Brendan Rodgers Discussion Thread

If we just start on Saturday's game, have you had time to look at it and what have you spoken to the players about since the match going forward?

We analyse the game like we do every game. I still feel that we should have had something from the game. Especially in the second half, in the first half we didn't make a good start. But I didn't overthink it either because the players have been absolutely fantastic for me this season.

The consistency and the level that we've shown over many months have been at a really high level. We didn't make a good start in the game, which is always something that you want to do. We didn't quite do it.

It was a disappointing first half, we made a great reaction second half. We should have had an equaliser, which could have given us momentum even to go on and win the game. It didn't happen and we just have to move on from that and look to our next game now.

Just on the goal that didn't stand, have you spoken to Willie Collum at all this morning? Have you spoken to anyone about seeing footage of why the decision was overturned?

No, I don't think there's any more footage on it. I think the club go through the process. We don't make statements and do all sorts of things. We just go through the procedure and the process, which is for the club to speak to the SFA and just get a feeling of what they think.


Obviously, we haven't had any back yet. My feeling is still the same having watched it and seen the various images. There are a couple of images that you see where the illusion is that it's out, but then there are others that will look like it's clearly in.

I've seen one image of one right on the actual goal line which was an incredible shot really and that looked in. It's more the process really. I was disappointed for the guys in the game, Steve and the referee and the linesman, because they actually got it correct in the game. I didn't feel that they should have been overruled on that without a definitive answer which is what I said at the time.


Do you think it's something that Scottish football should be looking to implement? Is that at the top of the to-do list? Should we be getting goal-line technology cameras along the line so we get these decisions right in the future? Or are there more pressing concerns, do you think?

Listen, it's all about what you can afford, I suppose, within the league. There may be other priorities.

Certainly, within the game, if it's something that the game can afford to be able to do, then of course you wouldn't have scenarios. Sorry, you would have scenarios, but you would have the clarity that you would get with the goal line technology.




It's big news across the country that the Rangers manager Philippe Clement has departed. What are your thoughts on that? How do you see it?

Like it is for any manager, I'm always disappointed when a manager loses his job. Philippe has been in there for the period of time that he has. I'm disappointed for him as a coach. I think we all know the conditions up here. You have to be winning and show that consistency to win.

I'm always sad when another manager loses his job. Philippe has shown previously, coming into the Rangers, that he's a very good manager. He's won titles. He's not just a good coach, he's a winning coach and has won.

Like I say, we know the conditions up here. There's relentless pressure on you to win at Celtic and Rangers. Expectation is there and that doesn't stop on a daily basis. You have to then come out and be a consistent winner.


It's obviously a symbiotic relationship, the pressure in Glasgow. When one is up, the other one isn't up. That's the way it is, isn't it? Is it a measure of the consistency and high level you guys have shown over this period? That pressure has gone to the other end of the city?

I think it's also how we've dealt with the pressure. I think that's been key to it. I think we didn't get off to the best of starts in the last season when I came in. Certainly in terms of consistency and performance level.

I think when Philippe came in, obviously, they had that bounce and had a really good run. Then once we started to find our feet and get our rhythm, then I think how we dealt with pressure, we dealt with it really, really well.

From that moment, we've continued to grow and improve. It's a great credit to the players and how they've coped with that and how they've consistently performed.


You came up against Philippe and his team on a number of occasions during this time here. How did you find him? Did you have much interaction with him? Do you have much interaction with your other old firm manager?

You don't really know that. That's the honest answer. I think that you actually play enough times. You come up against each other quite a lot, of course. But in terms of the interaction, there isn't so much. I've seen his work outside of Rangers as well.

They need to look at that and his CV to show that Rangers employed a very good manager. That's what they felt at the time and that's why they gave him the job



In terms of you guys, obviously, 11 games to go in the league. Is that a case of focusing on your work? You had that all season, I guess. Obviously, we see events elsewhere taking the headlines and all that stuff. Is it just about business as usual and getting your head down to the finishing line?

Yes, I think it's professionalism and focus, which is very important. We obviously need to bounce back from the weekend. But the weekend was another opportunity for us to show that when you're not quite on it then teams can hurt you.

It's also a great measure of how focused and professional the team has been. We've had very few slip-ups over the course of the season. We did it at the weekend.

We're hungry to respond now, tomorrow evening. It's at this time of the season when you've really got to narrow in your focus on your performance, into your recovery, into your preparation and just focus on the next game.

