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Brendan Rodgers; "I was born into Celtic"
Topic Started: 20 May 2016, 05:06 PM (2,287,878 Views)
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CELTIC are set to swoop for RB Leipzig stopper Marvin Compper.

Hoops boss Brendan Rodgers is desperate to strengthen his squad in January, with the acquisition of a dominant centre-half his top priority.

German cap Compper, 32, has struggled for regular football in the Bundesliga this season.

Celts have already started the ball rolling on a deal that could see him sign in next month’s transfer window.

Compper, however, would NOT be eligible to play against Zenit St Petersburg in the Europa League.

With Leipzig also participating in the same Euro competition Uefa’s rules wouldn’t allow it.

He played for Leipzig in their 2-1 home Champions League loss to Besiktas last week.

Compper also made just his second league appearance of the season as a sub in the 2-2 draw with Mainz last weekend.

In his only Bundesliga start this campaign, Compper was hooked at half-time in the shock 1-0 defeat to Augsburg last September.

Compper not being able to play in Europe is unlikely to put Rodgers off signing the experienced defender, who he believes would bolster his squad.

Celts have also been linked with Astana frontman, Patrick Twumasi, 23, but it’s understood doing a deal for the Ghanaian forward is less likely.
https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/marvin-compper-january/
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I thought the rule was only if the player had played in that competition with another team. He hasn't played in the Europa League this season obviously :ponder:
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12 Dec 2017, 12:44 AM
I thought the rule was only if the player had played in that competition with another team. He hasn't played in the Europa League this season obviously :ponder:
If Leipzig hadn't dropped to the Europa as well, then he would have been fine to play.
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What's the point if he can't play in that game?
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the sun, record, mail and express all seem to be running the same story that we are close to signing commper

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CELTIC are ready to seal a January deal for RB Leipzig defender Marvin Compper.

However, the centre-half would not be eligible to play for the Hoops in their Europa League tie with Zenit.

Compper appeared for Leipzig in their final Champions League group game.

The 32-year-old, whose solitary cap for Germany came in 2008, still has 18 months of his contract to run at the Bundesliga club.

Celtic boss Brendan Rodgers has made no secret of the fact he wants an experienced stopper for the second half of the season.

Injuries to Dedryck Boyata, Jozo Simunovic and Erik Sviatchenko have left him short, forcing him to play several players out of position.

Compper started his career at Borussia Monchengladbach before a five-year spell for Hoffenheim, when his sole international outing came against England.

He joined Serie A outfit Fiorentina in 2013 before moving on to Leipzig a year later but he has struggled to find a place in their side this season.

Leipzig have Compper earmarked for a coaching role at the club when his playing days are over, but they are open to the idea of him leaving in January.

Celtic will have to fight off competition from rival German clubs, but the prospect of a move to Scotland is thought to appeal to the player.

Astana’s Ghanaian striker Patrick Twumasi has also been linked with a move to Celtic, but Compper is Rodgers’ priority January transfer.

Celtic will face Zenit at Parkhead on February 15 after the two were paired together in the last 32 of the Europa League.

The return leg will be in Russia on February 22.
https://www.express.co.uk/Compper-January-window
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10 Dec 2017, 07:29 PM
I agree with him. Hibs couldn't have got much luckier on Sunday.
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TheBeerMonkey
22 Nov 2017, 10:42 PM
I’ll trust the manager before every single punter on here.
Just one guy against Rodgers is hardly a fair contest.What about the kds massive v Rodgers ? ....he would probably still take us tbh.
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10 Dec 2017, 07:29 PM
Facts are not excuses, with better finishing we would have won by 5.

The late collapse was a result of defensive errors.
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12 Dec 2017, 08:23 AM
Bazooka Joe
10 Dec 2017, 07:29 PM
Facts are not excuses, with better finishing we would have won by 5.

The late collapse was a result of defensive errors.
And poor finishing. Hibs wouldn't have been so up for it if we were ahead by 5.
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12 Dec 2017, 01:22 AM
What's the point if he can't play in that game?
You know we've got games next season too, right?
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10 Dec 2017, 07:29 PM
this place is effing mental
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12 Dec 2017, 10:26 AM
Sage
12 Dec 2017, 01:22 AM
What's the point if he can't play in that game?
You know we've got games next season too, right?
We’ve also got quite a few games to play this season.
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12 Dec 2017, 10:50 AM
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12 Dec 2017, 10:26 AM
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12 Dec 2017, 01:22 AM
What's the point if he can't play in that game?
You know we've got games next season too, right?
We’ve also got quite a few games to play this season.
You are correct. Good observation.
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back to dubai then

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Rodgers, meanwhile, insists criticism of his side for their fifth draw of the season in Sunday’s match with Hibs is unfair.

