if that's what BR is committed to, then let's get the correct tools for the job.
I can't see us ever being able to sign players good enough to accomplish that.
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On a few occasions, even Jock Stein shut up shop away from home in Europe. Saying that, these were two legged ties as opposed to a points based system and we had a lead to defend. Don't think there would be any argument that none of todays players would get near a Celtic team that Jock managed.

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judging by everything BR has said in the aftermath of CL defeats, not even advanced Pilates will make him more flexible in his approach. What he needs to do in that case is find players who can do the job he wants from them, and not expose the likes of Craig Gordon to situations they can't cope with. I'm not convinced that we should be playing every game away from home in Europe in the same style as we play in the SPL, but if that's what BR is committed to, then let's get the correct tools for the job.
Agree with this, if we're going to consistently set up the same way for every game we need the best possible players to play that way.

The supporters also need to accept that the manager is going to approach the games this way because he believes that it's the best way to make overall progress.

There's not a right or a wrong answer. Get the players used to a consistent approach, get humped by the rich clubs in the short term but pick up wins like Anderlecht, and gain more confidence over the years against the big teams. Or play a different way in each game, possibly reducing our chances of an Anderlecht but less likely to get destroyed by PSG.

I'm happy that the manager at least has a consistent approach that he believes in. I'm by no means saying he shouldn't be criticised, but right now it seems pointless to complain about it. He's earned a helluva lot of leeway and support in whatever approach he wants to take.
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20 Oct 2017, 10:27 AM
judging by everything BR has said in the aftermath of CL defeats, not even advanced Pilates will make him more flexible in his approach. What he needs to do in that case is find players who can do the job he wants from them, and not expose the likes of Craig Gordon to situations they can't cope with. I'm not convinced that we should be playing every game away from home in Europe in the same style as we play in the SPL, but if that's what BR is committed to, then let's get the correct tools for the job.
I can't see us ever being able to sign players good enough to accomplish that.
It's definitely far more difficult than it used to be. If PSG and Bayern have moved from 3-4 great players to 9-10, then we need to aim for 9-10 Wanyamas.

More than ever, it's about picking up these talents and developing them.
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I along with everyone else, am very disappointed with the result in Munich on Wednesday night. But I am more upset with the performance. We can play a lot better than that.
BR can advocate the passing game all he likes, but he got things seriously wrong on Wednesday night.
It is nigh impossible to pass your way out of defence if the players can't pass.
It is even more ridiculous for a goalkeeper to play high balls out to fullbacks on the touchline who can't effectively control the ball.
I am also acutely aware that it is difficult to make a pass if there is no one available to pass to.
I lost count of the number of times KT was looking to pass the ball up the line to Sinclair only to find Sinclair had drifted inside a good 15 yards making a pass impossible.

Another point; Why did he have all the subs out 'warming up' at halftime? They did a wee bit of running around, some keepy ups and stretches whilst watching the highlights of the other ties on the big screen. Were they not to be privy to his team talk on how the team was going to approach the second half at 2-0 down?
At 2-0 down the next goal is crucial. Brendan waited a full 15 minutes after we were 3-0 down before making changes. What did he think this was going to achieve? Apart from saving some players for Saturday;s game v Hibs, what was the point? The game was gone.
I don't expect us to beat teams the likes of Bayern, but FFS I do expect that we make it difficult for them and for us to show some of our own qualities. Celtic on Wednesday night did neither.
Brendan Rodgers is a very good manager and I love him to bits, but let's not be blinded by the light.
You've never seen a Brendan Rodgers Celtic team have you?

Literally every game the subs are out a half time and he makes a sub around the 60 minute mark (barring injury).

Every game Tierney gets the ball wide and Sinclair moves inside. It's how we play down that side.

Every game Gordon plays balls out to the full backs. We start attacks from there a hell of a lot.

You didn't understand my post, did you?

As others above have stated, we are trying to play a brand of football which not suitable for the CL given the opposition and players at our disposal.
Whilst I fully recognise that whilst we strive to tempt better quality players to the club BR has to make the best of what he already has.

However, if these players can't pass the ball and control it effectively especially in key positions, against quality opposition, then why do it?
Additionally, you cannot pass the ball to a player (Sinclair) who has moved 15 yards in field and is being marked tightly, when he should be on the touchline.
Sinclair doesn’t have the ‘nerve’ as Brendan puts it. He was hiding for must of the game. KT was exasperated and kept throwing his arms in the air as he had no out ball.


With regards my point about substitutes at halftime; what would have happened if Ajer had to come on at some stage in the second half?
According to Brendan, he had to make the point at halftime that

Quote: “We didn’t once, from being in position in the first half, play from the goalkeeper to a centre-half.

