“You should always show humility and class,” Brendan Rodgers said to Sky Sports earlier this week. The former Celtic manager believes his former club should give newly-crowned champions theRangers a guard of honour when the sides meet on Sunday at Paradise. Irony alert right there, Brendan with that quote.
And while very few Celtic Supporters agree with the Leicester City boss, he has found one ally in the Celtic camp. Former Celtic defender Gary Caldwell reckons that Celtic should indeed recognise the first ever major trophy won by the new Ibrox club by affording them a Guard of Honour on Sunday.
“100% agree with this,” Caldwell stated, referring to the Brendan Rodgers call for a Guard of Honour to be given by Celtic to theRangers. “Acknowledge the league winners and their performance this season by showing respect but remember the feeling and use this as your motivation next season,” Caldwell argued, using these three hashtags to back his point…”#class #sportmanship #values”.
Responding to the former Celtic and Scotland defender, Tony Arthur made this point: “One team in Scotland refused to give a guard of honour for the champions in the last 9 years. Why should any club in Scotland show them the respect that they refused to offer?”
Caldwell had an answer to that: “The club needs to stay true to their own values not anyone else’s. Celtic is a club built on great tradition and respect and it’s the right thing to do. Then use the pain as great motivation next season,” he stated.
100% agree with this. Acknowledge the league winners and their performance this season by showing respect but remember the feeling and use this as your motivation next season. #class #sportmanship #values https://t.co/xaUNIFEqgG
— Gary caldwell (@garycaldwell05) March 16, 2021
The club needs to stay true to their own values not anyone else’s. Celtic is a club built on great tradition and respect and it’s the right thing to do. Then use the pain as great motivation next season.
— Gary caldwell (@garycaldwell05) March 16, 2021
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On the Guard of Honour – very much doubt that it will happen and thats fine by me. Celtic Supporters can add your own thoughts on this below…
We’re better than that, let’s do what is right, they are stepped in disgrace, we should not follow, do the guard of honour and ensure it is never repeated.
If celtic give them a guard of honour then I will disown celtic f c
I as a new club winning its first major trophy not the club that was liqudidated and owning millions
Nah, no F**k*** way, show respect to that lot after what they did two weekends ago🤬
As a certain tennis player was known to say…
YOU CANNOT BE SERIOUS‼️
Get that lot under control and showing respect to others and when that happens for a couple of seasons in a row,then,and only then, come back and ask again.Until then FORGET IT‼️
Respect is earned, NOT demanded.
Agree 100% with BR & GC. Celtic are THE class team in Scotland. We aren’t petulant schoolgirls and shouldn’t act like it just because Rangers refused. Let history show that there was only one club who were bad losers. Yet another stain on their ‘reputation’ and now destroying George Square and Memorial benches, one for a 10 year old girl.
“Lest we forget!”
Give them a guard of honour, show a touch of class don’t bring yourself down to their level. After that go out and hammer them we can’t let them go through the league season undefeated, although at least St Mirren have made sure they won’t go through the domestic season as invincibles .
It is all fair and well saying we should show class, which I think we have done over our successful last 10 years. However they would not show us the respect so I would be damned if we should show them any respect. Gerard does not know the meaning of the word respect.
Yep – of course we do the sporting, respectful thing and give them a guard of honour. This is a great club and we should show we are that and keep on the moral high ground. We should not sink to their levels. Also show that we are not devastated by them winning one league. It also means they might be duty bound to do it when we win it next season – in front of fans too !
If we don’t it will drag on for weeks on social and mainstream media. Biggest thing is then to go out and play with energy and determination to put them back in their box again. We will be the better team on teh day and teh bigger club.