Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers beside the trophy after the Scottish Premiership match between Celtic and St Mirren at Celtic Park on May 17, 2025. (Photo by Ian MacNicol/Getty Images)
THE NOTAPRODDYGAL – 3/10 – The ego has landed. f-off, Rodgers, as they say, or said at 11am…Scandalous team selection that obliterated all notions of meritocracy and seemed intentioned to subdue the exploits of a legend.
Why?
An instinctive egotistical envy of a spotlight on someone else? Reluctance to consider alternative versions of his envisioned Celtic first choice? Craven Brendanistas will point to pragmatism over sentiment but I contend that is… Flaming bollocks. Celtic is built on emotion, is ABOUT emotion. Celtic, and the reason you support, is about EPIC narratives. Nobody turned up or tuned in today to watch Brendan’s principal select XI go through the motions in a half-charged preparation for the coming cup final.
Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers beside the trophy after the Scottish Premiership match between Celtic and St Mirren at Celtic Park on May 17, 2025. (Photo by Ian MacNicol/Getty Images)
We were there to see a little bit of history, from a legend; a narrative SIXTEEN seasons in the making – eclipsing all of Brendan’s charm, betrayal, outrageous return and forgiveness… And maybe also to witness the emergence of new – The Ginger Yamal! – and underused talent – Rocky! – to the forefront; those narratives having been written at Pittodrie on Wednesday.
Nope. The shining lights were extinguished and left out or on the bench and THE legend made to wait and hope before getting his time to deliver the grandstand finish of all grandstand finishes…
🍀 The support driving him on
🏆 A champions’ mentality
🙌 “Most satisfying” season yet
📝 Preparing for next seasonHear from Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers in full ⬇️ pic.twitter.com/vQVH5TcOwx
— Sky Sports Scotland (@ScotlandSky) May 17, 2025
…IN SPITE of his manager’s stratagem.
No ‘stage-managed excellence’ nonsense from the Brendanistas will be tolerated; at any point prior to Jamesy’s entry, with our attacking force, we may have won a penalty…And the people’s chosen taker – the HERO of this Celtic story inscribed across nearly two decades – would have been sat on his rear-end. Criminal.
Rodgers got off the hook today. Just.
That’s DEFINITIVE.
Continues on the next page…
Picks the players, against the most “physical” team, gets additional injuries for next week… bad squad rotation.
They were “organised and well drilled “…now wonder they get smelled in any Euro campaign…the opposite of football…dearie me !
F’off Rodger$ … if only.