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Brendan Rodgers; "I was born into Celtic"
Topic Started: 20 May 2016, 05:06 PM (2,287,813 Views)
Ned Rise
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There's no extra prizes for winning the league by 27 points or 9 points. If we add a second treble in a row, and progress further in Europe that we have done in years, while not being miles out of sight in the league, it's not the worst compromise in football.


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lenobhoy
19 Feb 2018, 12:07 PM
He needs to call out on the shampooe refereeing as it definitely hampers our game.
should have been done last season or at the latest early this one. if he does it now you know how it will be spun.
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19 Feb 2018, 12:28 PM
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19 Feb 2018, 12:07 PM
He needs to call out on the shampooe refereeing as it definitely hampers our game.
should have been done last season or at the latest early this one. if he does it now you know how it will be spun.
TBF to him he has in the past.

https://www.scotsman.com/sport/football/teams/celtic/brendan-rodgers-referees-are-threatening-lives-careers-of-players-1-4594631

https://www.scotsman.com/sport/football/competitions/premiership/brendan-rodgers-questions-whether-scottish-referees-know-the-rules-1-4674926
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19 Feb 2018, 12:27 PM
There's no extra prizes for winning the league by 27 points or 9 points. If we add a second treble in a row, and progress further in Europe that we have done in years, while not being miles out of sight in the league, it's not the worst compromise in football.


Exactly.

Just another 1 on the road to 10 :potm:
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19 Feb 2018, 11:50 AM
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19 Feb 2018, 11:37 AM
Food for thought. Aberdeen away after Zenit away is a very tricky match. Say we were to lose that game, the gap would be 6 points.

If we get through vs Zenit, the last 16 Europa league games would be either side of the match at Ibrox. Potential 3 point gap.

I appreciate this is really pessimistic, but its not unrealistic.

Big few weeks coming up. If we manage to keep progressing in Europe all these daft draws will become even more frustrating.

Rangers will drop points to us, Aberdeen (okay, a possible exaggeration there) Hibs, Hearts, Kilmarnock and probably one or two others before the season is out. They will never be within three points of us at any stage.

Even yesterday when they supposedly hammered Hamilton they managed to concede three goals and it’s only a fortnight since Hibs beat them yet again on their own ground. They are pish.
Absolutely agree. But I'd rather win the league through our own ability other than the Huns being a shambles/ Aberdeen being shampooebags.
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Yesterday was mince but some fans want to be 30 points clear in February then next say we are pish in Europe because the leagues to easy.
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Everyone should cut the manager some slack, ffsaxes.

Nobody is beyond criticism, but some earn the right to some breathing space!
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Panic merchants everywhere.

League will be won well into double figure. Possible chance at last 16 of EL. A great win at CP in Europe over a strong team.

Our priority, until the league is in trouble, is Europe.
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19 Feb 2018, 12:42 PM
Yesterday was mince but some fans want to be 30 points clear in February then next say we are pish in Europe because the leagues to easy.
Very few people are moaning about the points gap. Plenty are moaning about the fact our performances, for several months now, have been disjointed on the whole and, in many instances, downright dull.
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19 Feb 2018, 12:05 PM
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19 Feb 2018, 11:42 AM
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19 Feb 2018, 11:26 AM

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Would you rather be 27 points clear and out of Europe with the chance at winning the treble

or

would you rather be 9 points clear, the chance to be in the last 16 of the EL and the chance at winning the treble?


The team are still delivering when it counts. I'm sure if there was a tighter challenge in the league then BR would be fielding his strongest team more often and they'd be getting results. As it is, we're coasting the league and BR is trying to take us further in Europe and introduce fringe players.

It's frustrating, but it'll pay off long term.
The first one

Can I ask why?

For me, I'd far rather the extra excitement, cash and co-efficient of the EL - there's no real difference between 9 points and 27 points in terms of benefit to Celtic.

It could even be argued that a smaller points gap points to a more competitive and exciting league...