“Not once, not once
.”
How does Ajer get the message if he is out on the pitch watching the effing telly?

The point that we are making is that Brendan is being stubborn in his approach and that is costing us games at this level.
Hope this helps you.
:cuckoo:

and you don't understand what Rodgers is trying to do and wants to do.

Your posts are reaking of zombie
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I think this year was always going to be about developing the players that we have, trying to get them to a point where they're truly comfortable playing against teams like Bayern & PSG (even if we're never likely to get to the point where we're actually favourites to beat teams like that). The aim was always some sort of European football after Christmas to mark a progression from last year, and we're still on course for that.

As well as developing the current first teamers we'll see youngsters like Ajer, Ralston, Miller and Johnston all getting game time, mostly in domestic games of course but maybe the occasional European appearance too. As such there will be times when we aren't as fluent as we'd like to be, and maybe we'll finally lose a domestic game or two, but Brendan's working to a longer term plan. He knows how he wants the team to play though, he has his own idea of "playing football the Glasgow Celtic way".

It might not always be the most pragmatic way of playing, and there will be games where he doesn't get a result that a Strachan team or a Lennon team might have got because he simply doesn't believe in playing the sort of backs to the wall, cagey football that we often played in those days. At the same time though there'll be games like the recent one in Brussels that no Strachan or Lennon team would ever have played, where we were able to get it all to click and we blew them off the park.

That Anderlecht game to me was what Brendan envisages Celtic as being capable of. Sure it wasn't the highest quality opposition, but we haven't played with that kind of confidence and ability in the CL since MON's team was at its peak (and even then of course we too often failed to deliver away from home). I think Brendan's thoughts are to keep trying to get the players to play like that, to get them used to playing like that so that they do so automatically when they're playing the big guns. Changing the tactics to say that we'll sit in deep against Bayern/PSG/etc because they're better than us sends out the wrong message, tells the players that they can't hope to match those big names.

When the Lisbon Lions were the best team in the world, they played without fear no matter who they were playing against. We'll never quite get back to that point where our players are individually a match for anyone else's, but we can get back to the point where we aren't afraid to at least try to play football the Glasgow Celtic way. Brendan's looking to get us there, his coaching is as much about mentality as it is technique and tactics. He's not beyond criticism by any means, but we need to have a certain amount of patience with the results in the meantime.
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You didn't understand my post, did you?

As others above have stated, we are trying to play a brand of football which not suitable for the CL given the opposition and players at our disposal.
Whilst I fully recognise that whilst we strive to tempt better quality players to the club BR has to make the best of what he already has.

However, if these players can't pass the ball and control it effectively especially in key positions, against quality opposition, then why do it?
Additionally, you cannot pass the ball to a player (Sinclair) who has moved 15 yards in field and is being marked tightly, when he should be on the touchline.
Sinclair doesn’t have the ‘nerve’ as Brendan puts it. He was hiding for must of the game. KT was exasperated and kept throwing his arms in the air as he had no out ball.


With regards my point about substitutes at halftime; what would have happened if Ajer had to come on at some stage in the second half?
According to Brendan, he had to make the point at halftime that

Quote: “We didn’t once, from being in position in the first half, play from the goalkeeper to a centre-half.

“Not once, not once
.”
How does Ajer get the message if he is out on the pitch watching the effing telly?

The point that we are making is that Brendan is being stubborn in his approach and that is costing us games at this level.
Hope this helps you.
:cuckoo:

and you don't understand what Rodgers is trying to do and wants to do.

Your posts are reaking of zombie
Are they indeed?
You have a very creative vocabulary for insulting others.
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Quoting limited to 3 levels deepWe didn’t once, from being in position in the first half, play from the goalkeeper to a centre-half.

“Not once, not once
.”
How does Ajer get the message if he is out on the pitch watching the effing telly?

The point that we are making is that Brendan is being stubborn in his approach and that is costing us games at this level.
Hope this helps you.
:cuckoo:

and you don't understand what Rodgers is trying to do and wants to do.

Your posts are reaking of zombie
Are they indeed?
You have a very creative vocabulary for insulting others.
Don't you worry. He can't spell "reeking".

Sniff sniff.

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20 Oct 2017, 10:27 AM
judging by everything BR has said in the aftermath of CL defeats, not even advanced Pilates will make him more flexible in his approach. What he needs to do in that case is find players who can do the job he wants from them, and not expose the likes of Craig Gordon to situations they can't cope with. I'm not convinced that we should be playing every game away from home in Europe in the same style as we play in the SPL, but if that's what BR is committed to, then let's get the correct tools for the job.
I can't see us ever being able to sign players good enough to accomplish that.
It's definitely far more difficult than it used to be. If PSG and Bayern have moved from 3-4 great players to 9-10, then we need to aim for 9-10 Wanyamas.