Speaking ahead of Wednesday’s clash with Hamilton Accies, he added: “We had two draws last year and we have five now. I think it tells you that last season we had the best season in Scottish football history and they don’t happen all the time.

“This year we’ve made a tremendous start and we’ve won our League Cup, we’re five clear with a game in hand.

“We’re in a great place. We can be better at seeing out games, but you have to give Hibs credit.”

Celtic jet to Dubai in January for a winter training camp with Rodgers eager to give his stars a break.

He added: “We have to utilise the squad to keep a freshness. You see some teams have played Saturday, Wednesday, Saturday and are now losing players through injury.

“But these players here have been doing that since June.

“That’s what you have to do at a big club — you have to be at your physical and mental best as often as possible.”
https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/transfer-speculation-january/
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12 Dec 2017, 10:44 AM
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10 Dec 2017, 07:29 PM
this place is effing mental
Yup.

I only looked at the headline which is totally correct

Excuses :ffs:
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Brendan Rodgers is thrilled to have three top strikers in Dembele, Griffiths and Edouard.

Right now Scotland star Griff is third in the pecking order, but the Hoops boss insists there’s no major reason for that.

Rodgers said: “I can only speak about Leigh if you speak about every single player that doesn’t play.

“I respect he’s Scottish and he plays for Scotland. But if you ask me about Leigh you have to ask why Moussa Dembele or Kristoffer Ajer isn’t playing.

“Or why Erik Sviatchenko isn’t playing. If you don’t want to ask me about them . . .

“There is no story in it. I am picking what I think is the best team.

“Edouard is coming off scoring a hat-trick against Motherwell where he was brilliant. He also performed well when he came into the team in the Champions League game.

“It’s about picking players in a good moment and it’s a long season.

“Griffiths is a fantastic young striker for us, and what I have now is three players who can contribute depending on what type of game I need to play.

“Dembele and Grfiiths have their qualities, and Edouard is a combination of both, and he also did well against Hibs.”

Rodgers added: “We had a real good reflection on Monday morning with all of the players.

“It’s great because part of what we do, which allows them to move on, is we share the responsibility of it all. We take the players into their different groups and reflect on the game.

“We take the keepers and defenders, and they go in with the analysts with myself to talk about it.

“We look at where we were very good and where we could be better.

“Then the midfield players come in, then the attackers.

“We then share that responsibility to be better for the next game.

“The story for me was simple; I thought we were very good up until they scored their first goal.

“Then the game became emotional. We lost control of our game and stopped passing as crisply and cleanly as we had done. All of a sudden we conceded a second goal.

“We still had chances, but we could have lost the game too.

“But it also really focuses on how great these players have done.

“It shows in the run of 68 games what can happen that could allow us to lose a game in the last minute.

“So for them to have the resilience they have had is great.”
https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/1965031/
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It is a truth universally acknowledged that the phrase “no story here” is guaranteed to pique the interest of any listener.

Brendan Rodgers, the Celtic manager, has insisted that there is nothing in Leigh Griffiths’ recent demotion to the Parkhead bench but given that the Scotland internationalist has fallen foul of Rodgers’ standards before, it seems only natural to query why the striker has found himself down the pecking order of late.

On-loan French teenager Odsonne Edouard has been the main beneficiary, netting a hat-trick against Motherwell and leading the line against Hibs this weekend.

Griffiths got off the bench only to warm-up forlornly in those two league games and it was the same story with the Champions League game against Anderlecht which was sandwiched in between.

Indeed, as the first-team squad came through the trackside mixed zone in the aftermath of that game against the Belgians, Griffiths and the rest of the Celtic substitutes were put through a brief training session on the park. It was difficult to ignore the lackadaisical approach of the forward.

Rodgers issued a public rebuke to Griffiths last term when he felt the striker was not adhering to the lifestyle choices expected of the club but, ironically, there is perhaps a more ominous note to be sounded in Rodgers’ reluctance to discuss the situation publicly this time.

Asked how Griffiths had reacted to finding himself on the outside looking in, Rodgers remarked: “I don’t know. You would need to ask him. I can only speak about him if you speak about every single player that doesn’t play.

“I respect that he’s Scottish and I respect that he plays for Scotland but if you ask me about Leigh you have to ask why Moussa Dembele or Kristoffer Ajer isn’t playing.

“Or why Erik Sviatchenko isn’t playing. If you don’t want to ask me about them....

“There’s no story in it. I’m picking what I think is the best team. Odsonne is coming off a hat-trick against Motherwell where he was brilliant and performed well when he came into the team in the Champions league game.

“It’s about picking players in a good moment and it’s a long season. Leigh is a fantastic young striker for us and what I have now is three players who can contribute depending on what type of game I need to play.

“Moussa and Leigh have their qualities and Odsonne is a combination of both and I thought he did well against Hibs.”

