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Brendan Rodgers; "I was born into Celtic"
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Brendan hates Kris Commons!!
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GIRUY Ya Knob!!

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I didn't see a name assigned to the article & heaven forbid, I'd click on it...
But, "Compper is ineligible for Europe, but he's injured now anyway"?
Seriously? They expect to be paid for that level of insight?

How does his injury - which can happen to anyone, at anytime, effect Europe?
Trying to goad the Manager & hook some dafties, their raison detre.
Gavin Berry on this one. Looks like they will run with this narrative of BR being "tetchy", whilst "Murts" is a breath of fresh air / on the right track.
Don't fall for it lads!

Celtic boss Brendan Rodgers in frosty mood as he delivers cold shoulder to Hoops critics
The Parkhead gaffer - who opted to stand rather than take his usual seat at yesterday's press conference - again defended his much-scrutinised backline.
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" I’m worried about deeds", Brendan channelling Bomber Brown there.

Good on him, Commons probably got a semi when he saw Compper was injured. He couldn't effing wait to say I told you so.

Can't blame the manager at all, sitting in front of those hacks answering the same questions over and over again would test anyones patience.
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Something was eating Brendan Rodgers even before a question was put to him at the daily press conference yesterday. When the line of enquiry that followed, naturally, involved the never-ending helpings of transfer speculation which accompanies any transfer window, the sit-in didn’t prove easily digestible to the Celtic manager.

For one, it wasn’t even the normal sit-in. While ordinarily, Rodgers takes his chair and chats loquaciously with reporters over any subjects raised, yesterday the Irishman said he was too busy to sit, and elected to stand behind the chair set aside for him. An odd situation never witnessed before in his 19 months at the club, so too was the unmistakable curtness Rodgers 
displayed throughout.

It was hard to decipher whether the Celtic manager’s mood wasn’t helped by the fact the transfer-window natter seems to have revolved around losing players more than bringing them to the club.

In the context of yesterday’s conference, it certainly wasn’t helped by raising Kris Commons’ questioning of the club’s transfer activity in the area of central defence. The former Celtic playmaker effectively stated that if Jozo Simunovic was sold – the Bosnian international is reported to be on the radar of Lazio and Burnley – then Rodgers would not have a central defensive pairing fit for purpose for the Europa League tie against Zenit St Petersburg next month.

New signing Marvin Compper is ineligible for the competition, and injured now anyway. With Erik Sviatchenko having gone on loan to former club FC Midtjylland, Commons does not believe teenager Kristoffer Ajer could provide the necessary backline solidity alongside Dedryck Boyata – Rodgers’ recent preferred partnership.

The Celtic manager became narky initially when asked if there had been any concrete offers for Simunovic. “Nothing,” he said. “I don’t want to stand here and talk about players or waste my time trying to give you lines to put in the paper to look to sell players. There are no offers, there is nothing. That’s the same for every player.”

It was then put to Rodgers that “there is a particular scrutiny on you with Europe in mind to strengthen [in central defence]”.

“No, there is not. Scrutiny by whom?” he snapped.

By at least Commons himself, it was suggested?

“Ok, move on. [before under his breath and disdainfully saying] Kris Commons…”

With Nir Bitton also a centre-back option, Rodgers said central defence wasn’t a priority area: “Not for me, no”.

It was though when he was asked, in general terms, whether transfer speculation was what frustrated him most that he found a theme he could really vent his spleen over.

“Yes, it is. I am one that is about deeds not words. I have heard some s**t since I have been up here. It is the one part of your industry that I do not like. I don’t want to stand here and waste my time when I have a mountain of things to do rather than talk about speculation or what Kris Common or other guys have said. Everyone has an opinion but opinions are not always the reality.”

The reality is that Lewis Morgan, who has been loaned back to the St Mirren from whence he was purchased for £300,000, is the only notable signing by Celtic in the month of January. Yet, it was Rodgers who spoke of a “revolving door” at the club after the draw with Rangers on 30 December.

