Brendan Fraudgers!

Equals an 100 year old record in British football and the very next day is coaching our u14's.

We're going to be * frightening in a few years when we've got youth being brought through in his style.



And a canny * wait.

 

Just brilliant.

 

BRENDAN RODGERS insists he only has ONE ambition – to make Celtic even better.

The Northern Irishman has already ensured his legendary status at the club by leading Celts to an unbeaten Treble in his first season at Parkhead.

The Hoops boss also pledged his future to his boyhood heroes by signing a new four-year extension in April.

Many pundits down south have touted the ex-Liverpool boss to return to the Premier League sooner rather than later.

But Rodgers has made it clear he is loving life at Celtic and is only focused on improving the club on and off the field.

He told BBC Scotland: “Well because I’m at Celtic doesn’t mean I don’t have ambition.

“My ambition is for Celtic. I signed up here for a further four years at the end of last season.

“I’m super ambitious for Celtic to be the best it can be.

“Myself, along with the board of directors, we’re creating a pathway going forward to try and improve every element of the club.

“So yeah, I’m ambitious, but my ambition is for Celtic. I’m enjoying my life here and I’m enjoying my football life.”

Asked if he will be staying in Scotland for a while longer, Rodgers added: “Let’s hope so.”

 

BR - “My job is to develop young players and the supporters here understand we are building for the long term, not just a 6 week cycle”

https://mobile.twitter.com/HarryBradyCU/status/925022297903321088

 

BR: “We’ll look to find a way to be competitive and see if we can get a result.”

BR: “We know the magnitude of the test but one that we’ll really relish.”

BR: “We respect that they’re a very good side. All we can do is control what we can


BR: “Whatever Bayern’s intentions are it’s about us respecting them and their team.


BR: “For us, tomorrow night, we want to get a result but we have to show that we have the qualities to do that.”

BR: “We look to improve our ideas of football and look to improve against the very best teams.”

BR: “We have 25 players giving their all every day. Whichever one I play will be the team I think that can get us the result.

BR: “@OlivierNtcham is fine, he trained. @patrick7roberts is still injured.”

BR: “This is a great stage for us to develop as a team.”

 

Asked if he is staying. Again.

How many times does the man need to say he is happy here before these hurting hun * get the message?

They are desperate for him to leave.

 

Get used to it.

 

Can't even remember Ronny being asked how long he was staying or what his ambitions are.

Weird that...

 

Yep..

Get's asked pre game's, after game's, in the studio's and pretty much anywhere he goes. Even though he signed a new 4 year deal from a rolling contract he was already on..

The hurting is palpable..

 

Rodgers on now on SSB ....full on talk with hugh keevins though

 

Speaking so well here...of the fans and club.

Nice honest interview for a change

 

Amid the perennial speculation regarding his long-term future, Brendan Rodgers offered a telling riposte this weekend well aware from the glare of cameras and tape recorders.

Spotted at the side of the pitch during a Celtic under-14 game on Sunday afternoon, Rodgers wanted to oversee the next generation currently nestled in the underbelly of the club.

Having equalled a record that has stood for a century the day before and with a meeting against one of the fabled superpowers of European football just days later, Rodgers would well have had other matters on his mind.

His ultimate aim, however, is to leave a legacy at Celtic. His ultimate ambition will be to create a team capable of mixing it at Champions League football and doing so by playing in a certain style. The other aspect is to develop players who are capable of growing into that team.

Whether or not he is still at Celtic to oversee any who realise that journey from youth to first-team football remains to be seen but it points to a long-term vision that he has for the Parkhead side.

On the day in which the club announced a six-year deal for Kieran Tierney, Rodgers will look to implement his ideas at the very youngest age groups.

“We are trying to build something from top to tail here,” he said. “These young guys are at the beginning of their journey. To me, that [journey] doesn’t just start when they come in at 16. It is at that age when they are trying to understand the concept of how the first team play, tactics, the understanding of the game.

“I think it is important for the players and the boys, especially in modern football where lots of clubs seem to work in a six week cycle within which you lose four or five games and are out of a job. I don’t want the kids to think like that, I want them to think they have a hope here, that there is one vision at the club and we are trying to get them into the first team.

“To some managers it doesn’t really matter because they think ‘when these ones are 17, 18 I’ll be gone.’ I don’t see it like that. It is a legacy for me, however long I am here, is to give my very best for the duration. If you plant the seed now, ok I might see the fruits of that but someone else will, Celtic will, and that’s important to me. If I am helping that then that’s a duty of care.”

 

I know he'll probably say different in the changing room, but not a fan of those comments. Should be telling the players * Bayern and their arrogant approach. Into these * Glesga style!

 

That's political speak......what he says behind closed doors will be entirely different. It's all gamesmanship. The mans a born motivator and a winner. This game will go a lot better than the last one.

 

Hope you're right

 

You know in managerial terms Brendan's only been in the door 5 minutes and yet I feel he's a legend already! What with his genuine commitment to the club from the top down and his drive to succeed in ways that no one has done before (he is very exacting and a bit of a perfectionist), people, players and media will be talking about him generations from now. I have a great feeling about him and can even envisage a statue on the Celtic Way