How's the squad for tomorrow?

Same as the weekend. They're all in a good place. James is still a bit away from joining the squad. He is out on the field. It's the same squad.



How's Paulo (Bernardo) looking from the ankle injury? Is he still another three or four weeks behind?

Yes, he's still a wee bit of time away. We've given him a little bit of time off. He's obviously back in now. So, yes, he's still a bit of time away.

What do you expect from tomorrow night's game?

I expect a tough game. Celtic-Aberdeen are always good games. We've obviously played well in them this season. Jimmy Thelin got off to a brilliant start and then the highs and lows of football for a difficult period.

He's been able to look and see in that early five or six months in the building, he'll be looking at the internal culture of the club and the training ground and how that looks. Then he's been able to freshen that up in January and bring in his sort of profile of players that can make his system maybe work even better.

So, they've picked up in the last few games. So, I expect a really tough game and that's what we've prepared for.



The home league game against Aberdeen the 2-2 draw is the only game that you have conceded goals in the league at Parkhead league all season. That's a record worth protecting, isn't it?

Yes, pressing for me is everything. That's the starting point and that's where everything else comes from. So, our ability to press the game from the top of the field is key in our work and that defensive record is a great credit to the team.

People will look at the back four and goalkeeper naturally, of course, because they are those last points of our defence as such. But our pressing and defensive mentality, is the foundation for us to play the football that we want to play. At home on that day, we conceded two disappointing goals. Other than that, I can't really complain

 

To me it’s more about identifying the right players than necessarily the price. We were linked previously with Jashiri that went to Club Brugge for about £5m and he is a very good ball playing, deep lying midfielder that would have been an excellent addition to our team.

You also have bosman’s who could do that too.

I would like to see us strengthen the positions mentioned but not to fussed what the fee is we spend as long as it is a good player. For example I think we could have got a better centre forward than Idah for less money and he was close to that £10m figure.

 

Imagine seeing off 6 hun managers in your time and the pedigree you have in the game, to then have to face up to Barry * Ferguson

 

When the manager doesn’t feel he can start a second-choice CB pairing vs Hibs after a European tie, we don’t have the depth we need even domestically. Get 3 or 4 depth options on top of the 2 or 3 top quality targets you mention, and we’ll be better equipped to be competitive at all levels.

 

Yes agreed - the price is arbitrary. I just used 10MM as its the kind of upper limit to what we would pay for a player. I would rather 3 quality players that could come in and improve our first choice team than 6/7 guys to come in as squad depth players. Id be surprised if the board sanction anything more that 30M expenditure which I think would be a stretch to bring in 6/7 players without diluting the quality of the signings. But you never know.

 

I do agree on our own self limiting behaviours but I think right now if you told me no one leaves and Tierney replaced Taylor, Schlupp stays as the base case of our squad.

I would say we are 3 players short there in the positions you identified right up the spine of the team. Centre midfielder and centre forward au would be looking for a starter. Centre back it’s probably someone competent at right centre back as having 3 left centre backs would leave our most vulnerable player injury wise with no naturally right sided cover so I would be open to a Bosman or lower cost player there unless CCV goes.

However, I don’t think our base case is realistic I will be surprised if Kuhn is still our player after the summer, there seems to be too many clubs looking at him. Also Hatate it feels it’s his time to go. You could also make cases for CCV and AJ being in those boats and of course Maeda. If he finishes the season as he is going just now there will be interest. They won’t all go but I think at least 2 of those 5 will leave.

So that would leave us needing a minimum of 5 players in to really strengthen the team on top of Tierney joining and Schlupp staying.

January has been downplayed but I really think we should have been signing at least another couple of players even if we couldn’t get a striker then at least get other positions filled.

Back on the budget for the summer as I say I do agree but it does seem ridiculous as I think as an absolute minimum you would get £30m for Kuhn and Hatate of which over £25m of that is profit given the fees we paid.

I know it has been talked about a lot before but this summer sounds like being Frimong’s time to move and that will be another £6m+ pay day.

There is also the matter of Lagerbielke, Nawrocki, Welsh, Kwon, Tilio and Palma that all really need moved on. Yang possibly too.

However, I do share your perception that we will ultimately leave ourselves short in 1 or 2 positions as we have constantly done for a number of years now.

