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Brendan Rodgers; "I was born into Celtic"
Topic Started: 20 May 2016, 05:06 PM (2,287,856 Views)
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Could we get a new thread for Brendan? This blank last page pish is infuriating.
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Could we get a new thread for Brendan? This blank last page pish is infuriating.
Happens to tons of threads on here now. infuriating is correct
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2 Jan 2018, 12:11 PM
I really dont know what folk expect nowadays but its too much obviously.Ghost written to a degree but i deffo hear Brendans voice, maybe because my home is in N Ire but its fairly authentic to me. Wasnt looking for a blockbuster. Is seems to be good collection of his life experiences and his football philosophy. Social media and netflix has ruined some people's perspective. And reading the redtops. Fatboab you seem to be the patient type, give it another go, i found it a leisurely but interesting read, never bored me at all.
Wouldn't have thought expectations were too high these days. At least in this case people weren't asked to pay upfront before it was written and then have nothing in return years later.
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mick405
3 Jan 2018, 01:43 PM
Could we get a new thread for Brendan? This blank last page pish is infuriating.
Happens to tons of threads on here now. infuriating is correct
what causes it?
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mick405
3 Jan 2018, 01:43 PM
Could we get a new thread for Brendan? This blank last page pish is infuriating.
Happens to tons of threads on here now. infuriating is correct
what causes it?
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I just click on the last page and if its blank go back one page. I tend to read these threads backwards till i've either lost interest or caught up with my last visit. Don't really find it a big problem
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3 Jan 2018, 01:43 PM
Could we get a new thread for Brendan? This blank last page pish is infuriating.
Happens to tons of threads on here now. infuriating is correct
what causes it?
Been happening since the Great KDS Service Interruption of 2016. God, that was a bleak winter....
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Been happening since the Great KDS Service Interruption of 2016. God, that was a bleak winter....
Was that the time the Zetaboards IT lads had to rebuild servers and restore everything from backup? I somehow remember having to follow their progress on Twitter or somewhere else. :ponder:
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Been happening since the Great KDS Service Interruption of 2016. God, that was a bleak winter....
Was that the time the Zetaboards IT lads had to rebuild servers and restore everything from backup? I somehow remember having to follow their progress on Twitter or somewhere else. :ponder:
Remember it well . It’s was last time i had a conversation with my wife. Didn’t like it much.
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See this 4-2-3-1 pish? Get it to eff.

Roberts and Rogic are the two that really make it work. We don't have them at present.

Stop battering square pegs into round holes.
Agreed.

3 (Boyata, Ajer, Commper, Jozo, Lusting)

5 (KT, Sinclair, Forrest, Armstrong, Ntcham, Mcgregor, Brown, Kouassi)

2 (Dembele, Griff, Eddie)

Is the one that would need to work just now.

Once Rogic and Roberts are back we can change it up.
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See this 4-2-3-1 pish? Get it to eff.

Roberts and Rogic are the two that really make it work. We don't have them at present.

Stop battering square pegs into round holes.
Agreed.

3 (Boyata, Ajer, Commper, Jozo, Lusting)

5 (KT, Sinclair, Forrest, Armstrong, Ntcham, Mcgregor, Brown, Kouassi)

2 (Dembele, Griff, Eddie)

Is the one that would need to work just now.

Once Rogic and Roberts are back we can change it up.
Dembele and Griff have rarely hit it off as a partnership on the few times they've been played together.

I think 3-4-3 might be a shout.
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3 Jan 2018, 04:21 PM
Dannybhoy95
31 Dec 2017, 02:49 PM
See this 4-2-3-1 pish? Get it to eff.

Roberts and Rogic are the two that really make it work. We don't have them at present.

Stop battering square pegs into round holes.
Agreed.

3 (Boyata, Ajer, Commper, Jozo, Lusting)

5 (KT, Sinclair, Forrest, Armstrong, Ntcham, Mcgregor, Brown, Kouassi)

2 (Dembele, Griff, Eddie)

Is the one that would need to work just now.

Once Rogic and Roberts are back we can change it up.
Dembele and Griff have rarely hit it off as a partnership on the few times they've been played together.

I think 3-4-3 might be a shout.
I like that formation if everyone's fit or in form but don't think we've the players for it atm. We haven't actually played Griffiths and MD as a partnership when they've been on the pitch, it's been one dropping deep or drifting wide and generally in games where we've made wholesale changes that ruined the flow of the team, 3-5-2 could be worth a go.
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3 Jan 2018, 04:21 PM
Dannybhoy95
31 Dec 2017, 02:49 PM
See this 4-2-3-1 pish? Get it to eff.

Roberts and Rogic are the two that really make it work. We don't have them at present.