More than ever, it's about picking up these talents and developing them.
Finding those Wanyama's is absolute murder though. Kouassi (as one example) looks like he has something about him but that doesn't mean he'll blossom. Plenty wither on the vine. It's a genuine miracle that Celtic are even operating on the level they currently are when you consider the financial restrictions of playing in Scotland. In terms of TV revenue it might be worse deal of just about any nation in Europe.

I could see us building a team that could compete for the Europa (although not necessarily win it) and be capable of scudding the best of them at Celtic Park every now and then, but aside from that we've pretty much reached the ceiling already.

As I say, the fact we can even do that almost has a hint of divine providence to it.
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Quoting limited to 3 levels deepWe didn’t once, from being in position in the first half, play from the goalkeeper to a centre-half.

“Not once, not once
.”
How does Ajer get the message if he is out on the pitch watching the effing telly?

The point that we are making is that Brendan is being stubborn in his approach and that is costing us games at this level.
Hope this helps you.
:cuckoo:

and you don't understand what Rodgers is trying to do and wants to do.

Your posts are reaking of zombie
Are they indeed?
You have a very creative vocabulary for insulting others.
Yes they are.

To say our players aren't capable of passing and controlling the ball is just daft.

To say Sinclair doesn't have the nerve and was hiding is down right bollocks. He is also moving inside as that is the tactics that have been prepared. Fairly obvious. You clearly haven't watched much of Celtic under Rodgers if you don't know that Sinclair comes inside a fair bit.

How does ajer get the message? Ajer knows his reponsibilites on the park and what is required of him when gordon gas the ball. If there is something that needs change he will be informed of that at the time of coming on the park. Like every sub this season, last season, the season before that and even the season before that as well. It's not just a Celtic thing either tends to be a regular thing for clubs.


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Quoting limited to 3 levels deepWe didn’t once, from being in position in the first half, play from the goalkeeper to a centre-half.

“Not once, not once
Are they indeed?
You have a very creative vocabulary for insulting others.
Yes they are.

To say our players aren't capable of passing and controlling the ball is just daft.

To say Sinclair doesn't have the nerve and was hiding is down right bollocks. He is also moving inside as that is the tactics that have been prepared. Fairly obvious. You clearly haven't watched much of Celtic under Rodgers if you don't know that Sinclair comes inside a fair bit.

How does ajer get the message? Ajer knows his reponsibilites on the park and what is required of him when gordon gas the ball. If there is something that needs change he will be informed of that at the time of coming on the park. Like every sub this season, last season, the season before that and even the season before that as well. It's not just a Celtic thing either tends to be a regular thing for clubs.


"Daft" you say.
Did you watch the game?
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Quoting limited to 3 levels deepWe didn’t once, from being in position in the first half, play from the goalkeeper to a centre-half.

“Not once, not once
Yes they are.

To say our players aren't capable of passing and controlling the ball is just daft.

To say Sinclair doesn't have the nerve and was hiding is down right bollocks. He is also moving inside as that is the tactics that have been prepared. Fairly obvious. You clearly haven't watched much of Celtic under Rodgers if you don't know that Sinclair comes inside a fair bit.

How does ajer get the message? Ajer knows his reponsibilites on the park and what is required of him when gordon gas the ball. If there is something that needs change he will be informed of that at the time of coming on the park. Like every sub this season, last season, the season before that and even the season before that as well. It's not just a Celtic thing either tends to be a regular thing for clubs.


"Daft" you say.
Did you watch the game?
Have you watched Celtic outwith the glamour games?
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judging by everything BR has said in the aftermath of CL defeats, not even advanced Pilates will make him more flexible in his approach. What he needs to do in that case is find players who can do the job he wants from them, and not expose the likes of Craig Gordon to situations they can't cope with. I'm not convinced that we should be playing every game away from home in Europe in the same style as we play in the SPL, but if that's what BR is committed to, then let's get the correct tools for the job.
Agree with this, if we're going to consistently set up the same way for every game we need the best possible players to play that way.

The supporters also need to accept that the manager is going to approach the games this way because he believes that it's the best way to make overall progress.

There's not a right or a wrong answer. Get the players used to a consistent approach, get humped by the rich clubs in the short term but pick up wins like Anderlecht, and gain more confidence over the years against the big teams. Or play a different way in each game, possibly reducing our chances of an Anderlecht but less likely to get destroyed by PSG.

I'm happy that the manager at least has a consistent approach that he believes in. I'm by no means saying he shouldn't be criticised, but right now it seems pointless to complain about it. He's earned a helluva lot of leeway and support in whatever approach he wants to take.
Can't argue with either of those posts. :thumbsup:
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