That might suggest a frustrating window so far for Rodgers. When that was put to him, he demurred. “No, not really,” he said. “We know what we want and we’re pretty calm on that. We just need to bring in quality. I’m not concerned about the numbers we bring in. The job here is to bring in quality to improve the level we are at, and that usually takes time.”

Rodgers said no bids have been made for players at other
clubs but he expects that to change in the coming weeks and is “hopeful” Celtic will be stronger coming out of the window than going into it.
https://www.scotsman.com/brendan-rodgers-irked
effing yes BR. You can tell he is really starting not to tolerate these twats any longer.
I find that slightly concerning
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Something was eating Brendan Rodgers even before a question was put to him at the daily press conference yesterday. When the line of enquiry that followed, naturally, involved the never-ending helpings of transfer speculation which accompanies any transfer window, the sit-in didn’t prove easily digestible to the Celtic manager.

For one, it wasn’t even the normal sit-in. While ordinarily, Rodgers takes his chair and chats loquaciously with reporters over any subjects raised, yesterday the Irishman said he was too busy to sit, and elected to stand behind the chair set aside for him. An odd situation never witnessed before in his 19 months at the club, so too was the unmistakable curtness Rodgers 
displayed throughout.

It was hard to decipher whether the Celtic manager’s mood wasn’t helped by the fact the transfer-window natter seems to have revolved around losing players more than bringing them to the club.

In the context of yesterday’s conference, it certainly wasn’t helped by raising Kris Commons’ questioning of the club’s transfer activity in the area of central defence. The former Celtic playmaker effectively stated that if Jozo Simunovic was sold – the Bosnian international is reported to be on the radar of Lazio and Burnley – then Rodgers would not have a central defensive pairing fit for purpose for the Europa League tie against Zenit St Petersburg next month.

New signing Marvin Compper is ineligible for the competition, and injured now anyway. With Erik Sviatchenko having gone on loan to former club FC Midtjylland, Commons does not believe teenager Kristoffer Ajer could provide the necessary backline solidity alongside Dedryck Boyata – Rodgers’ recent preferred partnership.

The Celtic manager became narky initially when asked if there had been any concrete offers for Simunovic. “Nothing,” he said. “I don’t want to stand here and talk about players or waste my time trying to give you lines to put in the paper to look to sell players. There are no offers, there is nothing. That’s the same for every player.”

It was then put to Rodgers that “there is a particular scrutiny on you with Europe in mind to strengthen [in central defence]”.

“No, there is not. Scrutiny by whom?” he snapped.

By at least Commons himself, it was suggested?

“Ok, move on. [before under his breath and disdainfully saying] Kris Commons…”

With Nir Bitton also a centre-back option, Rodgers said central defence wasn’t a priority area: “Not for me, no”.

It was though when he was asked, in general terms, whether transfer speculation was what frustrated him most that he found a theme he could really vent his spleen over.

“Yes, it is. I am one that is about deeds not words. I have heard some s**t since I have been up here. It is the one part of your industry that I do not like. I don’t want to stand here and waste my time when I have a mountain of things to do rather than talk about speculation or what Kris Common or other guys have said. Everyone has an opinion but opinions are not always the reality.”

The reality is that Lewis Morgan, who has been loaned back to the St Mirren from whence he was purchased for £300,000, is the only notable signing by Celtic in the month of January. Yet, it was Rodgers who spoke of a “revolving door” at the club after the draw with Rangers on 30 December.

That might suggest a frustrating window so far for Rodgers. When that was put to him, he demurred. “No, not really,” he said. “We know what we want and we’re pretty calm on that. We just need to bring in quality. I’m not concerned about the numbers we bring in. The job here is to bring in quality to improve the level we are at, and that usually takes time.”