Stop battering square pegs into round holes.
Agreed.

3 (Boyata, Ajer, Commper, Jozo, Lusting)

5 (KT, Sinclair, Forrest, Armstrong, Ntcham, Mcgregor, Brown, Kouassi)

2 (Dembele, Griff, Eddie)

Is the one that would need to work just now.

Once Rogic and Roberts are back we can change it up.
Dembele and Griff have rarely hit it off as a partnership on the few times they've been played together.

I think 3-4-3 might be a shout.
Would prefer it to the performances of the sole striker we have had recently.

Griff at Motherwell, Griff at Hearts, Moussa against huns
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https://twitter.com/Alan_Morrison67/status/949402695257022464

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BRENDAN RODGERS has praised the benefit of the Scottish winter break as his team prepare to get to work in the Dubai sunshine.

The Celtic players have been out in the United Arab Emirates with their families but are now turning their attention to a training camp in a bid to recharge and refocus before the second part of the season commences.

It was a jaunt which proved beneficial to the SPFL Premiership leaders last season, who returned from the middle east revitalised enough to secure a sixth league title while have enough gas in the tank to squeak by Aberdeen at the death in the Scottish Cup final.

For the Celtic manager, it’s more of the same this time around.

“From throwing snowballs to working in the heat,” joked Rodgers.

“It’s work. If you see any of the sessions out there, the players are doing a lot of work. But it gives us a chance to reset and get in some really good coaching.

“That was the benefit of last year. Think where we’re at now. The Rangers game was our 38th game. Up here and down south that’s a season. Someone pointed out to me I had 96 games as manager of Swansea City. The Rangers game was my 97th game as Celtic manager in a lot less time.

“The Rangers game brought to an end an incredible year. An iconic year for the club. The trip away allows us to go and reflect as staff but also to impose some of our ways, especially our defending principles.

“Not just in football life but in normal life the old Vitamin D cheers you up. When you live in Glasgow it’s like 50 shades of grey up here – it’s just about which grey you get!

“It breaks the cycle and it’s nice. The players will have had a week with their families to do what they want and relax.

“Then we get into that second week where they work really hard and it gives us a chance to eat together in a different climate.”

While those south of the border are forced to play on through the winter frost and rain, Rodgers is a big fan of the break which he not only believes comes at the right time for players but punters as well.

“Everyone will tell you in normal life if you have a break from what you do on a daily basis you go back re-energised and refocused,” he said. “For me variety is important. It’s one of the great things up here.

“It’s my second season, my second mid-season break. It’s vital for clubs like ourselves. It’s unfortunate for the guys in the Championship they don’t have one but I understand there’s a financial aspect to it there.

“But from a financial perspective for supporters I think it’s important. They come out of it for a period. Think of the poverty in Scotland, as far as economics go it’s tough for lots of people.

“Thankfully we have a lot of working-class people who are still supporters here. It gives them a bit of respite for three weeks in what can be a very difficult month financially. It might not be great for clubs because they need the money but people need money too.

“If they can get a respite from that it gives them a breather too. So across the board it really helps.”

Only just in January and Celtic already stand at 38 competitive games this season. When those south of the border criticise our league and perhaps the performances of our representative in this year’s Champions League, they’d do well to remember that. However, Rodgers remains pragmatic.

“There always will be and always has been since I grew up that you look to Scotland and it’s maybe not as competitive as the English Premier League. The English Premier League is the most competitive league in the world. Of course if you compare to that it’s very difficult,” he said.

“The difference is finances. If you have six or seven billionaires who come to Scotland and put their money into clubs, I guarantee you it will attract lots of players. It’s financial.

“It doesn’t stop there being some very, very good players up here. The support that teams get that’s relative to their operations, look at some of the crowds, they are incredible. It’s al relative, but it’s always been that.”
http://www.heraldscotland.com/Brendan_Rodgers
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BRENDAN RODGERS has praised the benefit of the Scottish winter break as his team prepare to get to work in the Dubai sunshine.

The Celtic players have been out in the United Arab Emirates with their families but are now turning their attention to a training camp in a bid to recharge and refocus before the second part of the season commences.

It was a jaunt which proved beneficial to the SPFL Premiership leaders last season, who returned from the middle east revitalised enough to secure a sixth league title while have enough gas in the tank to squeak by Aberdeen at the death in the Scottish Cup final.

For the Celtic manager, it’s more of the same this time around.

“From throwing snowballs to working in the heat,” joked Rodgers.

“It’s work. If you see any of the sessions out there, the players are doing a lot of work. But it gives us a chance to reset and get in some really good coaching.

