Brendan Rodgers Discussion Thread

It's nowhere near over by any stretch, but we look like dropping points every second week.

I was raising an eyebrow personally when Hearts dominated the first 10 minutes or so and we struggled to put 2 passes together. And when the 2nd flew in, everyone knew it was game, set and match even then.

No confidence in this manager or this squad. We've been asking for this

 

Technically we are top of the league

 

It's mind boggling seing players who looked unstoppable last season like Kyogo, Calmac, Taylor, Hatate and A. Johnston looking like shadows of themselves under Rodgers this season. Only player who's genuinly improved under Rodgers is O'Reily.

His tactics, or lack there of, is easily countered. The recruitment sucks *. Usually we can run the opposition to the ground and grab points on poor days just on stamina, but we're severly lacking in that department as well.

I just can't see how he can turn this * show around. The place is going to be toxic the next weeks and if we lose to the huns, which is highly probable atm, I believe the season is unsalvageable.

It's time for the board to do what's right and don't turn this to a covid season mark 2.

 

If football was played on paper it would be great. Bottom line is, our squad is woeful. Most of that team today aren’t fit to wear the jersey.

Is the squad better than Hearts? Yes it is. And that is why we will finish above them this season and why we are above them right now. Is it better than Kilmarnock? Same as before. If the squad is weak though, will there be shocks and poor performances, absolutely.

Half that team today shouldn’t be Celtic players. That’s an absolute fact. That’s not down to Rodgers. So if we as fans know that, why don’t our board do something about it?

This all goes back to our summer recruitment. It was a * disgrace. Our squad is better than everyone in the league and maybe slightly better than the huns, when we have as many injuries as we have there’s not much in it. That’s why come the end of the season we will finish miles ahead of everyone and it will be close between us and the huns. So over the course of the season, we will finish above the likes of Hearts and Kilmarnock. When the squad is as poor as ours though, droppings points will happen.

We need a massive January window. Hopefully the fat * Lawwell got the message today.

 

In his last 66 Celtic league games we have failed to score in 16. That's 1 in 4 almost. That's consistent form. His record in the transfer window since then in abysmal. His record at improving players since then is abysmal. His ability to change and adapt is non existent. That's why Leicester are in the championship now and Celtic fans are watching slow side to side football. For me the manager is the problem

 

Honestly, he's the least of our worries.

 

I agree but I think the fan base as a whole has gone too far against him, now. It was always going to happen. Fans who didn’t want him back and simply can’t forgive and forget turning the place toxic and you can’t blame anyone. They’re entitled to their opinions much like we are. I think that’s misplaced though.

I believe in him still, even though today his subs and starting line up were atrocious but he needs a proper good scouting and recruitment department behind him and we don’t have that. What the club needs is someone to come in and identify players who can come in during the January window and win us the league, like Ange did. That’s while we punt the HoR in Lawwall Jr and seriously look at overhauling the scouting department because whoever did scout pish like Bernabei, Kwon, Yang, Lagerbielke… they need chased NOW.

I’d love Knutsen to come in but again, I don’t know if he’s going to be able to bring a number of players he knows/wants with him. We seem to look at the right markets(Scandinavia/Asia)… we are just poor at recruiting them. I know Oh showed the willingness to come here before Cho but honestly, Cho is miles ahead of him in every single department. It’s like we’ve decided we aren’t getting the man we want from Korea so we will go for someone else in that league while we are over there, save ourselves another cost of a flight.

Clubs a disgrace man.

 

* WHAT???????

HE'S THE * MANAGER!

This isn't the board's fault. This is RODGERS' FAULT

 

Still want AVB

 

Lagerbielke: bought summer 23, bombed, comes back in scores winner in UCL, for sale now.

Bernardo: wasn’t trusted in any league games but would come in for the UCL.

Holm: Has looked good anytime he’s played but no where near 11, strange one.

A few strange ones.

 

Ange was winning games with Turnbull, moffat, Montgomery, welsh, Ralston, Mikey and so on in that first 6 months

 

Why is the answer to all our problems always a transfer window? Rodgers is done. He cansign who he wants (they will be * either way - his transfer record here the first time was the worst of any post-2000 manager) but it will change * all.
He only looked decent the first time as we had no competition first season. Second we were dreadful and won the league with the lowest points since Lennons disaster 3rd season. Top scorer had 10 league goals, the football was dreadful, and until this season (another BR record) record European defeats. He's had his time. Which was the last time he was here. Get him to * and give someone else the window.
£52million the CL is worth now and again it's automatically into the groups. That is the only thing that will matter to the board £££'s

 

To be fair i don't think any of the signings are Rodgers. At least from what he has said. I think they are Mark Lawell and the Scout team. But Rodgers has never, ever improved any club he has been at with signings.

 

It’s worrying the amount of fans turning their anger towards him over the board. We all knew in the summer our recruitment wasn’t good enough. Look at the * state of our starting eleven and subs today. That’s down to the board. We need to invest in January. Then I’ll judge him.

 

Well considering he's responsible for coaching the players, setting out tactics and picking the team, and currently making a rip roaring * of it all , I would say he's the most of our worries.

 

£50m champions league boost to the team who wins the league and this board have flung it away.

 

Why is this the stock approach now ? By all means the window was utter * but lets no kid ourselves on and think Rodgers has us performing anywhere near where we could and should be. His football is * garbage

 

Sacking him isn’t the answer. He has previously shown enough as our manager to be given a small bit of leeway.

Are the current run of results or performances good enough? Nowhere near it. It’s undeniable he’s making an * of it with the players he has. To me it looks like he’s asking players to play a style they’re not suited to and our performances are disjointed and lacking the intensity and quality he keeps harping on about.

I would let him work with the board in identifying who he thinks are letting us down and go and get players to replace them in January.

We are in a dogfight for the title now and can’t afford to lose any more ground, so to some extent I understand why people are anxious to get rid and try something else, but personally I am really struggling to see any potential manager that’s available coming in and drastically improving things with this current squad.

Sacking managers during poor runs isn’t always the answer. Sometimes they are capable of turning it around.

 

Zero point in discussing who you want, Rodgers won't be sacked..

 

We need to weed out the root of our problems first and foremost. That’s not Rodgers. That’s the board.