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Brendan Rodgers Discussion Thread

Discussion in 'Ex Players' started by Lewis Kerr, Jun 19, 2023.

Discuss Brendan Rodgers Discussion Thread in the Ex Players area at TalkCeltic.net.

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Champions67 Gold Member Gold Member

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constant said: ↑

You shopping me ya *
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I'm just complimenting your writing ability. If we can't laugh we'd cry mate.

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Apparently Rodgers went to the Board to resign and was sacked, along with Kennedy and the other coaches except Gavin Strachan.

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Jackie Daytona said: ↑

It’s * embarrassing. And it just shows that Desmond and the board are oblivious to their own failings.

I really hope Rodgers goes to town on them in the press. Spill every detail.
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NDA mate

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Statement is * mental ... whipped out in no time

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Well I guess that blows any NDA out the water. I’d imagine Rodgers will have plenty to say off the back of this too.

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We're world class at having our largest share holder having a drunken rant at a manager they were backing until 24 hours ago.

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Desmond is a * how can you throw all of that * at Rodgers and yet still you never sacked him. He resigned from his position and some of the stuff in his statement clearly dates back to the summer and still they let it go on.

* the board

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PaddyJamieson said: ↑

* me, that board statement is box office.
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So how come now so open. I think they have paid Brendan off and he has had to sign a non disclosure. Dermott and the Board colliding. You just don't know. Anyway let's all get behind MON. Better than any other alternatives at this point.

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‘Brendan Rodgers has today tendered his resignation as manager of Celtic Football Club.

I want to acknowledge Brendan’s contribution across his two spells as Manager, during which he helped deliver success that forms part of the club’s modern history. However, I must also express my deep disappointment at the way the past several months have unfolded.

When we brought Brendan back to Celtic two years ago, it was done with complete trust and belief in his ability to lead the club into a new era of sustained success. Unfortunately, his conduct and communication in recent months have not reflected that trust.

In June, both Michael Nicholson and I expressed to Brendan that we were keen to offer him a contract extension, to reaffirm the club’s full backing and long-term commitment to him. He said he would need to think about it and revert. Yet in subsequent press conferences, Brendan implied that the club had made no commitment to offer him a contract. That was simply untrue.

We met with Brendan regularly, including in December last year and at the start of the summer, with regular dialogue in between, to discuss and agree our collective strategy, priorities, and approach. Every player signed and every player sold during his tenure was done so with Brendan’s full knowledge, approval, and endorsement. Any insinuation otherwise is absolutely false.

His later public statements about transfers and club operations came entirely out of the blue. At no point prior to those remarks had he raised any such concerns with me, Michael, or any member of the Board or executive team. In reality, he was given final say over all football matters and was consistently backed in the recruitment process — including record investment in players he personally identified and approved.

When his comments were made publicly, I sought to address them directly. Brendan and I met for over three hours at his home in Scotland to discuss the issue. Despite ample opportunity, he was unable to identify a single instance where the club had obstructed or failed to support him. The facts did not match his public narrative.

Regrettably, his words and actions since then have been divisive, misleading, and self-serving. They have contributed to a toxic atmosphere around the club and fuelled hostility towards members of the executive team and the Board. Some of the abuse directed at them, and at their families, has been entirely unwarranted and unacceptable.

Every member of the Board and executive team is deeply passionate about Celtic and acts at all times with professionalism, integrity, and a shared desire for success. What has failed recently was not due to our structure or model, but to one individual’s desire for self-preservation at the expense of others.

Celtic’s structure — where the manager oversees football, the Chief Executive manages operations, and the Board provides oversight — has served the club with great success for more than two decades. We all share the same ambition: to ensure Celtic’s continued success domestically and to achieve further progress in Europe. Every pound generated by the club is reinvested towards those goals and the continuous improvement of Celtic Football Club.

Celtic is greater than any one person. Our focus now is on restoring harmony, strengthening the squad, and continuing to build a club worthy of its values, traditions, and supporters.’