“That was the benefit of last year. Think where we’re at now. The Rangers game was our 38th game. Up here and down south that’s a season. Someone pointed out to me I had 96 games as manager of Swansea City. The Rangers game was my 97th game as Celtic manager in a lot less time.

“The Rangers game brought to an end an incredible year. An iconic year for the club. The trip away allows us to go and reflect as staff but also to impose some of our ways, especially our defending principles.

“Not just in football life but in normal life the old Vitamin D cheers you up. When you live in Glasgow it’s like 50 shades of grey up here – it’s just about which grey you get!

“It breaks the cycle and it’s nice. The players will have had a week with their families to do what they want and relax.

“Then we get into that second week where they work really hard and it gives us a chance to eat together in a different climate.”

While those south of the border are forced to play on through the winter frost and rain, Rodgers is a big fan of the break which he not only believes comes at the right time for players but punters as well.

“Everyone will tell you in normal life if you have a break from what you do on a daily basis you go back re-energised and refocused,” he said. “For me variety is important. It’s one of the great things up here.

“It’s my second season, my second mid-season break. It’s vital for clubs like ourselves. It’s unfortunate for the guys in the Championship they don’t have one but I understand there’s a financial aspect to it there.

“But from a financial perspective for supporters I think it’s important. They come out of it for a period. Think of the poverty in Scotland, as far as economics go it’s tough for lots of people.

“Thankfully we have a lot of working-class people who are still supporters here. It gives them a bit of respite for three weeks in what can be a very difficult month financially. It might not be great for clubs because they need the money but people need money too.

“If they can get a respite from that it gives them a breather too. So across the board it really helps.”


Only just in January and Celtic already stand at 38 competitive games this season. When those south of the border criticise our league and perhaps the performances of our representative in this year’s Champions League, they’d do well to remember that. However, Rodgers remains pragmatic.

“There always will be and always has been since I grew up that you look to Scotland and it’s maybe not as competitive as the English Premier League. The English Premier League is the most competitive league in the world. Of course if you compare to that it’s very difficult,” he said.

“The difference is finances. If you have six or seven billionaires who come to Scotland and put their money into clubs, I guarantee you it will attract lots of players. It’s financial.

“It doesn’t stop there being some very, very good players up here. The support that teams get that’s relative to their operations, look at some of the crowds, they are incredible. It’s al relative, but it’s always been that.”
http://www.heraldscotland.com/Brendan_Rodgers
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Nice wee piece and video on the Telegraph Sport page today about BR and his tactics in the 5-1 Liverpool v Arsenal game in 2014. The new website mentioned is launching today, might be quite interesting to see the full piece when it goes live.

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That website mentioned above now has a piece on BR and Celtic. It's excellent. Well worth reading.

Brendan Rodgers

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http://www.coachesvoice.com/green-king/
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<blockquote class="twitter-video" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Stoke fan to BT Sport: “Brendan Rodgers is my pick for Stoke Manager.”<br><br>Steve McManaman: “Brendan wouldn’t go anywhere near the Stoke job. Why would you leave Celtic when you’re flying, winning trophy after trophy, to go to Stoke?” <a href="https://t.co/k0psAo62yG">pic.twitter.com/k0psAo62yG</a></p>— Focus on Celtic (@FocusOnCeltic) <a href="https://twitter.com/FocusOnCeltic/status/949743003052204032?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 6, 2018</a></blockquote>
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Short Brendan interview in Dubai: https://streamable.com/wwvap
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BRENDAN RODGERS has vowed that Scottish players will always be a 'vital' element of his Celtic side.

The Hoops are currently training in Dubai where a healthy contingent of homegrown players make up the travelling party.

Since he arrived in Glasgow a year and a half ago, Rodgers' success has been founded upon the like of Scott Brown, Kieran Tierney, Stuart Armstrong and Leigh Griffiths as Celtic drive towards success.

And the Parkhead boss says that will always be a key element to his side, despite the fact new boy Lewis Morgan is the first ever Scot he's signed in Glasgow.

Rodgers said: "I didn’t know that until you just said.

"I don’t really think of it from that perspective.

"I know I have a core of Scottish players I’ve been really happy with.

"It’s vital. Everybody has to get an opportunity.

"Not too many would have heard of Jorge Cadete or Pierre van Hooijdonk and these guys when they came to Celtic. The Di Canios and so on. Even Lubo Moravcik.

"Vitually nobody knew about Coutinho when I got him in.

"But players need an opportunity, they need a start.

"If I was working in Spain my core would always be Spanish. In Scotland my core will always be Scottish. That’s important because they understand and live and breath it.

"But what is also important is that if you are working in the Champions League you also need to be able to branch out and bring in the best of other nationalities. It’s two fold."

Rodgers admits punters get more excited about foreign players, but said: "It’s no different for managers.

