Brendan Rodgers | Rejoins Celtic on 3 year deal

Cheesy said:
I think he'd have stood somewhat of a chance at a club like Spurs if he'd had another season like 16-17, but despite his achievements his Celtic side were often quite frustrating in the league and inconsistent.
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Thats the thing as big as Celtic are I would not call it an achievement to win a treble or be "invincible " in a league where Celtic are so much better then anyone else especially after Rangers died.
 
Vadim said:
So basically as soon as Rangers become a proper opponent again, Brent can’t get out of there quick enough?!

He’s a charlatan. I could win the Scottish league as manager of Celtic, it’s a joke of a league.

He’ll do ok at Leicester if he can ensure they’re full of character.
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Rangers aren't really a proper opponent just yet they are 10 points adrift.
 
Top 20 Quotes (by Lord Brendan of Rodgers):


20. “After that opening 10 or 15 minutes, when they had a bit too much space behind our midfield, it was the near-perfect away performance.” (After losing 2-0 to Zenit St Petersburg)

19. “The last 18 months we have been on a magic carpet ride of development but we still have a lot of growth to make.”

18. “Joe Allen is one of the most courageous players I’ve seen.”

17. “I am the same guy who nearly won us the league, but better. I think I have shown in the early stages of my management – without being arrogant – that with a talented group of players I can compete at the top end of the league.”

16. “I use a quote with the players, “Per aspera ad astra”, which is Latin for ‘through adversity to the stars’.”

15. “We play with 11 men, other teams play with 10 men and a goalkeeper.”

14. “I started coaching for one reason and that was to make a difference for people, not just as footballers but as human beings.”

13. “I will leave no stone unturned in my quest – and that quest will be relentless.”

12. “They don’t have to sell. (Southampton) have a choice. Maybe Southampton’s objectives have changed. They were looking to be a Champions League club, I believe.” (Made in August 2014, with Liverpool finishing two points above Saints come May)

11. “I always say a squad is like a good meal. I’m not a great cook, but a good meal takes a wee bit of time. But also, to offer a good meal you need good ingredients.”

10. “There are two points: the first is I don’t feel any pressure, I can honestly say that. I have never felt anything other than secure.” (Rodgers was sacked within an hour or so)

9. “I’ve always said that you can live without water for many days, but you can’t live for a second without hope.”

8. “If he was a foreign player, everyone would be raving about him by now.” (He was talking about Jordon bloody Ibe)

7. “I believe a young player will run through a barbed wire fence for you. An older player looks for a hole in the fence, he’ll try and get his way through it some way, but the young player will fight for you.”

6. “It’s not just about training players, it’s about educating players. You train dogs.”

5. “When you’ve got the ball 65-70% of the time, it’s a football death for the other team. We’re not at that stage yet, but that’s what we will get to. It’s death by football. You just suck the life out of them.”

4. “If you spend more than £100 million, you expect to be challenging for the league.” (On Spurs after they sold Gareth Bale in 2013, spent £103million and finished 6th. Liverpool sold Luis Suarez the next summer, spent £117million and finished 6th)

3. On a Rangers fan approaching him while he was stuck in traffic: “He said: ‘I just wanted to say thank you for coming up to Scottish football. I’m a Rangers supporter but you are a breath of fresh air up here’.”

2. “It is great for the public here at Sunderland to see us. They must have been wondering what this team everyone is talking about are all about and now they have seen. We were wonderful.” (Sunderland had beaten Swansea 2-0)

1. “My biggest mentor is myself because I’ve had to study and that’s been my biggest influence.”


Source:
https://www.football365.com/news/outstanding-brendan-rodgers-top-20-quotes
 
Cetlic fans turning on him already is just hilarious. Like Scottish football matters.
 
RasTiaGba said:
Rangers and Celtic have 'sectarian singing'

The difference is the media in Scotland are favourable towards Celtic, so they report it more when Rangers sing songs that aren't allowed. But they don't report it so much when Celtic do.

Also the sectarian label also doesn't apply to the main word that's used to insult Rangers fans so far less Celtic fans get jailed for singing songs that are arguably sectarian.

I live in Scotland and I know for a fact there's less trouble from Rangers fans that Celtic. One example is Celtic fans away regularly break seats and Rangers don't. Another is Celtic fans threw a bottle into Rangers fans and hit a child trying to attend a match. Another is Celtic fans singing bad songs about Lee Rigby.

Celtic are regularly fined by UEFA for crowd trouble at home and Rangers aren't.
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You know for a fact that there's far less trouble from Rangers fans than Celtics? Hogwash of the highest order.
 
SportingCP96 said:
Thats the thing as big as Celtic are I would not call it an achievement to win a treble or be "invincible " in a league where Celtic are so much better then anyone else especially after Rangers died.
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Three trebles in a row is though, and even then the treble was impressive considering Celtic hadn't won one since 2001.
 