Dermot Desmond
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Wow... shots fired. Looking forward the BRs response

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The board will be celebrating his resignation
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The fact that they already had temp replacements ready suggests that he was mutually consented.
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KRS-1888 said: ↑

‘Brendan Rodgers has today tendered his resignation as manager of Celtic Football Club.

I want to acknowledge Brendan’s contribution across his two spells as Manager, during which he helped deliver success that forms part of the club’s modern history. However, I must also express my deep disappointment at the way the past several months have unfolded.

When we brought Brendan back to Celtic two years ago, it was done with complete trust and belief in his ability to lead the club into a new era of sustained success. Unfortunately, his conduct and communication in recent months have not reflected that trust.

In June, both Michael Nicholson and I expressed to Brendan that we were keen to offer him a contract extension, to reaffirm the club’s full backing and long-term commitment to him. He said he would need to think about it and revert. Yet in subsequent press conferences, Brendan implied that the club had made no commitment to offer him a contract. That was simply untrue.

We met with Brendan regularly, including in December last year and at the start of the summer, with regular dialogue in between, to discuss and agree our collective strategy, priorities, and approach. Every player signed and every player sold during his tenure was done so with Brendan’s full knowledge, approval, and endorsement. Any insinuation otherwise is absolutely false.

His later public statements about transfers and club operations came entirely out of the blue. At no point prior to those remarks had he raised any such concerns with me, Michael, or any member of the Board or executive team. In reality, he was given final say over all football matters and was consistently backed in the recruitment process — including record investment in players he personally identified and approved.

When his comments were made publicly, I sought to address them directly. Brendan and I met for over three hours at his home in Scotland to discuss the issue. Despite ample opportunity, he was unable to identify a single instance where the club had obstructed or failed to support him. The facts did not match his public narrative.

Regrettably, his words and actions since then have been divisive, misleading, and self-serving. They have contributed to a toxic atmosphere around the club and fuelled hostility towards members of the executive team and the Board. Some of the abuse directed at them, and at their families, has been entirely unwarranted and unacceptable.

Every member of the Board and executive team is deeply passionate about Celtic and acts at all times with professionalism, integrity, and a shared desire for success. What has failed recently was not due to our structure or model, but to one individual’s desire for self-preservation at the expense of others.

Celtic’s structure — where the manager oversees football, the Chief Executive manages operations, and the Board provides oversight — has served the club with great success for more than two decades. We all share the same ambition: to ensure Celtic’s continued success domestically and to achieve further progress in Europe. Every pound generated by the club is reinvested towards those goals and the continuous improvement of Celtic Football Club.

Celtic is greater than any one person. Our focus now is on restoring harmony, strengthening the squad, and continuing to build a club worthy of its values, traditions, and supporters.’

Dermot Desmond
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Congrats to Big Brother Desmond and the Party for the incredible victory in ousting the heretic Brendan Rodgers. Total newspeak, I can't believe this creep is in charge of our club

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PaddyJamieson said: ↑

Good on him. Staying on in the name of ego only would have damaged us further. I actually have more respect for him now.
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This is it. Gone at the right time, saves his reputation and leaves the board open to the criticism is rightly deserves.

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Again this was on the cards. * is goin on? Or has been goin on? That statement doesn’t just get produced in a short while.

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Funny that would be...

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constant said: ↑

The Board reached the conclusion, Rodgers was self sabotaging. There was no other outcome possible, once that decision had been reached.
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Board are * but the evidence is their of self sabotage especially with benching big money signings made no sense really shoehorning nygren in aswell not dropping Hatate

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Absolutely no manager of any substance is coming in to work under this board, based on THAT statement by DD. * *, they went for the jugular there on a very personal level. If that is true, why was he not sacked way before now?!

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Wow. This is wild. We should defo get on the phone to Big Ange.

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Players were told at training this morning

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Jesus that statement * me i don't think this is over Rodgers will have to hit back this could get messy and all in the public eye

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Can't wait to hear what brendan has to say

I guess they aint friends anymore brendan and desmond

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