"It’s the same. A foreign manager will always create a lot more excitement than the guy from down the road or a different part of Britain.

"That’s just nature. Players are the same as management. British player and British managers always tend to be that way.’
http://www.heraldscotland.com/Scottish_core_is_key


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AT the start of a Nou beginning, Philippe Coutinho contacted an old friend.

The Brazilian had just touched down in Barcelona before being whisked to the Camp Nou as he was set to put pen to paper on a £142m move that would make his dream come true. A landmark moment for the player who has yearned to spread his wings from the Liverpool base he called for the last five years.

However, as he looked to a bright – and wealthy – future as the home of the Catalan giants came into view, there was still a moment for reflection as he glanced gratefully into the past.

“He sent me a nice text the other day when he was arriving in Barcelona,” said Brendan Rodgers, the man who brought him to Merseyside from Inter Milan in 2012 for £8.5m. “He is a great young guy, he was never a moment’s problem for me. He was a magical player to work with.

“It’s brilliant for both really. He is a Barcelona player if ever there was one. At the time when I brought him he wasn’t in the team at Inter Milan. He was a young player and they needed to sell one or two players to get some money into Inter Milan at the time. So he wasn’t playing.

“I think people questioned when I brought him in whether he was big enough and tall enough. Was he maybe not as physical as the Premier League could be. But I’d seen him as a young player, saw him at Inter Milan at 18 around top players and I always felt he had the technical quality. And of course he was always going to get better physically.

“He is a wonderful example. Of course it is difficult for players. It is hard if there is a move to a club, especially a move to a club that maybe he had wanted to go to. Clearly Liverpool rightly stood their ground until they got the fee they wanted. As soon as the window shut he got on with his work. He has been a great player for Liverpool in his time there and he is in the middle of his asset age, he’s 25 years of age, so he’s going to light it up there for the next eight, nine, ten years. A brilliant, brilliant player and a really, really humble boy who works really hard and never forgets his roots.”

Rodgers may no longer have the resources he once did to spend so much unearthing a rough diamond buried on the Inter Milan bench, but the Celtic manager remains motivated by the prospect of bringing on young talent. It’s an investment in time, resource and work, not just money.

The most obvious candidate for that project now falls to Lewis Morgan, the St Mirren starlet who has blazed a meteoric trail all the way from obscurity at Paisley to becoming one of the most fancied young players in Scotland. And it’s easy to see why with 13 goals already this season including three in his last three games with the spotlight on him.

“That is the pride that is always in it for me,” said Rodgers. “I’ve said before that for me it’s not about what’s on my CV. I see the joy in seeing the likes of [Coutinho] get his move and Raheem Sterling improve from being an 18 year old kid and leaving for £49 million. And other players that I’ve worked with.

“You feel you have played a little part in helping them achieve what is a dream for them.”

The Celtic manager explains the interest in Morgan can be traced all the way back to a Scottish Cup tie back in March last year. The 21-year-old was a standout on that day at Celtic Park as St Mirren turned in a performance that earned them the tag of the best side Celtic had played that season according to Rodgers.

“He was a boy that really took my eye when we played St Mirren,” he said. “Even though we won the game 4-1 I liked how direct he was and his quality. He was a handful on the day. We kept an eye on him from then. We watched him for Scotland under-21s against Holland and he was up against a really physical player that night and it was interesting to see if he could cope with that and he did. He’s a boy that is hungry.

“He has gone there with Jack [Ross, the St Mirren manager] and done very, very well. I spoke to Jack at length about him. And then I was given permission to speak to the player at length. He is a very humble boy, he knows where he’s at in his career.

“It is hard to tell, when they come to a big club. You come to Celtic and it’s hard for lots of players so if he can cope with that level of scrutiny and pressure and expectations then he could be a wonderful player. He has the talent, he’s direct, he’s quick, he can score goals, he has two great feet, so yeah, we will look forward to the chance to work with him when he comes in the summer.”

Morgan will stay at loan at St Mirren until the end of the season where he hopes to win a Championship medal with the Paisley club. Despite the delayed start to his Celtic career, Rodgers explained he was impressed by what the young forward had to say for himself.

“You look at the player and you do your homework on him and you try to find out all the different aspects of his life. I like players that are hungry and coachable and want to learn,” he said.

“I like players that are hungry, coachable and want to learn. I tend to bring the right types of character into the squad. Everything I had heard about him was very good as a boy.

“Sometimes those boys are silver medallists. They come through and we’ve seen it in many examples. But yeah I had a real nice chat with him. He’s a good boy and had the hunger. You can’t always go on what they’re like, but obviously the first impression is important."
http://www.heraldscotland.com/Brendan_Rodgers_reveals


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