Rodgers said no bids have been made for players at other
clubs but he expects that to change in the coming weeks and is “hopeful” Celtic will be stronger coming out of the window than going into it.
https://www.scotsman.com/brendan-rodgers-irked
effing yes BR. You can tell he is really starting not to tolerate these twats any longer.
I hope that he doesn’t read the KDS transfer thread.
Edited by PM67, 18 Jan 2018, 01:59 PM.
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These articles must be about the conference he does with the written press, because the clip posted by The Edge shows him sat down and talking the same as ever, apart from giving short shrift to the muppet reading stuff straight from his phone. And Kheredine Iddesane, which appears to be a regular occurrence. :lol:
Edited by Forza, 18 Jan 2018, 02:27 PM.
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These articles must be about the conference he does with the written press, because the clip posted by The Edge shows him sat down and talking the same as ever, apart from giving short shrift to the muppet reading stuff straight from his phone. And Kheredine Iddesane, which appears to be a regular occurrence. :lol:
Thats a pity.

I was about to go and watch him disdainfully mutter Commons name under his breath. :lol:
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Anyone starting to think by revolving door that BR meant the door to A&E. :ph43r:
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Quoting limited to 3 levels deep[in central defence]”.

“No, there is not. Scrutiny by whom?” he snapped.

By at least Commons himself, it was suggested?

“Ok, move on. [before under his breath and disdainfully saying] Kris Commons…”

With Nir Bitton also a centre-back option, Rodgers said central defence wasn’t a priority area: “Not for me, no”.

It was though when he was asked, in general terms, whether transfer speculation was what frustrated him most that he found a theme he could really vent his spleen over.

“Yes, it is. I am one that is about deeds not words. I have heard some s**t since I have been up here. It is the one part of your industry that I do not like. I don’t want to stand here and waste my time when I have a mountain of things to do rather than talk about speculation or what Kris Common or other guys have said. Everyone has an opinion but opinions are not always the reality.”

The reality is that Lewis Morgan, who has been loaned back to the St Mirren from whence he was purchased for £300,000, is the only notable signing by Celtic in the month of January. Yet, it was Rodgers who spoke of a “revolving door” at the club after the draw with Rangers on 30 December.

That might suggest a frustrating window so far for Rodgers. When that was put to him, he demurred. “No, not really,” he said. “We know what we want and we’re pretty calm on that. We just need to bring in quality. I’m not concerned about the numbers we bring in. The job here is to bring in quality to improve the level we are at, and that usually takes time.”

Rodgers said no bids have been made for players at other
clubs but he expects that to change in the coming weeks and is “hopeful” Celtic will be stronger coming out of the window than going into it.
https://www.scotsman.com/brendan-rodgers-irked
effing yes BR. You can tell he is really starting not to tolerate these twats any longer.
I find that slightly concerning
I concur
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Quoting limited to 3 levels deep[in central defence]”.

“No, there is not. Scrutiny by whom?” he snapped.

By at least Commons himself, it was suggested?

“Ok, move on. [before under his breath and disdainfully saying] Kris Commons…”

With Nir Bitton also a centre-back option, Rodgers said central defence wasn’t a priority area: “Not for me, no”.

It was though when he was asked, in general terms, whether transfer speculation was what frustrated him most that he found a theme he could really vent his spleen over.

“Yes, it is. I am one that is about deeds not words. I have heard some s**t since I have been up here. It is the one part of your industry that I do not like. I don’t want to stand here and waste my time when I have a mountain of things to do rather than talk about speculation or what Kris Common or other guys have said. Everyone has an opinion but opinions are not always the reality.”

The reality is that Lewis Morgan, who has been loaned back to the St Mirren from whence he was purchased for £300,000, is the only notable signing by Celtic in the month of January. Yet, it was Rodgers who spoke of a “revolving door” at the club after the draw with Rangers on 30 December.

That might suggest a frustrating window so far for Rodgers. When that was put to him, he demurred. “No, not really,” he said. “We know what we want and we’re pretty calm on that. We just need to bring in quality. I’m not concerned about the numbers we bring in. The job here is to bring in quality to improve the level we are at, and that usually takes time.”

