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Brendan Rodgers; "I was born into Celtic"
Topic Started: 20 May 2016, 05:06 PM (2,287,692 Views)
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21 May 2018, 12:48 AM

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What about 10 in a row vs progress in Europe?
They go hand in hand really, if we're not good enough domestically to beat Aberdeen then we won't be making the later stages of the EL.

I thought we were close to taking something off Bayern but froze at home to Anderlecht. A better defence and more pragmatic approach and I think we can expect 3rd again this year, if we make the CL, then there are some teams I'd love to see us draw in the EL. Couple of big performances and a friendly draw and we could see the later stages of the EL. BR will have 3 more bites of the cherry anyway.
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20 May 2018, 11:39 PM
I'd take a treble treble over European progress, if I had to choose.
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Fantasy 'Would You Rather' aside, I'd be happy enough if we got a 3rd place CL finish again or, failing that, a decent post-Christmas tilt at the Europa League.
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Qualify for group stages. Don't get humped silly in any game, and win a couple. Win a Europa Cup fixture. That's what "progress" looks like, and some folk are questioning whether that would be more important than ten in a row? Just naw. 10 in a row is the main goal for me now. Obviously the team putting up a good show in Europe should go hand in hand, but it's the 10 that really matters.
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21 May 2018, 12:48 AM

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What about 10 in a row vs progress in Europe?
Nah. The 10 is the be all and end all for the next few years.

I'd sacrifice some cups for proper progress in Europe, but the 10 is by far the most important thing right now.
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What about 10 in a row vs progress in Europe?
Nah. The 10 is the be all and end all for the next few years.

I'd sacrifice some cups for proper progress in Europe, but the 10 is by far the most important thing right now.
A Europa Cup win or 10IAR?

I'd take the Europa.
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What about 10 in a row vs progress in Europe?
10. All that matters.

Win the Europa League the following year.

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10 IAR of course.
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20 May 2018, 09:25 PM
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20 May 2018, 09:06 PM
Very Special Football Manager and a Very Special Man - He is Sheer Class off the park - He understands Good People as he is one of them.

He has had offers and could quadruple his salary easily overnight but he is not driven by dosh - His and his family being happy is the important thing - Like Jock Stein he never forgets his roots - He knows he is managing the Celtic the EPL and European Big Guns have obscene money to utilise but Our Club is Brendan's Club he knows and has spoken privately that no Club in the world has the heart and soul and ethos of Celtic.

I met and chatted for quite a while to his daughter Mischa in Donegal - She lives in England and was with Brendan when he was managing Swansea and Liverpool - She said that much as he loved those clubs at the time she sees it in her Dad all the time that Celtic is so different to and means so much more to him - He lives and breathes it - She said he always says to her "This is Celtic Mischa - This is my Club :) "

He is a Celtic Legend already - Stay for the Ten Boss and only Jock will surpass you as the Greatest Ever Celtic Manager.
That's me away to tug one off.

10 it is.
From one to ten, that escalated quickly.
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21 May 2018, 03:14 PM
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Nah. The 10 is the be all and end all for the next few years.

I'd sacrifice some cups for proper progress in Europe, but the 10 is by far the most important thing right now.
A Europa Cup win or 10IAR?

I'd take the Europa.
Why not both?
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What about 10 in a row vs progress in Europe?
10. All that matters.

Win the Europa League the following year.

win the 10 AND the europa in the same year.

i wouldn't see my 30th if that happened
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10. All that matters.

Win the Europa League the following year.

win the 10 AND the europa in the same year.

i wouldn't see my 30th if that happened
Fine, deal.

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CaltonBhoy1967
20 May 2018, 09:06 PM
Very Special Football Manager and a Very Special Man - He is Sheer Class off the park - He understands Good People as he is one of them.

He has had offers and could quadruple his salary easily overnight but he is not driven by dosh - His and his family being happy is the important thing - Like Jock Stein he never forgets his roots - He knows he is managing the Celtic the EPL and European Big Guns have obscene money to utilise but Our Club is Brendan's Club he knows and has spoken privately that no Club in the world has the heart and soul and ethos of Celtic.

I met and chatted for quite a while to his daughter Mischa in Donegal - She lives in England and was with Brendan when he was managing Swansea and Liverpool - She said that much as he loved those clubs at the time she sees it in her Dad all the time that Celtic is so different to and means so much more to him - He lives and breathes it - She said he always says to her "This is Celtic Mischa - This is my Club :) "

He is a Celtic Legend already - Stay for the Ten Boss and only Jock will surpass you as the Greatest Ever Celtic Manager.
Good reading that.

He's already a legend and it's hard to argue against him being second only to Jock Stein if and when the 10 happens. Hopefully another barrowload a cups will come our way too and progress in Europe.

He's 100% the right man at the right time.

I think though, that every manager who walked through the door post-2005 has MON to thank. He took on the hun when it was at it's most obscene, living the high life on stolen cash after shooting Scottish football in the back, and bragging about it in a crescendo of 'self-made millionaire' golf clubhouse winkery.

MON walked in, shut them up and took everything they had. They never recovered.

Brendan is the right man to keep watch for their bony hand reaching up through the dirt.
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Nah. The 10 is the be all and end all for the next few years.

I'd sacrifice some cups for proper progress in Europe, but the 10 is by far the most important thing right now.
A Europa Cup win or 10IAR?

I'd take the Europa.
I would also prefer to win the Europa League.
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A Europa Cup win or 10IAR?

I'd take the Europa.
I would also prefer to win the Europa League.
Who wins the league in this fantasy situation?
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In general Continental competition is the yard stick that clubs are measured by. Do we simply want to be comparing ourselves only to them in the SPFL pissing contest?

We've only won a single European title in our history, even a Europa League title would be huge regardless of how folk try to play down participation in it since we won the mythical Last 16 Cup

Don't get me wrong if/when we achieve 10, I will party like the rest of us, however I'd still take a European trophy first if you told me we would definitely do one by sacrificing the other
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I would also prefer to win the Europa League.
Who wins the league in this fantasy situation?
Neil Lennon ;)

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Crazy to think... that this season coming, we could potentially win the treble treble. :rocker:

Meaning:
8 in a row
50 league championships
3 SC wins in a row and the first team in Europe to do a treble treble.

This year could be our most historic since 67'.
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I would also prefer to win the Europa League.
Who wins the league in this fantasy situation?
Hibs.
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/44196855

Surprisingly good article by BBC Sport on his success with us. Not embedded as lots of images in the article are graphics with stats and are referred to in the article
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