Irish Jet said:
Cetlic fans turning on him already is just hilarious. Like Scottish football matters.
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I know. Imagine a fan base being annoyed at a manager walking out on them two thirds of the way through a season and thinking their team matters. Know your place insignificant Celtic fans.

I have no love for Celtic whatsoever having to live in the city surrounded by Old Firm feckers, but this thread is genuinely making me angry on their behalf.
 
Djemba-Djemba said:
Rest of Scotland seem to fecking loathe Rangers.

I've been to a Hibs game and the biggest cheer of the day was when they were going through the other results on the tannoy after the game and announced Rangers had lost.
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The most successful teams in any country are always loathed by everyone else. That's always the case and it's only delusion when folk think their team is loved by all. Generally speaking, Hibs will have more sympathies for Celtic than Rangers.
 
Gio said:
The most successful teams in any country are always loathed by everyone else. That's always the case and it's only delusion when folk think their team is loved by all. Generally speaking, Hibs will have more sympathies for Celtic than Rangers.
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Yeah. That's not why everyone hates Rangers now is it?
 
Cheesy said:
Three trebles in a row is though, and even then the treble was impressive considering Celtic hadn't won one since 2001.
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They hadn't won one because they had at least someone to compete with. They won it with no competition at all.
 
SportingCP96 said:
They hadn't won one because they had at least someone to compete with. They won it with no competition at all.
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Given Rangers were liquidized and relegated in...2012 I think...that doesn't explain why Celtic didn't win the treble until Rodgers. He clearly did something right, even given the huge advantage Celtic have.
 
Fingeredmouse said:
I know. Imagine a fan base being annoyed at a manager walking out on them two thirds of the way through a season and thinking their team matters. Know your place insignificant Celtic fans.

I have no love for Celtic whatsoever having to live in the city surrounded by Old Firm feckers, but this thread is genuinely making me angry on their behalf.
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There's nothing more for him at Celtic. He's won all they can.

Why the hell would he risk losing a great opportunity at Leicester to stay a few more months and win trophies he's already won? If they wanted loyalty they showed have shown some ambition and backed him. That job is probably gone if he waits until the summer and the best realistic option will likely be lower down the table in a far worse state - Probably Newcastle.

He has a chance to join a team who won the biggest league in football three years ago, a team full of good international players who are heavily investing in the side every year. It's not even a debate whether he should leave - Scottish football is totally irrelevant outside of the UK and Ireland and there's nothing more Rodgers can do there. Celtic fans need to get realistic and appreciate what he's done for them rather than crying that he's taking an opportunity that anyone else would.
 
Cheesy said:
Rangers were out the league from 2012-16.
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Yes and Celtic didn't capitalize as they should have to taken a even bigger hold on the league. They got complacent and figured they could win the league with what they had ( which they could) but what they should have done is put themselves so far out of rangers and any other teams reach which they didn't.

Nonetheless no sports fan saw Celtics treble and said " wow what an achievement" was more like " oh they got a treble nice"
 
Fingeredmouse said:
I know. Imagine a fan base being annoyed at a manager walking out on them two thirds of the way through a season and thinking their team matters. Know your place insignificant Celtic fans.

I have no love for Celtic whatsoever having to live in the city surrounded by Old Firm feckers, but this thread is genuinely making me angry on their behalf.
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The title race is pretty much over, stop being so precious.
 
Fingeredmouse said:
Given Rangers were liquidized and relegated in...2012 I think...that doesn't explain why Celtic didn't win the treble until Rodgers. He clearly did something right, even given the huge advantage Celtic have.
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Like I said they got complacent. Every coach that went their since rangers left won the league title or a cup or both. They didn't take the advantage they had on the league and capitalize on it. Celtic were comfortable. The fans on the Celtic forum as well recognized that and often criticize the board for not doing more.
 
KC ROYAL said:
People often say that, not just on here, but how many Championship teams would be able to qualify for the group stages of the Champions League or Europa League ? I accept the overall standard of the SPL isn't great at all but Celtic can, and have, punched above their weight in Europe, I doubt if many Championship teams could do that.
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Wigan were one win away from getting out of their Europa League group when they played in it as a Championship side. 2nd place finished on 7 points and Wigan ended in 4th with 5 points, same as the 3rd placed side.
 
SportingCP96 said:
Yes and Celtic didn't capitalize as they should have to taken a even bigger hold on the league. They got complacent and figured they could win the league with what they had ( which they could) but what they should have done is put themselves so far out of rangers and any other teams reach which they didn't.

Nonetheless no sports fan saw Celtics treble and said " wow what an achievement" was more like " oh they got a treble nice"
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Being on the verge of a third successive treble when the club hadn't won one in 15 years, including for a four-year spell in which their main rival was out the league, is quite clearly a very impressive achievement. They were expected to win all said competitions, yes, but even the best teams tend to slip up occasionally. The fact Rodgers instantly improved Celtic domestically clearly indicated his ability as a manager.
 
