Brendan Rodgers Discussion Thread

The fact he resigned suggests you’re wrong, which you are in my opinion.

 

I think he is right actually. He resigned before he was pushed.

 

The board wouldn’t have sacked him, they would have continued to use him as a shield. He gave up circa £2m when he walked away. That’s unheard of these days for managers to do so. They usually cling on for the money.

 

MON have completely embarrased BR and schooled him imo.

 

The window for replying to DD has closed. Probably quicker than he anticipated as he's been shown up by MON and Maloneys tactics and selections getting positive results, scoring goals and playing decent stuff.

Suspect next time we hear from him will be an interview on match of the day, when he's ready to return to work.

 

They’re showing BR up for his vanity fitba.

Keeping it simple… and getting results. Who the * knew!

I can completely get on board with notion that BR was playing the big ‘I am’ with the Board by insisting that he could get the Bhoys he had through the CL Qualifications / waltz the SPL.

But he couldn’t!

Doesn’t get the Board off the hook though!

 

Looks like DD has managed to convince a few that BR was the main problem..

He became part of the problem, no doubt.. he's an egoist, yes.. but let's not forget the issues at our Club run deeper.

 

He was a big part of the problem. A problem where the board is the biggest problem.

I think many did not see that before which is understandable considering he was very successful here, but it was clear he was done as a manager here. He should have been sacked after Kairat IMO.

Him gone is a good start. Now we just need the board removed/modernised.

11 scored and 1 (wrongfully) conceded penalty tells the story.

 

I don't like this idea that criticising Rodgers suddenly makes you some sort of board apologist or gullible *.

They've both played their part in this disaster of a season, I think where people are failing to agree is whether Rodgers was right or wrong in his response to our dreadful transfer window, and how much he helped or hindered the team through the start of the season.

Collectively I'm sure we're all relieved the football has improved since he left, but you're right in that ultimately it's a temporary uplift but doesn't come close to fixing the bigger problems at the club.

 

Don't think he's been shown up. We beat Falkirk and Killie at home, Killie were beyond desperate yesterday. We needed ET to get past a Rangers side down to 10 last weekend and got humiliated in Europe midweek in arguably our worst performance of the season.

 

Hes being shown up massively here. His outdated * tactics that are clearly figured out. An old fashioned way thats finally being phased out.

Aye we never signed enough, but he never played anyone who we did sign. He said he gets to say yes or no. So he said yea and then has had some kind of protest that we never spent £12m+ on every position. Clear *. So did he say no to other players we had in the pipeline? Afterall apparently he had that power. His eye for talent seems to be utter pish, so no doubt we missed out on talent because of that.

So suddenly were giving these new signings a chance, and guess what? They actually are looking like good signings. Osmand could very well be a generational talent he completly bombed out at a time we never had a striker.

In one way, the bad window has left alot of space in the squad and alot of money meaning we are a very attractive position for someone who really wants to build his own team and not just coast on anothers work like Rodgers has always done.


As for injuries? Just our luck this season. Add all them to the squad and were 3/4 signings from being a solid European team again.

 

Getting beat off Dundee should have been a sacking offence alone

 

I don't think anyone is saying he's infallible or didn't make mistakes. There needs to be balance here and a lot of your criticisms are perfectly valid.

However the manager was not backed or supported by the board, he underwent 5 transfer windows where we didn't invest a penny in the squad. We sold more than we bought. In his second spell here, we loft Jota, MOR, Abada, Kyogo, Kuhn. That's well over 200 G/A we lost from the squad in that time.

He publicly voiced he didn't get the quality he wanted, he publicly voiced we didn't make the level of investment he wanted, he publicly voiced he didn't get the timing of investment he wanted. He was them disgracefully undermined by members of the club who briefed against him. He spent the whole summer being left to address the failings of those above him in every transfer club.

He certainly deserves criticism for his management of the squad and what he was getting out of them this season but I don't know a manager who can work successfully in the face of that level of dysfunction and undermining. The relationship broke down between the manager and board and we all know who the guilty party was there.

 

Yet every single club hes been at has ended the same. Always the club's fault and yet every single fanbase hes left basically hate him.

 

We know otherwise.

Rodgers had to work with his hands tied behind his back by the board. They failed to back him with the investment and players he wanted and when he voiced his annoyance over that publicly, the board then decided to brief against him publicly.

There is plenty of valid criticism of his management of the squad but it's near impossible for an ambitious manager to work in the dysfunction and restrictions our board impose on managers.

 

Not been shown up? Pathetic football for 8 months, absolutely pathetic. Getting dumped out by Kairat Almaty, Pumped by Dundee and Hearts and in come MON and then in 3 domestic games we score 11 goals and concede 1 pen that should not be a pen, beating the huns for the first time in ages. Playing players in their correct positions, getting the best out of players that never got the chance to play.

Not shown up. OK

Actually he have not been shown up, he have been bent over the fence and pumped up the * by a 73 year old humble guy in MON.

And btw, MON is doing this with the reserve team as half the first team is missing.

 

Few years in Saudi Arabia then back to Celtic


Calling it now

 

With Neil Francis Lennon as CEO

 

Dunno maybe

 

Very selective of you. Kairat x2, Dundee, Hearts and a Russell Martin Hun side.

Left it late against Motherwell, drew at home to Hibs albeit a decent performance. Were leagues 6th highest scorers. Thats only over 8/9 games.

Football was shocking. Left players out for his own reasons, not for the best of the club.

So MON comes in alongside Maloney, simplified things. Quicker more direct and achieved that after half a days training before Falkirk. So yeah, I think he has been shown up.

Not pinning it all on Rodgers as he'd been shafted by the board big time, but could he have tried more, done more, not be so stubborn all.for the better of the club and its fans. Yes. Is the simple answer.