Brendan Rodgers Discussion Thread

Just woke up to the news, Although i wanted Rodgers gone i do feel bad for him in a way and thought he should have walked after the almaty game.

Had he done so then I think he would have came out of it all in the best possible light.

However he did not and we have been playing like a half hearted side since then and this has given us a mountain to climb domestically.

The board have really screwed over the club and deserve every single bit of vitriol that comes their way.

But Rodgers simply could not get the team to play a game of football and no matter how bad the players we have, We have been playing in 1st gear for the majority of this year and that is firmly on him, We still have the best squad in Scotland and to be unsure if we can keep a clean sheet or even score a goal game to game then that is unacceptable and he had to go.

 

Should have been done before Almaty. Failing to prepare, is preparing to fail.

 

I suspect they will go the Ange who will knock us back now. That statement is kryptonite to any ambitious manager.

Wont be surprised if maloney gets the gig full time should he do a halfway decent job. The next lennon appointment. An under qualified celtic man who will be delighted to work in a dud football operation as its way beyond any job he could get elsewhere.

 

Add Lawwell into that category as well. Ironic of Desmond to mention self-preservation in his statement as though that's not what every * on the Celtic board is doing right now.

 

So you think Rodgers and McGregor were both just kidding on during the summer when they were saying we need reinforcements, quality ones? You think Rodgers was just kidding on when he said Idah can’t be sold without a replacement already in the door? You think he was happy with selling Kuhn and not bringing in any replacement? There’s not a manager on this planet who would have agreed to all that. Desmond is trying to save himself because he knows the fans have turned. If all what Desmond said was true, Rodgers wouldn’t have got the chance to resign, he would have been sacked. Anyone falling for Desmond’s * is naive at best.

 

Good point about McGregor, he also came out in the summer backing up the sentiment of Rodgers - was he in on Rodgers big elaborate plan?


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There’s no managers in football these days who just walk, they hang about to get sacked and get the money. Rodgers hasn’t done that, and he can hold his head high. Now time to take down the board and tell us all the nonsense that’s going on with the club. Mon Brendan, come out and hang them.

 

Rodgers did check out i think. After kairat and the * window i think he was done from a motivation stand point. Thats evident in what followed.

I also think its true desmond did offer him an extension. But i think rodgers was never really planning beyond 3 seasons. Ive always suspected he sees himself as a premier league level manager who belongs in that league.

When rodgers failed to agree a new deal and unrest began ramping up in the support i think the board began to fear rodgers was going into business for himself and would use this season to put the target on the board while planning his summer exit. And the board couldnt deal with the fall out of that.

Rodgers had to go clearly. For the good of the team. But rather than look inward at the reasons behind the rift and the unrest in the fans, the club have circled the wagons and tried to make this a stitch up.

Its the same approach they have used on the support. They are the bigger problem.

 

I don’t think there’s any way all of Desmond’s statement is true, especially with regard to transfers- clear bullshit.
Rodgers should have walked when the window closed though. He’s clearly just been sulking ever since. The way he threw murray to the wolves on Sunday to prove a point was shocking.

 

Think guys point is if Rodgers is being offered a budget and players if he signs a new contract
And he snakes away from signing that contract then it would be bad business to allow that manager to spend another significant amount knowing fine well another manager will be their at season end


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WHAT A FKN SHAMBLES

 

Rodgers have always been a * with a huge ego. The thing is that he was a successful * up untill 8-9 months ago. Ever since then he have been a spray-tanned * who have been nothing but a joke of a manager who quite clearly have lost the dressing room as every single player is underperforming. Not won a big game for almost a year.

This is fantastic news for IMO and the only downside to this is the statement.

I can imagine BR will come out with something similar which is probably why DD wanted to be the first one.

Now we only need to get rid of the board as well and we are good. And if they don't leave, now is the time for them to prove everyone wrong.

 

A shambles was keeping a manager that only won 58% of games since March. Couldn't beat the worst Martins rangers team in history...

Tbh its a shambles the board waiting so long to force his resignation.

 

How do we get.them out as these feckers apparently don't care what us supporters think about them.

 

Can’t wait to see what Rodgers has to say in return. Really hope he absolutely fillets them but sadly too much of the support are blinded by their hatred of him they can’t see the bigger issue which is them * sitting in the boardroom destroying the club a little bit more each passing day.

 

That’s also nonsense.

No club on the planet does that.

 

Not defending the board but with BR's track record of ridiculously bad signings, i think most clubs would hesitate to let him spend if he is away in a few months time.

Most clubs should buy without the managers approval in cases like this though but he showed very clearly that he wont play any player that he does not want.

a very bad situation. * the board but this saga is as much Rodgers fault i am afraid mate.

Will be very interesting to see if Inamura, Yamada and Pusey get game time now. Pretty sure they will.

 

It’s an astonishing turn of events. It basically comes down to personal gripes. Rodgers has annoyed Desmond personally and that’s the only reason why this has happened so suddenly. Why didn’t they sack him in the summer after Rodgers comments regarding the board? Desmond must’ve been away on holidays. It’s like the board under Lawwell and the rest were literally asleep at the wheel and now Desmond has woke up and done something.

It’s mind boggling stuff. However in all of this the bit I can’t understand is why MON has agreed to return even short term. It was all Desmond could come up with obviously (I thought it was going to be Lennon again but they must have felt they needed O’Neill to stop the fans going nuts). However I still can’t get around how MON agreed to this.

It’s only the beginning of the changes that are coming. Hearts can win a league due to the way the club has been allowed to drift into this crisis. Amazing chaotic stuff.