 

Im not sure if its a case Rodgers felt he couldnt afford to start Scales vs Hibs or whether he felt Trust and CCV were fine to play.

I think if we bring in 7/8 players in the Summer - then we need to also move on about 7/8 players or else risk having a bloated squad with a fair bit of dead money in it. Thats quite a lot of business to get through.

We have a bunch of guys in the squad now I think that probably arent at the level we would want ideally. But at the same time - its not easy to replace them with quality. Like ideally Id like a better back up for Johnstone than Ralston. But Ralston serves a purpose as well because he ticks a home grown quota and is happy to be a back up that wont be disruptive about restricted game time. Id like better than Yang as back up - but its probably not easy to go out and get a better quality player thats going to be content to sit behind Jota, Maeda and Kuhn.

 

Hopefully we can hang on to Kuhn and Maeda for another season but ultimately I do expect them to both to move on sooner rather than later. And if Rodgers opts to leave at the end of his contract its could spell moving into a rebuild territory with potentially 5/6 starting players all finishing up with him.

 

Thought is response to the ball being out was quite dignified, but still made the statement jibe. Was also quite good about Clement, being polite and saying as a manager he would never want a fellow manager to lose his job and was actually quite complimentary about Clement. Can't imagine one of their managers would be so friendly like that.

 

I really dont think CB is a priority right now. KT coming in will give us another option, not sure if Jeff can also play there??
Even if we were to get shot of Welsh Rockie and Larger.
Would be a hard sell to say bring in a quality CB for 5M and ask him to be content with being back up.
Way more important areas we need to strengthen first.

 

Striker, right winger and 1 more qaulity midfield addition and hopefully schluup. I'd be delighted with all that. Along with keeping the majority.

 

Brendan, a 5-1 win against a team third in the league table at the moment, what do you make of that?

Well, obviously the result and the scoreline was very impressive.

I thought that in the first half our goals were very good. I wasn't so happy with their pressing, that was not quite right. Then we were a wee bit loose with the ball, but the mentality was there in the team to be clinical.

I thought the second half we were much better. We played the game mostly in their half, suffocated the game and then scored two more wonderful goals.

So, yes, a really pleasing scoreline against a team that found that wee bit of form again and have good quality players. But we showed a real ambition in the game and it was very good

How good was it to be back here after last week? You know, the emotionally draining game in Munich when the team performed so well just at the last minute. Obviously, there was Hibs on Saturday. How good was it to be back here in front of your fans and back to winning ways?



Yes, it was very important. I mentioned before the game to the players, I think one of the traits that is within this team and what I recognise is the resilience in the team.

Any moment this season when we've had a little bump, the mentality to come again has been there and that was what we had today.

We were disappointed not to take something from the game at the weekend, but we knew in a very quick turnaround we had to get our energy up and show the ambition again.

They did that. I have to say, they're going to have little spells like they had in the first half because for three and a half odd months, they've been relentless in what I've been asking them to do and play and have that mentality every single game. So, you're going to have little moments, but when you do, then you still have to show your quality and they've done that all tonight in a great win for us.

You say relentless. One player who typifies that is Daizen Maeda at the moment. Another two goals tonight, 25 for the season. He just seems to play every minute, constantly running. What do you make of him, not just tonight, but over the last few weeks?

Yes, he's a great symbol for our team and the collective. What I asked of him in terms of the pressing and he's, I've said before, he's the highest level of that and just the intensity that he presses.

Then I believe he can score in whatever position he plays along the front line. You've seen him score goals from the right side, from the left side and as a central striker.

His first goal was wonderful anticipation to get onto it. And the second goal is what he's shown a lot this season, where he's in the areas we want him to be in after a brilliant cross by Alistair Johnston.

So, as I said, a great symbol of how we play, how we work, how we train and deserving of everything he's getting so far.

Does that just demonstrate his hunger, getting in there in the last knockings of the game when the game's already done?

Yes, absolutely. And he shows that every day in training. That's the beauty of it.

So, yes, the ambition is there for the team. 3-0 up, we want to score more goals, we want to create more. And like I said, he typified that.

Great for Hyunjun Yang as well, because he scored a wonderful goal. Great combination play and Luke McCowan finds him with a really good pass and he makes a really good finish. So, yes, they all contribute to a great win


I'm just wondering, do you think Daizen is a better player now than when you came back two years ago?