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We were tough to watch yesterday. We were even tougher to watch two weeks earlier at Kilmarnock. We toiled in the first half against Partick Thistle (away) and much of the 1-0 home win against Hibs. We never turned up against Sevco just before the winter break and almost blew a two goal lead at home in the cup last weekend. Excellent performances against Zenit and Hearts have shown this team is still capable of brilliance but those type of performances have started to become the minority.
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19 Feb 2018, 12:07 PM
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19 Feb 2018, 11:42 AM

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Yep. European football after Christmas is a bonus. I'm not that fussed if we go further in the Europa League. Getting through the group stages for the CL would be different.
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The first one

Can I ask why?

For me, I'd far rather the extra excitement, cash and co-efficient of the EL - there's no real difference between 9 points and 27 points in terms of benefit to Celtic.

It could even be argued that a smaller points gap points to a more competitive and exciting league...

Second this.

I just expected a bit more from the teams fringe players when they're called upon after these European ties.
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The first one

Can I ask why?

For me, I'd far rather the extra excitement, cash and co-efficient of the EL - there's no real difference between 9 points and 27 points in terms of benefit to Celtic.

It could even be argued that a smaller points gap points to a more competitive and exciting league...

The smaller points gap is down to us playing pish football....too often.

The team put out on the park should have had enough to score against St Johnstone, every other effer can, and the team put out the other week shouldn't be getting beat by Kilmarnock to nil either.
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The first one

Can I ask why?

For me, I'd far rather the extra excitement, cash and co-efficient of the EL - there's no real difference between 9 points and 27 points in terms of benefit to Celtic.

It could even be argued that a smaller points gap points to a more competitive and exciting league...

One has a definite league win and a possible treble.

The other has a less secure title ( jeopardising the main aim ) and a chance to get into the last round of a competition we won't win and will continue to harm our long term prospects in the League.

I don't care about cash. We've literally got millions of it sitting about doing eff all. It's not a more exciting league because we're playing shampooe though.

Just a different mindset I suppose,
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You'd expect the fringe players to take their chance at every opening. I also feel that Masonda may be an impact player for us, rather than a 90 min man. The lack of chances we create is a major issue in SPL games, as other teams seem to set up in the correct manner against us. We need to mix it up a little.

The 10IAR talk is boring and acts as a motivation to other teams. I prefer the low key, going about our business approach.
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19 Feb 2018, 11:57 AM
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19 Feb 2018, 10:36 AM
FFS - Rodgers can't win. At least a double this season after a treble last season. Still in Europe with a chance of progressions into March and building a young, exciting and talented team.
They aren't very exciting very often. That is the issue.
Indeed. You get the old "you can't win every game 4/5-0" comments. We don't many games by these scores. Lucky to create 4 decent chances sometimes.
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19 Feb 2018, 01:02 PM
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Can I ask why?

For me, I'd far rather the extra excitement, cash and co-efficient of the EL - there's no real difference between 9 points and 27 points in terms of benefit to Celtic.

It could even be argued that a smaller points gap points to a more competitive and exciting league...

The smaller points gap is down to us playing pish football....too often.

The team put out on the park should have had enough to score against St Johnstone, every other effer can, and the team put out the other week shouldn't be getting beat by Kilmarnock to nil either.
Just about every player that took to the field yesterday would have walked into saints starting 11.
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19 Feb 2018, 12:42 PM
Yesterday was mince but some fans want to be 30 points clear in February then next say we are pish in Europe because the leagues to easy.
Very few people are moaning about the points gap. Plenty are moaning about the fact our performances, for several months now, have been disjointed on the whole and, in many instances, downright dull.
9 points would be acceptable if the huns and Aberdeen were unusually consistent. They have been there usual selves, but we have dropped down several levels to close the gap.
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Can I ask why?

For me, I'd far rather the extra excitement, cash and co-efficient of the EL - there's no real difference between 9 points and 27 points in terms of benefit to Celtic.

It could even be argued that a smaller points gap points to a more competitive and exciting league...

One has a definite league win and a possible treble.

The other has a less secure title ( jeopardising the main aim ) and a chance to get into the last round of a competition we won't win and will continue to harm our long term prospects in the League.

I don't care about cash. We've literally got millions of it sitting about doing eff all. It's not a more exciting league because we're playing shampooe though.

Just a different mindset I suppose,
Aye. The money coming in would great if we actually spent most of it on the team.
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