You know, the only people happy with that fiasco, is the currently marginally less chaotic mob over at Ibrox! That statement. We’d be laughing our heads off if they came out with that. Just in case we thought they had a handle on things, just when we need reassurance, they pour petrol on the fire. What a mess! Ignore me. I’m still convinced I’m actually hallucinating all this….
It’s the same story, isn’t it? Brendan Rodgers, The Sequel…
One day, Brendan Rodgers is the golden child, the architect of domestic domination, the man who brought respectability back to Celtic in Europe. The next, he’s the pantomime villain, the snake in the grass, the ego that poisoned the well.
That’s the bedtime story the largest Celtic shareholder was reading to the support last night, “Once upon a time, there was a bad man who broke his promises and made everyone sad.”
And somewhere in a wood-panelled office, an unfortunate PR intern goes against everything they’d learned over four years of an expensive education and hits send on a statement, one so drenched in self-preservation it probably should have been wrapped in cling film.
But that’s not the truth is it? That’s the cover story…
The real story, the one with sweat and cigarette ash on the pages, is this, the so-called toxicity didn’t start with Brendan Rodgers. It started when he had the temerity to suggest that Celtic act like a serious football club again, not a family-run nostalgia project with a spreadsheet fetish, and crucially he also gave us plebs a peek behind the curtain.
You could smell this weeks ago, months ago even, that faint but unmistakable whiff of fear coming from the executive floor. Rodgers was asking questions they didn’t want to answer. Questions about modernisation, control, and ambition. The kind of questions that make men who sit on the Celtic board sweat through their golf shirts and corduroys.
So, they did what the board always do. They briefed. They leaked. They weaponised, “sources close to the club.” And they built their story brick by brick, Rodgers the egotist. Rodgers the disruptor. Rodgers the problem.
I’ll never believe for a minute, Rodgers sanctioned all transfers..in and out..it’s nothing but lies to camouflage the board and Mr invisible. I agree 💯 that this isn’t Rodgers doing, this is down to men who are too busy worrying about their bonus money ..a complete gut out needs done, starting with the invisible man then working downwards. I love Mon, he’s a Celtic legend, but he’s only been installed to keep the fans sweet. As for SM, I think he’s a shoe in for the job….if the present board have their way
Bravo brother. Bravo.
Rodger’s the FALL GUY FOR ALL THOSE PARASITES IN THE BOARDROOM
Absolutely disgraceful that Desmond should exploit 73 yeahr old Martin Oneill’s affinity and love of Celtic to deflect from his megalomaniacal rage at Roger’s “fuck you”
Two with obvious Narccistic tendancies, one evidently sociopathic,
derangedly assainating his former friend’s professionalism and character. He basically confirmed the story leaked to the S*N rag as board belief and policy….. At least we know where the ‘leak’ cam from. Get Desmond and his Tory cohort the fuck out of our club. #itsinthewronghands
Conveniently forget niall, that Rodgers lit the fuse, with over 30M spent on players, and not a regular starter added to the squad?
Our core group of players, was built by Ange, and Rodgers still depended hugely upon them.
Biggest failure of Rodgers was in developing nothing player wise.
Idah was his biggest failure, and getting him out of the club, so kelchi is now meant to be the better replacement, for how Rodgers wanted the team to play.
Our most expensive signing struggling to even get a game.
To many players have gone backwards under Rodgers, but hardly surprising as he is nothing more than a 2 year manager.
The levels of excuses handed out for his own failings, have been at pathetic levels.
Getting so called progress in CL football, caught out many of the big guns in the revamped CL.
Built upon decent home form, but still unable to get that elusive away victory?
But let’s continue to ignore that in 10 European away fixtures within his 2nd spell,
4 draws, and the usual skelpings in a few, yet we are meant to celebrate a draw in bayern, but ignore it took us 70 minutes to show up in the home leg?
Already 5 European ties this season, and the 1 victory last time out, hardly makes up for the 4 beforehand?
And again the consistency that’s been missing for the best part of this calendar, still remains lost,and never to be found again from him either.
Glad we seen the back of him now, and hopefully we can get back to actually enjoying the football our still capable of producing, but short lived under Rodgers, no matter how you try and dress it up?