Irish Jet said:
There's nothing more for him at Celtic. He's won all they can.

Why the hell would he risk losing a great opportunity at Leicester to stay a few more months and win trophies he's already won? If they wanted loyalty they showed have shown some ambition and backed him. That job is probably gone if he waits until the summer and the best realistic option will likely be lower down the table in a far worse state - Probably Newcastle.

He has a chance to join a team who won the biggest league in football three years ago, a team full of good international players who are heavily investing in the side every year. It's not even a debate whether he should leave - Scottish football is totally irrelevant outside of the UK and Ireland and there's nothing more Rodgers can do there. Celtic fans need to get realistic and appreciate what he's done for them rather than crying that he's taking an opportunity that anyone else would.
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A fair point, rather different from saying "The Celtic fans turning on him is hilarious", which surely you must understand from their perspective, regardless of BR's ambitions, given it's their club? Or saying "Like Scottish football matters", which it probably does to fans of Scottish football, specifically Celtic ones in this case, and is, you must admit, a fairly dismissive attitude towards a club with the 4th highest average attendance in the British Isles.
 
Can’t really begrudge him leaving, as he’s taken Celtic as far as he can, sleepwalking to league titles but no investment to push on and re-establish as a decent force in Europe, but its a shame and a bit disrespectful to go mid season rather than wait to the end of the year.
 
Fingeredmouse said:
A fair point, rather different from saying "The Celtic fans turning on him is hilarious", which surely you must understand from their perspective, regardless of BR's ambitions, given it's their club? Or saying "Like Scottish football matters", which it probably does to fans of Scottish football, specifically Celtic ones in this case, and is, you must admit, a fairly dismissive attitude towards a club with the 4th highest average attendance in the British Isles.
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It's true though. Scottish football doesn't matter. It matters less than Celtic FC themselves. It's a completely nothing competition for Rodgers at this point - There's nothing to gain from staying at Celtic even if he were to win everything there is.

I don't think it's any less understandable for Celtic fans? What do they expect? Anyone would do the same.
 
Cheesy said:
I think he'd have stood somewhat of a chance at a club like Spurs if he'd had another season like 16-17, but despite his achievements his Celtic side were often quite frustrating in the league and inconsistent.
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I think the Spurs job might have been within reach had it opened at the right time and Rodgers offered a little more tactical savviness in Europe. Regardless of how people rate his achievements in Scotland, he still has an impressive pre-Celtic CV to call upon.
 
SSN: Brendan verbally agrees to become Leicester boss.
 
Nice irony watching Celtic fans have a meltdown after years of watching them poach rivals best players in the January window. No idea why they were expecting Rodgers to turn down a better job just to stay in a formality of a title race.
 
Spiersey said:
Nice irony watching Celtic fans have a meltdown after years of watching them poach rivals best players in the January window. No idea why they were expecting Rodgers to turn down a better job just to stay in a formality of a title race.
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I dont what they are thinking, he would have jumped ship before the ink was dry on his celtic contract if a prem team had come in for him on the same day.
 
Irish Jet said:
It's true though. Scottish football doesn't matter. It matters less than Celtic FC themselves. It's a completely nothing competition for Rodgers at this point - There's nothing to gain from staying at Celtic even if he were to win everything there is.

I don't think it's any less understandable for Celtic fans? What do they expect? Anyone would do the same.
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I would be more inclined to share your world view that you believe football fans should make emotional judgements on purely pragmatic grounds if your posting style was not so deliberately confrontational. I shall choose to ignore the feedline regarding people in your town's inability to name ten Scottish teams.
 
Gio said:
I think the Spurs job might have been within reach had it opened at the right time and Rodgers offered a little more tactical savviness in Europe. Regardless of how people rate his achievements in Scotland, he still has an impressive pre-Celtic CV to call upon.
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Aye, his central problem as a manager is that he's ultimately just not very good at setting up a side to defend. Which was fine up here where he was essentially able to put Celtic out on all-out attack mode without having to worry about what would happen at the back, but which obviously won't work in the PL.
 
I don't dislike Brendan, for all my micky-taking, but...he's not a very loyal person, is he?
 
Rodgers is probably trebling his wages by going to Leicester, he’ll get to work with more talented players and he’ll be managing in a far, far, far more glamorous and high-profile league.

It’s an absolute no-brainer from his point of view. Celtic are happy to penny-pinch and gamble on their manager’s skill and experience in guiding them to another domestic clean sweep but their lack of ambition to make strides in Europe must be incredibly frustrating from a manager’s standpoint.
 
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SirAF said:
Meh, you don’t turn down a PL club to stay in Scotland.
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He will have turned down PL clubs already since moving to Celtic, but he's unlikely to get anything much better than Leicester if he stays put.
 
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