Well, I think he was a fantastic player when I came in. We've just tried to make him more efficient. I think it's recognising that they have to score goals, the wingers.

I've always said that with my teams, whether it was the first time here - wingers, you have to create and score goals.

He's just developing like you would as a football player. Players get better and improve and gain confidence. And from that, they get success.

That's what he's had this season.

Arne Engels is continuing to improve for you. He was involved in your opening two goals, got the Man of the Match award. You must be pleased with how he's developed?

Yes, I think you see tonight he's running power and the qualities that he's shown. He won't score the goals that maybe some other midfield players will do.

But he has other qualities of why we brought him here. And he's only going to get better and grow. So, yes, I'm pleased for him

For Jota’s goal he makes a great supporting run to be up there. And then he does what we want him to do to assist. And if it was a team-mate in a better position, you'd find him and Jota just about scores it.

With Daizen, do you have any concerns about bigger clubs coming in for him? He’ll be attracting attention with these numbers?

I would think he would. I think a number of the players will because of their efficiency and their work.

Not only that, they've done it at the highest level. If you're doing it at a Champions League level, then you're showing that you can do it on that stage.

So, yes, I think if you're scoring goals like he has, work as hard as he does, then, of course, that will always bring attention.

But I also think that the team and the structure of the team really promotes his qualities. So, yes, I'm happy for the boys to be doing well

 

Brendan Rodgers is hopeful the return of away supporters for matches between Celtic and Rangers is just a starting point.


The Glasgow rivals reached an agreement for four percent of the stadium capacity - at Ibrox and Celtic Park - to be handed over for away fans.

Rangers will be backed by a travelling support in the next meeting between the clubs at Parkhead next month.

But Rodgers is keen to see the away allocations continue to grow and return to traditional larger away sections at both stadia.

"Yeah. I think everyone is [happy to see that back]," said the Celtic manager.

"It's a big part of the fixture. Having been involved in it both with the supporters there, both home and away, and then obviously them being taken away, it does make a difference.

"I think it is great for everyone. Great for the game, great for the spectacle of the game and obviously for the supporters getting the chance to see their team, which is great



We just have to get the supporters back in the stadium again," he added. "That was the start point and then hopefully it can get somewhere near to what it was before, because that always created an amazing atmosphere."

Downplaying his own involvement in resolving the away fan lockout, Rodgers insisted the issue was "out of our [Celtic's] control" as he hailed Michael Nicholson and behind the scenes staff for finding a solution.

"This is all the club, the club have dealt with it really well," he said.

"Like I always said before, this wasn't a Celtic thing, this was something that sadly was out of our control at the beginning of it all.

"Thankfully now both clubs have come together. It has been Michael and the people behind the scenes who have dealt with it.

"It's great for all of us involved in the game."

 

Brendan, how's the squad looking heading into tomorrow's game?

Yeah, pretty much as we've been. Obviously, Greg Taylor will come back into the squad. So yeah, apart from that, it’ll be the same.

It’s quite a tough venue going away to St Mirren, but a game you handled pretty well away from home at the start of the season?

Yeah, we were very good. And you have to be, because Stephen's an outstanding coach and manager.

His teams are very clear in how they play, they understand their roles, they make it really difficult for you. They press the game really well, they're very coordinated when they haven't got it. Then when they do, they play a direct game, they get it up, they get it wide, they get crosses in the box.

So it really challenges you. But I felt the game earlier on in the season, we managed that aspect of it really well. You just have to do all the dirty bits of the game really well, all the stuff that doesn't get a lot of attention.

We did that really, really well. The running was hard, we counter-pressed the game well and that gave us a great foundation to play our football.


It might be a slightly different task now than it was in August, just given the fact that the pitch maybe isn't as in good condition, Stephen Robinson said this morning that it might be a bit of a leveller?


I'm sure it will be. I'm sure it will be. But listen, we've gone to pitches before and they haven't been great and we've played so many good football on them.

So listen, it won't be an excuse if we have to deal with the conditions. Ideally we'd all want to have really good pitches for the quality of the game. But however it is, we will deal with it


The confirmation that in the games between Celtic and Rangers for the rest of this season we'll have away allocations, slightly bigger allocations as well than there was previously. Are you happy to see that back?

Yeah, I think everyone is. It's a big part of the fixture. Having been involved in it with the supporters there, both home and away, and then obviously them being taken away, then it does make a difference.

