Brendan Rodgers Discussion Thread

BTW I don't get all this 'the players aren't good enough'.

Our players are far superior compared to * Killie.

They just don't play that way and it's down to the manager.

 

I would travel over from Kerry specially just to chase the *.

 

Yes I kind of got that, but just wanted to make it clear that when it comes to getting the best out of what you've got Rodgers is making a * of it.
I think ANY other SPL manager would do a far better job with the resources that Rodgers has
I understand he has been let down by the board in terms of tranfers, but he still needs to get the best out of what he's got.
But he's shown no interest in trying to do that, so he just needs to * OFF.

 

Too many good points, unfortunately.

The bit in bold is what's infuriating me (in the last ten minutes).

To be two points behind and calling for his head sounds mental on paper. I remember when Lennon was taking us down, we wanted him sacked and Tom English (amongst others) were calling us bedwetters.

It's exactly the same situation. We can all see what is going to happen if we don't act now.

The thing is the board will look at it on paper and think we're only two points behind, no biggy.

They'll also think it'll cost them a fortune to sack him, but it is way less than losing the league. They could argue that we could sack him and lose the league anyway. However, we are going to lose this league this season if he isn't replaced soon and we will be forced to sack him in the summer and pay him off. The board will say it's not set in stone... Have they been paying attention? Don't answer that one.

DD either thinks he knows more than the average Celtic fan or he just doesn't care or a mixture of the two. I know which one my money is on.

He's a * * though. During the covid season he said the club would review Lennon and after some more horrendous results, we then declared we were forfeiting the league and keeping him on until eventually sacking him in the summer once we had lost the league, which we all said would happen in October!

DD has way too much influence at the club along with a certain Peter. Both are absolute cancers. They've limited us on the pitch and show literally no ambition whatsoever.

Genuinely think the only way we get rid of them is when they die. But then they'd be replaced by their children.

It's literally like North Korea but *.

 

Completely agree.

McInnes has shown to be a better manager than him this season, for *'s sake.

The board should take huge responsibility for how this is unfurling and should take immediate action, but they won't.

Rodgers is equally as bad as he's done absolutely * all with these players. Absolutely nothing.

 

It's just * appalling.

I have no idea what anyone at the club is doing.

Literally everyone - from owner down to our youth teams. I have no idea what anyone is being paid for.

 

He's a wee arrogant overpaid *.

Outdone 3 times by Derek McInnes.

Even if he manages to win the league this season, I still want him to * off.

 

McInnes laid out his plan before the game. His players then executed it. It's not rocket science.

Rodgers isn't doing anything other than the minimum. Disappointing and outdated.

 

So you think long term any of those four should be starting for us?

 

See the last spell at Celtic, BR ran * rings around McInnes. And his Aberdeen team is probably better than his Kilmarnock I’d say.

He used to try so many different things to surprise him, I can remember one particular one he just man marked, every Aberdeen player man marked one of ours. What’d we do? He got Eddy to run back, collect the ball between the defence, and then have at least two midfielders bursting into the space, because a CB was following him.

He spotted the tactics McIness was using, and he done something unexpected, spontaneous and different, that our players could instantly adapt towards doing.

And as soon as it was implemented, it worked. And there was umpteen * examples of him being just on a higher level than those he was up against from the touchline.

I can’t point towards one moment this year that he’s tweaked anything during a game this year that’s had that sort of impact. The only time I’ve seen is when a like for like swap personnel wise, he’s subbed on, the player coming on having an impact.

That’s symptomatic of what we’ve relied upon this year, tactically we’ve not been helping ourselves - we’ve relied on individual quality.

 

I would be happy start Ralston and Scales there might be better out there , but we have more pressing needs in other areas.

As for Welsh, a bit more game time, and I'd probably have him in as a starter as well

 

With CCV next to Scales, I’d be more than happy. Ralston, I’d rather be in right now. And Taylor we * need to be fit, absolutely rely on being fit. Which is mad.

We are desperate for CCV to return and stay fit man. Funny thing is, last ten mins of the game on the weekend, with 3 defenders being the back up ones out of the 4 on the pitch, you think the manager might try and protect them, he didn’t do anything of the sort though did he? Our midfield was nowhere near protecting our defence.

 

Right how do we link him to the Sunderland job

 

Happy as * with him as 3rd choice, but CCV and Scales clear first choice all being fit.

 

He'll be given until the end of the season, where it will probably be too late..

Then with any other top club, you sit back and watch the rebuild..

Our issue is we don't have the right people to facilitate the change of structure that's required and the rebuild won't be what's required in the long-term either..

It's depressing how far away we are from being run as a top/elite club and what's even more depressing is I can't see it changing anytime soon. Especially with Desmond as overall head, a dinosaur.

 

3 year contract on what £3.5m a year? Even in the summer, if he’s completely failed, if we won’t spend decent money on a player, we won’t spend £7m on a sacking.

 

Nobody said that. Why even talk about down the line? Rodgers has to get a tune out of them here and now.
Bernabei aside, everyone of them has shown they have a lot more quality than they are currently playing with. He isnt getting the best out of one of our players atm, its indisputable.

 

Over the course of the season - Scales and O’Riley are the only examples you can point to that are in that category.

But on the opposite side of that, Kyogo alone has went so far backwards due to him, it overrides that alone

 

I think he walks tbh.. maybe a mutual consent deal or something.. the pressure to go will be too intense to survive..

Like I said above, with any other club you look forward to a new regime change and the knowledge that's coming kinds softens the blow of a disappointing season, not here..

He may of course still pull it off, which would be beautiful but might actually set us back further in the * long-term

 

For me he's been MIA pretty much from the start. In at the start of the summer, but hardly saw him, teams been shapeless and pretty sure he * what little enthusiasm he had by asking for unrealistic targets and then going in a huff. Even not doing the winter training camp just smacks of laziness. He's obviously distracted or just not bothered.

Sad thing is I don't think there's a better option available to see out the season that the board will consider. So we are stuck with him. Reckon if he cared more he'd be able to do something even now but not seeing any signs of it other than when he changed formation. Even that he *, with his subs. Sad thing is the league is utterly winnable.

The other thing this highlights is we need a stronger backup option than Kennedy. Always championed him but he was awful when he took over when Lennon eventually got the boot so not someone we can turn to in these sort of circumstances.