In any case, if the weekend’s action at Easter Road showed anything it is that Celtic are invincible but perhaps not infallible.

Rodgers’ side protected their 68 game sequence of domestic games without defeat through a last-gasp hoof off the line from Swedish defender Mikael Lustig. What was conspicuous, though, was the manner in which Celtic allowed a 2-0 lead to fritter through their fingers and a game that had looked well out of sight drew to a precarious climax.

Notable because Celtic, in a domestic context, have been ruthless at avoiding such slippery, antsy moments of fragility. This term Celtic have now drawn five games – one more than they did throughout the entire course of last term - meaning that the Parkhead side have already lost more points at this stage than they had in the entirety of the previous campaign.

There has been a vulnerability glimpsed this season that wasn’t previously visible, perhaps due to a leggyness on the back of a gruelling Champions League qualification and group campaign or perhaps due to a mental fatigue that could well stem from the run itself.

For Brendan Rodgers, though, the reasons for that can be attributed to the uniqueness of his inaugural season at the Parkhead club.

“I think it tells you that last season we had the best season in Scottish football history and they don’t happen all the time,” said the Celtic manager.

“This year we’ve made a tremendous start and we’ve won our league Cup, we’re five clear with a game in hand and have six games until the winter break.

“We’re in a great, great place. We can be better at seeing out games, but you have to give Hibs credit. They threw everything at it in the last 15 minutes.

“They took their chance so for us there was so much good in the game we have to learn from that which wasn’t so good for example the lead up to the corner.

“And then when we concede the second goal.”

Central defender Marvin Compper is on Rodgers’ shopping list for January and there has been much chat over the course of the last few months about the failure to sign a defender in the summer. Domestically, though, Rodgers has maintained that there have been improvements in the backline.

“At this stage compared to last season we have conceded less – we’ve conceded 10 and last season it was 15,” he observed.

“I said at the last winter break we needed to defend better in order to attack better.

“You see us against Motherwell at 2-1 in the 5-1 game. They scored but we had to stay calm and stay in shape and play football and the goals will come.

“We didn’t quite do that on Sunday, but that’s natural and it will come and help the players become better. In general they have done that over 18 months.”

The Celtic manager was also dismissive of the weight that the record breaking run his side are on could exert.

“I've said to them that is doesn't matter,” said Rodgers of the record. "I've reiterated that to them to forget about the record. I've told them: 'you broke that games ago.' It's about performance. You can't worry about the run."
http://www.heraldscotland.com/Celtic_manager_Brendan_Rodgers
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BRENDAN Rodgers last night sent out a chilling warning to the chasing Premiership pack by promising his Celtic team will be even better in the second half of the season.

A hectic winter schedule for the champions ends on December 30 after the visit of Rangers and then the players, many of whom have looked weary over recent weeks, get a three-week winter break, with the possibility of a longer rest for some because the first match back is the home Scottish Cup tie against Brechin City on January 20.

Rodgers will again take the players to Dubai for warm weather training and his belief is that this will give his coaching staff time improve a team which could, on Sunday against Hearts, reach the mark of 70 domestic games without defeat.

Although he will be without Tom Rogic for the last five games of 2017. The Australian has a knee injury.

“We’ll be better in the second-half of the season, and I said the same last year,” said the Celtic manager.

“You put so much in to the first half of the season but when we get to the break we’ll hit the re-set button again. We’ll have more coaching and working time, so I’ve no doubt we will be better.

“There’s a long way to go once we get to January but it has been a tough run of games. I have nothing but admiration for the players. It’s not just what they’ve done in the 69 games - it’s what they have done every day in training.

“It’s what we do to shape that mentality because if they feel they can go lazy in training then they feel they can go lazy in games.

“They might not have been always at their best - but they have always given their best and their qualities come through.

“That starts in here at Lennoxtown. Everything is right in terms of the training, sports science, nutrition, analysis, how they can improve. They are a very hungry group who are willing to learn and have a willingness to win.”

Out-with the international breaks, which involves almost all the first team, Celtic have hardly had a free midweek all season and it has caught up on some.

And while Rodgers insisted, after the game against Hamilton on Wednesday, that he would never look to lethargy as an excuse, he did concede that his players could do with a change of scene

He said: “The winter break is the light at the end of tunnel and it's not even about relaxing.

"What we will do is give the players a week with their families to get a breather from football and recover.

"Then we will work very hard in the warm weather and we also hope to have new signings in during that period. That will allow us to bond and get together on the training pitch.

"In the second half of the season will also have more coaching time. We will be better in the second half of the season but I need to commend the players for what they have done so far.”
http://www.heraldscotland.com/Brendan_Rodgers
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Brendan laying down his marker and telling the SPL Celtic will improve and kick on again and there will be no complacency.


"New Signings" plural - Get him backed Board. :pray:
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