“I understand the consequences,” Brendan Rodgers tells The Celtic Star

The Celtic Star: Brendan, what would you say to supporters who believe, from the boardroom, to the players, to yourself in the dugout, that things have become stale and that the club is in a crisis?

Brendan Rodgers:  “Well, there’s no doubt that it’s in a difficult moment, and I think it goes hand in hand. If I’m honest, I think that it is difficult. We understood what we wanted to be as a football team in the summer and we never quite managed to get there. So of course we now have to live with that. So that’s something that every day we’re trying to improve and make better. But there’s absolutely no doubt that we’re in a difficult moment and we have to stand together and come through, and that’s what’s going to be important if we’re going to progress.”

The Celtic Star: Just going back to Callum’s comments about being too easy to play against, is that perhaps the worst criticism you can level against your side just now and is tomorrow night a must-win game for the players and yourself?

Brendan Rodgers:  “I think every game is to win. When we go out, we want to win every single game. We’ll do our very, very best to do that. It’s one of the things that I’ve always said, coming in here, that you want to be a team that’s very hard to play against. When this team’s at its best and when the club is, then of course it is very difficult.

We’ve seen it in pre-season. When Eddie Howe was here with Newcastle and thinking that this was going to be a real challenge in place for any team to come in the Champions League to play. I think he mentioned that afterwards. So that’s the type of team that you always want to be. But of course, circumstances and how it’s dropped for us after the window has made that much more difficult for us. But for me, it’s to win every single game. And if you don’t, I understand the consequences. Especially at a club like this here.

“So for me, it’s a must-win game tomorrow night in whichever way you want to look at it. For us to compete in the Europa League, we want to get up and running. We want to get a performance level that can inspire that confidence. And in every which way, to give a better feeling to supporters off the pitch. That’s what we want to do.”

Q: Brendan, I know your full focus is on Sturm Graz, but could I ask for your reaction to Rangers’ appointment of Danny Rohl? Is he a guy that you’ve come across before? Are you aware of him and the Sheffield Wednesday teams?

Brendan Rodgers:  “No, I’ve not come across Danny before, no. It obviously looked like it was going to be Kevin Muscat that was coming in from the little bits and pieces I heard, but no, I haven’t come across Danny. I think he’s obviously worked at Southampton before and maybe came across, he was coaching there I believe, but no, I haven’t come across him.”

Here’s the Brendan Rodgers Media Conference from Celtic Park this afternoon….

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