So yeah, I think it's great for everyone. Great for the game, great for the spectacle of the game, and obviously ultimately for the supporters.

They get the chance to see their team, which is great.



Is the hope that this is the start, essentially, that maybe it can go back to the levels it was previously? Or are you quite happy with the level it's gone in at now in terms of numbers?

Well, we just have to get supporters back in the stadiums again. That was the start point, and then hopefully it can get somewhere near to where it was before, because that always creates an amazing atmosphere.

It's something that you've spoken really passionately about before, making sure there are away fans in these fixtures. How pleased are you personally to get this done, and how much work did you do with the club behind the scenes to get this over the line?

No, no, no. Listen, this is all the club.

The club have dealt with it really well. Like I've said, I've always said before, this wasn't a Celtic thing. This was something that sadly was out of our control at the beginning of it all.

But thankfully now, both clubs come together, and it's been Michael Nicholson and the people behind the scenes who have dealt with it. It's great for us involved in the game.

On a different note, Dundee United have confirmed they got a call with Willie Collum today about the goal they got disallowed on Wednesday. Have you had any sort of communication or update from the SFA about what happened in the game against Hibs?

I haven't spoken personally to anyone in the club. We've obviously been dealing with that, but we try to do that in-house and deal with it from there. But I haven't spoken to Michael today, so as far as I'm aware, we haven't heard anything.

In terms of the ticket story, is there a sporting element to it? Do you get an advantage having away fans locked out of your own ground? A disadvantage in contrast to when you go away? How does that affect it on the pitch?

It can be more difficult for the home team without the support, the opposition supporters in, because sometimes in the game the supporters can be distracted by the away support and that takes sometimes a wee bit away from the actual football. Whereas if you're the home team and it's just all your supporters in, everything is focused directly on the game.

But listen, football as we know is about the rivalry and there's arguably no greater rivalry than Celtic vs Rangers in world football. There's many great derbies of course, but this one being the exceptional one. I think it's just good to have both sets of supporters in and I think for the game itself it always adds to the spectacle.



Jude Bonnar came on in the 80th minute on Wednesday night there. How important is it for you to promote younger talents coming through the academies?

Always, always. Every club I've been at, that was a big part of my development as a coach.

I worked for 15-odd years in youth development, so I like to think I know it quite well. I'm passionate about young players and every club I've been at I've always played young players and put them in. So yes, it's a nice reward for Jude.

The path into any first team is not meant to be easy. It's not just something that you go through your age groups. You have to earn the right to come in, but at the same time I'm always looking for the opportunity to put in young players and we have to have space for them.

I think that's what's important. So it's nice for Jude. He's done very well with the second team, but not only that, he's working very, very hard, which I notice I see him in the gym a lot, doing his extra to get himself physically ready.

He's technically very good in the game. Like I said, he's improving his physicality. He's improving the competitive side to his game.

Tactically, he understands how we work and for him to get that feeling of coming in. For me, what he also showed was personality, because I like my players, especially young players, to have the personality to come into the arena and play for Celtic. He showed all of that, so it should hopefully give him that bit of motivation now to push on.



How is Greg Taylor? Is he aware of what's coming for the next weeks and months ahead?

It's like lots of things in life. Until you actually experience it, he won't know. We're delighted for him and Laura. They had their baby daughter, which was so nice for him.

I was saying to him, my daughter turned 29 today herself and as soon as I spoke to Greg, it took me back to that moment. I said, you have to cherish every moment, because she's 29 today and it's just gone so fast.

I said to him, make sure you enjoy it as well, because the time goes so fast as a parent. He's obviously happy and the baby's healthy and mum's healthy, so it's great news for him.

In terms of the left-backs, Jeffrey Schlupp has come in with an immediate impact. What have you made of him? Have you talked to him about his future yet or is that too early?

I'll have a chat with Jeffrey towards the latter part of the season. It was the case of him coming in and settling and getting to understand how he plays. I think we can all see he has that Premier League physicality and quality.

He's a guy that's a top professional. That's why he's been in over a decade in the Premier League, because you have to look after yourself. You've got to have the right qualities, not only as a player but as a person.

We knew what we were bringing in. I'm really happy for him, because he's settled into the group really well now. Now he has a feeling for how he plays and what the role is.

It gives us two really strong players to finish the season in that position.


