Photo: Vagelis Georgariou (The Celtic Star)
Photo: Vagelis Georgariou (The Celtic Star)
The Scottish Cup Final defeat, born through a lack of creativity were ignored. A heavy defeat to Ajax in pre-season should have been another warning sign that the squad was light. It wasn’t heeded.
Rodgers warned about the loss of goals and assists not being replaced. He wasn’t wrong.
Against St Mirren, it showed. A narrow late win, followed by a welcome victory at Pittodrie, then a solid win over Livingston, then a goalless draw at Ibrox. If you are being kind you could say Pittodrie was a good performance, but in all honesty, all the games showed signs of a squad short of the required creativity, goals and quality in attack.
Daizen Maeda of Celtic reacts to missing an opportunity Kairat Almaty v Celtic, UEFA Champions League, Play-Off Round, Second Leg, Football, Almaty Central Stadium, Almaty, Kazakhstan – 26 Aug just 2025Almaty Almaty Central Stadium Kazakhstan Photo Nikita Bassov/Shutterstock
And there was also Kairat. Two goalless draws, an exit that extinguished Champions League dreams in Kazakhstan. A brutal reminder that the manager’s concerns were real. Should he still have won? In the eyes of many the answer would be yes. For others there were mitigating factors to consider.
Now it has become clear – Rodgers has been managing a disrupted dressing room. Some players wanted out—Daizen Maeda, Yang, Idah, there are plenty of rumours of more besides, of promises made and promises reneged. Even the captain broke cover to admit the squad needed help. That was another warning.
Rodgers has been left to patch things up, bolster the projects by dipping into his contact book—signing familiar faces when the club fails to get deals over the line, just as he had to with a goalkeeper the summer before.
Brendan Rodgers manager of Celtic Kairat Almaty v Celtic, UEFA Champions League, Play-Off Round, Second Leg, Football, Almaty Central Stadium, Almaty, Kazakhstan – 26 Aug 2025Almaty Almaty Central Stadium Kazakhstan Photo Nikita Bassov/Shutterstock
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Same old story!
Brendan tells the truth he the bad guy
Brendan says nothing he the bad guy
At least he has the balls to turn up and face the issues!
Can the same be said of Nicholson and his crew?
We the fans will always back the team, same can’t be said about the charlatans, parasites, egomaniacs that run our club. They can sit in their ivory tower and try to ride out the storm of their own making while the peasants revolt . BACK THE TEAM SACK THE BOARD.
Because someone thinks different from you they are a Charlton / parasite ( even though wages not that high, for any big club).
Funny how club for all , changes when you don’t get what you want.
Board have been best thing at Celtic for 20 years.
Hatred of Lawell started all this 15years ago, it has slowly grown not because of any truth but because most fans don’t think they follow the crowds.
All the things you are saying were said about “Fergus McCan” + lot more !! YET 15 years later fans understand he changed the club for the better “LONG TERM”.
The boards job is NOT to win every season.
The job is to win as much as possible over a period of time, be that 10-15-30 years . They gave done that, that’s what “fans” shareholders the board want.
Yes they need to communicate & alter few things, but rest if lot of crap.
Board are our strongest player, just like Fergus was, it was horrible watching Fergus era, BUT it was worth the pain !!
Got to trust the process
Process, what process ? Take big wages and bonuses while selling anyone worth any money and replace them with PROJECTS and expect the manager to work miracles with them whilst undermining him through their favourites in the media who hate us with a passion. The Fergus years were hard to start with as we were skint but we got through it, this time we have up to 100 million sitting in the bank gathering dust and paying corporation tax and big fat bonuses to the charlatans/parasites and all the while they insult us and clubs with derisory offers for players , always taking the cheap option and hoping to get a massive profit on them. Just you keep on happy clapping and your head in the sand and maybe the charlatans/parasites that run our club will come good ( in your dreams ) .
On a different note .
If there ARE 18,000 on the waiting list would it not be prudent to offer them tickets for matches that have 4/5000 people unable to attend.
Mainly due to SKY DECIDING WHEN WE CAN AND CANNOT PLAY OUR FIXTURES .
Some of the kick off times are beyond ludicrous.
Especially for supporters from Ireland, England and Wales
Not that our board are interested!
CamdenNWI
You are talking MINCE!
The boards job is to make everyone accountable.
If they are failing to do this then they leave
If they are doing their jobs then it is their duty and responsibility to inform everyone.
This is true whether you have 30,000,000 shares , one share or in some cases no shares but have the clubs best interest in mind