Brendan Rodgers Discussion Thread

That’s in itself tells a story though. We are talking about bringing on a kid who has played one half of football. That’s how bad our recruitment was.

 

One thing I will say that was horrific management was him bringing Bernabei on.

It came just after Palma had took a heavy touch and the ball went out for a throw in.

You could see Rodgers signalling to Bernabei pretty much straight away then, presumably out of frustration with Palma.

I used to see him as quite calm and calculated with his substitutions but that was pathetic. What the * did he think Bernabei was going to produce, having not played in weeks and weeks?

Seemed like he realised he’d made a stupid sub when he took Taylor off for Forrest and moved Bernabei back.

It’s as bad as I’ve seen from a Celtic manager in terms of making subs. It’s like he was flinging * against the wall and hoping something would stick.

 

And I said. That’s why we are and will finish above both. That starting eleven today though and bench are ducking abysmal. That’s not down to Rodgers.

 

Not starting Taylor every game. Bringing in Turnbull then hardly giving him a sniff (see Ralston, Bernardo, Holm, Yang). Starting Phillips over Lagerbielke and Nawrocki while bizarrely freezing them out.

Not moving Scales to left back. Not giving Frame or even Bernabei a proper chance. Ignoring Iwata for months when it was blatantly obvious he could contribute. Dropping Hatate at the start of the season, dropping Kyogo because he's been so nullified that he now looks a shadow of his former self.

The squad is *, but are you really telling me he's utilised it to its the fullest potential? Most of us pick better lineups every week in the match threads.

His handling of players has been absolutely baffling. No one is given the chance to build their confidence because one minute they've been frozen out and the next they're chucked on to salvage a game after we've barely seen them for weeks/months. Then to make matters worse he calls them * every time he loses, all the while hailing the board during the Summer and at the AGM. What the *?

He gets paid millions to work with these players and improve them. The implication here is that all of these players are beyond saving and none of them are good enough to beat Killie twice, Hearts, Hibs, St Johnston or Motherwell. McInnes and Naismith do not have better players than Celtic.

Again, I implore you to look at the utter dross Ange was working with in December 2021, how did he manage it then?

 

I would agree. But what can he bring on? Genuinely. What’s he meant choose from today?

 

Although I was happy with the appointment after losing Ange, I also thought it was a bit of a red flag when it was revealed that he had been planning to take a sabbatical from football at the time. Added to that is that he's already achieved everything there is to achieve in Scottish football.

Not to say that the spotlight shouldn't be on the board and players, but I think questions can also be asked about Rodgers' hunger and mindset.

 

You are mentioning players that we all know are not good enough though. That’s because we never brought in the correct players in the summer. We brought in 9 players and only 1 is playing. And even he is a downgrade on what we had. The recruitment was a * disgrace.

 

Speaking too much sense for this thread mate

 

The way he's got team playing is entirely down to Rodgers and they're underperforming. As I said an elite manager or even a quite good manager would be winning games with those players. Are you saying Hearts and Kilmarnock had better players at their disposal?

 

I agree mate. It was a disgrace and I said it all Summer, but Rodgers does not deserve to get away with how bad we've been. A supposed elite level manager should be getting more from them in Scotland. That's irrefutable.

 

The * are you laughing at?

The board aren't stood on the sidelines putting the team out on the park? are they?

The board aren't the ones taking training week in week out? are they?

Nah. The board have their faults, but it's only * with half a brain that first and foremost blame the board - like chimpanzees throwing * at a wall!

This wee * disease has taken the best part of Ange's team and turned them into a walking talking *!

But aye.....board's fault.

 

The board choose who to sign for the team ya * rocket.

Away back to your AGM's you arselicker

 

Absolutely. We should have recruited better. But the boards biggest mistake was bringing Rodgers back. A good manager would still be winning and playing better football with the players we have.

 

It's far better than Rodgers' football. I watched them beat Wolves earlier in the season in the cup and it was better than anything I've seen from us this season.

They're also the highest scorers in the Championship. Can't be that bad.

 

Its both..

Recruitment was an absolute shambles in the summer, Rodgers hasn't been able to create any identity..

 

There's a reason people say never go back. The first 18 months to two years of Rodgers initial spell here were magic. The first season especially was one of my all-time favourite campaigns. Towards the end of his previous spell here though the signs were there that things were changing. The tempo got slower, the passes started going ever-more sideways, the goals became harder to come by and basically our play went flat. Pretty much what we have right now in fact. More or less everywhere BR has been the pattern is the same. An initial period of good form before the performances start to stagnate and then the results dry up. Having been here before there wasn't the same wow-factor to his arrival as there was with his previous appointment and you can tell by the on-field performances that the players haven't been as galvanized as they were when he first came here. That said he's not going anywhere unfortunately. The victory over Feyenoord gave the board the chance to claim we were unlucky in Europe rather than not being good enough and even if sevco do win their games in hand the league is hardly over so there's no chance we'll be seeing any major change anytime soon.

 

I was booing the board well before your da ejected you from his bawsack wee fella!

 

Genuinely baffled to why he plays Bernardo in the champions league but not in the league.

 

You've been booing the board for years yet you think the manager is the issue? As I already said, replacing him just gives the board more time and another attempt at calming the flames.

They got lucky with Ange, getting rid of Rodgers and getting lucky again does absolutely * all for us in the long run, so aye, the board is the bigger issue.

 

The recruitment wasn't the greatest, but it wasn't the worst!

This is still the nucleus of Ange's team. The Rat has destroyed it.