Rodgers said no bids have been made for players at other
clubs but he expects that to change in the coming weeks and is “hopeful” Celtic will be stronger coming out of the window than going into it.
https://www.scotsman.com/brendan-rodgers-irked
effing yes BR. You can tell he is really starting not to tolerate these twats any longer.
I find that slightly concerning
As do I. I hope he's genuinely annoyed by Commons and not lack of funding.
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BR saying that there has been a couple of enquiries for Moussa.

STAY FOCUSED Celtic boss Brendan Rodgers reckons Moussa Dembele’s head has been turned by interest from Brighton, Crystal Palace and Everton
The Frenchman was left out of the Hoops line-up to face Brechin City in the Scottish Cup and the Celtic gaffer admitted the striker isn't completely focused
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From the highs of last season to what we are seeing now is typical celtic, we have a record of failing to build on success and instead the board seem to think we should stall because what we have is good enough, any manager is going to be pissed off with that never mind a manager like Brendan who was no doubt promised certain things when he took the job.

None of us know what's going on behind the boardroom doors but we do know Brendan was pissed off when his targets didn't arrive last January and it looks like the same thing is happening just now, but there is still over a week to go and hopefully Brendan gets the signings he wants in that time, he has earned the money and will expect a decent chunk of it for transfers, my fear is if he feels he isn't being backed he might get disheartened and start to think about moving on.

The press are all over sevco just now and it's fair to say quite a few celtic fans are annoyed at our lack of activity, some of the posts on here and on other sites are unreal, reading them you would think we are battling relegation and it's us chasing sevco. If at the end of the window we are no stronger and Brendan is still pissed off that's when we should start demanding answers.

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I think this is the only bit you got correct
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From the highs of last season to what we are seeing now is typical celtic, we have a record of failing to build on success and instead the board seem to think we should stall because what we have is good enough, any manager is going to be pissed off with that never mind a manager like Brendan who was no doubt promised certain things when he took the job.

None of us know what's going on behind the boardroom doors but we do know Brendan was pissed off when his targets didn't arrive last January and it looks like the same thing is happening just now, but there is still over a week to go and hopefully Brendan gets the signings he wants in that time, he has earned the money and will expect a decent chunk of it for transfers, my fear is if he feels he isn't being backed he might get disheartened and start to think about moving on.

The press are all over sevco just now and it's fair to say quite a few celtic fans are annoyed at our lack of activity, some of the posts on here and on other sites are unreal, reading them you would think we are battling relegation and it's us chasing sevco. If at the end of the window we are no stronger and Brendan is still pissed off that's when we should start demanding answers.

What a lot of shampooe
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From the highs of last season to what we are seeing now is typical celtic, we have a record of failing to build on success and instead the board seem to think we should stall because what we have is good enough, any manager is going to be pissed off with that never mind a manager like Brendan who was no doubt promised certain things when he took the job.

None of us know what's going on behind the boardroom doors but we do know Brendan was pissed off when his targets didn't arrive last January and it looks like the same thing is happening just now, but there is still over a week to go and hopefully Brendan gets the signings he wants in that time, he has earned the money and will expect a decent chunk of it for transfers, my fear is if he feels he isn't being backed he might get disheartened and start to think about moving on.

The press are all over sevco just now and it's fair to say quite a few celtic fans are annoyed at our lack of activity, some of the posts on here and on other sites are unreal, reading them you would think we are battling relegation and it's us chasing sevco. If at the end of the window we are no stronger and Brendan is still pissed off that's when we should start demanding answers.

Same old same old. Board won't back the manager. All they want to do is fleece the fans of money and hoard it in the bank.

Can you look yourself in the mirror and say you really really believe that?
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From the highs of last season to what we are seeing now is typical celtic, we have a record of failing to build on success and instead the board seem to think we should stall because what we have is good enough, any manager is going to be pissed off with that never mind a manager like Brendan who was no doubt promised certain things when he took the job.

None of us know what's going on behind the boardroom doors but we do know Brendan was pissed off when his targets didn't arrive last January and it looks like the same thing is happening just now, but there is still over a week to go and hopefully Brendan gets the signings he wants in that time, he has earned the money and will expect a decent chunk of it for transfers, my fear is if he feels he isn't being backed he might get disheartened and start to think about moving on.