How pleased are you with the kind of hunger they are showing at the moment? You look at the lead at the top of the table, you make the temptation to take the foot off the gas a wee bit, but you look at the game the other night, a goal late on, they went and got another one. Callum was just saying that they weren't very happy with their own performance throughout the course of the game, despite winning 5-1. How does that say about the culture in that group?

We've tried to set a standard of performance and I think the scoreline was fantastic. When you come off against one of your rivals, one of your big rivals up here and you can win 5-1 and still be not overly pleased with elements of the performance, then it shows you the standard that we demand. That's a good thing, because you can always improve, even in a 5-1 win.

That's what we've spoken about. The whole point was to get to this point of the season in the best place we possibly could. We have 10 games to go, having the lead that we have, having already won a cup, having shown progress in Europe, we arrive now into this stage of the season where virtually from Saturday we'll go into one game a week.

So the freshness, the ability to train, to work on things becomes a great advantage for us and that's all we can ask. The players have really set a top standard. It's been relentless for the last three and a half months.

In the last three months we've played over half a season's games in three months. I think it's 23 games or something we've played. Because of the nature of how we play and the level we want to play at, they've been absolutely magnificent.

I can't speak highly enough of them, but we've still got a big job to do. We have the advantage in the league of course, but for me it doesn't mean anything. We have to go into every game to win and to perform at the highest level we can.

I was reading about this time last year that you started to hit your peak in the best run of form. Is that the challenge, to play even better than you have been playing already this season, just to enjoy the run in as well?

The whole nature is to start fast and finish strong as a top team. We started really well.

Performance level, goals, clean sheets, intensity. Then we go through a period where the performances were still very good. Some were really intense, some were where we got the job done. Maybe not as intense, but that's natural with the sheer scale of games.

Now we arrive into a part of the season where we want to finish really strong.


Will you be able to give them some time off now that you've got these free midweeks that you haven't had?

There will be little recovery periods where we can recover.

But we still will be working very, very hard. It gives us a chance to train to be better and train to improve. At least we have that time.

It will be a mixture of recovery, but aligned with intense work.

 

Got the subs spot on cos before that we were stinking the place out. It even drastically improved Reo...

 

Top coach..

 

Celtic’s 5-2 victory over St Mirren tonight (Saturday) saw Brendan Rodgers’ side extend their lead at the top of the Scottish Premiership table to 16 points.

With just nine league games remaining, the Hoops are homing in on their fourth league title in a row, and while attention will now turn to the Scottish Cup and next weekend’s quarter-final against Hibernian, the Celtic manager was able to reflect on a good win against a tough St Mirren side.

Speaking to Celtic TV after the game, Brendan Rodgers said: “It’s one of my favourite results of the season.

“It’s our third game in a week, and it’s a tough place to come against a team which has had some fantastic results against the so-called big clubs, and on a difficult surface, so to score five goals and get the result was so good.

“There’s lot of work with nine games still to go, plus we want to win the Scottish Cup, so it’s really just focusing on one game at a time.

“I think now, thankfully, what we can do is get some freshness back into the players because that’s the little bit that’s been missing from our defending


We’ve had so many games and so much energy put in, and that fraction of concentration and speed in our pressing we’re just missing. But we’ll do that over the course of the coming weeks.

“With one game a week we can recover, train specifically and then go into the games in a really good place.”

The 5-2 win over St Mirren came courtesy of goals from Jeffrey Schlupp, Arne Engels, Daizen Maeda and a double from Yang, who was also denied a third by an offside flag, while it was his stunning pass which set up Maeda to score his 26 goal of the season.

And the South Korean’s performance in Paisley, coming off the back of his goal in the 5-1 midweek win over Aberdeen, earned praise from the Celtic manager.

“I’m so pleased for him and he works so hard,” said Brendan Rodgers. “He’s such a good guy, and whether he starts or whether he comes off the bench, he can make an impact.

“So to get his two goals – his third goal would have been a great goal but it was disallowed – and then his pass for Daizen’s goal, to see it and execute it was so, so good, I’m very pleased with him.”

 

“It’s our third game in a week, and it’s a tough place to come against a team which has had some fantastic results against the so called big clubs”
A wee dig at the scum me thinks.

 

We're scoring a lot of goals which is lovely to see..

They key for Brendan for the rest of the season is getting a good look at some players, through rotation but still having us peak for the Cup games..

Want to see more of Sinisalo, Murray, Bonnar, Turley and Kenny.