The press are all over sevco just now and it's fair to say quite a few celtic fans are annoyed at our lack of activity, some of the posts on here and on other sites are unreal, reading them you would think we are battling relegation and it's us chasing sevco. If at the end of the window we are no stronger and Brendan is still pissed off that's when we should start demanding answers.

Build on success to achieve what? Clean effing sweep domestically last year - will not be topped.

What the hell do you want? Last 16? Then what? Get real.
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From the highs of last season to what we are seeing now is typical celtic, we have a record of failing to build on success and instead the board seem to think we should stall because what we have is good enough, any manager is going to be pissed off with that never mind a manager like Brendan who was no doubt promised certain things when he took the job.

None of us know what's going on behind the boardroom doors but we do know Brendan was pissed off when his targets didn't arrive last January and it looks like the same thing is happening just now, but there is still over a week to go and hopefully Brendan gets the signings he wants in that time, he has earned the money and will expect a decent chunk of it for transfers, my fear is if he feels he isn't being backed he might get disheartened and start to think about moving on.

The press are all over sevco just now and it's fair to say quite a few celtic fans are annoyed at our lack of activity, some of the posts on here and on other sites are unreal, reading them you would think we are battling relegation and it's us chasing sevco. If at the end of the window we are no stronger and Brendan is still pissed off that's when we should start demanding answers.

Brendan seems perfectly calm and assured that we'll get players in.
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21 Jan 2018, 06:15 PM
From the highs of last season to what we are seeing now is typical celtic, we have a record of failing to build on success and instead the board seem to think we should stall because what we have is good enough, any manager is going to be pissed off with that never mind a manager like Brendan who was no doubt promised certain things when he took the job.

None of us know what's going on behind the boardroom doors but we do know Brendan was pissed off when his targets didn't arrive last January and it looks like the same thing is happening just now, but there is still over a week to go and hopefully Brendan gets the signings he wants in that time, he has earned the money and will expect a decent chunk of it for transfers, my fear is if he feels he isn't being backed he might get disheartened and start to think about moving on.

The press are all over sevco just now and it's fair to say quite a few celtic fans are annoyed at our lack of activity, some of the posts on here and on other sites are unreal, reading them you would think we are battling relegation and it's us chasing sevco. If at the end of the window we are no stronger and Brendan is still pissed off that's when we should start demanding answers.

Does not compute, mhate. :thumbsup:
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Bhoy_Barker
21 Jan 2018, 06:15 PM
From the highs of last season to what we are seeing now is typical celtic, we have a record of failing to build on success and instead the board seem to think we should stall because what we have is good enough, any manager is going to be pissed off with that never mind a manager like Brendan who was no doubt promised certain things when he took the job.

None of us know what's going on behind the boardroom doors but we do know Brendan was pissed off when his targets didn't arrive last January and it looks like the same thing is happening just now, but there is still over a week to go and hopefully Brendan gets the signings he wants in that time, he has earned the money and will expect a decent chunk of it for transfers, my fear is if he feels he isn't being backed he might get disheartened and start to think about moving on.

The press are all over sevco just now and it's fair to say quite a few celtic fans are annoyed at our lack of activity, some of the posts on here and on other sites are unreal, reading them you would think we are battling relegation and it's us chasing sevco. If at the end of the window we are no stronger and Brendan is still pissed off that's when we should start demanding answers.

Does not compute, mhate. :thumbsup:

Maybe Brendan was in front of the boardroom doors when he told Bhoy Barking he was pissed off.

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With Nir Bitton also a centre-back option, Rodgers said central defence wasn’t a priority area: “Not for me, no”.


That's slightly worrying.
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With Nir Bitton also a centre-back option, Rodgers said central defence wasn’t a priority area: “Not for me, no”.


That's slightly worrying.
i think we will bring another cb in if/when jozo is punted this month
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